The San Francisco call., 1913-09-26
NEW FOES IN
TRIAL FACE
Sl)[ZER

time he was collecting campaign con-
tributions had been received by the
brokerage firm of Boyer, Griswold &
Co. as a part payment for stock.
Close connections between Mr.. Sulzer
and Wall street were shown.
Governor suizer gained point in
his favor when, by a vote of 40 to 3,
the court gave permission to witnesses
TO say whether they expected Sulzer
TO use their campaign contributions
for actual political purposes or for
any use his discretion might dictate.
At least one witness stated that it
was common knowledge that while
Sulzer was running for governor he
was virtually penniless.
Attorney John B. Stanchfeld. coun-
sci for the managers. hotly resented
this testimony. claiming that Sulzer
had $4,000 on deposit when elected.
EVIDENCE DESTROYED
Daniel NJ. Brady, president of a
brass company. who contributed $100
TO the Sulzer campaign fund. testified
he had destroyed all evidence of his
contribution after the governor had
been impeached Ito avoid trouble"
The vote had been taken while for
mer Judge Conlon was being ques-
toned about $1,000 contribution to
MIR. Suffers campaign from the brok-
erage house of Boyer. Griswold & Co.,
through which Mr. Sulzer had bought
a large block of Big Four stock.
number of the members of the
court explained why they voted as
they did. The result was a hard
blow TO the prosecution, as it took
amny of the props from under the
charge that the governor had made
wrongful use of the money contrib
uted for the express purpose of help
ing elect him governor.
Fireworks were expected when he
got on the stand.
Luitpold Mandelbaum followed
Boyer upon the stand to corroborate
some of the foregoing testimony as
to contributions.
During the noon request request
was sent to Speaker Smith of the as
sembly to allow James c. Garrison,
the newspaperman who is in Jail for
contempt of the assembly, to appear
before the assembly at p. m. to
purge himself of the charge. Garri-
son, who is a close friend of Gov
ernor Sulzer. was Jailed in connec-
tion with the impeachment of the
state executive, is said to be i'll.
Just before the noon adjournment
was taken the report that an at
tempt would be made to show cotton
market speculations on the part OF
Sulzer was exploded Mr.. Gwathmey
was called to the stand and testified
= he had given the governor 500 for
= his personal campaign. while Mr.
Melville admitted giving 5000
Philip Boyer, member of broker
age house with which Sulzed was car
rying an account, testified that F. L.
Colwell an intimate of the governor.
bought 200 shares of Big Four stock
on October 16 last, paying some cash
and part of the balance with checks
made out TO William Sulzer by cot
ton merchants who had given funds
TO the democratic party in this state
AT this time it was announced that
state superintendent of Public Works
6. W. Peck, who gave $500 to the
Sulzer campaign, had been subpenaed
and probably would testify late to-
day
Judge Cady J. Herrick, of counsel
for sulzer, denied that Charles F.
Murphy. Tammany leader in New
York city, had been subpenaed as a
witness.
JEROME FOR PROSECUTION
While former Judge Conlon was
testifying, William T. Jerome, former
district attorney of New York, ap-
peared and took a seat among counsel
for the board of managers.