Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-10-09
Impeached Governor Re-
mains Silent in Order
to Protect Wife.
ARGUMENTS ARE BEGUN
Attorneys on Both Sides AlIot-
ted Five Hours in Which to
Sum Up Their Case.

Albany, n. Y, Oct. 9.-Final argu
ments in the Sulzer impeachment trial |
we're begun today. Attorneys on each |
side were allotted five hours. 1t is be- !
lieved that at the end of the arguments |
Friday night court will adjourn Tues
day.
Without calling either Governor Sui
ger or his wife to the witness stand,
his counsel yesterday rested the de-
fense in the trial of his impeachment. |
According to d. Cady Herrick, chief of
his attorneys. Governor Sulzer decided
not to defend himself in person be-
cause he did not want to be placed in
the position of shielding himself be-
hind his wife-for it was for Mrs. Sui
ger, according to the testimony, that
the governor had his Wall street deal
ings.
Herrick said that the governor had
heard from many quarters, including
Washington, that ANY man who would
shield himself behind his wife ought to
be removed"
Tomorrow and Friday will be de-
voted to summing up the case by the
opposing counsel. Mc1day next being
a holiday, adjournment probably will
be taken to Tuesday, when it is ex-
pected, the verdict on the governors
guilt or innocence will be reached.
PICTURED AS MARTYR.
Friends of the governor pictured him
as a man who had martyred himself
for the sake of his wife. Herriek point,
ed out sttat the testimony of Allan A.
Ryan that Sulzer did not, wish to drag
his wife into the case best disclosed
the reason why the governor had not
taken the stand
] The sudden closing of the case for
the defense created sensation. Gov
ernor Sulzer had said he would posi-
lively testify and tell TN astounding
story" that would force Charles F.
Murphy, leader of Tammany hall, to
take the stand in his defense also.
He finally yielded, it was said, to the
advice of his attorneys.
In preparing for this story as well as
that expected from Mrs. Sulzer, coun-
sci for the Impeachment managers
had in reserve half or a dozen more
witnesses whom they had expected
tc put on in rebuttal. Two of these
witnesses were called before court ad-
: journed yesterday, but Judge Cullen
excluded their testimony. They were
George w. Egbert, a bank examiner,
} in charge of the books of the defunct
; Carnegie Trust company, and James
c. Miller, an official of the Fifth Ave
: nue. Bank of New York. Egbert was
, ready to give evidence, Attorney Kres-
ell said, that would controyert the testi-
, mony that Mrs. Sulzer haL an account
: in the Carnegie Trust company, or that
the company had loaned the governor
, money on securities owned by her and
deposited in that institution.
By As- Miller, Kresel continued
: the managers proposed to show that
$ Mrs Sulier had an account in the
! Fifth avenue bank, during the cam
l. paign of 1912" He learned later
+ out of court, that Mrs. Sulzer's bal
. ance in this institution totaled "aboui
+ 5000 early in October, 1912, and that
e it had increased to more than $4,000
o by the end OF the succeeding month.
; Judge Cullen held that the intro
= duction of their testimony would lin
ject new evidence and reopen the
case"
The closing of the taking of testi
/, mony by the defense, which begas
a only Tuesday morning, was announce
!, by Herrick Immediately after Judge
Cullen had refused to admit into eyi
dence a story Of alleged grZft involv
ing Duncan W. Peck. superintendent
of public works, who testified early IL
the trial that Governor Sulzer hat
\ asked him to deny under oath that h
ton. This story, counsel announced
they proposed to prove through Johi
,r A. Hennessy, Governor Suffers specia
:. investigator and personal friend, VIII
was called to the stand
Judge Cullen refused to admit eTi
n dence Ito show that Duncan w. Peci
le when he went on the witness stand
Is knew that an investigation of his dc
ipartment was being made, that fraud
were being discovered therein, an
that il the respondent remained in o.
fee Peck must go" He likewise shu
out testimony by Hennessy to prov
that Suizer has been a good COVE
nor"
The exclusion of this testimony pra'
tieaIly placed the crux OF the COVE
nor's defense on the story of Louis
Sarecky. the governors campaign Sc
retary. told yesterday, in which he a
= suIned the blame for the governor
!. failure to report his campaign contr
buttons.
A general denial Of al charg'