The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-04-10
SULzER CASE WILL
FIGURE IN FIGHT
TO SAVE GUNNER
Will Use Newly Discovered
Evidence AS Basis for Re-
prieve-Now Under Shadow
Of Death

ALBANY. n. L, Apr.I s--A pptica-
ton for new trial To- The four gun
men. on the ground OF newly discov-
cred, viii be made 10 a supreme cCur!
justise in New York city tomorrow.
declared Rabbi BrJwa. prominent
Jewish clergyman ii New S,rk city
after ne lad tal'seI With Governa~
Glynn and his he ,at adviser tonight.
Assistant District Az rney James a
Delehanty, who was present at ;he
conference. agreed to the service IF a
short notice and indicated that Dis
tricr Attorney Whitmans office did
not object to this course.
note which reads: he very care
full as TO anything gwen by Laoa-
and Norgalies,- WI - br. Brown de-
clared Assistant 1istr.c. AT orney
Moss wrote to G ,re51 ~ Salzcr dur
ing the Impeachment trial will be
used as the basis for this application.
DIR. Brown showed the note to Gov
ernor Glynn and his legal adviser. as
well as to Mr.. Delehanty. who said i,
was worthless as evidence. TIL story
behind the note as told by DR., Brown
Is as follows:
ION August IS last, after Governor
Sulzer had been impeached, he wired
20 help him. He asked me to swear
that J had knowledge of Mr-. Sui
ger using his campaign funds TO lab
BILE in the stock market. He wanted
me to assume that. as her G mi iant
she had told me about using thss
money. Governor Sulzer said At tina;
time that he and Mrs. Suizer would
go on the stand and swear tina. she
had used this money If ! would cor
roborate their testimony. | refused
10 do this, although he said that II
did. 1t would save him from being
removed from Office.
Before coming to Governor Sui
ger I stopped TO see Mr. Moss in New
York, and he had heard that Luban
and Morzalies. who corroborated i'm
portant evidence against the four
Young men. were negotiating with
Sutherland also with Senator F'raw
ley to commit perjury At the inn
parchment trial for money. He &C
cordnglv wrote this. note warnins
Suizer, Afterwards Sulzer sent it back
10 me. and while looking over some
papers in my library the other day
discovered l. I will so back 10
New York. and will urge some prom
inent Jewish lawyer to use this note
and go before a supreme court fus-
tice for the purpose of seeking new
trial and staying the execution
OSSINING. y. V. April a.--Louis
Rosenberg, Lefty Louie. Harry Horo-
witt. Gyp the Blood and Jacob
Seidenchner. Whitley Lewis. three OF
the four gunner. realize tonight that
there is hardly a possibility OF their
escaping the electric chair Monday
morning for the murder OF Herman
Rosenthal. They have abandoned all
hope and have turned To their reiig
ious advisers in the ancient faith OF
their afthers.
Frank Cirohci. the Dago Frank OF
the auartette condemned to die,
awaits the morning in feverish expec-
tation. He dreams of new and con-
vincing presentation of his case &c
Governor Giynn by a new lawyer
armed with affidavits which will es-
tablish his alibi beyond the peradven-
ture of doubt. of a new interpreta
ton of the tragedy which carries with
Il the conviction OF his innocence. just
what Is to be done he does not know
nor how it will be done. but the youns
italian has an abiding faith that IL
will be done.