The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-10-08
SECRETARY
GIVES TESTIMONY
HELPING HIS CAUSE
Ruling That No Evidence to
Show Snlzer Refused Cam
paign Contributions Can Be
Entered is Setback
Josepthal Declares Big -Four
Stock Belonged to Mrs. Sui
zer---Almost Certain Wife Of
Governor viii be Called to
the Stand

ALBANY, n. Y, Oct. 7.~-Strange tes-
made this one of the most ~extraordi-
nary days of the impeachment trial.
In the morning Allan A. Ryan. sup.
~plementing his story of Monday about
Mr.. Suffers attempted appeal to Will
liam Barnes, Jr., to have the Republt.
can senator's stop the trial, swore that
the governor begged him to have De.
lancy Nicoli get Charles F. Murphy. OF
~Tammany. to influence the Democratic
senators TO do the same thing.
Il told the governor / would see
what / could do, and I went out in the
country and forgot it," said Thomas
F. Ryan's son. a. If he enjoyed it.
Assumes Responsibility.
In the afternoon young Louis Sa
rocky, formerly Mr.. Suffers secretary.
swore that he signed his employers
name on campaign checks. took care
OF the accounts, was responsible for
the erroneous campaign statement
and himself. for purposes of deceit,
J wrote and signed the letter purport-
Ing TO come from the governor. which
requested tho Mutual Alliance Trust
company TO accept Sarecky's enedorse-
ments on Mr.. Sulzer's checks. He
shouldered the blame for the entire
series of transactions for which the
governor is charged with perjury In
the impeachment articles.
The third sensation of the day in
VOWED the name Of Mrs. sulxer. The
witness was acknowledgements
Louis NJ. Josephthal. the governors
naval aide. He said that early ir
July last. at Gettysburg. Mrs. Suixer
told him that the 500 shares Of Bis
Four and 200 OF American Smelters iy-
ing in her husbands name In this
brokerage house OF Harris & Fuller
were really hers and that Mr.. Suixe,
had been borrowing money on them.
A few minutes later the governor
asked Mr.. Jesephthai to pay szB.e ot
and take over the account, which wal
done
said she Was TO Blame.
In relation TO this testimony :
should be remembered that on th'
night of the Sulxer impeachment IL
the assembly Mrs. Sulser told Senator
Palmer that she was 10 blame fol
stock speculation charged against III,
governor. also that on the order which
MFR. Josephthai presented to Harris &
Fuller for transfer of the account wa
written William SulEer for Mrs. Sui
Eer.
A third link in the story having beer
supplied by Mr.. J~osephthal today. Mrs
Suffers appearance on the witness
stand before the end OF the week Seems
certain,
II the Sarecky and J~osephthal reve
lations helped the governors tause. /
ruling by Judge Cullen and a Eubse
quent sustaining vote by the rest o
the court proved a serious setback
h ruling was that no testimony tend
ing to show that the governor refused
to accept campaign gifts will be ad
mttted.
The specific testimony to which thil
applied was that of Samuel A. Boards
ley. a New York lawyer and attorne,
for the so-calied Water Power trus
in central New York. The defens'
hoped TO show that he offered to Civ
Suizer a campaign contribution of 325,
600 n hat the governor had spurne,
IL. Tho prosecution protested and Mr.
B~eardsley was siienced.