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Show i i i ii i GOV. SULZER RE- , MOVED FROM OFFICE $ r . l ' Loses in Fight with Tammany Crowds Under Evidence Verdict Justified A Albany, Oct, 17. William ' Sulzer no longer is governor of the State of New York. ! , A few minutes before noon ' today the .high court of impeach ment, by vote of 43 to 12. removed re-moved him from office. Senator Wende and Judge Cullen ex cused themselves from voting. , , . The proposition of disqualify- . ing Sulzer from ever again hold- ; ' ing a place of honor or truat in '. A i the state was voted down unan- ' imously with the exception that Judge Cullen again excused t . . ' himself from recording his vote. ; I " The governor received the , nevs of his removal in silence at f' i . ' the executive mansion, where he had waited all morning to hear the result. He said he might make a statement later. J " Prior to the vote on his dis- ' qualification and" removal, the A last four articles of the impeach- II' ment charges, five, six, seven j - and eight, were unanimously voted out. ffl" - Court was in session little , 1 more than an hour. It was I officially adjourned a minute $ 1 after 12 o'clock. pi Martin H. Glynn of Albany, I i the acting goveroor, became gov- 1 ernor. Robert P. Wagner of 4i New York, majority leader of ki the senate, became lieutenant li governor. |