Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-04-06
Strike Notes To-day.

SoL 1ul dul udu a. very ilVSIy LllL III tue city court to-day, before Judge Peasley, while arguing the matter of bonds in the continued cases against Erwin Vol colt, William Costello, James and Thomas Quinn, James Whitty, Joseph Kelly. Stephen Ball. Michael Ryan, Charles Thorpe, Thomas Kenny and James Ennis, who are charged with as- saulting the strike breakers, Merna and Morrissette, with intent to murder them. At first Prosecutor Durant would have only Wolcott, Costello and James Quinn bound over. He was not ready to go on with the other cases and asked to have them continued for thirty days. MT O'Neill was not satis- lied with this arrangement. He was appointed guardian for all of them, and he did not care to have to come to court whenever the prosecutor wished to have him. The same evidence as was given. in the cases against the strikers who have been bound over would apply to these cases. and he wished them disposed of. So far as the cases against Costello and Quinn were concerned he had nothing to say; they could be bound over but as to the question of bond he wished to be heard. He then said he would have the other cases against Whitty. Kelly, Thomas Quinn, Ball, Ryan, Thorpe, Kenny and Ennis disposed of also. He did not care to be coming to court every day and the cases could be disposed of now as well as later. He wanted the accused bound over or discharged. Mir Durant said he was not obliged to state what his reasons were for wish ing to have the cases put over, and Mir .O'Neill said probably he was not but the constitution of the state gave the accused the right to a speedy trial He did not know if the constitution had any rights in the city court or if Mir Durant cared anything about 1t, but if the prosecutor had any good reason for asking that the cases be adjourned he could not object to 1t being made public. As for bonds, Mir O'Neill said he would have no trouble in getting q bond for all.
 Judge Peasley remarked there was evidence enought to bind the accused over if there was no further evidence.
 Mfr O'Neill reminded the court that the complaint was assault with intent to murder.
 MT Durant then asked MT O'Neill if he appeared for all the accused in the relation of guardian ad litum, and MT O'Neill said he believed he did, but he did not know all of his wards.
 Mir Meigs. assistant counsel for the state, thought this was very irregular. Some of the accused had not been put to plea and some of them therefore, had not been given guardians.
 MT O'Neill said he did not know who were his wards and who were not and then he went among the accused and found that he had been appointed guardian for all of them excepting Wolcott, who is not a minor. The ages of the others range from 16 to IS years. This raised a great deal of bother from the minds of the prose cutors, and to see that no mistake should be made, all were put to plea and all pleaded not guilty. Then came the tilt between Mr O'Neill and Mr Durant.
 Mir Durant asked that bond of $2,- 900 be imposed in each case, for it was taken for granted, at least 1t seemed to be so, that each would be bound over to the superior court.
 MT O'Neill said that the bond in the first, in the cases of the others who have been bound over, was nothing less than an outrage. It was out of all proportion to the evidence given. All of the accused Ill the cases under discussion were boys. mere boys, and what did they do, according to evil dence? Nothing whatsoever, but went to see others do something or other, ."have little fun with the trolleymen, do something against the law That IS what they did" said Mir O'Neill. Il say" he went on, "that they are kept here to phase and terrify them; they are kept here to be bulIdoZed and frightened to death. They have been promised one thing and another to tell ai1 they know
 'Who made promises?" calculated Mir Durant. "I did not, and you can't say that I did"
 "Oh, you don't run all this. You are not in control nere,' said MT O'Neill Then he went on to say that promises had been made. They were made by Colonel Burnee. by Detective Dodds and Lunny. They were told that if they told all they knew about this matter they would get off lightly, that they would be let out. Now Lun- nv gave bail for them when they were arrested and he ought to be accepted now You want bond imposed large enough to keep them in jail, where you can get at them but we can't. You want them all to yourself. Now. if the trolleymen are guilty, I hone they will be severely punished but the get ting of evidence against them by bull- dozing these boys. soaring them, fright ening them to death"
 Mir Durant interiected something which was lost in the noise. and Mir O'Neill reaching over the table, shout ed
 "Did you hear that. your honor? He said he wanted q bond that would keep fhnrna ac ruftnnSSes :,