Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-11-19
Col. Burpee, Detective Rogers
 and Others On the Stand.
TESTIMONY OF YOUNG QUINN.

From Him-Detective Dodds Denied
 Quinns Evidence in Several Fartie-
 ulars--Last of Witnesses Heard and
 Arguments Begun on Admission of
 Certain Evidence. ~.
 The trial of the nine boys in the su- perior court was highly sensational at the adjournment yesterday afternoon. Judge Burpee of the city court denied he procured bail for the boys or that he had given any of them any promise or even any hope of helping them out of the trouble. He believed Attorney Meigs was counsel for the trolley con- pany in the cases in question. Him. self had nothing to do with them, and to his knowledge the trolley company did not assist In getting ball for the boys. Judge Burpee denied the idenu- ty of the bondsmen was kept from the public so far as he knew, but admitted that fear of publicity was one reason why MT Atwater. alias ''Air Smith, Of New Haven hesitated about giving bau for Quinn. Witness got Thorpe Jop at the Scovill Manufacturing Co.'S, but after his refusal to testify i'll the case against the strikers he was dismissed He denied telling Mrs Thorpe that the best thing her boy could do was to tell all on the witness stand. What he did say was that he ought to tell the truth. In response to the court. Judge Rurpee said he gave the statement he obtained from the boys to Attorney AIeigs to give to Attorney Durant.
 Attorney Kennedy testified he saw a policeman in the ante-room i'll the city court with the boys, and 1t was his i'm pression there was an officer on the outside also.
 Thomas Quinn was then sworn. He said his age is 19 years. On the even ing of his arrest, March 90, Judge Bur pee told him in Chief Egan's office that he would give bail for him if he told the whole story. Two days before his arrest James Lunny drove to his house and told him lie was wanted in the City hall. Upon arriving at the City hall the place was in darkness. and Lunny pretended surprise. and they drove to Attorney Kelloggs s office. Judge Burpee was there and told him that if he did not tell all wit nesses would be found to tell it and Quinn would go to jail. Detective Rog- \ CTS was there and said: You'll squeal like a stuck pig in a few days. You'll miss your chance. They're all squeal- ing" Detective Rogers made him promise silence or suffer arrest. He was there about two hours. The fol. lowing Monday he was arrested and Judge BlIrpee saw him in Chief Egan's oMce. He told the Judge he had noth- ing to say; that he knew notlli11g about the assault. and the judge ordered him taken back to his cell. A while later he was visited by Detective Dodds and still later by Captain Bannon. and each of them advised him to disclose what he was supposed to know. About il o'clock Detective Dodds entered his cell and told him there was no use in his staying there as the others were gone. Just then Judge Burpee entered and they went into the chiefs office. Detective Dodds gave Judge Burpee a pencil and paper and once again ad- yised witness to tell all he knew. Wit ness then told his story Judge Bur- pee said he would give bail for him and he was thereupon released. There was no one in the station house but the officers and Judge Burpee at that time. As he was passing out Judge Burpee told him to stick to his story in court the following morning and he would see him out Of the scrape all right. He knew Judge Burpee was judge of the city court and only he believed that he would get him out of the difficulty he would not have told his story Next morning when he went to court Detec- tive Dodds took him to the ante-room and advised him to stick to the story he had told Judge Burpee, and, expect ing the judge would keep his promise, lle went on the stand and testified He was not sure about an officer being in the ante-room because he was there only few minutes.
 To Attorney Kellogg. Quinn said on cross-examination that Detective Dodds had written a line or two of his statement before Judge Burpee en- tered Chief Egan's, office: that Judge Peasley warned him in a low voice that he need not testify, so low that he scarcely heard him. He repeated on the stand the story he had told Judge Burpee, and he now stated that was q true story. His reasons for refusing to testify i'll the strikers cases was that Judge Burpee had not kept his promise to him, because he was re- arrested and spent a day or two in jail
 Mrs Thorpe. mother of Charles one of the prisoners, testified that Judge burpee had told her that if her boy testified he would ''get him out of it." She thought he had power to do so She begged of her son to tell aIl ha knew to Detective Rogers because of the promises made to her.
 Defective Dodds testified he was present when Quinn was released From the police station and lie did not see anyone give bail for him. He did AoL
 Jones" He neither saw nor heard of anybody giving bail for Quinn Judge Burpee was sent for by Quinn to make statement to him. Dodds took him to the chiefs office. where he had begun his statement when Judge BlIrpee entered. He began with say ing the statement was voluntary on his part. He did not know of Dr O'Hara or John Dawson volunteering to give bail for Quinn and were ad- vfsed not to, and he denied Quinns