The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-10-08
SACRIFICES SELF
TO save SULzER
Louis Sarecky, Governors
Clerk, Testi6es He Initiated
Executives Signature.
HE ENDORSED CHECKS
SuIzer Wanted Ambassador to MUIR
ply, Offering Truce, Allan A.
Ryan Tells Court.
HE ENDORSED CHECKS

Albany, y. V, Oct. T.-Louis A. Sa-
rocky. frankly admitting that he had
initiated the signature of William SulZer
for ten years, today took upon himself
the burden OF the gravest charges on
which the Governor was mpeached.
He declared the Sulzer letter TO the
Mutual Alliance Trust Company, dated
''En route" in which Sarecky was given
authority TO indorse checks was signed
by him without Suffers knowledge. He
also swore SulZer knew nothing OF the
money that went into that account.
This boy secretary and campaign agent
did not even vince when John B. Stanch-
field, on examination, characterized his
acts as forgeries.
Sarecky is to be the mainstay of the
defense. His story is strikingly similar
to the so-called confession of Mrs. Sulzer,
first related by Senator Palmer and later
confirmed by Sulzer himself
Asked Murphy's Mercy.
Overshadowing even this sensational de-
Tense were the revelations of Allan A
Ryan, recalled to the stand when the i'm
parchment court reversed its ruling Of
Yesterday and decided to hear the COM
plete story of Suffers attempts to influ-
ence the action of the court.
Throughout this testimony, given
with the greatest reluctance by young
Ryan, there doomed the dual politi-
cal mastery Of Thomas Fortune Ryan.
When the secrets of two conferences
between Ryan and Sulzer were told,
the impeached Governor was revealed
appealing for aid.
First, to Republican Boss Barnes,
. through Senator Elihu Root. the per-
sonal Republican attorney of Thomas
F. Ryan. and
Second. TO Tammany Boss Murphy,
through Delaney NicoII, the personal
Democratic attorney of the elder Ryan.
Allan Ryan declined to communicate
10 Senator Root the request of Sulzer
members of the court to vote foE Sui
ger. He did agree TO try to find out
the feeling of the impeachment judges
through another channel.
From Suffers ONCE, at 1873 Broadway,
he telephoned to a friend. unnamed in
the testimony. This friend communi-
Gated with Republican State Chairman
William Barnes, jr-, and later the same
day reported.
THE chairman says distinctly that he
will not permit anybody. high or low, to
speak TO him on the subject
offered to Give In.
Suffers Democratic proposition to
Ryan was that he have Delaney Nicoll
see Murphy and tell him that If he
would have his following in the i'm
parchment court vote that the impeach
ment at an extraordinary session of the
assembly was illegal the Governor would
be willing to make peace and do what
ever is right" Sulzer wanted to- have
Nicou as a ''go-between.'
4 promised to see what could do
and then went of into the country and
forgot about it," explained Ryan.
Ryan was recalled to the stand be-
cause the Republicans were incensed
over his statement stricken from the
record on Monday that Sulzer had asked
Ryan to see Root and have him get
Barnes to give orders to Republican
members of the court.
When court convened today Elan r.
Brown, Republican leader of the SEN
ate, moved for a private consultation.
The subject was discussed for more than
an hour. and then in secret the court |
by a vote OF Il to Il, decided to reverse |
itself.
Testimony Is Barred
Samuel A Beardsley, Democratic lead
er of Utica and practicing attorney inl
New York City, was the first witness for
the defense.
Beardsley was the personal counsel OF
Anthony y. Brady. who died abroad re-
Gently. The defense sought to prove that |
Beardsley had offered Sulzer a contribu- |
ton of $4,000, which was refused. He |
was not permitted to testify. The plan |
TO introduce similar testimony was then
abandoned.
Herbert II. Lehman. a New York
banker. testified he gave Sulzer 5000 in /
cash prior to his nomination. This evil
dence was offered by the defense to help |
account for the $4,000 the prosecution
has shown Sulzer collected during the
fall of 1872. Lehman said in all he had
spent $1,000 in behalf of Sulzer.
L. NJ. JOsephthal. naval aid on the
stats of Dix and Sulzer, told OF trans