New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-10-01

Cornelius :. fln'hHeN' NV WV 'N'N
lawyer. vas the second man on the stand
in the afternoon. lie said that I'm Octo-
Der and November OF last year he had
his Office I'm the same building as Sulz"r.
ON November l. he said. he went 70 the
Office OF Suzcr TO see him. lie had m
engagement 10 see him ~ noon, but tho
candidate was busy at that time. 50 he
did not see him then.
II went In later" continued Pinchney'
Il don't know tust exactly what hour u
vas. talked 10 him about tho condi-
lions og the campaign. and ! asked MIN
whether nc was I'm need ~ any money.
lie said that he had no objections 10
taking II: IN fact. he would Tx" 10 have
contributions as long az tho persons Who
gave il 70 him felt as though they could
AFFORD II. and ! sat down at the desk and
started 10 write n check.
He took two blank checks TO Sul@er
office. and remembered that he wrote on
the lower one first. lie had II half MADE
out TO tho order OF Suzer when Sulzor
told him 10 make 1t out to Sarc'ky. 80
nc took the other one and made II out 20
sar.ckv. He handed 1t TO Sulzer, who
thanked him for il.
"Now. as YOU started TO go ont OF the
Office did Sulzcr say anything to YOU?
asked Isidor Kresel for the prosecution.
YES. sir. he did
What did he say
"Ue said that this was a personal mat
ter between himself and myself that he
considered ANYTHING like this ss-a Gift.
think vas the word he uSed-and that
n. did not intend 10 make any record OF
any kind or account for the check. III !
romember exactly his words were: i do
not intend 10 account for these kind ~
Gifts; they must be made 10 me person
aIIv. don't say anything about II, 1t IS
simply between you and myself
Preceding Pinckney on the stand at the
afternoon session was Melville H. Fuller
who Continued from the morning session
hs explanation OF the Sulzer account
The account was closed on July ! . Of thi,
year he testified when II was taken over
by Lieutenant Commander Josephthal on
order Of the Governor.
The debit balance then stood f26,'39 a.
representing a margin OF about $500 to
the securities Before the account was
closed out the firm had some talk with
Ex-Governor Spriggs. OF Montana. one Of
Suffers associates. who made some ar
ranrements for tho taking over the ac-
count by Josephthal.
Did Not Know Mrs. SuIzer.
The actual transfer Of tho account was
not made until July 10, although arrange
ments we're begun on July TO- This. Ful-
Ter said. was because the firm did not get
an official order until July 10. That order
from the Governor was tho letter brought
out in the hearings before tile board OF
impeachment managers, bearing tho sig
nature William Sulzer. for Mrs. Sulzer.'
Fuller was interrogatcd at length about
any connection which Mrs. Sulzer might
have had with the account. He said he
bad never seen her AT the Office, had
never had any transaction with her. the
books OF the firm showed no business
done with her. and to tho best OF his
knowledge she had never been IN the
FIRMS office. She never paid the firm any
money I'm connection with the account or
received any money from the firm In the
three years I'm which the account ran.
The Sulzer account. Fuller testified.
showed a loss Of &i14 II when Josephthal
took it over. figured according to the price
OF the securities when Sulzer deposited
them. From this financial side OF the af-
fair, counsel for the prosecution then
skipped TO the work Of the Fravley IN
vestigating committee and its reults He
brought out that Fuller had been invited
to Albany to see the Governor at the IN
ecutive Mansion on July 30, the day after
he had been subp9nsed to testify before
the legislative committee.
Il went into his library after dinner,
said Fuller. II said to him that i had