Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-05-08
He spoke very

portunity to observe Mansfield and he Judged him to be most capable. He had charge of one side of the track and he managed the big crowds sllillfully and prudently.' Mansfield was not aware he was being watched by witness. Manstield's certificate of baptism was entered, showing him to be the age he testified to Wednesday night-24 last October. MT O'Neill said he had thir- ty more witnesses, but he did not care to spend all night examining them. They would all show Mansfield to be efficient as an officer and moral as q citizen. The prosecution allowed this testimony to be taken for granted and MT O'Neill opened the arguments. In the course of his remarks he said the strike breakers came here under strange circumstances. They felt the feeling of the whole people were against them and on that account their evidence was too one-sided. They appeared to him as willing to exagger- ate their statements. He did not wish to cast any aspersions on them, but 1t was evident they were not models of veracity. They felt that Mansfield was put on duty to watch and poster them, to carry out the vote of the board of safety. Of course there was has been in the newspapers. They have given the community black eye and then up starts this Citizens alliance and they pour all their vigilance on the police. Good men, undoubtedly, outspoken and all that, but they are doing more harm than good. There is no lawlessness only what we see dished up to us every morning in the papers. It is not true. There has been no violence such as some of the papers said there was, these morning papers. Of course all has not been right; there have been mistakes, mis- judgments, but the situation has not been as bad as was reported.
 Regarding Mansfield, he said he was a young, inexperienced officer. Men older than him make mistakes every day.
 Referring to MT Sedgwick, he said he, SedgWick, could do it all, and, of course, far better than anybody else. It would be no trouble to him to do It.. The board did not know him as well as the speaker ''You know" said Mir O'Neill, "my friend Sedgwick has a brother who was in charge of one of the county jails and no doubt he had many conversations with him and learned what policeman should do, would do, could do, ought to do. He wanted $3,000 man for the wages of forty or twenty cents an hour"
 Judge Peasley began by stating that no matter how much the board may wish to whitewash or blacken one side or the other, the question should be decided on the evidence. A man ca pablo of class hatred is an unfit man to represent the city in the protection 1t should give According to Judge Peasley every word from Mansfield on the stand was lie. If Mansfield was correct, Dwight Smith, Miller, Bottom ley and the others were all liars.
 Chairman Lahey reminded the speak CT that he did not specify the date on which they say they heard Mansfield say, T could have caught him if I wanted him" and In fact did not con meet Mansfeld's presence with that in- cident. He said the date was of the smallest importance Mir O'Neill inter- rupted and a colloquy took place be- tween them. Judge Peasley soon closed 1t with the remark that he did not want to argue the matter with him. MT O'Neill laughingly remark ed, ''I guess you don't" and the audi ence took it up.
 Attorney Guilfoile in reply said a sentiment was created among the pub lie that has not been justified by the evidence produced by the prosecution. He went into the evidence minuteIy, and in this line he contradicted MT Bristol's statement that Mansfield tore open Steins clothes when searching him for firearms. It was to MT Bris- tol and Dwight Smith the defense would look for a corroboration of their evidence. MT Sedgwick, sharp as he was, ever on the alert for acts of vio- lence, could not say that he saw Mans
 field when any such act was commit ted and he only saw one such act. If such evidence as his was credited nc one In the city was safe. The people who live and do business every day In the community in question said they saw no such acts as the trolley men testified to. This complaint should not be heard at all. Any policeman was likely to be accused any day ot such charges as these. Mir Guilfoile complimented Mansfield for his pres, ence on the stand and the manner ir which he bore himself during the two hours questioning. AS for his confusion on the stand when ques. toned about his age it was only nat ural. He could not be tried for that Anyone situated as he was would bt very likely to get confused. But whd
 did it amount to. He said his age was 24 and his application and birtl certificate proved that statement. His record was admirable. Judge Peas
 ley and MT Hunt could get no better { As for what has been in the paper:
 and in the bulletins, who can believe
 what has been in some of them? One of them is involved in a libel sui
 growing out of this Waterville affair.
 MT Hunt followed with a review o1 the state of feeling immediately fol