The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-09-27
SWEARS SULZER WAS
READY FOR PERJURY
Continued from Page one.)

Continued from Page Ono.)
cations OF being completely COMPOUNDED
by the testimony of these two wit
ncsses. Mono of them had the faintest
inklng, it was learned, that such ac-
cusations were to be brought by the at
torneys for the assembly managers,
1t was further brought out that
| Richard Croker, Jr.. son of the former
| leader of Tammany, had contributed a
$4,000 check, payable at the request of
Sulzer to the order of ''cash' and that
the check was cashed bv Frederick l..
Colwell, alleged to have been the gov
ernor's agent in his Wall street trans
actions.
Croker testified that the governor
wanted it in convenient form to cash
it Immediately because he was in a
hurry to start on his campaign trip
through the state. This was on Octo-
Der 16, but it developed that Colwcll
did not cash the check until Octo-
Der 81.
The latter testimony given by Will
liam B. Houghton, paying teller of the
Equitable Trust company Of New York,
who said that Colwell was his Sunday
school teacher. Demand for Colwell g
production today brought out state
ment from the governors attorneys
that they expected to get in commu
row. He has boon missing several
weeks.
Croker's Check.
The Croker check was one of sew
eral unreported campaign contributions
which were the subject of testimony
today. John W. Cox, Thomas ".
Brady, John T. Dooling, j. Temple
Gwathmey, Luitpold Mendelbaum and
Judge Lewis J. Conlan, all of New
York, testified that they had contrib
uted checks or cash ranging from $l00
to $1,000, none of which was mentioned
in the governor IS sworn statement of
campaign contributions.
Counsel for the defense fought des-
perately to gain from each witness tes-
timony that he had made the gift not
for the purpose of helping the COVER
nor in his political contest, but to aid
him personally.
"Didn't you give this check be.
cause You knew that the governor was
in an impecunious conditionF'
tDidn { you know the governor was
hard up?
Didn't you give this to him to
help him out financially
Dispute Precipitated.
These were the questions by which
Judge Herrick sought to obtain from
the witnesses admission that they had
placed no restrictions On their contri-
buttons.
Their questions twice precipitated
heated dispute as to the admissibility
of any evidence tending to show the
Of the donors. The result
the prosecution to admitting the evil
dence was twice overruled by a vote
of the court, which was in keeping
with opinions previously rendered by
Presiding Judge Cullen. Croker, DR..
Cox, Judge Conlan and Brady testi-
fled that their contributions had been
given to the governor for other pur-
poses than campaign expenses If he
wished so to use them.
Brady testified that he and Judge
Conlan and other contributors to the
fund had discussed the question Of the
governor 8 financial condition at the !
Manhattan club in New York.
"Did you talk about the necessity |
Of doing something to help him be-
cause Of his financial condition7"
asked Judge Herrick
Yes, we did, said Brady.
Letter Produced.
Gwathmey, On the other hand, pro-
duced a letter he had sent the COVER
nor, which read:
Inclosed, please find 500, which |
I wish you would hand to the people |
who are conducting your personal cam
paign, as I wish this money to be de-
voted to that cause alone ~
The prosecution brought in today
the first evidence to support the charges |
that the governor used some of his
funds to speculate in Wall |