The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-09-26
High Court of Impeachment
Opens Gates for a Flood of
Adverse Testimony in the
Case of SuIzer.
BANKER SCHIFF is
THE CHIEF WITNESS
Louis H. Sarecky, Who Has
Been Missing for Some
Time, Turns Up and Is
Under Subpoena.
By JAMES J, MONTAGUE.

By JAMES j. MONTAGUE.
By International News Service
ALBANY, y. Y. Sept 25.-Mr Frank
enstein told me that II would accept.
Governor Sulzer would be glad to return
| my s25o0 contribution. II. Schlff.
Governor Sulzer asked me II I got any
more checks TO he kind enough to have
them cashed.- Charles Deersch who
helped collect sla0O for suIzer from the
brewers
The foregoing statements were the most
striking portions OF the flood OF adverse
| testimony which poured In on Governor
Sulzer today when Presiding Judge Cullen
opened the gates by a decision that the
evidence need not be confined solely 10
acts charged in the articles OF impeach-
ment. The decision was sustained by q
unanimous vote OF the court.
Here are the chief points scored against
the governor in the veritable war OF ex-
termination begun against him follow
ing the court ruling.
Schiff Recalled.
BY MIR. Schin. recalled to the stand
That Frankenstein, Sulzer's former law
partner, came to him after the Schiff
check was made public and offered to
make restitution In the nam. OF the gov
ernor That the governor a few weeks
ego invited Mr. Schiff to come to AL
bany and talk with him and Mrs. Sulzer
who was Ill. Mr Schln refused Incl
dentally Mr.. SchiY in hacking by
Senators Foley and Thompson admitted
having given $1,000 to the Straus cam
paign before he knew that sulzer would
be nominated.
BY Charles Deersch and former Sen4
tor Charles A stadler-That they had
collected S1io0 from the breweries and
allied interests for Sulzer and Sulzer had
asked them to get the cash on the checks.
Deersch insisted at first he had given
tho money he had brought on one occa-
sion to Mrs Sulzer. but when tripped up
by Wagner admitted that the governor
was present Stadler said Sulzer also
asked him before the syria acuse convention
TO Ego TO Fourteenth street and intercede
for him"
Checks Identified.
The checks identified by the two wit
nesses were as follows:
Peter Doelger $3.50; ". ]. Elias 800;
George c. HawIey Of Albany. s2ho; Au-
gust Luchow. 5000; William and Peter
Hoffman, $3.50. Total. s1o5o.
Morris Teeulsky, former president of
the Liquor Dealers association. gave $50
and other cash contributors made up the
remainder
Rv Louis ]. Conlon-That ne gave
Sulzer personally 800 In cash and the
checks OF Lyman A. Spalding for 500
and Mark NJ Potter for 5000. Mrs. Sui
ger WAS present when the money was
delivered Conlon wns one OF n large
fact OF members OF the Manhattan club
who raye up to Mr., Sulzer. and all OF
whom a-o hero to testify.
By Bird g. Coler-That he sent Sulzer
800 in letter written at Santa Fe and
sent TO tho governor personally
BY Ralph Trier OF Frank v Straus
compeuy-That he gave Sul5er $500 from
Mr.. straus and got no acknowledgment
OF It
Significant Feature.
A significant feature OF ali this testl
mony was that SulZer made no acknowl-
edrnent Of rnonev received in any Of his
replies. When he made replies he sent
a form which read:
1T thank you for what you say and
what you have done"
Louis A. Sarecky, the missing witness
for the defense, turned up today and was
nyonnptly put under subpoena Much Of the
Questioning by the defense this afternoon
indIceted that Sarecky VIII be used TO
Nnhstsntiatc the story that Mrs. Sulzer
had a great deal to do with Sulzers in
Apparently dissatisfied with Mr, ltre-
uoi's examination OF Mr. Schit yesterday.
tho attorneys for tho managers last night
sjxed the banker TO return 20 Albany
80 hs arrived this afternoon. mildly
surnrised but ready TO answer whn tever
questions were 70 he put 20 him, This
time Edgar T. Bracket. who comes from
Saratoga and is one Of the few lawyers
| for the prosecution who have not worked
| for Mr. Schff, conducted the eXamina-
| tim The banker briskly took his seat
| ir the witness chair when called and
yat with one hand TO his ear 10 assist his
defective hearing.
Tore Up Slip.
In answer TO Brackets questions. he
| ,oid Sarecky's ma was flrst given him
| nv SrIzer OH a visit 10 the bankers Of
| dee He wrote II on a slip OF paper 80
| ms 10 get the spelling right He said he
| tore up the paper two weeks ago.
! .'s:,nre YOU knew this subject was