New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-08-13
.GUER|LLAS FUT ABOUT,
AND DEATH NOTES, TOO
Both Bowery and SuIzer Han
uers.On Seen in Albany
Streets by Scores.
THREATS TO MURPHY MEN
Hemp Collars" Offered to
the Frawley Committee
Measures Taken to
Protect Assembly.

TFron, q STAFF Correspondent Of The Tribune
Albany, Aug 12-Guerillas from I'd ave-
nue. and the Bowery, scurrilous anony-
nous letters. shadowing detectives ana
Black Hand threats with skull and cross
bones decorations entered into the Suizer-
Murphy war here to-day.
Tammany men charged that Sulzer
friends had "colonized" lodging houses
here with guerillas hired to jam the
Assembly chamber tonight and to howl
down any attempt to impeach the TOW
ernor. Suffers friends were equally IN
slstent I'm alleging that Tammany had
brought on gangsters with orders TO
break their way into the Executive Cham
her the minute the Assembly voted to
impeach.
out of IL all there was one thing beyohu
dispute. and that was that there were
scores Of faces to b. seen around the
streets here to-day which were familiar
sights around Bowery political hang
outs" and previous gatherings Of the Sui
yer political bodyguard
Private detectives said TO have been
engaged by John Hennessy, Suffers cher
strategist. were busy to-day shadoWins
Senator Wagner: Senator Frawley'
Speaker Smith and the Assembly leader
Aaron J. Levy but the Tammany men
said their shadows were the best jokes
they had ever seen in Albany.
None the less the presence OF both de-
tectivcs and guerillas lent strength to the
rumor that Sulzer, If impeached, meant 10
make a physical fight to hold his once.
Suffers friends predicted that the great
seal of the state would be held by the
Governor until taken away from him by
force.
Tnmmanys representatives thought the
ot,ltude OF the Sulzerites on this. as well
az on the report that SulZer. would. II
necessary. cali out the militia TO uphold
his tenure Of office. was a huge joke but
tho Sulzer partisans took II In deadS
seriousness. Some OF the more radical
ones insisted they would begin to build
a barrlcade TO back up the door OF the
Executive Chamber as soon ar the AS
seublv vote on impeachment was re-
ported TO the Senate.
MANY Of the Tammany members oil
tho Assembly received cards I'm their
mail to-day. which threatened them
with instant death" ~ they dared "a
impeach the greatest Governor The
cards were decorated with both skull
and crossbones, and black hand
Members of the Frawley committee
also received anonymous letters. \
typewrltten production which reached
the committee members to-day, signed
contained this
paragraph:
The pablo recognizes your commit
tee AZ the representative OF crew oil
political pirates and crooks believes you
are illegally constituted, and II not that
your motives are TO defeat good laws
and honest Investigations and conduct
Of public affairs. I, Tor one. would thinR
u simple Justice that the vigilants treat
YOU TO hemp collar
While the Tammany men insisted they
/ looked on all these activities as Joke
ii was noted to-day that the Assembly
| leaders suddenly decided TO shut of the
privileges OF the floor. back OF the seats
which have been free and open al
through the present session Speaker
Smith announced that the ~ergeant-at
arms would exclude all visitors from
the floor and newspaper men were SUP
Piled with special passes, good for one
day only. and renewable for a day at a
time
At the session last night the throng
which TANNED not only the galleries and
| the floor back OF the seats of the As
semblymen. but even the steps OF the
| Speakers dais. was patiently a Sulzel
crowd II gave applause only Ia Sulzei
speakers and II received the denuncia'
tons of Governor Sulzer In stony ST.
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