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und the* rushed him to the wttnes.
stand at onee.
Seid They Were Mra. Sulzer'a.
t-'nly less Important, In the estima?
tion of the managers and their i OUnsel,
aa? the information they rscelvadjfrom
Mr. Fuller, who is heed of the firm of
Harris A Fuller, who handled an ac?
count for Sulzer for several years,
Fuller swore that in the latter part of
July, the day after he ?ras subpoenaed
to testify befort the Prawk?) commit
tee. he fiaw the Governor at the Kx
erutlve Mansion at the Go\ernor's in?
vitation. He t..Id Bhlteer that h?- would
refus* to testify and to produc? his
books if his lawjira said he could
io so
Thereupon the Governor, he said, told
him if was the ..pinion of Louts Mar?
shall that he ne* (J not teatlfy, and that
there was much doubt about the legal?
ity of the appointment of the legisla?
tive cosamlttee. The Qovernor offered
lO supply an attorney for him and to
\'*y any expenses to whn h he might be
put, he lestlfled. but he said be would
rel> on lus OU n law > er
Thereupon, he continued, ihe Gov?
ernor told him that the a* unt.? s which
ha.j figured in the William Sulzer ac?
count and OH Which mono) had been
loaned at various times were Mr?. sni?
per's Fuller said thai th.- Qovernor
bad told him that Mrs. Sulzer had a
loan with the now defunct Carnegie
Trugt Company, of New- fors, and that
In order to take up the loan, for which
he had given his note, he had deposited
? lirltk s belonging to Mrs. Sulzer u. Ith
Harris & Fuller, and borrowed thereon
with which to pay the note.
Account Was Speculative.
Puller said the g<> . erner had told him
this in the Executive Mansion in Ai
tan] on Jui;. 30; when he had ?ailed
there at Mr. Bulser'a request after r??
?ening a subprrna to appear before th?>
Trawler investigating committee.
' Mr. Fuller, you know that the$e se
furities were Mr?. SulzeVs. don't you?"
the <;o\ernor asked him. a?-?-ording to
the witness.
The broker said he replied in the neg?
ative.
"'Well." said the Governor, thes' >e
? unties belonged to lira S inter when I
brought them to you,' " Full, r tes?
tified. " She had a loan with the Car?
negie Trust Company. They required
me to gi\e ;i note every three months.
rnd it was very annoying, so i t-ok the
sa utitlea down t.. you and borrowed
the money from von."
"I said to Governor Bulser: 'That
may al] be true. There is no evidence
Of am thing of that kind on my books
and cannot be proved b) roe. ]e ?i ,.
true you'll have no trouble in proving
H by the boo?? of the Carnegie Trust
Company.' "
from Fuller fie . ounse] for the im
r'achniert managers also ob aine.l t?sti
mony to show that the nulaei account, in
*rtl*h no trarisaetion tore Mi? Sulzeis
name an?1 In Which she had never 1*"Jred.
was .list an Ordin?r Wall Street stock
a mont from the. time it was opened In
ap to the dees of Wit, after s ; ?t ?=
eieetion. Pnrchasas, *?*<* and loans on
Mo.-k figured in It ?'it at the end of last
December there -xas n bookk?ephiK entry
which traneferred 'hla u;cn sto-k a?
'. of the kual ordinarily terme,: i
speculative account Into the r^rm of a
loan
Call* for Margin? Made.
The account showed not only a long;
series of borrowing on eecurities brought
to the firm by Bulser. but all
f bas? and sal'- of other securities, qalla
for "margin ' an?, the depoatt bv Sulzer of
ia?h payments of sto-k in response to
these ?
The ?r.-ount regan in June. 1*10, when
the Qovernor ?.?, ? i ahsree I
Four.' worth Ht th? th<Mi market prl a
J*..\C. and obtain? d thereon a P':'*? loan
The next day, bOWOVer, he bought through
th? firm In) shares ?.f the aarn- sto? k
aeatnst whi<h h< gave n?. security except
the eOjUtty In his first Ms shares.
Then "Big P< ir ' et'f.11 t?> tumble in
the market, gad ; of the S a I
was ? rocote ??; efforu by Mr. Burner t"
k?-ep up the "margin, a? di*. i'.f.i m ha?
ters Hams & Fuller wrote to him, using
that term In demanding that the deficit
1n the ??.count b.- restoied.
sixteen thousand dobars in cash, which
the Impeachment managers alleged forme?!
a part of the Governor * campaign ?on
trihutions. wns u.^ed in meeting these
???is for "margin," acordlng t?> the
books. Pmally, in .inly, im, Lieutenant
L M Joaenhthsl, a Near >oik bsnker
and a rn'mkr of the Governor s ataf?.
came to the re*, je b paying off a debit
balan? e against the a'count of *>',,7.# and
taking up the securities At this tioM the
Governor had had put into the amount,
acoordlag t?. the books, 17;,r;:<. either in
stock ..r cash and nis net ?less, excluding
the amount pal 1 i> loaophthal waagMM
Th?" Governor a ithorlze?! loaephthal to
? the account In a not? to Han. g
Fuller, pr?>du ed in evident e. as follows:
"Please deliver to lieutenant I onanuuv
der 1.. .v. .'osephthai the ?aacurltlea 1 ow
held as collateral m n ? knui upon the
Payment of the debit baian-e thereon
"WILLIAM SULZER,
Por MRS. gULZER."
Puller, a, den;, mg that t.. ins knowledge
Mrs. Sulzer ever had anything to do with
the account, said that he had never seen
tii" noto unt? it bad been shown t?> him
when lie was Called bef?>rf the imptach
ment managers m New fork City. The
note had teen delivered t?> h.s partner, he
explained.
Changed to "Loan" Account.
"Are you able to state," asked Kresel.
for the managers, "whether tl is note
was hi the ?condition It 1s now In when 1t
wax rres-mted bv Mr. Josephthal to your
rartner?"
"I did not see it." re.teratel Mr. Fuller.
in cohtroversion t?> the Gtovernor*a
I
You Can Stop
Those Headaches
M(
TOST heed
aches are
congestive. Slsor
d e r e 1 stomach,
fsalty digestion, slug
gist) circulation all
' produce ce agesti?n, con
' stipation andheadacbes.
aVmove the poisonous
matter which causes 1?
' mi your headache dlsep
pears.
The remedy which moves
your bowels qulekly and re?
stores a normal condition la
HUIfTADI JAItOS WATER,
the natural laxative, 1, alais
taken in the morning or at any
time on an empty stomach acta
within an hour or so eurely and
, vastly. Why not stop auch
keadacnee. Ost a bottle at aay
Drug gtore today.
MELVILLE B, FULLER
i characterisation of the account as a \c
i ouneel for the Gbevernor'a accusers di
I from Fuller an admission thsi on r>rc?
! he.- .?. 1913, two days before the fjover
v?^s Inaugurated, the debit bslsnee
the account had been entered as a U
bj ti.e mm to Oovernor Bulger, t
e waa approtimateU J40.fi>>. Ku;
admitted that it was purely a beokke
>T\g transaction, and that no not? |
beei given by the Oovernor ?s ev-idei
of ti e Indebtedness.
on, described a? a "en
entry," prevente?! tioe of th% stocks
collateral In the firms routine trans;
lion?, the broker rvplained.
How dkl >'0U om? to do it?" he v?
"Probablj ? | led, "hecause r
er thought it was not w.se to ha
? ?:??? going ?round the Stieet In Wl
I i?m Sulxer*! name."
"Don't ?'"'i remember hsvtng ? t?
with Mr. Bulser, about Decembei
in which he told you In aubstsnee th
I to the ? ange In hla situation l
Il r - ? on he ahouhl pre!
that tiie accounts which ne wsi
with your firm IhOUld 1"? thus tran
ferred Into an illeged loan?"
? i (j., not " replied the s 11
Hints Books "Doctored."
"This . rot'- ?-rtr; . ' which Puller asi
?as msde DJ hi? cashier, "showed upe
its face Kreeel Bald, that It was n?
j anade on the date upon wbl< h It rjrrort
ad to be.
It was also brought out that In JUIM
B fier former Oovernor K. E Bprlgi
of Montana, an old-time friend of Mi
S'ii/T. hsd contributed i check for 15 M
1 ere w.is another "croa
entry" trsnssctlon by which it sppeeret
that the firm loaned the Governor IS'..1"""!"
? it ?as ail almpl ?> bookkeeping entr.
I It?" asked Kreeel.
"ir \n~ n i oea entg paying off >w
[loon and making another, explained tic
I W it! ' I
with Puller o:i the etand counsel foi
the Ism bl manager? began to lay th?
I foundation for proof Of the . harpes in thi
eighth artede ol Impeachment that th?
Governor had used his offc ial position tc
I affe't the current "pi cea of aecurltiec
?listed on the N?-w York Stock Bxshanga
I in which he was speculating." The m
t U chargea thai h< Bret m?. d the pass
a?r? of carl iln legial .tion and then -
drew or attempted to withdraw It.
"Did yoi at tear befon Governor Sulxsr
earh in t> is year with reference to c^r
tHiti legislation which was pending affe.-t
ins; th?? New York Stock tSxchangs?"
ask'd Krcsri
"1 did. was the brokers reply.
"At that tlnv Governor Butter'a ac
lO'nit w a? st.11 OUI -fil i ?"
"It v 11
S<ilwell One of Actors.
i
A Complet? re ord ?>f all th? "Stock
I Exchange reform v.ills Introduced at the
I regular aeaslon of the Legislature ai the
rocommendatlon of Governoi ?uir.rr w.i?.
thus placed in evidence. Eepectal em
phaal? was placed upon the executive ?
apeelal message ur^i'iR th? passage of
the bill designed to double the tax on
transfers Of stock It was shown that
the measure was introduced on Febru?
ary 4 b] Senator Stilwell, non- s pris?
oner In SniK Siiik. and that It was not
reported out of the Committee on Tax?
ation and Retrenchment
Tlio mnriaecr's counsel stnt?-^ they
would ?how that the reason the bill w-fis
'. not reporte.) wii? because the Oovernor
| had withdrawn bhi advocacy of it The}
announced that In this connection ih? ; :
would Inquire dosel) Into the public'
Maternent made by the executive
I March 10 la announcing that he
I "withdrawn the stoek transfer tax
I At that time the Qovernoi said:
"It bas arouse.I considerable, oppoj
; from sagacious business people thrc
OUt the Mate, and I think much uf
: Oppoeition ts well founded and that
: bill goes too far in placing too gre
! humen of taxation on a single Induet
The following day Senator Stilwell
'that Governor Sulzer In announcing
.the bnl would b? withdrawn Without
'suiting the introducers had treste I
I legislators 'like rubber stamps"
Teke Up Sarecky's $4,000 Job.
i John H. Stan?'hf1eld made an unsuor
fui attempt to introduce testimony
.tolm i\ Hirdse'e. secretory of the I
Service Commission, regarding the
stsllstion "f Loula a Bareek) Into
! Immigration aervice after als resig
lion .is campaign secretary to the c?
ernor. Judge Cullen held that the i
timony was not competent at this ti
but might b" Introduced later.
Idreeslng the court on the propo
.testimony Mr, Btanchneld outlined ?
be expected to prove i>\ Birdeeye.
said that the Governor induced the C
Service Commission to give Fare
I without examination a position as r.n i
animer of the alien Insane at M.09I
year, wheress Bareek; received bet?<
HAM and %::j*> as secretary.
The reason .-rt forti by the Goven
for exi'iuding Barecky fi. axsmloatl
w;.^ ins "extraordin?r] Btneea I
Btanchfleld ^ai?i He further ca'lM .
tent.oi, to tii.' fact that th?* pe tiot
Which Barock; fell heir was formet
occupied by a physfc ian.
All of this was preliminary. howev?
to proving tii. bo^id of managers' char
that the Governo Induced Bareek) t... :
fuse to testifv before the Krewley cor
mittee. It Will be assert'"! S.l!?--k a
this attitude beeauae, he had be?
given the position.
Crank M. Patterson, a Ne? \ ?? i u. lai
?er. testified to giving JjO? In cash t
Bubier, and former Congressmsn Ifsrv?
? Gerber, of Ohio to giving a check f1
I N Patterson ?aid that he, bad t?ia<-?'
? ' i tlon upon the use ??f his ? m ti
? larber ?-aid that h< he I sent 1
check "within t'-n minutes sftrr i ha
rea?l that the Governor was nominated
While Aaron .1 Levy, chairman, an
othe.- meinher. ,,f the Assembly b'.srd 0
msnsgers hsv? he^n gi.ing OUt report
for week? about the lltght >'f Witnesses.
it la becoming more and more apparen
as the esse progressai that th*?? stortei
wore in the main merelv to lead the pub
lie to heller?! tnut Bulser ??r bis counse
a ( ?? responaible for 11m dlaappearanci
of the men sat'i te be wanted i.u'. m
.^ar?? k ha?l t<> for? e himself upon th?' at
t?-ntion of the subpoena .???-r\.i.s befor?
they could see him. ami then, ?o far aa
anything i a.-> developed, i> .va* not badl)
wanted foi ther? has been IW big ex
posure by him of unaccounted fot cam?
paitrn contrlbuttone aa ";iu prorolo od. in
fact, he never has been ?ailed as a Wit?
ness
A similar ?ase was explode^ to-day
when ex-Judge Joseph A Hell, of Yon
kers. attorney for the Btock Exchange
firm of Fuller f? Gray, was Interrogated
On th" st.in?! as to the whereabouts of
??. R, Gray, a partner In th?- firm. Th*
Assembly m?nagera have been saving all
along that ?ir.o area th< "ne man a no
< "?lid connect Bulser witn the ato< k "Ac
counl No, .'?'. and that he ?a- missing
Mr Hell sal.l, however, thiit up t., Srit'ir
?lav at noon Mr. Gray hud been In his
ofb et dail) at .No Ml Fifth avenu?,
"a*here there la no peeslMllty of conceal?
ment."
BROKERS CONCEAL SULZER'S
MARGINS AS "LOAN" IN BOOKS
isifior Kreeel, of <oun?--i te the mane<
Rrr?. occupied fue morning ?melos si
wen ss part of the afternoon In an ?->.
animation el Melville B. Kuller, ?>f Harris
<\, I uller, the at? k brokers who eanl^d
the oalj open account, boldly carried
under the name of William Boiser, that
the prosecution baa yet ahown,
Mr. Killer rave the impression of be
log ready to make a dear and ? onne te.?
?lutcment of thf dealings between his
firm and Sulier. hoth before and after
he became Governor, but Kiesel dallied
?ind repeated himself ?o much that not
only the witness hut PreoMent Cuiien
tire,i of it puller tried to obviate any
Bjoceoalty for au h tectlca by Kreeel by
eie;.r and detailed answers and Judo
? uiien attempted to end needleea deinv?
t.v correcting Kreeel at numerous point?
In the examination.
Fulbr's atory covered the same ground
as thnt covered In hit evidence before
the Prawley committee and later before
the As?.ml.1\ hoard of manager? When
he earns sows to the point just prior to
the Inauguration <>f Sulser si Oovernor,
when Harns * Puller, bv a i.kkeeptnf
entry, trenaferred the akilaer ?tot k deal?
ing aaargin a< < ount ta a loan account,
Kr?sel brought o:t that the allege?! loan
?.i; nothing more than a renaming of
th. bekencc ol the Bulser sto.-k ?baling
??count Pullet aid.it fini that it meant
mere h thai it would be malar for thr
firm to keej. Boiser*? sto. k cei til), at ,
'ii its own i??SI ?Ion if the aaesunl ?as
? ?mo?! a? a loan, and then Judge Cullen
tool, a hmid in questioning the witness
j "Wont you explsln exactly shy it ?raa
Jan.I what it mean ?' he a.skfd Kuller.
.' "What ?as tlia r?v-?">~ ??? U?i? ?.i^yjjs?>1
Apperentlj it was an ordlnsry account
i urrenl b* fore thst."
"Tee, sir." Puller repUed.
"Wh; did vou i hange it, and did you
have an) eonversatl??n with Qov<?mw Bui*
zer about the change?" lu.ice Cullen pur?
ined
Fuller answered that he had M COUVeS
aatlon with the Oovernor about the
f hange, and that th? only object was that
Instead of taking thooa *eiurltics and put?
ting them ou? in collateral loans the firm
would keep them In its box ami not use
them, Ju?lge t'ullen commented that by
su. h a move tin- Stockholders, instead of
accommodating themselves, would m- relv
limit their own power to tistr the se? un
Bea.
"How did vou come to do that11 he
ai-ked
"PrObebi) hecause inv partners thought
It was wis- lv.t to have se. unties going
around the Street in William Puizer-?
name," was the reply.
The successive entfiel and re-nitncs by
Which Harris &? Full? t ?hanged th. ful?
zer aeronnt from the status of an ordi?
nary stoik apesulatlbn account Into ? loan
account und back again furnished the
only chsptei of the Fuller testimony on
Which the witness was in any way back?
ward. From March 1*. Me, when Sulr? r
opened th. aCCOUnt with a deposit of Ml
shares of "Rig Four" Railroad stock, on
the ?6.0Y? loan for which he margined the
purchase of soother Us share? of the
MUM stork, until July |tf, of this year, lets
than a month i" fore his impeacnment,
when he aent Lieutenant Commander L
If, Josephthal to pay off the $26.000 bal
ance he then owf.j. Puller Ian) hare all the
dealing? m the account.
Th':e revelations Included the per
ea.ptory demands, both by letter and te]i
gram, for margin an-1 Uh threat to "SS
h.im out" last June, which Harris & fallt
sent to Go ear noi Balsar in the course c
I their buafneaa with him, exactly as the
j would send it t<> an> customer wtactx mat
pmv were below the requlrerocuta
Thoee ?lemands. running fr??n; June
to .lillv |g, when tiie account whs linsil
I taken ?ire of b Joeephthal, gave Kres'
?an Opportunity to wi?>r out all < laim
I that the account was a lOStl or an? thin,
but an ordinary sto.-k speculation a
count.
Hemands for margin and threats !?' sei
out, Kreset ssld, were not part of ft?
working of ? loen account, and PuHe
had tr-^t.f'o.i thai on December M Itl?
hist before Sulaer'a Inauguration, th< ac
? oui t !"? am? . loon a? ount Then
nft'r. without anj !""k record of a n
transfer of th? alleged loan ac?c?ounl t?
a stock a?'finit, th? demandi foi margii
(?o:; . In Jene.
"un what day then." queried Kreael
I "between Decetnb nd June 11
? ItU wna tins loan changed bach ir11
Ian account so thr.t ii n"v\ required mar
gti r
"It was nol changed." roller sdmltted
i ? - des< i Iptlon of the firm's deal?
j lrikrs wiMi Biilser waa covered brleflj
the f?.ii..winc chronology Msreh II 1916
i Sui/.er deposited with Morris ? PuUci
I Ml abares Pittsburgh rincinnatl. Chi
. roc?. A Bt. liOUls sto'^k. May 17. i:?i<?. Rul<
nei deposited 100 .-h.,r.-s lame ?stock: Ma:
,17. IMA H/.tris A Kuller aold the gg
sharei foi Bulaer and paid ever to hhr
pro eeds leee commission, balsncing th.
aoi ount.
Mr. B/uller -si?! that tiie firm ha?l pre?
vious '?-ali-igs with Bulser in esrltst
reara ait of which had been bslsnced
Up at those times.
Showed Weakness for "Big Four."
.June ?7. Iflt, Harris A Puller received
from Sulzcr IO0 shsreS Of "Big Font'
railroad stock, on whl< h they loaned him
KJOft, enjk value that dS] BJC*; June '.'T.
? I'd*, i larris ? Kuller bought for SuUefa
lae.-ou.it 1"i shares of same st"' V. at '
MJSl; June ?D and July ? Harris ?. Ful
1er demanded niore mai gin from S?j!zer.
| July ' Sulzer deposited JX? shares of
? "K|g Four" stock, on which they loaned
him ST.AM, and flul/.er deposited the .-heek
In the Carnegie Trust Company; July If,
Harris A Fuller sent to Putzer a check
for Bjoo, which b- deposited in the Car?
negie Trust Company; November 11, IfIA
"Hlg Four" sto? k was ai tt, ami Bulsei
liad on deposit with Harris &? Fuller l<?t
share?-- on whi'h they ba?1 advanced him
gftjAlSAS, leaving a margin Of RMS; On B
cnii for more margin S'ii/.fr deposited
with them IN ?bares of American smelt?
ers ami took OUt SN "Htg Four"; April
M. MU, Hair's ft Puller bought m shares
.?f "Hig Four" for Rulxer'a nccounl al ?"
Bl I the next day Sulzer deposited with
th. m snother "?? shores of "Big Foui
June :i Bulxer delivered to hi, brnkors
inn sha-e? of Southern Paetne, which t ?
?"id and give him fiABM in currency;
July 1?. 1?". BulSSr delivered 100 shares
of "Hig Four" to th" Fuller firm. No
i resaber t?, Ha tris <* Fuller gave him $1
? In ea?h
From that ?late th rough lo .lui;.. 1!
j Fiibr teetiSed, there had been no ? nsr
'in th? account except the crediting
. nda and the debiting of infer
; charges, bul In the steady declining
"Big Pour" ateca Bulser'a margin h
| gut h-w and tbej demanded mon proti
tion for the account They did not N
from the Congressman) however, an
i Nov.imtM r Iff, iai_\ when Bulser ?ma
>. ndldat? f<r Oovernor. un that da
I Bulser personalty paid to Fuller, t
broker -vor?. 1)0,000 In cash Tht trsi
! action t....k place In Bulser'? efBce ;?' N
111 Breeds ?r
Counsel Object Too Late.
<2'n December I, 1912, Sulsei ordert
I them to buy soother 100 ?bare? of "B
Pour," thia tune ,,t ;.: F*ul1ei tt ?tlfle
and on December 'ti. 1012, Bulxer paid
Uw i oken hVOOO j,, ,ash. The next di
i. took out, NO aheres of "Big POui
?and at the end ?>f I ?. ?comber the brofcei
M -lares of?"BIS Four." BO ?hart
of Smelter* and 'c.i share? of Southoi
I Bulst r liad ?ira".i: agah I '<''?'?
| ? . Th? total maiki t valut .>f tl
int wa? MStJOO, ai d lulst r'a margl
wai HOB
T ?? renaming of the account tc mak
I it appear as .i "loan" wss teken i" thi
m ;i discussion ol the entry ui the brok
I era' book? on December SOX IMS, of a losi
to Bulser of HO.0U. Kreml fought ov?
the form of thia entrj s/lth Puller, bu
[while Puller was read: to admit tha
tio- "loan entry" hsd been madi aolt
foi the sai-.e ... sppeananc<ea and to pre
?????ni Bulser'a ?to.'k from floating sroum
the Street, he conl nded thet the entrtet
i in his i.ook? ve... absolutely regular
.The ledger containing this entry, With :
paper pinned over the name? and ac
. ounts of other clients on the page, ?a:
passed around ror the Inspection of tht
Ilie;nb?T.s of the court.
LoUlS Mai.shall, for the defence, ob
it .-t..) to .', j ? on .;.!...iti.m of the Harrii
d Puller ledger entry on tins pont, or
th? ground that it m ut an a. t of the
witness, made without the knowlodgi "f
th<v Oovernor, and one which did not In
any wa-. bind th? Oovernor, i? ? 11 Judge
Cullen, intimating that Marshall should
have, objected to the entire Puller evi?
dence bef?te It Tv.,s presented, ruled that
he could not ??hut ou? tin- itnal detail?
I when th* defence had felled to a
i io the substance
"Vou have allowed it to co In," said
I Judge Cullen ? it i in evidence now.
j ami the court cannot ?lo other than t..
let it stand. Ol course, unless your
client la connected with it In some wr-.,
there is no inf. enct uj tinal oui i lent
from it. but i a ill not, at thia 11 ig<
after it ha ? g.c- In, prevent it "
Thereafter, it appeared from Puller's
testimony, the account was credited with
,i check from ex-Governoi A '?? Bprigga,
<??? ? . . N associate for- B.OOt on
ai I ? m ?lividei da mi the
? ? ?la?. On ' . ? I, the hi
tfti i .
r'a ordei I the a? count il
w i tit a balance whl? h Su
1130,0 01, which Ltled In the !
tunhi ? b) the ?die. k Of Ul 111
ant ' omma id? ? ' M J. ? ?; hthal
SULZER TOLD CONTRIBUTOR
HE HELD GIFTS "PERSONAL
Cornelius I Ptnckney the Nee I
iaw\?r, v?.is the second men on lbs st
in the afternoon, lie as d t
her and Noveml ' I ?
h - offl< ? ?,', the lanw se Bull
Nov< bar I, he .-aid. le went ?
office f.f glllaer tO *e* t Im lie bad
engagement t<? ^<-? him Bt "
candidate *.-* bue; al thai Urne, so
?li'i not see Im th?n.
? r went In ist? ? ontlnued 1
' I loa't know lUSt foi ' " Bt hOUl
1 H' 1 '.liked t ? h m ..
; I ?
whethei ' r wsa la need of ai
II? >a' i il \t Yu h ,1 no ? I I i ?
taking H in fa rt he e ould
contributions ?" 'err a? the ner?<>ns w
gm ?? it to ' Im felt a? tho igh t .. . eo
afford it and i sat down at tin-' deak ?
started to a rtt?? n checl
He took t'A?. I lai k ? I.. ke t" But?
office, and remembered that !>? wroti
the toe rat Hi had It half ma
out to the order of Bulser whei - ?
told him to n ?ke it out t.. Bai
he took 'he other one
Berceky h? handed It to Bulser, ?
thanked him for It
"Now, aa you started to go out of I
office did Bulser any anything to you
aske,| I loor Kiesel for the prOBO) It OH
"Vcf. sir. he did "
??What -in b< aa
"He sail that this was a personal ma
ter between himself and nv self, that I
considered anything like this as a gil
I think was the word be used -and th
h* did not intend to make any record i
any kind or account for the check. If
remember exactly his words wen I ?
n.?t intend to account foi theee kind ?
gifts, th.s must be made to m* persoi
aib . don t asy anj thing about it. it
slmpl; i" i e sen ?"i and mj a if
Preceding Plncknej on the stand al t1
?fieri,? ?.n BeSSion WOS Melville It I'ulb
who continued from the morning sessie
hut (vpiati.'it.on of the Bulser i
The account waa i loa< d on Julj II ??f thl
vear. tie testified, when it waa taken ov<
by Lieutenant Commander Joaephthal e
order of the Qovemor
The debit balnoce then st??od KM.7M1
representing a margin of about J?. s??? t
the good bOCSUSt Of the market price c
the s?'untie? Before the account wa
Closed out the firm had BOUie talk wit
ex-Governor Bprlgga of Montons, one <j
Bulser'a sasociatea, who mode some at
rangements for the taking <?\er the ac
count by Joaephthal
Did Not Know Mrs. Sulzer.
The actUSl transfer of th" SCCOunl Wa
not made until July U, although nrrange
meats were begun on July II This, l'ul
1er said, was beCSUM the thai dl?l not ge
OS Offidal order until July I.".. Thai opb'i
from the Oovernof w.,? the letter broughi
out in the heailugs before the board ??
linn.hment managers bearing tho si?
natun "William Bulser, f??i Mis. Bulser.1
Puller ?as mterrogah I at length about
any connection which Mis. Bulser might
have had with the account. He said he
la?) never seen lur at the <,trhe. ba?l
never ha?l anv transaction with lur. th"
nooks of the firm showed no buetncoa
done with ber, and t?i the best of hi."
knowledge ehe bad never been m the
tirni':- office. She tiev.-r paid the flrni anv
money in connection with the sccount or
received anv money from the iinn in the
three ve,ns In Which the BCCOUOt ' ?i
The Sulzer aCCOUnt, fuller testified,
shown) ? lOSS Of Sx .?14 71 when Joseph! hal
took it over, fisurfd according t" the privo
of the Securities when Sulzer deposited
them. KYom thta financial ?id. r.r t!?. si
fair, counsel for the prosecution then
skipped to the work of the Prawley to?
rest Ige ting eommlttee and its reulta He
broughi out that i'ulbr hid been Invited
t.. .Mian to see the Governor nt the i.\
acUtlve Mansion "ii July Mb the day aft? r
he had been subpomscd to te.-tif> before
the h gtolattva ? ommlttt e
"i went Into Ma Horary after dinner,"
Bald Fuller. "I said to him that I bad
i been ?ubpceneed to appear before the
M. e With my hook?.''
Then fellow fd the GoVil nub St itement
th his Arm
t.. Mi? Bull
l Ul ? thst
t for hit ? ' ? ? i
a the state of 1
i ; bul ? ? d dn'l d i ntu h of tl I The
? ? nor. l Ulli i ! ted lid not I
to teat If y it
? ? tht ? ''ve rommltl ? did not
? ii t.. hl t Intei ?
; . : w.n
Sulzer Also "No. 63."
Under furthei ?? oker
told ' ippoaranct before the
Prawle) rommltte? and the next Inter?
vleu he had ?sith the Oovernor on Bop?
tember 11, he thought tl thai I me he
pi '.n leed I give tra rlpt of th? ?
. ount to ex Fudge Herricl of i
counsel, end to explain t?. him anything
he ?,< . ? knoa about tht
"I told tht ?....-.. .. aid, "I it
i i ...j received ? t.. api i ar .?? ?
KYawIe; i ommittee und had
i.e. n ..dv lo d t .?? It v ild be be it lo
.. :i;. QUI itlO ' : I
Puller asid that early In the \r.ir i ?
had appt art d before the Uovci
: ??-.? certain Stock Exchange legislation
then pending The ?? eunt was
running In hlg oftle? .it ?
The Bulser a co int, th? broker admit
t.?i. had been known on .???>?.iM??n a1* "No
This, he explained, was ?o that the
name "Bulset would i ol have to be
BhOUb d 0 It In the ,,||. . bill o ?. ? It?
11 w.. dered ' ? ?
, n g< neralty thai ? ? d .i bn n?t?
for ? ? i t.iin p. oplt ? . sont ... ount?
liad '.bei ? ?? v? oll .. i ,.
"i ou ni- an, ' mi. rr".. .1 Pre Ident ? ul
lau, ' thai tht r? ? ? i ? .-ome pt ople >..ti
wem nol ? partit liai aboul '"
1 v. a s/ered the ? Um .
It? . Kplalnsd that it waa not the
t..m of hu? m o, nor tht custom In Wall
Street so far as he Knew, to number
a. ? ounta In thai fashion lloal sp -cu
latlv? seoounts, though, were numbered,
whereaa Inactive accounts were run by
names
Through Henri G tdams, a clerk In the
oil.f th' Secretary <>f State, and Krn
eat A Pa , the Journal < lerk of the Sen
at?, tb pr.itlon laid the foundation
for its charge against th? Governor >.r
ml use of official powera in recommend"
mg Wall str-'.-t legialstlon while keeping
? i. iiatli a a. ? ount in w .??i Btrt at.
These aitneesee testlned sboul the intro?
duction of Wall Street legialstlon by Ben*
?tor stilwell, m accordance with the flov?
amor's m< ?? age and the passage of ?ueh
few bilis of the number sa actually be-1
. m,?- Isau
"PRETTIEST GIRL" SAILS
Former Miss Valle Goes to Eng?
land as Mrs. Nelson.
amorira'a prettleet girl has gona
Hereafter ?h? will belong to Bngiand,
She sailed yesterday oU hoard the Kron?
prinz Wilhelm as the wife of Jemes Hope
Nelson, poio player and ?muer of an es
tste m \\ gra Ickshire.
Mis. N.l.son WSS MlM Isabel \alle. of I
St. I.?un-, and as BUch received her till?
of pulchritude from Mi ?. Btuyveoant Plan
and lira Robert Ooelet at Newport last
summer, Mr Nelson's boms before his
marriage was in fOliSOtSIBhllO. but be
gave it Up in order th it hi? wife might
be near thn aasertean colon] in War
a Ickshire.
among the Nelsons' felloe paa engen
w.-ir Arthur VOU Bl iescn. president of the
National Alllan.f la-k-ai Aid Bockstleg.
arhe is bound for the c.tng convention
of lag.?i Aid Societies in N?rnberg, and
Mrs. Hoheit I-;. l'?-ar>. arlfg Of the ilg>
. oi ? hi of ihe North l'oie.
'MU?ES BANK
MID; POSSE Ol?
? ?niinued.fmin f1r?t ps?e.
hfahon lout ins gold wstch and chain
ami BOO in ?ash, while his wife was
compelled to par! with her diamond
ring?. Fortunately, bflsa afabon wore
no i? welrj.
? me of the men struck Mr. Ifahon ?>n
the head with the btitl of ? revolver,
and after ordering the three back into
their ma hlne the highway men fired
aeveral bullets Into the rear tires and
doahed off Into the woods
The bullets from the highwayman's
revolvers pnt the sutomoblle oui of
commission, and while 11 was stalled In
the roadway sfra John Oordon, of
Hackensack, accompanied by htrs. J.
i Dhnmock, came by In her machine.
Mr. Mshon waved them back, telling
them of 'ho attach Just made on ins
party by the robbers.
i'hief of Police Titus of EngliWOOd I
and polit e from BUITOOndlng ton tis in I
itergen County formed ? posas and
searched the woods for miles ?round.
They failed to fin?! B trace of the high
wayreen.
DR. DIESeTDISAPPEARS
Oil Engine Inventor Missing
After Going on Ship.
[S] OabK t> Th . Tribune. I
London, Sept id.?Dr. Rudolf Diesel,
the famous inventor of the Kiesel .. 11
engine, who left Antwerp yeaterdsy to
i ?m? to London ff,r the annual meeting
to-day of the Consolidated Diesel En?
gine Manufacturers, has disappeared
under most mysterious circumstances.
Diesel embarked on the Great Bsstsrn .
Railway Btesmer, Dresden, at Antwerp,
in company with rjeorso Carets, a fel?
low director, an?) was alloue?! a cabin
to himself.
''u Hi" arrival of the vessel at
Psrkeeton Qusy, Harwich, yesterday
morning, Diesel waa missing. The ted
in his cabin had not been slept in,
though his night attire had been laid
out.
lr la conjectured by friends that
f>iosei fell overboard during the voyage.
He ?? rsslonslly wss troubled with In
? is, snd It hi possible that when
hla friends retired to their cabina he
d. i ??lei ti. continue his stroll on deck.
He waa In the I < il of health ?mi
spirits end had expressed the most!
sanguin cxpectstlons of the future, of .
engin? snd the development of the I
. ?.nu?..m .
TWO ADMIT BANK THEFTS
Employes of Bayonne City Na?
tional Took $7.500.
Two ?s of the City National
Pank "f BayonnS were arr?'Sted yeot
? fort ??? beaslement of |7,i09. The
offender? aie Charlee k Jaeger, asalstant
i Henry J. Klink, a clei k. %
Rtrmv tt h unilton prealdi i t of the
hank, riled b? hla i ounsel, as
I ' "-' lodged a rom
; I ilrt b. f. re POUHty Judge Tennaiif. who
I .i bench warrant, and Prosecutors
Bennett an. M Dons I I ok the two men
Into ? ijstody 'I'h^v admitted their guilt
of non i ?lit.
Th gi i! 'i Jn ' mi i . '?? .
? found an Indictment Jaeger en?
i.i by frsdu
lent entries on the ii"te discount record.
Khhi ? ? ? t ' la p< culstion and
h< lpe?l hin t of .ia*?. i '? cal i
?? ? - Neither explained *h.?t be did
are held
default of bail .b.ejjrr i? twenty-five*
?ara ni i and married Klink is nineteen
;md single. Both entered the bank after
? ? .; graduated fr"m the Bayonne High
School.
SCHEME TO ROB IN HOMES
Woman Arrested Actor's Wife
and Others Complain.
\ ?? h< me for robbli ~ unsuspecting pe?
ni their h" -. .| j saterda y
b) aeveral women, who claimed the) were
victim of Mi Blaor Lelghton, a pur?
chasing agent, twenty-eight years old, of
So IOH M ...i, -.ni av( i ue. TI a n heme, a' -
???: ling to the complainants, was t.. :n
about offering a piece of dreae goods for
sale al ? tempting r i ? < *^. note ?"here the
woman of the house k?*pt her pocketbook
and then appropriated the pocketbook,
fi ? "i the com pig instate waa Mrs. Alex
? .hr, wif. of -?H si t"i
VYhlle awaiting trial In Bpecial Bessions
t- rda? "u m charge of pettj larc< m
Mi Lelghton wa i arrested for grand lar
. "ii the complaint of Mrs. Antonio
Munoz, of No EM West tilth atreet Mr3.
Mui". said the pfiaoner told her sh? sol?!
fabrl - to many prominent theatri?
cal women, and that on the evening be?
fore her call on Mrs Hunos was enter?
tained .?t dinner bj Mi. , 11 ? Id Bela o
The reason that Mrs. Lelghton k?<oj for
peddling cloth, according to Mrs. Munoz.
a i- that ehe wanted to rendei aid to her
huaband, who waa Buffering from tubercu?
loots. Mrs. Munoa said she bought some
, li.tb nr $! i, and that ton minUtOB alter
the woman wen! away aha found thst ir r ,
purse snd 163 v\ ei a mil
The police t"i?i her, ehe asid, that a ,
in arho a ork< ?i the ??.nue ahe de-1
: ? i ib. ?i under rsi lou allai es had been I
arrested and waa to be tried in Special
Bessions, and there ahe Identified 'Mrs
Bradford." against whom Mrs. Can com
plained, aa "Mrs. !?? Ighton. '
BOY KinJE^TA?fcTcHASED1
Playmates of Little Victim
Vainly Hail Chauffeur.
Ma* ''hapkov.it/.. twelve yeera old, of
No. 709 Trinlt) avenue, The bronx, v\ .i
trj Ins. oui hla neu roller skates in i feuld
weil avenue mar lUtta street last evening
when he was run ovei by a heav) auto
truck. Isidore Wahl, ol No. 7M Trinttj
avenue and Mari m Orees, ?if No ~->
CsuldweU avenue, playmates, skated .li?
ter the trui h calling ??n the driver t<>
stop, but the bitter put on all speed and
,ii appeared In a cloud of dust
The boya hallad an sutomoblle owned
b i ;. orge Bi ? rising? r, of No, Ml 1
IKth street, and Chspkowlti wss hurried
t" Lebanon Hospital He died from .1
fractured skull as Dr, Oreenberg was
lifting him "ii the emergency operating
table.
At midnight detectives from the Mer
r??anle police station arrested Herman
(?Xedlander, a poultrj man. m No. ;ni
Bast Itoth street, mi b technical charge
of homicide and held him for the cor?
oner. Prledlsnder wss driving the truck
and had stopped al ?< butcher shop a
fen blocks below the acene of the acci?
dent to deliver .-??m.? chickens About .t
year .is?< bis mother was layered ?in an
antomobile accident snd was treated for
months in ? lirons hospital.
feOH BREAKS BOIES
AND MAY BE PUNISHED
Self-Sentenced Convict "Looks
Back" and Replies to Au?
burn Prison Keeper.
WORKS AT HAULING COAL
Sing Sing; Negro Prisoners and
an Italian Murderer His
Teammates on a
Handcar.
Telegi igh to Th? Trll aae.1
Auburn, X. v. Bogt Id, -Thomaa
Mott Osborne, or "Tom Brown," as h?
Is now known, spent hi? OOCOOd day In
tuburn prison eventfully. He was cau?
tioned t?rl?ce for minor infractions and
l.efoip h la s?ir Imposed term espires he
i.?: receive punishment Jn the prison
? I 1jh.11 he inadvertently looked
back" and a keeper InfBlmad htm that
hi v on Id here to ".-'it that on:" An
hntnhle "Tea I Am* from the mill?
ionaire prisoner, and his fau.v pJ." wa?
Overlooked, but lat?-r. While marching
with the hrooin *hop gang In the yard.
he got out of line and was ?autionel
again.
Thus far he hSS managed to escape
punishment, but his conduct la the fut?
ure will have to Improve. Thin morning
h? was assigne?! to a gang of yard men
who were engaged in pulling a hand?
ier, laden with soft coal, to the various
.-?Hi pita of the prison Industries In
Hie gang nrero peveral negro prisoner?
who had been transferre?! from fling
Sing, an Italian murderer and lesser of?
fender.*..
After the ?linter of mutton st?nr. with
vegetables, baking povrder biscuit and
<.offea "Tom Brown" was put to work
In the brooni and basket shop. Be
proved an apt pupil st basket making
To-mo.-row Mr. <osborae may be put to
work in weaving doormats, and lie then
may be advanced to hroom making, ex?
amination by Dr. Heacox, the prison
physician, showed that th? new arrival's
condition is MtlsfSI tory, and thus far
he has not suffered from indigestion.
There hSS been a decided hincase In
the number of visitors to Auburn prison
- nCO Mr usbr-Tie's arrival, but all of
them have failed to recognize lhe Com*
missioner, whose upvK-araiue has been
changed to auch ? Segree that officer?
-?? ;,.^ most intimate friends to
:.;? m.:v him.
Mr. Oeborne la 'n Ignorance of the ?aride
Interest thai has been ?aroused by h;s ex
periment outside the priMm. Befor*
"lockli - ? Ight he was allow?ed to
have one f,f Thackeray* a novels from the
orison library, and be t<"ad until I
iitjh's were extli gulal ed ?it I o'c tx k All
it,..iii from pei ?on? o it ilde ol
prison for permission p. Intervient ' Foin
Blown" ?rere denied by Warden Ratl ?
\ mass ol letters, telegrar ai I ol
communication? addressed 'to Mr O
.,?<?'?.
?:i Auburn, ;is he is t...' i ? .;t- I
t . receive communicatlona while In prli i
MI?IlI??T
RM ON 1ER
fnnf Iniied fr?.m flr?t pafe.
lield to Ms head would Indut I '
apt the Tamman* nomination
r. The inferen, o |<j that a 'gun'
was hehi to him. Certainly, for -
reason lie changed bis mind overs ?
and accepted the dictate of hta organ*
?t Was if because that body I
him li" must ?<> to the front and serve
it in the campaign and, If elected,
afterward"* len't thai why Tammany
Hall rb'.-e.i him In the Bald? It Is rer
tain, though, that he would not have
been namoii as a candidate had If not
I'cen the firm belief of the Tammanv
??a.1er (hat the fusion party was about
to he gpllt apart by dissension."
The first requisito of a Tammany
rsndldate was obedience, Mr. Mitchel
said, and ho mentioned the refusal of
that organization to nnni" Mayor Oay
nor for a se.-ond term ns an example.
"There r*v"r was n more hrazen af?
front, however, than that now ur.der
way at Albany. It mattters not what
our Individual opinions .ire or what Is
the outcome of the proceedings at Al
bany. The fact stands apparent that
ttv> motive for the lmpea?-hment r<t
Governor Suiter was not as punish
ment for what he had done, hut for
what he had not done at the orders and
behests of Tammany Hall.
"Tammany Hall knows no friends ex?
cept those who serve it, as It knows no
enemies except those who stand in its
path to public plunder."
Others who ?poke n' this meeting
?rere Mr. McAneny, John .1. ll>pperand
William a Prendergsst,
McAneny Praises Mitchel.
Mr. Ultchel bad played a gplandtd
pari m the city government for Uas
lau i three ?ml a half rears. Mr. sfs?
Aneny i I, in the Office Of the C?T
poratlon Counsel ?is Commleeioner ?-f
Accounts, as Prestdenl of the Board
.?i' Aldermen ami as acting Mayor. Hi:
w.is a man who vvouhI deal with the
problema confronting the city go?.?in
m.m m an Intelligent ami mastsrl)
in.inn. r.
?f I am elected '" the Othes of Pr?s?
ident of the Board of \id.nn? n." Mm
apeaker declared, "1 shall not be gst!*
Bed m? r? i\ t?> act on th?- Board ?>i i
limit.- ami tpportlonment More run
i? done bj th- Aldermanlc Board than
has b..h done m th.- past."
\\ h< ti Mr. Mitchel reached the (sect
ink held ?j the Progressive party ?f the
llth Assemhl) District, at \.,. |g2?j
Church av enue, l latbush, be was greet.
ed bj ? v- ihllj cheering throng >.f v,.%.
. rul hundred Prei louslj several ..? i
dldati - on th. ioc.ii fui Ion tick? t had
outlined the Issues ol the rempatlrn
?| piupos. to buse municipal salari?e
pot on pun, but on gen ice," said Mi.
Mitchel. "There will be no Tammuny
parasite? on the payrolls, and I he sa|.
srlee '-vin h?- standardised, w?- whni
Neu VoiK City to be a model '\,\
pli er. We ?lo pot want favoritism (>r
))iiii or prosecution, but xer\i?e ahd
loj alt jr.
"N?-w York City has n.ver h> ,,
enelyxed. if i am elected Mayor it slsj
i,. . The dominant Issue i- th.- quoi I It
??i wl,. th r the i.pie of thla city shatu
1.? allowed to ?-ni?- their own city <>?1
whether the government v\.|i he turned?
?ver to Tammany, is t' ?? Tnnmany ?
tiger, ban a,i?l hiillgrv a it u?.\v i?-. LO ?
ratten on the city tot th nest ius? l
year?'.'" ?^
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