Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-11-19
EVIDENCE IN FABER SWITCH CASE.

IO the lOCk-up. LaCeT he Hldue d Eoi1~ fession to Detective Dodds, who had told him that Thomas Quinn had made a statement. After making the state ment he was released. He did not know who gave bail for him.
 Stephen Ball underwent a similar experience. and added that he asked Officer Hickey to send word to his grandmother to give bail for him and the officer refused. Next day he was taken to Attorney Durant's office and MT Durant told him it was the strik- CTS, not they, the accused, they were after. He then made a statement and was released on his aunt's bond, which had previously been refused. Michael T. Ryan told similar story with the additions that Judge Burpec told him to keep away from Attorney O'Neill. that he would not need a law yer The day of the trial in the city court witness and few others of the accused had dinner in the police sta ton, furnished by the police.
 Martha McMahon. aunt of Ball, told of the trouble she was put to before she saw her nephew.
 William Costello was interviewed by Detective Dodds and Judge Burpee ill the police station, but made no statement. Captain Ramon denied advising Mrs B. A. O'Hara, wife of the doctor, not to give bail for Thom- as Quinn. However. he refused to accept her bail, though Mrs O'Hara stated she was qualified. He did not recall seeing John Dawson, the furni- ture dealer, in the police station the night the accused were arrested. Wit ness released Kelly on bond left either by Judge Burpee or Attorney Meigs, he could not say which.
 Judge Burpee then took the stand He denied Quinn's statements about promises, inducements and threats, and also Kelly's evidence, in fact, the stories of all the accused in that par ticular. He admitted Ryan's testi- mony. that he told him to keep away from the strikers and their counsel but this was after the strikers were bound over to the superior court. He was quite certain he had no lconversa- ton with James Kenny, Thorpe or Costello He saw Costello, however, in Fred Browns office on Bank street He knew that MT Brown desired to see Costello and he himself admitted he was very anxious to get lnforma- ton from the accused. He did not act as judge of the city court in this case. but when he accepted bail he did so act. When he tried to secure ill., formation from the accused ne acted as counsel for. the trolley company. He advised the boys to stay awav from Attorney O'Neill and the strikers be- cause he feared what in fact did hap- pen. the spiriting away of the boys out of the state. He did not know that the cases against the bows were ael- journed in order to get them to tesrlfy against the strikers. He denled enl- phatically having anything u do with the cases in the city court He was very anxious to see the strlkcfs con victed and in his opinion they should have been convicted. After the strik- CTS were bound over he participated Ill the preparation of the case fof the su- uerior court, but could not say. now States Attorney Williams came to be in it. t--
 Regarding ''John Smith" Judge Burpee said he was mistaken in his evidence on the matter; ne was not MT Atwater He got two matters con- fused. .......
 Detective Dodds denied Q,timlss eyi- dence about advising him to make t statement or that Judge Burpee said he would get bail for hi'n; Nhltty was the only one who made state ment on the first request. Costello never made a statement of any klnd. Those who made statements were re- leased immediately after they were made.
 John Goss of the Scovill Manufac- turing Co testified that after a talk with Judge Burpee he gave Thorpe endowment and that he quit of his own choice. ....
 Detective John w. Rogers then took tho stand. It was his first public ap \ pearance in the case. He testified he came here to investigate the Mendels- sohn murder and the assault case. Tell ing of his interview with Thomas Kenny, he said he told Kenny that he had evidence that he was in the Water vile assault case. Kenny denied it, but finally made a statement which witness wrote. Kenny read 1t, then signed it. No threats or promises were made. This was day or so before arrests were made.
 Detective Rogers denied emphati- cally that he offered threats or induce ments to either Thorpe or his mother to have Stephen tell about the assault. But Mrs Thorpe contradicted him. She said he told her and her son that the latter would be arrested unless he would tell and that if he would tell he would get out of the scrape. He left her and her son together for the pur- pose of letting her induce him to tell. They were alone ten minutes. but still Thorpe refused to speak, whereupon Rigney took him by the coat collar and pushed him into the room, saying he would take care of him. They were alone quarters of an hour and when they appeared Rigney said hc had fixed him and made him speak
 Thorpe then took the stand and cor roborated his mothers testimony. He also said his statement was read to him by Detective Rogers in Attorney Kelloggs office and he signed it. He