The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1913-09-25

! was foolishiy generous and thought
I would help him"
Senator Coates asked the witness
whether he would have made his
contribution II Mr.. Sulzer had not
been q candidate for governor.
Was Personal Matter.
Certainly not" replied Mr.. Nor.
genthau who explained that the con-
tribution was q personal one and not
from the fund OF the national cam
paksn committee.
Intimation OF the attack Il Is re-
ported the governor will make upon
Tammany Hall In presenting his side
OF the case came at the very outset
OF the Testimony when Attorney Mar
shall asked Secretary OF State May n
he had In his nles q campaign re-
port OF the general committee or
Tammany Hall. Mr.. May replied
that no such report had officially
came to his notice" and that he was
unaware that any such report had
been filed.
Suggestion that the endorsement
of the governors signature on some
OF the alleged campaign checks was
not genuine came when Thomas M.
Goodwin. paying teller OF the Farm-
are Loan and Trust company. New
York. testified that the signature on
thS checks OF Lyman A. Spalding for
300 and Abram !. Elkus for $500 Dis
closed sufficient irregularity to war
rant my investigation before paying
it, Goodwin who without hesitation
identified the Schiff and Morgenthau
checks as having been deposited by
Mr.. Sulzer with his concern. declined
at FIRST to express an opinion on the
authenticity Of the Elkus and Spald-
Ing checks. which were deposited
with other institutions. His answer
was not given until he was asked d.
rectly whether he would have cashexi
the checks in question II they had
been presented to him for payment.
Identified Deposit Slips.
Goodwin also identified deposit slips
OF William Sulzer with his institution
between September 1912 and the date
OF his Inauguration. These were the
slips unearthed by the Frawley COM
mittee which showed that during
that period the governors deposits
amounted approximately to S23, 900.
rhey had not been placed In evidence
when the court adjourned.
Counsel for the managers declared
tonight they could easily prove by
other witnesses that the signatures
God~in failed to identify are the gov
ernor's
That Judge Cullen would allow wide
latitude In the introduction of evidence
was indicated when he said. in answer
10 one objection of counsel:
1T Is not the intention of the pre-
siding judge. unless directed otherwise
py the court. to rule out any evidence
that the parties lay any stress upon.
unless II Is somethin plainly imma-
terial. or brings in tho names or acts
OF persons who are not parties to the
litigation and have no business to he
introduced"
Will oelve Deeper.
The prosecutions counsel pIan m
delve deeper into the governors cam.
paign fund tomorrow. Among tho mn.
merous witnesses here to testify are
Bird >. Coler. OF brooklyn: former
Judge Conlan. Abram l. Elkus and
John Lynn. of New York.
Local managers of the Western
Union Telegraph company and tho
fostal Telegraph company were sub
poenaed today 10 produce all telegrams
sent from and to the executive man
sion or the executive chamber since
June j. including those OF Mrs. SuIzer
Chester c. Plat, Governor SnIzar,s
s scr John A. Hennessey. his spe-
cisl INVESTIGATOR. and Louis A. Sar-
e'A'' custodian OF his campaign funds.