Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1913-10-08
.SULZER ASKED
MURPHY TO STOP IT
1t is Alleged That He Was
Willing to Do What
is Right.
DEFENSE OPENS CASE
Wanted Murphy's Influence in Effort
to Stop the Impeachment
Trial.
DEFENSE OPENS CASE

Albany. n Y, Oct. 7-Governor
, VIM. Sulzer attempted to secure the
Influence of Chas. F. Murphy to stop
the trial of his impeachment, and in
return therefor said he was willing
to do what was right" according to
the testimony of Allan A. Ryan at the
trial today.
The testimony was given after the
court, by vote of Al to IA, decided to
admit upon the record Ryan's testi-
mony of yesterday. This was that
Governor Sulzer had asked him to see
Senator Root and request him to in
duce State Chairman William Barnes
to influence the Republican votes of
the members of the court to declare
the Impeachment proceedings illegal
because they We're brought during an
extraordinary session of the legisla-
ture.
Ground work for the defense of
Governor Sulzer was to be laid today
by Louis A. Sareeky, formerly Sui
Zers campaign secretary, who expect
ed to be the days first witness at
the impeachment trial. On his testl-
mony more than that of any other
man-with the possible exception OF
l.; co1f
rested the success Or failure of Sui
zer's case, If anybody could explain
away the clouds that have befoggec
the face of the financial transactions
of the governor, it was Sarecky.
Turned Over to the Secretary.
In outlining the defense yesterday:
Harvey O. Human, laid much stress
on the testimony of Sarecky. He told
how the governor practically turned
over his campaign funds to his Sec
rotary and trusted in him to keep
them straight When it came time to
make out a financial statement, Hin
man said, Sarecl1y drew it up, the
governor glanced at it, took his sec
retary's word for it's correctness, sign
ed it and thus ended the transaction.
Sarecky himself experienced trouble
in drawing up that statement, Hinman
said, because, not knowing until after
the election that he would have to
make a statement, he had kept no &C
CITRATE account of amounts received
and expended.
Two Others Held in Reserve.
Two others witnesses, Lieutenant
Commander Josephthal and Hugh j.
Reilly, were held in reserve for use
in case Sarecky was excused before
the end of court today. Josphthal
paid off the governors Wall street
debts and Reilly maintains he lent
$4,000 to the governor for his per-
sonal use, not as campaign contrlbu'
ton. Both men have expressed the
opinion that their testimony of the
governors witnesses would be in this
week. Should that prove true, the
attorneys should be able to- sum up
! in two days, and final deliberations
on a verdict by the court should be-
gin early next week.
Admitting Ryan's Testimony.
The court went into executive SEES
sion this morning to reconsider the
vote by which Allan A. Ryan's testi
mony was stricken from the record
yesterday. Ryan declared Sulzer hat
asked him to see Senator Elihu Roo
and endeavor to have him intercede
with William Barnes in an effort tt
prevail upon Republican senators o.
the impeachment court to hold the
impeachment illegal.
The executive session was ordered
after Attorney John B. Stanchfield
for the assembly managers, had ask
ed permission to recall Ryan to th'
witness stand.
Stanchfield said he had been re