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LOUIS SARE6KY ON SIAND.
BY AN HAYS HPLZER Till El) TO
OBTAIN HELP FROM MIR.
PHY?EVIDENCE AD?
MITTED.
??wkjr Shoulder* Most of Ulf? Illume
?Assumed K?-?|k?1(HlNMty for Cam?
paign statcm* nt ami Claims tu
Hmo Flk*l Forged C^rtlttcato with
Bank Handling Executive's Ac?
count.
Albany. N, Y.. Oct. 7.?Qov. Wil?
li im Sulser recently attempted to ne?
gotiate a bargain with Charles F.
Murphy. Tammany Hall leader, to
prevent his impeachment trial?so
Allan A. Ryan, son of the New York
financier and traction magnate, testi?
fied at the trial today.
If Murphy was willing to "get his
fallowing to vote that the assembly
hud no right to impeach him," the
governor, according to Ryan, "was
willing to do whatever was right."
The testimony preceded the calling
by the defense of Louis A. Sarecky,
the governor's campaign secretary,
and other witnesses.
Sarecky took the blame for the
omission of unreported contributions
fr ?m the governor's campaign state?
ment, confeeeed he had imitated the
governor's signature to deceive a baak
ar d said that he had been promoted
from the position of the governor's
stenographer to the head of the de
p<: nation bureau of the State hospital
commission.
Hymn's story of the governor's al?
leged effort to make peace with the
lender of Tammany Hall was his sec
sad recital of a-> attempt on the part
of the governor to obtain Influence to
Stop the trial. Ryan testified yes?
terday that Sulser had asked him to
persuade United States Senator Elihu
Root to get the New York Re publi?
cs n 8tate chairman, William Barnes,
Jr, to Influence the Republican mem?
bers of the court of impeachment
to fote the Impeachment trial illegal.
The latter testimony was stricken
out by a vote of court, but today, on
m >tlon of Elon R. Brown, the sen?
ate leader, the court, in executive ses?
sion, reconsidered Its action and by a
tote of 41 to 14 decided to admit the
tentlmony and open the doors for the
remainder of the young financier's
etory.
Ryan took the stand immediately
after the secret session. He said
that Sulser had asked him to obtain
the offices of Delancy Nlcoll, attorney
for the elder Rlan, as a "go-between"
In the proposed negotiations with the
Tammany leader. This request the
governor made, the witness said, on
the same dsy that he ssked him to
Intercede with Senator Root a week
before the Impeachment trial began.
The governor said, according to the
witness, that he controlled Demo?
cratic votee In the court of impeach?
ment. Ryan said he made no effort
to see Mr. Nlcoll.
William Ti avers Jerome, personal
cojnsel of tie witness, sat at the
counsel tabl* while the examination
wss being conducted.
Sarecky took the stand amid a
crsnlng of necks and a bjzz of Inter?
est His answers came almost uni?
formly wltho it hesitation.
? We received from Tammany Hall
or from the secretary of State," began
Hatecky, "a blank form In which a
statement was to be made out of re?
ceipts and expenditures of campaign
fur ds.
' The question came up as to
whether the committee of the gov
error's friends, of which I was treas?
urer, had the right to file a state?
ment. Inasmuch as it had neglected,
or some one had neglected on behalf
of the committee, to (He with the sec?
retary of State a notice to the effect
that such a committee had been form?
ed. So some one suggested that 1
take the matter up with Mr. Sulzcr.
I eent into his room and told him of
the qu ndary we were in, and he said
'Well, make up the statement anyway,
it doesn't matter very much who
signs it so long as we comply with
the spirit of the law.' So I went out
sld?, and '-hen worked on the state?
ment for about a day and a half,
brojght It in to Mr. Sulser, ami he
?Igred It."
"Who. if any one. assisted you In
preparing It?' asked Attorney Hln
man.
"i think Mr Horgan was the one
*ho helped n?o to get It up. He
brought an adding machine from his
office and he und I worked on It und
finally got it up."
The witness referred t" Matthew
T. Horgan. who. he said, formerly had
been employed In the governor's New
York office, and who later beoeSM sec?
retary of the Fruwiey investigating
committee.
Old William Holser have anything
whatever ??? do In the w tfM of pre?
paring that ststement?"
to Mir," Sarecky de larc*1 em?
phatically.
Sarecky was preceded an the stand
bv Lktg)t t'ornnandcr b M. Joseph
thai, u New York banker. \nIi<> told
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SULZER WON'T TESTIFY.
Uli: WH.Ii SHILXU HIS W1FK AND
TAKE CONSEiH'EN'CES.
Trial Will be Concluded Much Soon?
er Thau Antiel|Mite<l?Some Import?
ant Testimony Ruled Out.
Albany, N. Y., Oct. 8.?Without
calling either Qov. Sulzer or his wife
to the witness stund, hit) counsel to
duy rested their case in the trial of
his Impeachment. According to D.
Cady 11 or rick, chief of his attorneys,
Qov. Sulser decided not to defend
himself in person, because he did
not want to be placed in the position
of shielding himself behind his wife?
for it was for Mrs. Sulzer, according
to testimony, that the governor had
recourse to Wall street dealing.
Tomorrow and Friday will be de?
void to summing up tvie case by op?
posing counsel. Monday next being
a holiday, adjournment probably will
be tuken until Tuesday when it is ex
eeeted the verdic t on the governor's
innocence or guilt will be reached.
Judge Herrlck tonight pointed out
that the testimony yesterday of Allan
A. Kyan best disclosed the reason
why the governor had not taken the
stand. This was the conversation
which Kyan said he had with the
impeached executive early in Septem?
ber in relation to obtaining political
influence to stop the trial.
"I suggested to Mr. Sulzer," Ryan's
He said that last July., while he was
attending the battle of Gettysburg
celebration in his capacity of naval
aide on Gov. Sulzer's staff, he had a
talk with the governor's wife.
"Mrs. Sulzer informed me," he said,
"that she owned certai i stocks on
which her husband had borrowed
money and I interrupted her and
stated that I would rather discuss this
matter with her husband.'
That same evening, Mr. Josephthal
continued. Gov. Sulzer requested him
to take up uii uccotint at Harris &
Fuller's.
"He said the stocks were owned by
his wife and he had borrowed money
on them. Mr. .losephthal said, "I then
asked him the name of securities. He
informed me I hare ware 1,100 .shares
of Big l'our common und -'><) shares
of Smelters common. 1 asked him
how no eh he owed on the account.
Re stated about $17,000. J figured
an sjojtttu of 17?000 in that account
and afterward took it up."
Joasphlhal testified that "not a
cent*4 of the money he advanced for
the BuhS t account had been repaid.
The witness .said he did not remem
ber in whose name the stocks stood
when to- received iti but it eras not In
Mrs. Sulzer's.
The Kev? OeorgS Chalmers Rieh?
mondi a Philadelphia minister, who
bug Saturday In a sen ion attacked
the enemies of Sulser today was sub?
poenaed as h wltnsss for the board oi
managers tie will be asked to Justify
but Charge? lha( the prtajeedlngs are
the r. -nit ot a < onsplrgcy, He Is in Al
bany.
testimony ran, "now that certain
charges had been made against him
that 1 did not sec that lie could af?
ford to put himself in a position tsA
which ho could not answer the
charges. Ho said that the reas?n
was that he did not want to drag
his wife into the situation and put
her on tho stand."
The sudden announcement that the
case for the defense was closed, which
came late in tho afternoon session,
created a sensation In the court room.
Soon after the trial began Gov. Sulzer
told newspaper men that he would
positively appear in his own defense.
He said that at that time he would
tell an "astounding story that would
force Charles F. Murphy, leader of
Tammany Hall, to take the stand
in his defense also. Until a few days
ago, it was learned from authoritative
sources tonight, the governor was
stil insistent that he be allowed to
tell his story, but ho finally yielded
it was said, to the advice of his at?
torneys.
In preparing for this story, as well
as that expected from Mrs. Sulzer,
counsel for the Impeachment man?
agers had several whom they had
expected to put on in rebuttal. Two
of these witnesses were called before
court adjourned today, but Jud,<e Gul?
len excluded their testimony. They
were George W. Egbert, a bai.k ex?
aminer in charge of the books of the
now defuet Carnegie Trust company
and James C. Miller, an official of
the Fifth Avenue Hank of New York.
Judge Fullen held that the intro?
duction of their testimony "would in?
ject new evidence and reopen the
case."
The closing of the taking of tes?
timony by the defense which began
only yesterday morning was announc?
ed by Mr. Herrick immediately after
Judge Gullen had refused to admit
into evidence a story of alleged graft
involving Duncan W. Peck, superin?
tendent of public works, who testi?
fied early In the trial that Gov. Sulzer
had asked him to deny under oath
that he had made a $500 campaign
contribution*
This story, counsel announced, they
proposed to prove through John A.
Hennessy, Gov. Sulzer's special inves?
tigator and personal friend, who was
called to the stand,
MWe offer to show," pleaded Mr.
Hin man, "that Hennessy conducted
an Investigation In highway matters
which extended back t<? 1912) when
Duncan W. Peek was a member of the
highway commission and that later
the powers of this witness were so en?
larged as to snable him to Investigate
the department of the superintendent
of public works, of which Duncan VV.
Peck was the bead. We propose to
show thai Duncan W. Peck, when he
went on the witness stand in this court
tiie other day, knee thai an investiga?
tion of his department was being
made, that frauds were being discov?
ered therein, and that it the respond
? at remained in office Pock must go."
"I don't see how you can ko into
that," Judge Gullen declared. "That
will involve an entirely collateral is?
sue.'* ***
i
The exclusion of this testimony
practically placed the crux of the gov
crnor's defense on the evidence given
yesterday by Louis A. Sarecky, the
governor's campaign secretary, in
which he assumed the blame for the
governor's failure to report his cam?
paign contributions. Today John B.
Stanchtield put Sarecky on the stand
and continued throughout the morn?
ing session and part of the afternoon
a searching cross-examination in an
attempt to discredit his story.
It was a battle of wits. Imper?
turbable and serenly poised, the gov?
ernor's youthful-looking lieutenant
parried the attack of his inquisitor,
thrust for thrust.
In addition to insisting again that
the governor had no knowledge that
his campaign statement was inac?
curate, Sarecky testified that notwith?
standing a general knowledge of the
law requiring a strict accounting of
campaign moneys, he had destroyed
all documentary evidence relating
thereto.
THE ANNUAL STATE FAIR.
Forty-fifth Exhibition by the State
Agricultural and Mechanical Society
Columbia, October 27-31.
Columbia, Oct. 27.?Reflecting the
great prosperity which blessed South
Carolina this year, and promising the
greatest success of any previous un?
dertaking, preparations have been
completed for holding the forty-fifth
annual fair of the State Agricultural
and Mechanical Society in Columbia,
October 27. 28, 29, 30, 31, Indica?
tions at this writing are that people
from every nook and corner of the
State will crowd the fair ground! by
thousands and it is expected that at?
tendance records will set a new high
water mark at the gathering this year.
The abundant harvests of cotton,
corn and tobacco, the gratifying re?
turns for the labor of their hands and
the evidence of nature's favor in the
ideal harvest weather, have made the
farmers of the State wear a happy
smile which comes from well filled1
barns and Storehouses and climbing
bank deposits, and they are now look?
ing forward to the annual gathering
In Columbia of their kinsmen, neigh
born ami friends, when everybody
turns aside from business to renew
their youth and to have a regular
food old time, this bring the week ol
the annual State Fair in Ot "bor.
SPARTAN DOCTOR HAS CLOSE
CALL.
Spartanburg. <><t. 6. ? Dr. J. T.
smith, a young physician, had n nar?
row escape from death at Qrocr this
afternoon. As he was crossing the
Southern ttallwaj track in his auto
mobile the cur was struck by the sec?
ond section of t ho northbound New
York Atlanta and New Orleans Llm
Ited, Tbc uutomobiU was wrecked
and Dr. Smith was thrown violently
to the ground, lie was placed on the
Hum and brought to a hospital here.
His injuries are nor serious and ho
will soon recover, it was said.
TO AMEND TARIFF.
ONE SECTION MUST BE ELIMI?
NATED TO PREVENT TROU?
BLE.
Provision Allow lug live Per Cent Re?
duction on Goods imported in
American Ships Really Amounts to
Reduction on All Goods lm|H>rtcd
from Countries Having Commercial |
Treaties.
Washington, Oct. 8.?If tho con?
sent of Representative Underwood
and other house leaders can be se?
cured tomorrow, a joint resolution
will be passed through congress with?
in a few days, repealing that por?
tion of the new tariff law authoriz?
ing a 5 per cent rebate on goods
brought; to this country in American
owned ships. The decision to ask for;
the repeal of the clause was reached
todav by administrator officials after
experts of the state anl treasury ds
}
partmer ts had decided that to car- j
ry out its exact terms would mean a
reduction of 5 per cent in tariff goods
from practically all of tho chief e:c- J
porting :onutries except Rrazil, France
and Russia. After a conference with
President Wilson in which the latter
gave hin indorsement to the plan, So- j
licltor Joseph W. Folk of the state de?
partment took up with congression
al leaders tonight) the plan to have
the objectionable clause eliminated
from the tariff law.
Senator Simmons, chairman of the
senate finance committee, gave assur-'
ance that the senate undoubtedly
would agree to the repeal of the en
tiro clause BS it had originally re?
jected It.
An attempt was made to reach Rep?
resentative Underwood over the long
distance telephone but Mr. Folk could
not locate him in Atlantic City, where;
he had gone for a short vacation. It
is expected Mr. Underwood will be
consulted with tomorrow and that
house leaders will accept the decision
of the administration that the provis?
ion should be taken out of the. new
law.
Foreign countries, including Ger?
many, France and Spain, which claim
they would be severely discriminated
against by the shipping clause, have
made strong protests to the stale de?
partment and it is realized that re?
taliatory measures probably will be
adopted by several courtries if the 5
per cent reduction clause is admin
isterel as the state department be?
lieves it must be.
tOLFMAX FKEE; STREET 11 FL I).
Charleston, Oct. 7.?Bruce Col-man
of Sa'uda, formerly a Southe'i Ex?
press company messenger, toJa> was
found not guilny of breach ol trust and
grand larceny in connection wit-i the
robbery of the company's car on a
Southern railway train August 2 >. W.
B. Street of Reesvesville, who admit?
ted robbing the car, but accused Cote
man of complicity, pleaded guilty
to grand larceny and was sentenced
by Judge Bowman to serve one year
in prison.
Coleman was arrested on the
strength of a confession by Street,
who gave what purported to be a con?
spiracy between him and Coleman to
rob the express safe. He declared
that he took the money and then, Jby
arrangement, locked Coleman in the
express safe. The messenger was
found in his temporary prison when
the train pulled into the Charleston
station.
The jury apparently placed little
confidence in Street's story of the rob?
bery, as it required only a brief period
of deliberation to decide on a verdict
which acquitted Coleman of all blame
in connection with the affair.
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