The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-10-08
.ENDEAVORS TO MAKE
PEACE WITH MURPHY
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as it had neglected or someone had
neglected on behalf of the committee,
to file with the secretary of state
notice to the effect that such a commit
tee had been formed. So someone sug-
gested that I 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 state"
ment anyway; it does not matter very
much who signs it as long as we COM
ply with the spirit of the law So /
went outside and then worked on the
statement for about day and half,
and brought it in to Mr.. Sulzer and
he signed it. ;"
"Who, if anyone, assisted you in
preparing it9' asked Attorney Hin
man.
Says Horgan Assisted.
'sI think Mr., Horgan was the one
who helped me get it up. He brought
an adding machine from his Office and
he and / worked on it and finally got
it up"
The witness referred to Matthew T.
Horgan, who, he said, formerly had
been employed in the governors New
retary of the Frawley investigating
committee which upearthed 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 statement7'
"No, sir,' Sarecky declared en-
phatically.
''What was Mr.. sulzer doing when
you took the completed statement to
him for his signature7"
&C think he was fhrOu Qh
of his correspondence. ! said, 'Here,
congressman, here is the statement
which ] got up I had the first page
folded over back and showed him
where he was to sign. He turned it
back and said, is this all right9'
said 'This is as accurate as I could
get it, and he signed it,
Did Not Read 1t.
"Did he read any part of the state
ment or examine lt9'
"He could not have read it care
fully, because he did not hold it over
minute or two at the most, just
long enough for him to sign his name. "
"Why did you leave out any
moneys2D
HBecause I did not have any record
before me at the time I made up the
statement to cover the items l omitted
used part OF the money that [ de-
posted to my own account in settling
suit out west that had been brought
against Mr.. Sulzer during his cam
paign."
'FWhere was Sulzer when you did
that's"
''I cannot recollect just where he
was
"Did you confer with him before
you did that'n
~ did not.'
"For what other purpose had moneys
deposited by you in this bank ac-
count been used, moneys which do not
appear in this campaign statement?"
81 cannot recolleet Just now for
what purpose / did use them, but l
know 1 used some for purposes which
were not campaign purposes.
Oath Is Not Read.
Sarecky testified that Alfred ].
Wolff. the commissioner of deeds, who
had the SulZer signature, had not
read the oath to the governor or
even seen HIM sign it, When Wolff
was a witness for the assembly man
ayers he testified he had read the sub
scribcrs' oath to Sulzer and personally
had witnessed the governor s signature
Sarecky also contradicted the testi-
mony OF Cornelius S. Pinckney, New
York lawyer, witness for the managers,
who said that the governor had told
him he did not intend to report
Pinckney's 5000 gift. The governor
said: according to Pinckney, CT don Il
intend to account for these kinds of
pifts -