Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-11-18
TESTIMONY IN FABER SWITCH CASE

and Ball said they would testify. They said their signed statements were cor rect. He then told them they could remain in the ante-room until they were called and that they need not tes- tify if they did not care to, and that if they did testify he would expect them to tell the truth.
 To MT Hamilton witness said he was not sure as to their being at liberty on bail. The object of contining them in the room was to keep them away from their friends and the trolley strikers. They were not represented by counsel Attorney Meigs. who as sisted in the prosecution both in the city and superior courts, gave the con- fessions to witness. He knew only through hearsay how they were ob- tained, nor did he inquire of the boys how they gave them. Attorney Meigs was with him in the ante-room.
 There was a dispute as to whether or not the accused were on bail at the time they were in the ante-room.
 MT Durant then took the stand again and said that when he entered the ante room he told the boys he had them there to recite what they knew of the case. When their oral statement diff fered from their confession he pointed out to them the difference and made the correction. Some of them said they knew nothing about it. They were not allowed to return to the ante room after they had testified. He could not say whether 1t was before or after the oath was administered to them they were informed they were not obliged to testify. He heard At torney Meigs and Judge Burpee among others, had talked with them. He knew Judge Burpee talked with Thom- as Quinn in the chiefs office in the police station after his arrest He could not say if they had been sub poenaed. Witness issued no sub poenas. While he had no knowledge that Attorney Meigs represented the trolley company in court, he believed that he did. 5. ...H
 Clerk McNahon of the city court testified that Thomas F. Lunny gave bail for Ryan and Whitty, John Smith for Thomas Quinn, James Jones for Joseph Kelly, Martin McMahon for Ball. Judge Burpee accepted the Jones and smith bail.
 Attorney O'Neill was the next wit ness. He testified he was counsel for the strikers and was never connected in any way with the accused in this case before that time and never ad- vised them in any way. He first heard that morning that the boys would testi- fy. He remembered objecting to the first boys testimony and requested the court to inform the boy that he was not obliged to tell anything that would tend to criminate him. But the boy had been sworn before that and so far as he knew or heard no one had so ill., structed them up to that time. He was under the impression that Detec- tive Dodds stood at the door of the ante-room where the boys were. ;y
 Judge Burpee was called to the stand this afternoon. He told about receiving the bail bond for two of the boys. He first saw Quinn in Attor- ney Kellogg's office. He was sent for. This was before the arrests. He ac- cepted bail from two of the boys, James Jones and John Smith, He went to the police station and there saw John Smith and James Jones. Af ter q lot of questioning on the part of MT Hamilton he admitted he was q townsman of Hamilton. He admitted finally that his name was Atwater The man came to the police station with Attorney Nfeigs. .-...... =.