Even after the defeat of the vote, Sulzer vowed to continue his fight with Murphy and the other bosses, and that there would be no Compromise. In response, the Tammany-allied State Comptroller William Sohmer moved to freeze payrolls for state highway and prison projects, and the State Senate under the leadership of another Tammany officer Robert F. Wagner refused to approve the Governor's appointments to the New York Public Service Commission. As the conflict between Sulzer and Tammany moved on, accusations arose against the Governor, claiming that he committed perjury in an 1890 lawsuit, that he had been involved in fraudulent companies in Cuba while a Congressman, and that he was sued by a Philadelphia woman, who swore that he had broken a 1903 promise to marry her. He rejected all these claims and characterized the breach of promise lawsuit as a "frame-up". In May 1913, a Joint Committee was established by the state legislature to investigate the financial conduct of state institutions, with Senator James J. Frawley, a loyal Tammany Hall Democrat, appointed its Chairman. That summer the committee, using Tammany-provided information, accused Sulzer of having diverted campaign contributions to purchase stocks for himself and to have lied under oath in regards to it. Sulzer, his supporters and many historians later affirmed that the impeachment charges were made under instructions from Murphy, to remove him as an obstacle to Tammany Hall's influence in state politics. Sulzer's questioned the constitutionality of the committee. But as evidence was raised over his use of campaign funds, he began to lose the support of the national Democratic Party, including William Randolph Hearst. On August 11, 1913 the findings of the Frawley committee were announced to the state legislature, and moves began towards impeachment, managed by Tammany Hall's legislative leaders. The only support Sulzer had was in the Progressive legislators, who were too few to slow the process down. Over the next two days the Governor opposed the secession at every term but was powerless to stop it, as Al Smith and Robert F. Wagner, Sr. maintained control of their respective houses. In a last-minute attempt to prevent impeachment, the Governor's wife admitted to having been responsible for the theft of campaign funds, while the minority in the state Assembly allied to the Governor attempted to postpone proceedings based on the new evidence, but were unsuccessful and the decision came to a vote. On August 13, 1913, the New York Assembly voted to impeach Governor Sulzer, by a vote of 79 to 45.