The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-09-26
SULzER OFFERED
TO RETURN CASH
TO JACOB SCH|FE.
Banker Recalled, Makes.
Admission Damaging
to Governor.
BREWERS GIVE TO
FUND GENEROUSLY
Candidate Asked That Their
Checks Be Cashed Before Be-
ing Brought to Him-Liquor
d Dealers Also Contribute,
and Fleet From Manhat-
tan Club as Well.
Especial to The rlmes-pispaten., (,

I'LL
Albany. \. Y. September e5"mr
''"Neiste'n told ire that IL would
accept, Governor sulzer would be glad
70 return my $500 contribution
Jacob H. SchiT
Governor Sulzer asked me IL I got
any more checks to be kind enough
70 nave them cashed"-Charles Dersch
who helped collect sl.4oO for su,zer
from the brewers.
'oreso'ng statements were the
Hs. strikins portions Of the flood or
Co,.a 'cstihony which poured in on
To'erhor Sulzer to-day. when pre.i1i,,..
1udge Cullen opened the y,tas
N..i 1.sioit that the evidence need not ha
ieu soisly to acts charged in tba
..eies Oh impeachment. The decis,on
W"s sustained by n unanimous yn,a
OF the court fole
r Points Scored Against surxer.
eic arc the chief points scora,
against the Governor I'm ~ s..
var or determination begun orninsr
"ii'i Iollowing the court ruline.
ny Alr Schif, recalled to tho s,,,a
! rl"hk"nstein. Suffers former Iaw
partner, came to him after the Sch,"r
was made public and orrere,t
20 MAKE restitution; III the name ~ 49,
Governor. That the Goyernnr Wv, .le
weeks ago invited Mr. Schin to 800
20 Albany and talk with him ,na S..s
SuiZer who was ILL., Mr.. Schir, rs
,. ,useu. incidentally Mr.. Schin ADMIRE,
having given $1,000 to the Straus cam
pa'h 20 II oeiore ne knew that Sulzer would
be nominated. "oui"
by Charles Dersch and former Sa
lor, Charles A. Stadler-That thev had
Sonected sl.400 from breweries ana a.
iieu interests for Sulzer, ana S,,,sn.
nav ASKED thcm 10 get the cash on the
checks collected. Dersch at 6rst ~
sisted that he had given the money
ne brought In on one occasion to NJ.
Sulzer but when tripped nm bw Sona,o'. ,s
wagner. admitted that the Goverror
was present Stadlcr said Sulzer aiso
asked him before the Syracuse conven-
,'"h TO go u Fourteenth Street ond
lntercede for him"
me checks identified b. the two
witnesses were as follows.
Peter Doelgcr. $3.50; w. J. Elins. s,oo.
George C. Hawley OF Albany sa5o.
august Luchow, 5000: William ann
fetcr Hoffman. $3.50 Total, sI.OaO
horris Tekutsky, former president
or the Liquor Dealers Association.
gave S5o and other cash contributors
made up tho remainder.
Mrs. SuIxcr Present.
By Louis j. Conlun-'rhat he paye
Suizer personally 500 in cash ana the
checks Of Lyman a. Spaldine for s10o
and Mark NJ Potter for s20O. Mrs
SelZer was present when the money
was delivered. Conlon was one or
large fleet Of members or the Man
haitian Club who gave up to Mr. Sul
zer, and all OF whom are here to tes-
tfy
BY Bird S. Coler-That he sent Sui
zer 500 in letter written at Santa
f'e, and sent to the Governor person
ally
h Ey Ralph Trier; of tho Frank V.
Straus Company-That he gave Sulzer
$500 from Mr. Straus and got no ac
acknowledgement of il
Makes No Acknowledgement.
significant feature of all this check
testimony was that Sulzer made no
aclnow ledgrncnt of money received in
plies he sent n form, which read:
81 thank you for what you say and
what You have done"
Louis y. Sarecky, the missing wit
ness for the defense. turned up to-day.
Much OF the questioning by the de-
fense this afternoon Indicated that
Sarecky Will be used TO substantiats
the story that Mrs Sulzer had Il great
deal to do with Suffers investments.
Mr.. SchiT IL Recalled,
Apparently dissatisfied with Mr..
kresels examination of Mr.. Schiff yes
terday. the attorneys for the managers
last night asked the banker to return
to Albany. and he arrived this after-
noon mildly surprised but ready to
answer whatever questions were to be
Tut 10 him. This time Edgar T. Rrace-
EFT. who comes from Saratoga. and is
one OF the few lawyers for the prose-
cution who have not worked for Mr.
Schiff. conducted the examination. Tho
banker briskly took his seat in the wit
ness chair when called. and sat with
ON I,a nd fn hi iS 90 70. p;et t,tn ~.
fectivc hearing.
In answer to Brackets questions he
said Sareckys name was first given
him by SulZer on visit TO the bankers
office. He wrote 1t on a slip OF pa
per. so as to get the spelling right
He said he tore up the paper two weeks
ago
Since you knew this subject was
under investigation" clustered Brack-
EFT.
You cannot prove anything against
your own witness" said the court se-
verely.
Closely questioned.
After informing the court ne had
no wish to do SO. Bracket asked the
Witness
did sulzer state to you why he
wanted the check made to sarecky?'
..TIe did not" said Mr.. Schifr.
odd you ask him why"
mo" 3
.'Had you ever given Mr. sulxer3
checks heforel'' ~
mot that can recollect."
This was after he was nominated b
for Governor"
LIT was about the 18th Of October.,r ss
WAS IL given TO him for the reaaor.
that he was a candidate for Goyernor?,,y a
demanded the lawyer, Sss s5s
II suppose if he had not been ascan@
didate for Governor that such dfscux,.