New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-08-12

! said period were also produced before
your committee" says the report. ana
/ instead of showing that contributions
| had been received from sixty Eight per-
sons. aggregating in amount So,4oo. the
| fact was that there had been deposited
ninety-four checks from various con-
| tributors. together with sum In cash
| or currency of between Sl,Joo ana
5000"
| Suffers failure 70 report in his sworn
statement of campaign fund receipts
the $500 check Of William +. McCombs'
| Democratic National Chairman, and
the 81 900 check of Henry Morgenthau
are then noted in the report. when
| continues as follows:
Thereafter there was produced fun
transcript of the Farmers Loan and
/ Trust Company's account OF William
/ Sulzer from September |. 1872, TO jan
uary |. 1919. with the original deposit
slips. from which it appeared that the
amount of deposits between said dates
/ TO the account of William Sulzer was
| S24 800 81; that on October and 10,
when William Sulzer was in New York
| City. he deposited in checks and cur
rency in said account the sum of $1,000,
| of which amount the said Morgenthau
/ 81 600 check was a part that on Oc-
/ tober II. 1912. during the campaign.
! William Sulzer further deposited cur
rency amounting to $500 and a check
! for $1,000 and further. on December
| IL. Is and IS 1912. ne deposited SjlO
! i'm currency-all in said Farmers Loan
aud Trust Company.
Your committee further reports that
having received authentic Information
| that William Sulzer had used campaign
/ funds for the purpose Of buying Sc
+ curities or specializing on margins in
! Wall Street, some Of them being car
| ried in the name Of Frederick i. Col
well a personal friend. as dummy
| for Sulzer. il attempted 10 have pro-
duced the books Of account Of two
7 brokerage firms in New York city.
, namely. Messrs. Harris & Fuller and
/ Fuller & Gray. and also subppnaed
the said Frederick l.. Colwcll 10 TESTIFY.
] That thereupon at first the firm OF
! Harris & Fuller or the members there
2 Of. refused TO produce their accounts
with william Sulzer. and Melville II.
/ Fuller. OF said firm, refused TO answer
any questions as 70 said account, and
/ in like manner Frederick l.. Colwell
refused TO answer questions as TO any
account of stock transactions relative
TO or connected with William Sulzer.
II further appeared from the answers
| OF said witnesses, their demeanor on
| the witness stand and from authentic
| information in the possession OF the
committee. that they SO refused 10 an
/ swer questions at the instance ana re-
! quest OF Governor Sulzer. and that
/ Fuller had had an interview with Gov
ernor Sulzer in Albany after being
! served with the subpoena, at which in
terview IL was demanded by Governor
Sulzer and agreed that said Fuller
should refuse to give any information
regarding said account.
THAT thereafter the said Fuller was
threatened with punishment for con-
tempt by the Legislature and fnally
appeared at a subsequent hearing and
produced a transcript Of the account OF
William SIlzer which account, for the
purposes Of keeping its existence Sc
cret from other customers of the firm,
was known, numbered and designated
as account 63. This account shows ihdt
William Sulzer was carrying on margin
in the said office OF said brokers 900
shares Of c. &. G. g. st. l.. big Four
stock. 200 shares OF American Smelt-
ers and 100 shares OF Southern Pacific.
Payments After Election.
And that on January /. 1912, while
the said Sulzer was chairman OF the
Foreign Affairs Committee in the House
OF Representative and member OF
said House he owed the firm of Harris
G. Fuller s4S.599 IS on said speculative
account. II further appears that after
his election as Governor the said Sui
yer paid by deposits Of cash or checks
| on his debt 10 said Harris e. Fuller the
sum Of s21. 900 and we call attention to
the fact that within two weeks after
his election, on November IS. 1912. he
paid them in currency $4,000, and on
! December 16. 1912, he paid them in
currency $4,000, although none OF these
sums were drawn from the Farmers
Loan and Trust Company. That in the
month OF June, 1918. Governor Sulzer
was being continually requested by
Harris & Fuller to make payment on
account Of his margins. which had be-
come very weak, and he was notified
| either 10 pay or take up the account
and transfer il TO some one else. with
the result that on July 10. 1913. Lieu
J tenant Commander Louis VI. Josephthal
paid for the said Sulzcr the amount
then remaining due Of s26.739 81. That
said Josephthal is a member OF Gov
ernor Suffers military staff being the
only member OF Governor Dix's staff
who was retained By Suzer
There was further produced before
your committee under subpoena GER
tain account Of Frederick l.. Colwell,
the friend and dummy of William Sui
ger above referred TO, with the firm Of
| Boyer, Griswold & Co.. brokers OF New
York City wherefrom il appeared that