The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-10-18
MURPHY is JUDGE,
JURY AND BA|[|FF
Sulzcr Issues Statement Immcdi-
atcly After Being Served
With Custer.
chad | BUT SERVED BOSS"
Declares He Was Lynchcd by
Senate and Assembly, Con
trolledby Tammany Chief.


Albany. y. y, October 17.-WIl-
nam Sulzer, twenty minutes inter
he had been served with the notice
OF his removal from office -, ,5o tn,s
afternoon gave to the public I, state
Mcht IN which he denounced his trial
nv iynchinK, and declared that
tharics r Murphy. was Judge, jury
ana baiiif and had written the verdict
of tile court
inc zeal did the State. William Sulxer
would never have been impeached,"
was the keynote of the statement.
Claims by SuIzcr.
SuIzer asscrts:
J. That Murphy began war on him
vestisation OF graft by which tho
state had lost millions OF dollars
stocks III
. mat he did not appropriate cam
naiEn contributions to his own use
That he paid to campaign com
ihittees all the money he collected
o. Ihnt he Is poorer to-day than he
ever was IN his life.
D. mat he was in debt $4,000 when
ne became candidate for Governor.
I. That Duncan W. Peck and Allan
y. Ryan falsely testified against him.
.. Ihat the proceedings of the court
were held in ,ecret
p That he was lynched by an An
Seinbiy and Senate controlled BY
With writing the ultimate verdict
The former Governor also declares
form
The statement follows:
by EX-GOVERNOR WILLIAM
IN response to requests from friends
throughout the state. for some cxprcs-
sion from me, can only say. at this
timc, that am glad my trial is over
ny virtue OF power, beyond tho
present control OF our .clcctoratc |
now hand back to the people tn. COM
mission they gave me, and hand IL
back TO 'hein-untarnished and un-
suliicd.
My lips have been scaled for weeks
during which time have patiently
submitted In silence To abuse and vii
lifcntion.
However. after stating my case 10
my counsel. and BY their advice, on
August II, | made the following state
incnt:
~ deny that l used campaign con-
trihutions for personal use
Denies stock Speculation.
\ deny that i specialized in Wall
street. or used money contributed for
campaign purposes 10 buy stocks,
either In my own name or otherwise
81 never had an account with Fuller
Gray or Boyer x Griswold | never
heard OF these firms. do not know the
members, and know nothing about the
transactions with these firms. testified
TO before the Frnwiey committee. un-
III recently threatened with exposure
and the alleged transactions were
brought to my attention by the Fraw-
ley committee.
inc stock matter with Harris *
Fuller was not a speculative account
but "A loan account made upon stocks
as collateral, which stocks had been
acquired and paid for years before-mv
nomination for the office OF Governor
and from other sources than Harris &
Fuller.
Relied Upon Information.
Certain checks given To me during
the campaign were deposited TO my
personal account. and thereafter paid
the amount of said checks TO the cam
paign committees.
I'm hling my statement OF receipts
and disbursements with the Secretary
OF State. relied upon information
furnished me by the persons in immc-
diatc change of my campaign. and in
whom ] had. and stu have the most
Implicit confidence and believe the
statement furnished by them TO me at
The time to be accurate and true.
NO legal evidence was adduced on
the trial which d!sprovcd that state
ment
His second Statement.
subsequently. on September u. Il
gave out another statement as fol-
lows:
THE stories that / am going to
resign are false and malicious. The
purpose in circulating them must be
evident to anyone. am not going to
resign. am going to stand trial.
i have said some hard things about
some OF the Senator'S, ana they have
said some hard things about me- but
this is trial. not Il political fight
They are both Judges and Jurors
and ] believe most OF them are large
enough and honest enough TO rise above
any personal feeling they may enter
tain toward me, because what | have
said about them and do me Justice
These are the only statements or in
terviews ! have made given out
since the Assembly. by the order OF the
boss passed the resolution of i'm
parchment.
Improperly Convicted.
or course, when | issued the last
statement on September II, / did not