The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-04-09
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 blameless, the report says: Aside from the fact that John A. Judge was in the employ of a concern with which the State highway office had the con tracts already mentioned; and, the claims of the Senator from the 18th corroborated as hereinafter described; that he Judge was interested in the highway commissioners retention in office; and, the further fact that such commissioner might be a beneficiary of Judges alleged efforts, if success full, we find nothing of importance to connect the highway commissioner with John A. Judge in this transac- ton whatsoever. We find no evidence whatsoever that justly connects the highway commissioner with John A. Judge in this transaction. We find that any instructions and statements that he is so connected are wholly un- warranted
 In dealing with the charges of bri- bery and the hearings by the commit tee, the report says: t.The charges and statements, the sources of which had been sufficiently indicated by current newspaper publications, were obtained on February 12th direct from the Sen ator from the 18th district who made them.''
 The report then recites John A. Judges connection with the Warren
  made with the highway commission CTS office, and continuing says: "It also appears that some feeling which had grown out of a past incident ex- isted on the part of the Senator from the 18th against the highway comnis- sioner who was then in ofces and that Matthew T. Phelan, a companion of the Senator, and a messenger of the Senate, residing in the 18th district, is the principal corroboratfve witness of the Senators charges and state ments''
 Following a recital of the charges the report states that although offer ed the opportunity of appearing be- fore the committee, MT. Judge did not avail himself of the privilege, and continuing says that John A. Judge whom the Senator had known for about ten years saw the Senator twice at the Hotel Taft in New Haven prior to the session of the General Assem- bly, 'tand at that time appeared in terested in the retention of the high way commissioner then in office; that John A. Judge again saw the Senator at the Waterbury railroad station one morning during the session, and here offered him part of his salary; ana that Judge saw the Senator at the Capitol subsequently and offered to give him $500 to be absent at the con- firmation by the Senate of the success sor of the highway commissioners.
 s~The Senate messenger oorrob crates the Senator as to the fact that inter views took place at New Haven and Waterbury and at Hartford The Senate messenger also corrobor- ates the Senator in respect to parts Of the conv versation which he claimed he overheard at Waterbury and Hart ford.''
 Continuing, the report says that the Senator told of other interviews with Judge in Waterbury and Hartford and that the two were together at a boxing exhibition in Waterbury sub sequent to the interview at Hartford where the alleged corrupt proposal is alleged to have been made.
 'sThe record also shows the report says ''that on Feb. 18th the Senator appeared, and in response to re quest to make a statement in his own way, stated that Judge said to him during the conversation at the Capitol now can't you absent your self from the Senate chamber that day that Cadwe1ls name will come in