Waterbury Democrat., 1901-01-22
A YALE STUDENT
One of the Witnesses in the
 Liquor Cases.
WAS A PRIVATE DEFECTIVE.

Fierce Asked for More Time to
 Strengthen His Case--Detectives
 Referred to Memorandum Books
 When Testifying-Other Cases Dis
 posed Of.
 The city court room was crowded this morning to hear the trials of the liquor cases. AS on Saturday, last, when the cases were first brought to the attention of the court, policemen guarded the two entrances to the court room. The public began filling the seats unusually early. a great crowd awaiting the opening of the doors. The l accused came in in groups. They did not seem to fear the result of the trials. They appeared to be light-hearted and cracked many jokes about the pend , ing ordeal. There were other liquor dealers with them. Judge Bradstreet took his seat promptly at 3 o'clock and the following cases were quickly dis posed of:
 Bryan Sweeney, charged with as saulting his wife, Ellen, was fined $o and costs.
 Patrick Guilfoile, for q like oifense, was sentenced to sixty days in jail. A complaint against Eugene SuIli- van for non-support of his wife was continued q week, with the prospect of Il reconciliation of the couple.
 Bernard JohnSon's case for assault ing Charles Parsons was continued to Friday, under l bond of S2.0uU. The prosecutor stated that he believed the present complaint will be changed to lnallSlaughter.
 
 to Prosecuting Agent Pierce, and after T good deal of shuttiing and other noise, business was resumed.
 The first case called was that against | Sarah Dunphy. for keeping open her saloon, $50 Bank street, and selling liquor on Sunday. September .3. She pleaded not guilty and was defended | by Attorneys Root and Carmody. who took care also of most Of the accused A young man. who said his name was Frank Adams. his business q private detective. and --lS home in Utica. N 1 A.. was put on the stand. Mir Pierce ! produced certificate from Clerk
 Anketell, of the superior court in New Haven, showing that the accused had q license at the above address since | September 23. The defense objected | and the court sustained the objection | on the grounds that while accused 1 may have had a license since that 1 date, 1t did not show that she had q l license 'On' that day. Adams then 1 testified that. with three others. about | $ o'clock on the day named. he went 1 to the rear door of accuSed'S saloon 1 raPped on it, and after Il minute or so | accused let them in. WitnesS'S com | panionS were named Bede1l. Ecklend and Roberts. Three had whiskey and | one had beer. Witness met Roberts on Bank street the Saturday night pre- | TiouS. Roberts was a general utility
 man about hotels. Heard his first
 name was Pete At this juncture
 1t developed that Bedell was witness's
 companion detective and at the re- 1 quest of the defense the court ordered
 hlm to leave the room. The Saturday
 previous to the alleged visit to ac- i cuSeu'S saloon. witness and his friends | and Bedell made the round of the ho- | tels and saloons. Witness could not | say If he occupied Il room that night
 with Bedell, nor could he say positive
 ly that Bedell stayed in the same hotel With him on that occasion. On the l Sunday morning in question Ecklend and Roberts had breakfast with wit ness at the South End hotel. Witness | gave his testimony. or the greater part | Of it, from q memorandum book. After
 having breakfast they went to the Ar l Ington hotel and from there to Mrs Dunphy's saloon. Witness's noteboo,, 1 did not show the time he and his friends had breakfast. and Attorney
 Root remarking on this evident dis crepancy said: Why did you not put 1 down tile time, your book shows 10 cents for drinks?' Witness could not
 account for the discrepancy. nor was
 he sure that lie spent 10 cents for l drinks.
 Le Clair. formerly of the Law and
 Order league. employed witness to come to Waterbury and spy on the l nquor dealers. Witness has been q
 resident of New Haven for three years
 and lives at G1 Wolcott street. Dur
 ing the past year he has been in Le
 Clair's employ as a detective He is also student in Yale. senior class.
 academic department, and expects to i graduate this year. The reason they ] went to Dunphy's place first was be-
 cause it was first on a list he was | shown by Roberts, he believed A | duplicate of the list was at Le Clair's I I had an impression that he heard Eek
 lend addressed as Johnson by people | they met.
 After leaving Dunphy's they went l to another place on Bank street, then
 to place on Washington avenue and 1 then for breakfast to the South End
 hotel. Roberts and Ecklend or John
 son. were the pilots during the day.
 Witness denied being ever associated
 with the Law and Order league. This l closed with the witness, who was an
 hour and half on the stand
 David Bedell, the other detective, | was then sworn. He also denied be-
 ing ever connected with the Law and
 Order league. His evidence was prac-
 tically repetition of Adams's and he I went into more detail. For instance
 he said they were supplied with drinks in the accnsed's place at SOB a. m.
 Witness first met Roberts on Septem-
 Der Ia; was introduced to him by a | man named Herzogg. an employe of