The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1913-10-21
SULzER IS GUILTY
ON THREE CHARGES
REMOVED FROM OFFICE OF GOV
ERNOR.
Court Finds Sulzer Guilty of Falsifi.
cation, Perjury and OF Suppress
ing Evidence.


Albany, n. Y, October 16.-Governor
William Sulzer today was found gull
ty by the high court of Impeachment
on three of the articles preferred
against him Thsy were articles Nos.
1, , and g. He was declared innocent
Of the charges contained in Article
3.
Tomorrow he will be removed from
Office, but not disqualified from hold
ing Office in this State in the future,
unless there is a substantial change
in the informal vote reported to have
been taken today by the court on these
questions in secret session.
For the same reason it was expected
that he will not be found guilty on the
other four articles still remaining to
be voted on when the court adjourned
tonight.
Glyn to Become Chief.
Lieutenant Governor Martin H.
Glynn, who has been acting governor
since the impeachment of Sulzer, will
become chief executive of the State.
H: is an Albany newspaper owner.
Robert F. Wagner, a New York at :
torney, will become Lieutenant gov
ernor. He is the majority leader in
the senate.
The vote on articles 1 and was 80
to IS, bare two-thirds majority. The
former article charges that the gov
ernor falsifed his statement Of cam
paign contributions; the latter charges
that he committed perjury in so do
ing.
Suppressed Evidence.
The vote on article 8, which charges
the governor bribed witnesses to with
hold testimony from the Frawley in
vestigation committee, was unanimous
in favor of the governor.
The vote on article was 43 to a.
six members changing their votes on
articles / and from mot guilty TO
guilty" and two from guilty TO
''not guilty" This article charges that
the governor suppressed evidence oy
means of threats to keep witnesses
from testifying before the FraWiey
committee. Among these was Duncan
w. Peck, State superintendent of pub
lie works, who testified at the trial
that the governor mad asked him to
commit perjury.
The secret informal vote to remove
the governor was said to be 45 to a.
the same as on article 4, and the vote
not to disqualify him was said to be
unanimous.
Speculation Charge.
Article 6, which charges that the
governor committed larceny in specu-
lating with his campaign contributions
was said not to have been sustained in
tie secret session by vote Of 80 de-
cIaring the governor mot guilty TO
seven against him.
Article ;, which charges that he pre-
sented particular witness, Frederick
L. Colwell, from attending the sessions
CT the Frawley committee; Article l.,
that n: threatened to use his office and
influence to affect the vote or political
action of certain assemblymen, and
article 8, that he corruptly used mis- in
fuence to affect the prices of securi-
ties on the stock exchange, wsre re-
ported also to have been decided in ia
Yor of the governor in the secret ses-
sion by a practically unanimous vote.
Voted Not Guilty.
Presiding Judge Edgar NJ Cullen,
who will shortly retire from the bench,
voted mot guilty on every article and
rendered a long OPINION IN explaining
h!s votes. The other eight julges Of
the court of appeals were divided. On
articles 1 and judges Willard Bart
lett, Emory A Chase and William E.
Werner voted for the governor and
against him voted Judges Frederick
Collin, William H Cuddeback, John W.
Hogan, Frank H. Hiscock and Nathan
L. Miller, making a division among
them of to against the governor.
On article 4 Judges Bartlett, Chase
and Werner changed their votes from
mot guilty to guilty" and Judges
Hiscock and Miller changed from
guilty" to mot guilty making
against him a division of to 3.