The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-08-09
FIRST EXECUTIVE
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he put on trial before the court of
imp parchment. which consists OF the
senate and the court of appeals. sitting
together The court of appeals, now
in recess, will not convene until next
month. The governors trial. there
fore, could not begin at once.
Thirty Checks Missing.
Whether or not the Frawley COM
mittee will come back TO this city
to dig deeper into the relations be-
tween the governors campaign checks
is to be determined at the meeting
on Monday afternoon Probably 1t
will not The committee has heard
the governor In his sworn state
ment failed to include twenty-five or
thirty checks in addition to those al
ready exhibited at the hearings but
all Of them are for small sums. The
committee and its counsel believe
that their case Is proved and that
further evidence would be mere dupli-
cation,
The governor owed the firm of Har-
ris & Fuller $56,9S7 on January lst,
when he was a representative in con-
gress but he was a steady loser In the
plimentary dunning by the brokers
the payment OF his debt was COM
pleted by his business partner. ex-
Governor 4. F.. Spriggs, of Montana,
who deposited $4,000 TO the governor $
account and by Lieutenant Com
lnander Louis NJ. Josephthal, who
came to the governors rescue on July
18th of ehis year by closing the Sulzer
account with a payment or s2b,Tas'
MIR Josephthal, who is head of the
brokerage firm of Josephthal, Louch-
helm & Co, was the only member of
Governor Dix's staff who was ap-
pointed 10 the staff of Governor Sui
ger.
Suffers Account.
Thus reads the account of the gov
ernor with Harris & Fuller, as pro-
duced before the committee by Mel
Vile Fuller:
"Dr. Jan. /, 1912. s4s.h9s.3s.
CT Nov. 1s. by cash. $4,000.
pee Is. by cash, $4,000.
Jan. Is, by check of A. E. Spriggs'
$1,000
July .. by sale of 100 So. Pao''
$9.24S.
July 10, by check of L. M. Joseph
thai, $26.739.21.
( Total 56.gS721."
tho amount OF the debt on January
! / st and the total Of the payments pre-
stlnnahly was commissions and carry
! ing charges.
Even more interesting for its bear
/ ing on the accusation that the gov
ernor used campaign contributions Tor
/ prlvate speculation or Investment was
! the revelation of his account with
! Bower, Griswold II Co. BY the VIII
ness, Charles A. Reynolds, who was
cashier If that now non-exlstant bro
/ kerage firm. it was brought out that
! on October 18TH, Frederick l.. Colwell
/ proved to have been the agent of GOV
| ernor Sulzer in another transaction
| bought zoe shares Of Big Four stock
/ for S12025. 1t was paid for on the
same dav with eight checks and ST.
1925 in cash.
| Fer Campaign Purposes.
| One Of these checks. for 500, was
| given to Mr.. Sulzer specifically for cam
paign purposes. according to today
| testimony of Lyman A. Spauiding. the
| giyer. II was part of sum that was
! raised for the candidate at little con
! tribution party at the Manhattan ciut
| early in october. Also into this account
of Mr.. Coiwell with Boyer, Griswold q
| company. went John Lynn's check
L
| 81 600, Edward e. O'Dwyer's check fo'
500, J. w. Cox's check for $500. Franz
v. strauss e. Company's check for vi
600 John Doolings check for $1.00s
and a $500 check from William Sulzer
| That Lyman A. Spauling's campaign
| contribution of 500 was used Tor ths
| purchase of Big Four stock was shown
/ by his own testimony and that OF Mr.
1 Reynolds. This was the first positive
I proof before the committee TO supper
4 the charge that the governor diverted
1 campaign money to his private opera
/ tons The committee also contends
that the Theodore Myers check for 81
| 600. the Lynn check for $500, the Doc
ling check for $1,000 and some others
were intended for the candidates cam
| naign fund On the stand today Mr.
| Dooling professed ignorance of th'
! check which bears his name.
How Counsel Views 1t.
The sequence of events in Mr.. Sui
zer's operations il viewed by Counse
| Richards this way;
NH S,.lxas- WaA-sPeealat4hg In th'
market, sometimes buying outright
sometimes on margin. His investment
were unfortunate. He was constantl,
! in need of cash to bolster up his &C
count and keep from being wiped out
To supply part OF this cash he pait
\ off his brokers with campaign money
He did not wish this to be known
Therefore, he grossly understand hi
| campaign receipts in the statement t.
which he had to swear. The Frawle,
| committee got after him and the mex
! tsep is up TO the Legislature"
| An interesting feature of today'i
/ busy hearing was the frank testimony
Of Melville Fuller, OF Fuller a. Gray
On Wednesday his reply to Mr.. Rich
! ards' questions as to Governor Sulzer'i
dealings with that Arm. was "I,refuss
to answer He was notified on Thurs,
day that II he didn't answer on thu
stand today he would be summoned be-
fore the Legislature to answer for con,