South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-10-08
Allan A. Ryan Asked to Act as
a GO-BetWeen by Gov. Sui
ger, According to His Own
Testimony.
SULZER WILLING TO
DO THE RIGHT THING
, 'efenSe Attorneys Make No
Effort to Impeach the TeSti-
mOny-WiIIiam 7. Jerome is
Among Those Present.

ALBANY. y. Y. oct. S.-Gov. Will
lam Sulzer. recently attempted TO
negotiate a bargain with Charles r.
Murphy. leader of Tammany hall. to
have his Impeachment trial called
of so Allan A. Ryan. son of the New
ork fnancter and traction magnate,
testified at the trial Tuesday
IL Murphy was willing TO get his
following 10 vote that the assem- bly,
had no right TO impeach him." the gov
ernor according to Ryan. was will
ing TO do whatever was right"
The testimony preceded the calling
by the defense Of Louis A. Sarecky.
the governors campaign secretary.
and other witnesses.
Sarecky. a youth of 27. shouldered
the blame for the omission OF unre-
ported contributions TO the governors s
campaign statement confessed he had
initiated the governors signature to
deceive a bank and admitted that he,
an alien, born in Russia and never
naturalized, had been promoted from
the position Of governors stenOgraph-
er TO the head OF the deportation bu-
reau OF the state hospital commission.
Was Second Recital.
Kyan's story OF the governors al
legged effort TO make peace with the
leader of Tammany hall was his sec
OHu ItClid4 Ol an dlltD1pl on the part
OF the governor TO stop the trial.
Ryan testified Monday that Sulzer had
asked him To persuade United States
Sen. Elihu Root to get the New York
republican state chairman. William J.
Barnes. jr. 10 influence the republican
members of the court of Impeachment
10 vote the impeachment illegal.
The latter testimony was immedi
ately stricken out by a vote Of the
court-32 to 1S-but Tuesday on mo-
tiOn OF ElOn r. Brown. the senate's
republican leader, the court in execu-
tive session. reconsidered it's action
and by a vote of Al TO IA decided 10
admit the testimony and open the
door for the remainder of the young
financier's story
RYAN took the stand Immediately
after the secret session. He said that
Sulzer had asked him TO obtain the
offices of Delaney Nicoll, attorney for
the Elder Ryan as a go between" in
the proposed negotiations with the
Tammany leader This request the
governor made, the witness said, on
the same day that he asked him TO
intercede with Sen. Root a week be-
fore the Impeachment trial began and
in the governors New York Office.
Controlled Ten Votes.
The governor said. according 70 the
witness, that he controlled ten DEM
ocratic votes in the court OF impeach-
ment.
AS in the case Of the governors re-
quest that ne see Sen. Root. Ryan
said that he made no effort TO see
Mr.. Nicoll.
Ryan did. however, make an effort
of his own. he said. 10 sound the
republican sentiment. This he did,
he testified. through a friend.
II appeared from his testimony that
this friend had seen Chairman Barnes
and obtained from him a statement
that the republican organization
would do nothing.
The governors counsel made no
attempt To cross examine the witness
who Fave his testimony with appar-
ent reluctance. William Travers Je-
rome, personal attorney OF the wit
ness. sat at the counsel table.
Sarecky. much heralded as the gov
ernOr's star witness. took the stand
amid a craning OF necks and a buzz
Of interest He spoke in a high piping
voice and his answer came. almost
uniformly without hesitation.
we received either from Tammany
hall or from the secretary of state "
said SareCky a blank form in which
statement was 10 be made out of
receipts and expenditures of campaign
funds.
The question came up as To
whether the committee of the gov
ernOr's friends, OF which I was treas
urer, had the right the file a state
ment inasmuch as it had been neglect
ed, or some one had neglected on
behalf OF the committee. TO file with
the secretary OF state a notice 10 the
effect that such a committee had been
formed. So some one suggested that
I take the matter up with Mr.. Sulzer.
I went into his room and told him
OF the quandary We We're i'm and he
said. well. make up the statement
any way: IL does not matter very much
who signs il as long as we comply
with the spirit OF the law So 1 went
outside and then worked on the state
ment for about a day and half.
brought IL back 10 Mr.. Sulzer and he
signed IL.
Who. If any one. assisted YOU in
preparing it2" asked Atty. Hinman.
"I think MIR Horgan was the one
who helped me get il up. He brought
an adding machine from his office
and he and I worked on il and
finally got il up
The witness referred 10 Matthew T.
Horgan. who. he said. formerly had
been employed IN the governors New
York office and who later became sec
retary of the Frawley investigating
committee
Did William Sulzer have anything
whatever 20 do in the work OF pre-
pairing that statement %
Yes sir" said the witness.
SulIcr Was Busy
What was Mr.. Sulzer doing when
yoI took the completed statement 10
him for his signature"
Il think he was going through