The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-29
MAN KILLED AFTER
QUARREL WITH WIFE
E. Sankpeal Killed in Auto Accident
Shortly After Leaving Home Fol-
lowing Dispute With Wife

Rochester. n. T.. July 2S.-E. Sankpeal,
vice president of lumber company, quar-
relied with his wife last night, left the
house in anger, and few hours later an
automobile in which he and Miss Martha
Hartelbin of Rochester, were riding, was
struck by train a few miles from the
suburbs.
Bot hwere killed. Mrs Sankpeal was
awakened to be notified of her husband s
death.
Mulhall referred to the labor lobby"
Whom did you designate as the Ia
Dor lobby" asked Senator Nelson
"Gompers, Morrison and members of
the executive board OF the Federation
of Labor" Mulhall replied. Il always
found them busy around the hotels and
frequently found them around the cap
itol'
Senator Lodge appeared to deny Null
halls statements that he conferred
with him in the summer of 1910.
He denied ever having seen Mulhall
before the investigation started
Il certainly am not going to try
to contradict what you say, senator
Mulhall said, but DO say that | had a
conference with you in your office"
Gave Page $10O
Mulhall swore that j. III. McMichael,
one time chief page of the House, came
to see him in Baltimore to get 500
and was to give half of it to Rep
resentative J. T. McDermott of Illinois.
He testified that McDermott later
claimed he got only $40. Mulhall later
wrote the manufacturers officials
about fixing things in the new House.
What success did you have?" asked
Senator Nelson.
Absolute negative replied wit
ness
Mulhall finally testified that Repre-
sentative McDermott and McMichaei
chief page, We're about the only per-
sons from whom he expected to get
his information categorically and who
We're 10 help him in fixing things
In another letter to Bird Mulhall
spoke of an interview with Represen-
tative Underwood. He explained that
the majority leader merely replied to
his questions.
committee is entirely our way"
Was that right" he was asked.
Simply Guessing
Il was simply guessing at that time, ;"
he answered
He wrote Bird late in April about
bill permitting the enrolment of govern
pers had been given a hearing on the bill
through Representative Lloyd, of Mis-
souri,. He said he called on Represen-
.tetiye Lloyd told him who he represented
and why he opposed the bill. but that
Lloyd said he expected to fight for its
Passage.
In a letter he expressed the hope that
our organization will get busy all over
the country and let Mr.. Lloyd, Mr. Clark
and Mr.. Underwood and the other lead
ers OF the democratic party know that
Gompers is not supreme at the present
time.
In this letter Mulhall said ne saw for
mer Attorney General c. j. Bonaparte,
then president of the Civil Service Form
league. and got him going against this
bill Also.
Speaking of Representative McDermott
and the money he was alleged to have
borrowed Mulhall said:
II was down in Fritz Reuters with
McDermott one day. | took out nv roll
and laid it on the bar and he took the
whole roll l. hoped to get some of II
back, but never did
'He must have been broke" suggested
Senator Nelson.
II never saw him otherwise said tie
witness.
j. p. Bird, general manager of the
National Association Of Manufacturers.
issued statement from the associa :
tion's headquarters here tonight declar
ing that full examination of the
Organization books showed that Mar
tin M Mulhall was paid during the
entire 10 years he was in the serv-
ices of the. ASSOCIATION s4s,976.27 or less
than $4,000 year OF this, the state
ment said. s1f,217 represented Null
halls salary and tile remainder his
general expenses. including transpor-
tation and hotel bills. Mnlhall has tes-
Titled that ne spent about 100000 car
rying on the associations lobby and
political work.