The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-10-03
Will Put Him on Stand
to Show That He Made
the Collections.
WHAT SULZER GOT
PURELY PERSONAL
Counsel for Defense Put Client
to the Test, and He Assures
Them He Has Nothing to
Fear-Rumors Rife That
His Counsel on Point
of Withdrawing.
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eve OF going to trial with the defense
counsel for William Sulzer have de-
cidcd to put Louis Sarecky on the
stand, and to draw from him admis-
sion that, as quasi political commit
tee, he collected $4,000 of tho Sulzer
contributions and disposed of it as
campaign expenditures. This in effect
makes Sarecky "thc goat"
Sa:ecky Is to be forced TO admit he
violated tho corrupt practices act in
failing TO account for this money
Sulzer Is to be absolved, through
Sarecky's testimony. of all response
bility for any violation of any statute
specified in the articles OF impeach-
ment.
Claim Personal Gifts.
The claim will be made that all con-
tributions not included in the $4,000
spent by Snrecky were personal gifts
TO Sulzcr by friends of Sulzer who
knew his condition and desired to aid
him.
All evidence. for and against Sui
Ger, Is to be weighed. SulZer himself
Is permitted to go on the stand Sui
zer. however, is to be reckoned with.
and his own decision in the matter ar
ter receiving advice of his counsel,
Will be accepted as final
Frederick l. Colwell is to be called
to the stand anG forced TO admit that
Account SO0' or the books of Fuller
and Gray was not Sulzer's account.
VIII 3c Surprise.
Sarecky's plan to testify that he
spent $4,000 acting as Il political COM
mittee of one will DO IA complete sur
prise to the Impeachment managers.
1t Is contingency for which they have
not prepared In the presentation of
their own case.
The plan OF resting their case with
Ia Il ff,-t f..1.
by the Sulzer attorneys to-day. One
OF the compelling factors in this de-
cision was the manifest anxiety OF tho
prosecution To terrify Sulzer so that
he would not take the stand.
Docs Not Fear Past.
Suffers own counsel have put him
to the test, and he has assured them
with the greatest emphasis that there
Is nothing in his past which he fears
to have brought out 10y cross -examina-
tion.
Ills counsel recognize that n man of
suffers temperament is a dangerous
witness 10 subject TO severe cross-ex-
animation. They fear he may ''go to
pieces" They have told him, however
that the final action must be his; that
their duty ceases when they have adj
vised him OF the benefits and warned
him Of the dangers that confront him
on the stand.
The dissensions which for n time
threatened to -end the defense lust
before the hour OF battle have been
heated. Harvey ID. Hinnan. who is TO
open teh case for SulZer, Is still in AL
bany. He has not yet written his open
ing address. but it is understood that
he will begin to do so tonight
Think Client Not Frank.
1t is an open secret that the Gov
crnor's lawyers have not been and were
still not satisfied with the attitude of
their client. They believe that he has
violated their confidence in Il number
of ways. and that he has been far from
frank with them in such disclosures
as he has chosen to make.
The Governors lawyers have been
wrought to Il high pitch of rage more
than once by the Governors nSistence
in regarding his personal legal friends.
Samuel Bell Thomas, Samuel Frankcn-
stein and Alexander s. Bacon. as his
legal advisers. OF late, however. the lat
ter has not been so high in his counsels,
and Mr. Frankenstein, who for the first
week of the trial had place at the
Governors table at the trial. has found
quarters elsewhere
Iferrick Caught Mapping.
y rumor that Mr.. Hinman had made
up his mind TO Withdraw from the case
altogether was definitely denied to-
night. both by Hinman and by D. Cady
iierrick The latter is in charge of tho
defense. IS FAR as any one can be in
charge OF it.
Mr. Hcrrck was caught off his
guard this afternoon by the refusal OF
Presiding Judge Cullen to consider mo-
tions TO dismiss the indictment till the
end of the trial. He had come equipped
to bridge the gap caused by Suffers
delay in making his case by long argu-
ments Judge Cullen. with character
stic determination to brook no delay
instructed him to go on with his case.
Mr.. Herrick was forced TO admit that
his case was not ready. Only on his
promise that if a delay was granted
he would proceed with more dispatch
next week did the judge and the court
consent TO an adjournment till Non
lay. Governor Sulzer seemed entirely
lnperturbed to-day
Governor Unperturbcd.
To Il friend who called him at
The executive mansion. he said:
Il have no feeling against the mem
oers OF the court of impeachment /
feel that they VIII realize that these
things are all cXaggerations, and l am
not rs bad as they are trying to paint
ne. I have made mistakes. but even
The most severe Judges must admit
human fraiities.'
Without partisanship or undue zeal,
Dut merely with the cold determina-
ion to make the best OF the Governors
case. his lawyers to-day analyzed tho
testimony in the light or what they
know their defense Will be. They In
slst that with. Sarecky's admission that
ne and not Sulzcr spent most OF tho
money. the chief case OF the
will crumble The tes,I-
nony OF Duncan w. Peck. Melville w.
Fuller and Cornelius Pincxney. that
sulger asked them 10 keep quiet, will bs
natly disputed. 45s W.; ~
Mrs. suixer Is Problem. M