The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-10-01
sUllER SCORES At TRIAL.
TWO OF CHECKS GIVEN HIM FOR
ANY USE HE SAW FIT.
high Court To Decide Later Whcth-
or Diversion of Campaign Funds
Constitute Impcachablc Onense II
Proved To BE True.

Ainany, y. u, sept. 24.-Gov. Sui
Ger was free to use tho S2,500 check
given him BY Jacob H.. Scniff. a New
York banker, in any way he chose.
The banker so declared today on the
witness stand at the impeachment
trial OF the governor. The designa-
tion OF the check across its back as
contribution to the governors cam
paign fund did not restrict it's use
to that purpose. Mr. schiff said.
Henry Morganthau. ambassador to
Turkey. formerly chairman of the
finance committee Of the National
Democratic committee. testified that
when he gave the governor check
for si.000--a personal contribution
he had placed no limitation on its
use. Hc said. however. that he had
made the gift TO help the governor
In his campaign and had been fool
ishly generous"
These are two of the alleged cam
paign contributions which the ar
ticles of Impeachment against the gov
ernor charge that he misused.
1T possibly can not make any Diff
Terence I'm this case but II were sit
ting I'm criminal prosecution" said
Judge Edgar NJ. Cullen, president of
the court. Il should have to Charge
the petit jury that II the owner con-
sented To the use in any manner OF
the money or check given by the
party To whom IL was delivered such
use would not constitute larceny"
Today's testimony marked the open-
Ing OF the actual trial of the impeach-
ed executive, which until noon today
had been delayed by arguments of
objections OF counsel for the defense
AT that hour all obstacles to the TAX :
Ing Of testimony had been swept aside
by vote of the court, thereby permit
ting Eugene Lamb Richards OF coun.
sci for the managers OF the impeach-
ment TO outline the evidence against
the governor. This opened the case.
The last OF these obstacles-the mo-
tion of the defense to quash the three
articles OF the impeachment dealing
with the governors alleged misuse OF
his campaign contributions-was dis
posed OF today in this manner:
Presiding Judge Cullen overruled
the motion without prejudice to it's
merits and recommended that decis~
ion be reserved until the testimony
was all in. This recommendation was
adopted by the court by a vote OF 4g
to z. The negative votes all were cast
by Democratic senators.
Intimatiok of the attack IT is re-
ported the governor will make on
Tammany Hall in presenting his side
Of the case came at the very outset
OF the testimony today when Attor-
ney Mhrshall asked Secretary May If
he had In his files a campaign report
OF the general committee of Tammany
Hall. Mr.. May replied that no such
report had p'ofiicialy come to his no.
tico" and that he was unaware that
any such report had been filed.
Suggestion that the Endorsement of
the governors signature on some OF
the alleged campaign contributions
was not genuine came when Thomas
Goodwin. paying teller of the Farmers
Loan and Trust company. New York,
testified that the signature on the
checks OF Lyman a. Spalding for 800
and Abram I. Elkus for $500 disclosed
sufficient irregularity to- warrant my
investigating before paying it,"
Goodwin also identified deposit slips
of William Sulzer with his institution
between september. 1912. and the
date CT his inauguration.
These were the slips unearthed by
the f'rawley committee which show
ell that during that period the gov
ernor's deposits amounted approx
imattly To s23.DOO They had not
been placed In evidence when court
adjourned.
That Judge Cullen would allow
wide latitude in the introduction Of
evidence was indicated when he said
In answer To one objection of coun-
sci:
III Is not the intention Of the pre-
siding Judge unless directed other
wise by the court u rule out any
evidence that the parties lay stress
upon unless IL is something plainly
immaterial or brings in the names or
ne - of persons who are not parties
To the litigation and have no business
to be tntrodced."
Ihe prosecutions counsel plan to
deive deeper into the governors cam
pnign funds inmnrrnm