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STATE RESTS IN
SULzER TRIAL
Board otImpeachment Managers
Close Direct Testimony.
BROKER TELLS OF ACCOUNT

Declares CoIweIl Told Him $500 Ac
count" Was Suffers and He Was
Acting For Him.
Albany. N. Y, Oct. 2.-Counsel fo1
the board of managers rested thelI
case in the Sulzer impeachment trial.
Judge Herrick, of counsel for Gov
ernor Sulzer, then requested that tbs
court adjourn until Monday next. On
motion of Senator Brown the court
went into executive session to decide
the question. After an executive ses'
sion it was decided to hear all the pre-
liminary motions of the defense to
day.
In asking for the recess Judge Her.
rick, of counsel for Sulzer, said the
ed their case 'came as surprise to
the counsel for the: respondent. There
are a number of motions to be made,
he said '"The opening statement is to
be prepared, and there are numerous
consultations which we must have with
the respondent who, in our opinion,
should be entitled to the benefit OF
his counsel"
Suffers stock operations were again
a point of attack. Direct connection
between account 50O' and the COVER
nor was established when ]. B. Gray,
of the stock exchange firm of Fuller
& Gray, who handled the account, tes-
tilted that Frederick l.. Colwell told
him the stock transactions in the &C.
count were for the governor. Colwell
was Suffers alleged dummy"
The transactions consisted of the
purchase of 200 shares of big Four, y
which Gray said Colwell had paid for
in cash. The first 100, he said, was
bought for. Colwell, Oct. %, 1912, and
delivered to him in Brooklyn, Oct. 81.
The second 100 was bought Nov. 4,
and it was not until the second pur
chase, according to Gray, that Colwell
told him the transactions were for the
account of the governor.
Gray said Colwell had requested the
account be given number, and that
the stock be delivered to him in Brook
lyn, because he did not wish it known
that he was doing any business with
Gray's firm. Colwell, who had 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, wit
ness said, he was bringing any bust
ness to Fuller & Gray.
One bond which Colwell purchased
from the firm was for a woman, the
witness testified Asked her name
Gray replied he could not remembea
it, although Colwell had revealed hel
identity when the bond was deliv
cred.
Gray was contributor, through
Colwell, to the governors campaign
fund, he admitted. He said he could
not recall whether he gave $50 or $500
1t was brought out that Colwell lives
in one of the brokers' houses in Yonk
ers. Gray was questioned regarding
Colwelrs whereabouts, but he insisted
he had not seen or heard from Colwel
since he disappeared several week.
ago.
Gray said that account 500" wa!
the only business that Colwell hat
ever brought in for his firm. "Mr. Col
we'll gave me to understand at the time
the account was opened" he said
that he didn't care to have anybody
beside myself know about it,
How did the account come to be
designated account 500?" cat the re
quest of Colwell. He didn't want his
transactions with the firm known be
cause of his former connection with
Harris & Fuller
"How long ago was that connec
tion?" about five years"
Gray said he had dismissed Colwel
from his employ as private secretary
because he did not have enough worf
for him and what he did was not sat
isfactory."
Another 100 shares of "Big Four
was purchased by Colwell on Nov. 4
said the witness.
did he tell you at that time thai
the account was for William Sulzer?'
"He said it was William Suffer-"
Referring again to the witness cam
paign contribution, Gray said that Col
well had told him that if he gave the
contribution sit might mean some
business" Questioned by Senator
Griffin, the witness said Colwell hat
rendered no return for desk room he
had in the firms Office"
Colonel Henry C. Barthman, New
York jeweler, testified that his firm
sent a check to Sulzer for $50. Judge
Herrick showed, however, that thi:
check was in the election expense
statement filed by the governor.
There were persistent reports thai
an agreement had been reached be
tween the executive and agents Of
Tammany Hall by which the governor
had agreed to resign if the impeach
ment proceedings were allowed tt
drop. The report was pronounced alb
surd by Suffers counsel.