Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1913-10-02
WEB IS DRAWING
IN ABOUT SU[zER
Broker Testifies That collweIl
Acted as Dummy in Cover
nor's Wall Street
DEALINGS.

Albany N. ". Oct. l. Counsel
their case in the Sul,.er impearh-
ment trial AT 2:a0 O'Clock this af
ternoon.
Judge Herrick OF counsel for
Governor Sulzer then requested
that court adjourn until Monday
next On motion of Senator Brown
the court went into executive Ses-
sion to decide the question
Albany n. y. Oct q Direct con-
nection between account 500 and
Governor SulZer was established TO-DAY
when J B. Gray. of the stock exchange
firm of Fuller 4 Gray. who handled
the account. testified before the i'm
parchment court that Frederick L.
Collwell told him that the stock trans :
actions iii the accoant We're for the
governor. Collwell was Suffers al
legged dummy
identify Signatures.
Hand writing experts made their APP
pearance today in the senate cham
Der, where the Impeachment trial oi
Gov. William SulZer is being held.
Several signatures made by either
the governor or his agents We're In
dispute. Bank employees who have
OS'cll OIl lIlSs Slditu. IUlIt'u 10 ldPULi1 y
them. Some were Endorsements of
checks and others were attached to
letters.
One signature which counsel for
the board of managers was Very anX :
ious to identify was attached to a let
ter asking Harris & Fuller New York
brokers, to close the governors ac-
septhal 1t was signed William Sui
Zer for Mrs, SulZer.
Melville b. Fuller. testifyine yes
terday regarding this account, said
that it represented loan made 10
the governor, who had said the money
went TO pay obligations incurred by
Mrs. Sulzer at the Carnegie Trust
company, of New York. now defunct.
The cross entry made in the gov
ernor's Harris & Fuller account datec
December 30, 1912, the day before his
Inauguration. also was in dispute
Counsel for the board of Impeachment
managers intimated that the entry
made his debt for securities appear a:
a loan.
al the opening of the morning ses
sion Melville II. Fuller. of the broker
age firm OF Harris S Fuller, made
personal statement to the court. Mi,
Fuller read from a prepared copy. H'
first referred to headlines in valiou.
lnony yesterday. He said that he ant
his firm had been n1isrepresented.
Frank, He Says.
II have concealed nothing. the wit
ness declared. II testified frankly ant
freely before the Frawley committee.
although | understood
Attorney stanchlield interrupted
claiming that comment on the FrawleA
committee exceeded the province o
II personal Statement.
Judge Cullen sustained the attorne!
and told the witness that If he hac
been misrepresented in any neWspa
per he had recourse TO the courts.
But" interposed Attorney Mar
shall. of the governors counsel ''f'
claims not only to have been mlsrep,
resented in the papers. but also tina
there were innuendos from the coun-
sci of the other side that reflected OF
him and on his firm.
Judge Cullen told the witness t.
contine himself to Il personal state
| ment.
The books of my firm are abso.
NO balances were forced. No items
were omitted or concealed in them t.
protect Sulzer or any one else"
Most of the morning session was de
voted to an effort by the managers t.
show how and why Governor Sulzel
rewarded his campaign secretary
Louis a. Sarccky, by procuring him I
$4,000 job in the state immigration
service.
They evidently did not wish to cal
Sarecky as witness unless forcet
to do so, and endeavored to establish
their point by reading excerpts from
the proceedings of the F'raWleN invest
igating committee before whom Sar
ecky repeatedly refused To testify
Counsel for the governor objected Il
this line of evidence. Judge Werner
asked Mr.. Stanchleld of the prosecu-
tion whether Sarecky was to be callec
as a witness. One of the Sulzer law
yers informed him that Sarecky VII.
under subpoena from the managers
counsel
Clash Of Lawyers.
But" interrupted Mr.. Stanchfield
you need not understand from tha
fact that the managers are going t.
make him their witness" We never
thought you would" interjected Judge
Herrick, the governors chief coun-
sci.
Presiding Judge Cullen then rulee
that Mr.. StanchtieId, in reading thu
Safecky testimony must confine him
self to the parts in which Sarecl,
refused to answer questions concern
ing the campaign contributions.
John G. Birdseye, secretary of the
civil service commission. testified tina,
the commission suspended its rules a,
Suffers request in order that Sarecky
might be appointed deportation agent
ut salary OF $4,000.