Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-10-02
STOCK ACCOUNT
(; IS IDENTIFIED !D|.|.E| MI.
Witness at Impeachment
Trial Says Colwell Acted
Merely as Dummy"
TRANSACTIONS WERE
FOR GOV. SULZER
Lawyers Engage in Verbal
Tilt During Morning
81 Session Of Court

Albany, N. Y, Oct. direct con.
nection between account 300 ano
Gov. Sulzer was established today
when ]. B. Gray Of the stock ex'
change firm of Fuller & Gray, VINO
handled the account, testified Delore
the, Impeachment court that Frederlck
L. Colwell told him that the stock
transactions In the account were for
the governor. Colwell was Suffers al
legged rdummy."
Most Of the morning session was de-
voted to an effort by the managers TO
show how and why. Governor Sulzer
rewarded his campaign secretary
Louis IA. Sarecky by procuring MIN
$4,000 Job In the state Immigration
eervice.
-,s Lawyers In Tilt. :.
They evidently did not wish to call
Sarecky as a witness unless forced to
do 90. and endeayored to establish
their. point by reading excerpts from
the proceedings Of the FTawley investl'
eating committee, before Wnom
sarecky repeatedly refused to TESTIFY
Counsel for the governor objected 10
This line Of evidence. Judge Werner
asked IMr. Stanchfield Of the prosecu.
tion. whether Sarecky was to be calico
as 4 witness. One of the Sulzer law
yers informed him that Sarecky was
under supoena from the managers,
counsel. as
"yo,, need not tffderstaRdl from that
fact that the managers n are going 70
make him their witness. :.
1--WE never Thought you would, In
sIerjected Judge Herrick, the COVER
nor's chief counsel. !. 4. i. IS. D, N.
4 .1 sssrtt RE Job. For sarscky
8 Presiding Judge Cullen then ruled
that sMr. Stanchfeld IN reading the
Sarecky testimeny must confine him;
self to the p1fts in which Sarecky re-
fused .tQyanswer questions concerning
thASGampaign contributions. 20
Iohn C. Birdseye, secretary OF tne
civil service commission, testified that
the commission suspended Its rules at
sulzAr,s request In order that Sarecky
night be appointed deportation agent
~ e. salary Of $4,000. This was on the
rronnd that Sarecky was master OF
I've languages and was peculiarly
nnninped for the position by reason OF
his knowledge Of the jargon OF the
races which largely constitute our
state insane hospital population"
Experts Called IN. e
Handwriting experts made their ap-
pearance today in the senate chamber
where the Impeachment trial OF COY
ernor sulzer Is being held.
Several signatures made by either
the governor or his agents were IN
disputes. Bank employees have been
questioned and failed to identify them.
Some we're endorsements Of checks
and others were attached to letters.
One signature which counsel for the
boord Of managers was very anxious
to identify was attached to letter
asking Harris & Fuller, New York
brokers' to close the governors &C
counts to Lieutenant Commander
Josephtal. 1t was signed William N
Sulzer for Mrs. sulzer."
Melville B. Fuller, testifying yester-
day regarding this account. said that
It represented loan made to the gov
eruor, who had said the money went
to pay obligations Incurred by Mrs.
Sulzer at the Carnegie Trust co. OF
New York, now defunct.
The "cross entry" made in the gov
ernor's Harris and Fuller account dated
Dec. 30, 1912, the day before his in
auRuration, also was In dispute. Coun-
sci for the board of impeachment man
ayers intimated that the entry was
made later than this date. 1t made
his debt for securities appear as a
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