South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-10-02
ASSEMBLY MANAGERS
COMPLETE THEIR CASE
Court viii Meet Again When
Defense Will Offer Motions.
Expected to Ask for Further
Adjournment.

/ ALBANY, Y. Y. oct. 2.-The as
sembly board of managers Wednesday
rested their case in the trial OF the
Impeachment of Gov. William Sulzer.
The high court then adjourned until
I Thursday afternoon when counsel for
the governor will submit several pre-
| liminary motions for the court to Ge-
eide before opening the case for the
( defense.
These disposed of, counsel will
J probably ask permission to take an
other adjournment before calling their
first witness. This witness. it is eX-
! pected, will be Louis A Sarecky, the
! governors campaign secretary, whom
/ counsel for the Impeachment man
ayers failed TO put on the stand, al
! though he was under subpoena. Sa-
! recky indOrsed many Of the checks
! given TO SulZer during his campaign
which were not reported in his sworn
statement Of campaign contributions
! Both the governor and Mrs. SulZeT
are expected to take the stand before
! the defense closes.
The governor viii defend his failure
/ to report the numerous contributions
! he received on the ground that they
F were personal gifts il is believed.
May Tell Her Story.
! Mrs. SulZer. it is said. will defend
/
! Wall st. with testimony to show that
/ they were conducted for her account.
] She is expected TO tell the story of the
| loan which she is said to have con-
! traCted with the Carnegie Trust Co,
/ and 10 seek to prove that for the sole
/ purpose of paying the loan, the COVER
nor borrowed money from the stock
| exchange firm of Harris & Fuller on
securities owned by her and did not
/ speculate with the firm.
! Whether the long missing Fred
erick l.. ColweH, the governors al
| legged agent i'm his Wall transactions,
! will also be called was a subject of
much speculation Wednesday night.
! His whereab bouts have been known
/ to the governors attorneys but they
/ have declined TO produce him unless
! il was stipulated that he would not be
/ placed under arrest for refusing TO
J obey a subpoena of the Frawley in
vestigating committee. This, counsel
! for the impeachment managers said
Wednesday night they were powerless
/ to prevent
! Lieut.. Commander L. NJ. Joseph
/ thai. who paid a debt Of S26.752 con-
/ tracted by the governor with Harris !
/ & Fuller, according 10 the testimony.
is expected TO be another witness. He
! reached Albany Wednesday night
! from New York, where he arrived !
| Wednesday from Europe. His testi |
mOny. IL is understood. Will be highly |
/ favorable to the governor.
Will Open the Case.
Atty. Harvey d. Hindman will |!
make the address opening the COVER !
nor's case Ii was chiefly because Mr.. !
Hindman, who has conducted most of |
the cross examination. had become |
exhausted that Judge d. Cady Herrick |
of the counsel of the defense asked |
I 4
until Monday. This request was de- |
MED by the court during an executive |
! session. !
The close of the case Of assembly |
managers Wednesday marked the !
elapse of two weeks since the trial |
began and OF six days consumed in |
taking testimony Many witnesses |
( COnnors of Buffalo and Hugh J. |
Reilly of New York. a railroad build |
er for the Cuban government were
not called. Both were SubpOenaed To |
testify as To contributions they are
supposed TO have made TO Gov. Sulzer. |
They may be placed on the stand in |
rebuttal.
The final shot of the managers was
the testimony of John b. Gray, mem
Der OF the brokerage firm of Fuller & |
Gray. which handled the account |
No. 500" of Frederick l.. Colwen {
GRAY testified that CClwel had told /
| him this account was Gov. Suffers /
GRAY also said he had contributed |
through Colwell TO the governors |
campaign fund upon a representa- |
tion that it would bring him busl- |
ness. that one time Colwell said a |
bond he purchased was for a woman. |
The broker declared that he could not |
recall the name of the woman At
torneys for the managers expressed !
| themselves Wednesday night as well |
pleased.
Not After Woman.
Now that the direct testimony is |
all in. Atty IsidoTe j. Kresel said /
that no further effort would be made /
TO locate the mysterious woman" in /
the case. She is Miss Bessie Colwell !
2 relative OF Frederick L. ColweT |
The board Of managers wanted her \
chiefly 10 testify regarding the wher>- |
abouts Of COlwell. but they also in /
tended 10 question her as to her /
knowledge Of his stock deals for the /
governor.
Counsel for the board is satisfied. " |
said Kresel. We feel that we have /
shown almost everything we prom /
lsed. Some ground which still is TO be /
covered Will be gone over on re-di- |
rect examination.
Why did We not Hell Sarecky? he
was a hostile witness TO our side Of /
the case. When he is called by the
defense, If ne ever is. we shan ques-