Arizona republican., 1913-10-18
Executive of New York State is Formally Voted
 Out of Governors Chair and Then Comes Back at
 High Impeachment Court
SAYS BODY IS
 TOOL OF MURPHY
Insists Verdict is Not That of Higher Court of Pub lie Opinion and That His Fall Was Brought About in Secrecy
IAssoCIATED PRESS DISPATCH

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 ALBANY. Oct. 17.-William Sulzer ceased to be governor of the state of New York at noon today. He was removed from office by +he high court of impeachment by a vote of B to 12, two members not voting.
 Martin H. Glynn, lieutenant gov ernor. was sworn in as his successor.
 The verdict of the court was that Sulzer was guilty of Justification, perjury and an attempt to suppress evidence against him. Of all the other charges he was acquitted, the court today unanimously voting him not guilty of the four remaining ar ticles of impeachment.
 By a virtually unanimous vote also the impeachment tribunal decided that Sulzer should not be punished by disqualification to hold an office of honor or trust in this state = the future This would have been the extreme penalty under the law. The busted executive was served with a copy of the verdict at the executive mansion. christened by himself the peoples house. a few minutes be- fore 600 o'clock tonight. The out going executive issued a statement
 
 that removed him as Murphys high court of infamy.
 It was a few minutes before 500 tonight when Thomas c. Nolan, ser geant-at-arms of the senate. and George Mustard, a process server, arrived at the executive mansion bearing the courts order of removal. They were admitted immediately and taken up stairs to the study.
 Sulzer and Chester c. PIatt. his secretary, were seated at table. Nolan handed the document to SuI- ger. It was written on a piece of ordinary foolscap paper. Sulzer took the paper, crumpled it in his hand. paled slightly, threw the document on the table without reading it, and said
 Good, thank you, sergeant"
 As Nolan left, a score of news papermen who had been summoned to the executive mansion to meet the governor were admitted. They were given copies of the governors state ment by Platt. A moment later Sulzer stepped in If he was the nervous wreck some have reported him to be he did not show it. He was pale, but smiling. He shook hands v glad to see him" Some one started to ask questions, but was interrupted.
 T have nothing more to say than my statement contains he said.
 When are you going away" he was asked.
 T can't tell that or where l am going" he replied, but I am going to get out of Albany as quickly as I can
 Sulzer's statement follows:
 Tn response to the requests of my friends throughout the state for some expression from me- I will only say at this time that I am glad my trial is over. By virtue of the power be- yond the present control of our cleo tOrate, I will now hand back to the people the commission they gave me. and hand it back untarnished and unsullied. My lips have been sealed for weeks while I have patiently sub mitted in silence to abuse and villi fication.
 No legal evidence adduced at the trial disproved my statement that I knew nothing about the stock tran sections and my denial that I used campaign contributions for personal use. My trial from beginning to end. so far as the Tammanyized part of the court is concerned, was a farce and q political lynching con summated in a deep laid political conspiracy to oust me from office.
 The court ruled against me in everything We'll settled rules of evidence were thrown to the winds. A horse thief in frontier days received a squarer deal Murphy controlled the assembly, and ordered the inn
 
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