Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1913-10-08
BOTH SIDES CLOSE IN
SULzER CASE
SUMMING UP STARTS TOMORROW AND
WILL TAKE TWO DAYS. VERDICT LOOK.
FOR NEXT TUESDAY. NEITHER SULzER
OR WIFE WENT ON STAND.

Albany, n. Y, Oct. S.~-Both prose
cution and defense rested their case
in the Sulzer impeachment trial thi
afternoon and the court of impeach
ment adjourned until 10 O'Clock to
morrow morning, when counsel vii
begin to sum up Two days have beer
dict on Tuesday next appears likely
Neither Governor Sulzer nor his wife
testified
4 Sarecky much -heralded as the gov.
ernors star witness, took the stand
amid a craning OF necks, and buzz
of interest He spoke in a high pip
/ ing voice, and his answers came, al
most uniformly, without hesitation
| I'VE received, either from Tammany
hall or from the secretary of state,
began Sarecky, "a blank form in
which a statement was to be made out
OF receipts and expenditures of cam
paign funds
THE question came up as to
whether the committee of the gov
ernor's friends, of which | was treas
rrer, had the right to file the state
rlent, inasmuch as it had neglected
0 someone had neglected on behalf or
the committee to file with the secre-
tary of state notice to the effect that
such committee had been formed
Sc someone suggested that take the
matter up with Mr.. Sulzer. | went
into his room and told him of the
quandary we were in and he said:
Well, make up the statement anyway;
ii does not matter very much who
signs it as long as we comply with
the spirit of the law So | went out.
side and then worked on the state.
ment for about day and a half.
brought it into Mr. Sulzer and he sign
eG it."
WHO in any way assisted you in
preparing it," asked Attorney Hin
man.
81 think Mr.. Horgan was the one
who helped me-
The witness referred to Matthew T.
Horgan who. he said, formerly had
been employed in the governors New
York office and who later became sec
retary of the Frawley investigating
committee which unearthed much
OF the preliminary evidence on which
the impeachment articles were based.
Did William Sulzer have anything
whatever to do in the work of pre-
pairing that statement"
NO, sir, Sarecky answered EN-
phatcally.
What was Mr. Sulzer doing when
you took the completed statement to
him for his signature?"
81 think he was going through some
Of his correspondence said. Here,
Congressman, is the statement which
I got up ! had the first page folded
lack and showed him where to sign,
He turned it back and said, Is this
all right?' | said, This is as accurate
as could get it, and he signed it.
Did he read any part of the state
rent or examine it?'
'He could not have read it care
fully, because he did not hold it over
a minute or two at the most-just long
enough for him to sign his name
"Why did you leave out any mon
eys?'
Because | did not have any record
before me at the time ] made up the
statement to cover the times / omit
ted. | used part of the money that
deposited to my own account in
settling suit out west that had been |
brought against Mr.. Sulzer during his
Where was Sulzer when you did
that?'
Il cannot recollect just where he
was"
did you confer with him before
you did that?'
- did not"
For what other purpose had mon
ays deposited by you in this bank ac-
count been used, moneys which do
lot appear in this campaign state
nent?"
81 cannot recollect Just now for
What purpose | did use them, but
lnow | used some for purposes which
we're not campaign purposes"