Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-10-02
.SIJLzER BEGGED
FOR PROTECTION
Morgenthau Says Governor
Asked That He Be Shielded.
AMBASSADOR GAVE $1,000
Superintendent Of Public Works Con-
tributed $500 to Campaign Fund
and Gives Damaging Testimony
at Impeachment Trial.

/ Albany, y. Y, Sept. Ex-Governor
Sulzer tried to persuade contributors
to his campaign fund not to testify
against him, according TO evidence
adducedeat his impeachment trial Fri
day.
| He asked Duncan ". Peck, state su-
perintendent OF public works, who gave
$500 TO the fund, to violate his oath
on the witness stand in event he
should be called to testify before the
| Frawley investigating committee, Peck
swore. The governor, Peck asserted,
had told him that he, too, would deny
! having received contributions. This
conversation, he said, was held in the
! governors Office at the capitol.
! Peck at the time of his contribution
held his present position, but told the
governor, he said, that there were mo
! strings" to the gift and that he did not
feel that he was obliged to reappoint
/ him. Peck was reappointed.
The governor asked Henry w. Nor
| genthau, ambassador to Turkey, who
contributed $1,000, to be easy on him. -
and to treat the affair between US as
! personal" in the event that he should
be called to testify. This Mr.. Nor
genthau swore to when recalled to the
stand He said the request was made
| by the governor over the long distance
telephone on September 2 last.
1t was further brought out that Rich
ard Croker, Jr., son of the former lead
er of Tammany, had contributed ST.
600 check, payable, at the request of
| Sulzer, to the order of Cash" and
that the check was cashed by Fred
erick L. Colweu, alleged to have been
the governors agent in his Wall street
/ transactions.
Croker testified that the governor
wanted the check in a convenient form
to cash it Immediately, because he was
| in a hurry to start on his campaign
/ trip through the state.
This was on October 16, bit it devel-
oped that ColweIl did not cash the
/ check until October 81.
| The latter testimony was given by
William B. Houghton, paying teller
| of the Equitable Trust company of
| New York, who said that Colwell was
his Sunday school teacher. Demand
for Colwells production brought out
| a statement from the governors attor-
neys that they expected to get in com
munication with him tonight or tOmor-
row.
| John w Cox, Thomas w. Brady,
John T. Dooling, J. Temple Gwathmey
| Luitpold Mendelbaum and Judge Lewis
! J. Conlan, all Of New York, testified
| that they had contributed checks or
cash from 500 to 81, geo, none of which
was mentioned In the governors
sworn statement Of campaign contri-
| buttons.
| Many developments marked the i'm
parchment trial of Governor Sulzer
| Thursday. They were as follows:
Jacob H. Schiff, New York banker
| testified that he was recently asked by
Samuel l. Frankenstein, a former law
! partner Of Governor Sulzer, if he
would accept the return Of the alleged
$4,000 campaign contribution which
the banker on Wednesday said he gave
| to the governor without restriction as
! to its use. Mr. Schiff said he had re
| piled negatively.
| The high court, by unanimous vote,
/ decided to admit all testimony per-
tanning to campaign contributions
made to the governor, even though
| they were not specified in the articles
of impeachment
This ruling paved the way for the
Introduction of evidence intended to
show the governor had solicited and
| received large contributions from
/ brewing interests.