Waterbury Democrat., 1901-03-14


 Expenditures. car fare, lunch
 and typewriting ... 10000 ! Loss of time from business
 thirty-two weeks at SIG per
 week .................. 512.oO Loss of fire pay ....;...... 1925 Transportation of witnesses. 1900 Stenographer and clerk hire. 225.OO Hotel and transportation. 47.2O Postage and stationery. ...... 1900 Services completing and writ
 ing state military record... 15O.OO
 s1.e74.45
 Captain Bradley was examined by Attorney General Phelps as to the re- spective items in the bill. After some equ1vocating. he admitted that the court which tried him was ordered by the commander-in-ch chief, the governor. The charges. he said, were drunken ness in camp year or so before.
 To Mir Danaher: The charges also included misappropriation of funds, unbecoming conduct, etc.
 To Attorney General Phelps: The witnesses for the defense came mainly from Meriden and their transportation for one day only was paid by the state. He knew that his vitnesse, were summoned by the court The court did not refuse to summon more witnesses nor refuse to pay any wifi nesses who were summoned. The sis claimed for transportation is in excess of what the witnesses were legally en- titled to. Drew S493 per day for twenty-five days, his regular pay as an officer, while on trial. My pay is $4 per day as a silver worker. 40 cents per hour" The item of S512 for los, of time from business was partly be- cause of illness and also for time in preparing the case. ''all caused by the treachery of Colonel Callahan. which was proved at the trial.'' The item of $512 was largely an estimate. Didn't keep my pay envelopes weekly to show how much pay lost from the factory. The first three items making S1.OOO were given me today by Attorney Danaher-the details of the total amount. Did not think I should have put in a bill for loss from fire duty while in camp. Had never heard of any military officer being reimbursed for fire duty when ordered out for mil itary duty under pay. Had not paid for typewritiDg: it was dependent upon securing the allowance of the claim before the general assembly. Had nor kept a memorandum of money eXpend- ed for typewriting. Didn't remember when 1 first knew that l could present bill First heard of such matters being presented to the general assem- ply when a member during the session of 1893. Was then clerk of the com- mittee of military affairs.
 Captain Bradley all through the eX- animation was disposed to criticise the 1 action of Colonel Callahan in prefer 1 ring charges and frequently referred | to the court martial proceedings as un- | just to him.
 Captain Isbell and Major Tilson ia | vored paying Captain Bradley his 1e- | gitima1e expenditures without refer ence to the items of expense in his | bill.
 1 Attorney General Phelps said the state had paid all the legal charges of the court martial amounting to 80 621 .O3. Captain Bradley seemed to be actuated largely by his idea of a griev ance and produced no witness but himself as to the items of the bill. As to the item of S1 ,OOO for attorneys fees. etc. in the superior court the | judge can appoint counsel if the ac- | cused is entirely without means. the rate being fixed at $10 per day for counsel and any reasonable expenses. 1 The other items seem to reimburse Captain Bradley for every possible cause loss of time. wear and tear of | mind etc. etc. features which are ! never recognized by law. Captain Bradley does not attempt to prove his l case. but makes very large bill predl- l caied upon memoranda which he ad- mits having destroyed. The state has already paid all the legitimate eN- | penses of the trial and whatever is al- lowed Captain Bradley will be in the l nature of q gratuity. gift. The committee has not only to pass on | ntoi,
 tablish q precedent.
 Mir Danaher claimed that the prece- dent Lad been already established. He reviewed the case and said that Cap tain Bradley was compelled to defend | himself. He claimed that no lawyer could afford to work for $1O per day. He had never worked for that sum since he became lawyer and when he couldn't earn more than Slo per I day he wonld go into some other busl- ness. Mir Danaher claimed that Cap tain Bradley was "hounded' by as mean gang as ever existed i'll the I state at the trial. There never had l been such court martial in the state 1 and he thought there never would be another It was because Of the "clinue' and the "combine." and the "gang" which was behind them that the trial was prolonged. The allow ance of the claim could not be consid- cred as favor: it was justice. A | precedent had heen established in the l pavment of sS15 to Colonel Cone. Lieutenant Colonel Thompson and | Ma for Smith in 1895. and a payment of S3S5 to General Graham. Captain
 Bradley had proved himself utterly l guiltless of the charges preferred by the New Haven gang"
 Attorney General Phelps showed | that the limit of allowance by statute to attorneys designated to defend was S1O per day and no more. Extra al- lowance could be made by court fn capital cases only
 MT Danaher said that he never worked for less than $25 per day and ] .a.zo. ,n-o,,lll in anv enurt If tba stata