Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-09-26

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night. to bring no more impeachment
charges against the Governor.
Mr.. Stadler subsequently told of hav-
ing collected $3.50 from Peter Doelger
500 from william j. Elias, $3.50 from
George c. Hawley, $3.50 from August
| Luchow, $3.50 from William and Peter
Hoffman, all representing liquor in
terests. His personal contribution of
800 was added to the total turned ov-
er to the Governor.
Il think the total amounted to about
s1400," he declared. Yet l may be
In error; it might be perhaps only
$500; l don't think it is over $140o"
Charles Dersch, who followed Stad-
Ter on the stand, testified that he had
delivered some of Stadler's collections
at Suffers new home. He was ask
ed whether he had delivered them to
Mr. and Mrs Sulzer
Il think Mrs Sulzer took it and put
| it in desk
a lengthy questioning was necessary
before the witness could be persuad-
ed to make a definite statement con-
corning what he told Either Mr. or
Mrs. Suffer the money was for
Il said for campaign purposes, it was
fer campaign purposes" he finally said.
Derseh also testified that Sulzer had
required that if he got any more checks
TO be kind enough TO have them cash
ed.
Evidence of another contribution
from the brewing interests was dis
closed. when Simon Uhlemann, head of
the Eenekel Brewing Co. of Albany
testified that he had made out a check
for $500 to the order of Louis A. Sa-
reckv.
These transactions-a hundred or
more in number" asserted John b.
Stanchfeld, counsel for the prosccu-
tor, constituted a common scheme, a
design on the part of the respondent,
to display certain contributions and
conceal others. / can see that the fail
urc to report one might have been an
accident; two a coincident, but to fail
to account for hundred is a crime"
Attorneys for the Governor protested
that the articles should be treated as
an indictment and that the Governor
could net be tried for offences not al
legged in such indictments. Presiding
Judge cullen in a lengthy opinion, how
ever. overruled the objections of the |
Governors counsel.
Morris Tekulsky, president of the |
New York Liquor Dealers Association |
and n member of the general commit
tee Of Tammany Hall, testified to hav-
ing contributed $50.
Admissihility of Evidence.
The question as to the admissibility
Of the evidence on campaign eontri-
buttons not cited in the articles of
Impeachment precipitated heated
wrangle among the opposing attor-
neys.
Judge Cullen submitted the ques-
ton to the vote of the court and the
SIS members present voted unanimous
ly in favor of letting all the evidence
in.
Edgar T. Bracket, counsel for the
Impeachment managers, argued that
since Mr.. Sulzer had asked for the
money to help his campaign it made
no difference what the intent of Mr..
.schin in the matter had been. He
raised the point that the banker might
have been giving expression to his
feeling in regard to the gift at the
present time, rather than at the timc
the gift was made. Judge Cullen
agreed that the point was well talk
en-, but said that until he had an OPP
portunity to investigate the authori-
ties he would reserve decision on the
motion to strike the testimony III
question from the record.
Thomas NJ. Goodwin, the paying teller
of the Farmers Loan & Trust Co. was
called He was first questioned by John
B. Stanchfield concerning the instruc-
tons he had received from the attorney
for the trust company not to testify to
signatures that had not passed through
the institution in which he is employed.
Goodwin Unidentified the signatures on the
two checks he had declined to identify
yesterday-those of Abram Elkus for $500
and the Lyman II. Spaulding check for
| 500
| The witness then identified the follow
| ing deposits as having been made in his
| Institution by William SulZer between
| Sept r. 1912. and his inauguration:
Sept. r. 1912 Bills $500
| Sept Is, 1872: Bills $4,000
Oct. 9, 1912: Bills sli00
Oct 10. 1912: Bills $500
Dec. 2s, 1912: Bills $1,000
Totals ga 400