The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1906-06-29
THE DURANT TRIAL,
SHOULD NEW YORK DETECTIVES
BE CALLED CATTLE.

Lively Til tBetween COunseI--Burpee
on Trial, Says Williams-Durant
Wants to Tell About City Court Res
ignation-Other Evidence Related
Lively Tit Between Counsel--Burpee
journed to Re-convene at o'clock
This Aforementioned to Have Ten
Days in Which to Prepare written
During the Afternoon-COurt Adj
The hearing before Judge Subway
in the Durant disbarment case in the
superior court yesterday again went in
to the question Of Waterbury politics.
1t was the result of a question asked
by attorney Judson concerning the re-
tirement of Mr.. Durant as prosecuting
attorney of the Waterbury city court.
Mr. Judson in statement to the
court said he didn't care to go into the
matter, but that his client, Mr.. Du-
rant, had expressed a strong desire to
have the whole thing taken UP. States
| Attorney Williams thereupon stated
that he wished the whole matter to be
gone into and was as anxious as Mr..
Durant to go into this thing; would
| like to have it discussed in court and
testimony offered as to whether Du-
rant resigned or was dismissed under
charges preferred by the Waterbury
| police department.
Attorney Judson stated that he was
| willing to sacrifice more of his own
time to protect his CLIENT but didn't
think he had the time to waste in a
| discussion of the strange political feuds
of Waterbury, the best of which were
none too good.
Before this question was taken up
Mr.. Durant, although he was called for
redirect examination was taken in
hand by Mr.. williams. He was asked
! by Mr.. Williams if he didn't pay some
money to Delkescamp and stated that
| he did, probably about $50 or $40. Mr..
Williams asked If he did not give him
$40 or $780, and Durant replied, "No;
did not"
did you not ask Delkescamp to say
that he knew Burpee was paying his
| (Delkescamp's wife SIS a week?"
He denied that he asked Delkesca1np
this question. In answer to Mr.. judi
son he said he paid the money to Del
kescamp for purposes of keeping in
touch with Murphy; that he Durant)
had no personal i'll will against Delkes-
camp except on account of scurrilous
letters he had written. Then Attorney
Judson asked the witness il he resign
ed as prosecuting attorney of the Wa
terbury city court, and he said, II did"
'Tn writing?"
eyes"
ITO whom?"
'To Colonel Burpee."
Mr.. Williams objected to this uues-
ton. He said he didn't think this mat
ter would come up again, and dismiss
ed his witnesses. Mr.. Judson then ex-
planned that Mr.. Durant was anxious
| to go into this matter, but that he
(Judson) was not. Mr. Judson under
stood there was a dicker in the matter
of Durant's retirement Mr.. Williams
rose and said that he was as anxious
to go into this matter as Durant; that
he believed it was Durant's right to
have the question thoroughly investi-
gated. A grave charge has been made
against him and he (Williams) would
like witnesses heard before the ques-
A. ~ inf q
political dicker it was claimed, and,
"as much as l deplore the necessity of
| 1t, I should like to go into it,"
Three letters from Colonel Burpee to
Mr.. Durant relating to Durant's retire
ment was introduced. Mr.. Williams
said the matter of subornation of per-
Jury and whatever prejudices existed
should be thoroughly gone into. 81 am
willing" continued Mr., Williams en-
phatically, ito stay here another week
and hear all these things"
eve are not trying Colonel Burpee,' -
said Judson.
Certainly you are trying Colonel
Burpee," replied Mr.. Williams "You
cannot escape it.
| 1u6TG Is no C1dIeC dSdllSL MN,
said Mr.. Judson.
Mr.. Williams said: ''Did You ever wit
ness a more insulting examination of
man than that given Colonel Burpee?
He is on trial for subornation of per
Jury. Here is Colonel Burpee, a reput-
able lawyer, who. the witness would
try to prove, was telling an untruth."
The question of Mr.. Durant's reasons
for resigning was then withheld until
Mr.. Durant left the stand in order to
give him a chance to confer with Mr..
Judson as to whether the matter should
| be taken UP again.
Mr.. Durant was questioned by At
torney Williams regarding his visits to
Murphy in New York, and when asked
why Murphy was not arrested replied
that his counsel advised him not to dis
turb him until a certain time. When
a process was issued against Murphy
! he went to JeEeey City. Attorney VIII