Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-10-01
Governors Connection With
Account 500" Established
at Impeachment.
HANDWRITING EXPERTS
CALLED BY MANAGERS
Will Attempt to Identify Signatures
Of the Governor Which Are
in Dispute.

case In the Sulser impeachment tr1ul -
2'3O o'clock this afternoon.
ALBANY, n. Y, October l.-Dirsca
connection between account 50O' ana
Gov. Sulzer was established today, when
j. b. Gray OF the stock exchange arm
OF Fuller & Gray, who handled the &C.
count. testified before the Impeachment
court that Frederick L. Colweli told him
that the stock transactions in the account
were for the governor. CoIwell was SUI
GERS alleged dummy
The transactions consisted of the
purchase OF zoo shares of big Four"
which Gray said Colwell paid for IN
cash. The first 100. he said. was
bought for Colwell October 23. 1919.
and delivered to him in Brooklyn Octo-
ber 81. The second 100 was bought
November 4, and IT WAS not until the
second purchase, according to Gray0
testimony. that Colwell told him that
the transactions were for the account
Gray said that Colwell had requested
that the account be given a number and
that the stock be delivered to him In
Brooklyn. because he did not wish IL
known that he was doing any business
acted in the capacity Of private secretary
to Gray, formerly was employed by the
firm of Harris & Fuller. Colwell did
not want Harris & Fuller to know, the
witness said. that ne was bringing any
business to Fuller & Gray.
One Bond for Woman.
One bond which Colweil purchased from
the firm was for a woman, the witness
testified.
Asked her name, Gray replied thst he
could not remember 1t, although Col.
well had revealed her identity when
the bond was delivered. Gray was .
contributor through Colwell to the
governors campaign fund, he admitted
on the witness stand. He said he coula
not recall whether he gave $50 or 500.
It was brought out that Colwell lives
in one OF the brokers' houses in Yon.
kers. Gray was questioned regardin0s
Colwell's present whereabouts. but he
insisted that he had not seen or heard
from Colwell since he disappeared sew.
eral weeks ago.
Handwriting experts made their aD.
pearance today in the senate chamber.
where the impeachment trial fs being
held. Several signatures made by
either the governor or his agents were
In dispute. Bank employees who have
been on the stand failed to identify
them. Some were Endorsements of
checks and others were attached to
letters. One signature which counsel
for the board of managers were very
anxious to identify was attached to Q
letter asking Harris & Fuller. New
York brokers. to close the governors
accounts to Lieut.. Commander j. ~
Josephthal. 1t was signed william
Sulzer, for Mrs. Sulzer."
Melville B. Fuller, testifying yesterday
regarding this account, said that IL rep
resented a loan made to the governor.
who had said the money went to pay OBJ
legations incurred by Mrs. Sulzer at the
Carnegie Trust Company OF New York.
now defunct.
The cross entry made in the gov
ernor's Harris K Fuller account. dated
December 30, 1912, the day before his
inaugurati ton, also was in dispute. Coun-
sci for the board Of Impeachment man
ayers intimaIed that the entry was made
later than this date. 1t made hts debt
for securities appear as loan.
Claims Books Are Correct.
At the opening of the morning session
Melville B. Fuller of the brokerage firm
of Harris & Fuller was granted permis-
sion to make a personal statement to the
court Mr. Fuller read from prepared
copy. He first referred to headlines In
various evening papers referring to his
testimony yesterday. He said that he
and his firm had been misrepresented.
Il have concealed nothing" the witness
declared, II testified frankly and freely
before the Frawley committee. although
understood
At this point Attorney Stanchfield in
terrupted, claiming that comment on the
Frawley committee exceeded the prov
ince of a personal statement. Judge
Cullen sustained the attorney In his con-
tention and told the witness that TX he
had been misrepresented IN any heWs-
paper he had recourse to the courts
But" interposed Attorney Marshall
of the governors counsel, "he claims
not only to have been mtsrepreeented
in the papers. but also that there were
innuendoes from the counsef on the
other side that reflected upon him ana
upon his firm.
Judge Cullen told the witness to con-
fine himself to a personal statement.
"The books of my firm are correct
Mr.. Fuller then said. No balances
or concealed in them to protect Sulser
or any one else.
Sulzer Wanted Bills Rushed.
Robert c. Cumming, chief Of the legis-
Iative bill drafting department for the
past thirteen years the next witness
was questioned concerning the drafting
of the stock exchange reform Diils
recommended by the governor. Amons
these was the stock exchange lncorporh-
ton bill, which was introduced Dut never
reported from committee.
what IL anything, did the governor
say to you regarding the incorporation
biil?' asked Attorney Todd. for the man.
ayers.
He simply asked me to hurry the
drafting, as he said he wanted IL intrc-
duced as soon as possible.
The bills were drawn in accordance
with the governors request, the witness
said. and were delivered to Senator Still
well and AssemblyTnan Levy.
John Boyd Gray of the New York
brokerage firm Of Fuller d Gray was
then called to the stand and examined
for the assembly managers by Attor-
ney Bracket
The frm. he said. was composed Of
Arthur L Fuller and himself
do you know F. L. Colwell?'
Il do"
..Is he connected with your firm?
NO, but we allowed him desk room
in our office.
when did you last see him."
"Just before his disappearance, about
the middle Of August"
The witness said he had had no COM
with Colwell since that
Going to See sulzsr.
GRAY said the last time he saw Col
we'll the latter had told him he was go
ng to Albany to see Sulxer.
This date he later fixed as the day on
which the Frawley COMMITTEES held its
ast session.
Ibid you have a conversation with Col
we'll in October. 1912. In respect to open