The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-04-19
GREENWICH
 COURT IN
 LIMELIGHT Serious Charges Made Before Judiciary
 Committee Burns Detectives Testify to Presence Of Gambling
 Places
Special to The Farmer)

Hartford, April 19-The Greenwich city court had the center of stage before the committee on judiciary yes terday. Witnesses were sworn, a de parture from custom. Candidates were represented by able counsel, and there was a regular trial, with Sena- tor McDonough in a capacity analo- gouS to that of presiding judge of a full bench. He was addressed as your honor,'' and legal ceremonial was fully observed, even to plentiful abuse exchanged by the lawyers.
 Charles D Burnes, the present Judge, was charged with being in de- fault to the extent of $3,065 in con nection with school funds unlawfully retained by him and it was alleged that Henry B. White, prosecuting at torney of the Greenwich borough court and liquor prosecuting agent is a stockholder, director and officer ac- tive in the management of the cor poration known as the Long Beach Corporation, which conducts a pleas ure resort owned by James H. Walsh where liquor is sold without a license. It was further stated in the charges that he has refused to prosecute a case of election bribery laid before him by petitioners in November, 1912. A shot was taken at a gambling re sort, known as BoIes's club, where roulette, poker, crap and other games or chance are pIdyeO ana Cn1S, was said, was conducted practically un- der the protection of the prosecuting attorney and the police and the judge of the borough court. Representative William c. Rungee, who is as sistant prosecuting attorney, was charged with defending cases in the court of which he was an officer, and this fact admitted, even Stiles Judson said that it did not meet with his af-a provaL There were a number of oth- CT charges of lesser importance made.
 The opponents headed by Stiles Jud- son, threw a bomb into the camp of the proponents of the measure, but it failed to explode. With something of the dramatic, MT. Judson charged that William J. Ferris, a number of years ago, had misappropriated money but he was forced under the question ing of Senator McDonough, to admit that he had made an error in this charge.
 According to the statement by Don c. Seitz, it was a case of the office holders of the borough being arrayed against the people and he said that these officers were practically a cor rupt ring attempting to hold their power for selfish gains It was the town against the office holders, that was the sole issue and the judge he favored in place of the present in cumbent, Charles D. Burnes was Will liam L. Tierney.
 Burns detectives were in the room to testify as to the gambling in the good town of Greenwich. Two of them testified to a report giving their names but the other one when asked his name said he was No. IA, just the plain, everyday criminal. His own side could not get him to divulge his name nor could Senator McDonough, but after g. talk with the assistant manager of the Burns agency he de- cided that he owned one and his tes- timony was admitted
 The detectives told of the gam bling resort they had visited and how there had been the boast that it was under protection and there were many who could testify as to the drinking at Island Beach from the point of prao- tical participation.
 Representative William C. Rungee sat with the judiciary committee on the hearing of his own case but he had nothing to say in regard to any Senator McDonough, however, and Stiles Judson also admitted the truth of the charge against MT. Rungee,
 which carried with it nothing more serious than what might be termed unprofessionalism.
 For four years, now the Greenwich borough court has made work for ju- dietary committees but they came this year with more vim. In 1909 Mir
 Burnes had the unique place of being House chairman for the judiciary committee before which committee the charges were made. The pres ence of the Burns detectives brought to mind the story which was told in the Capitol last week about their op- eration in the neighboring city of | Stamford. The story has 1t that four wealthy residents of Stamford thought nI he | they subscribed S2O0 each for the work | of investigation. When the invest1ga- | ton was completed a typewriter 1 statement of the facts found was sub- mitted to the men. They read it l and gasped-paid the bill and then | destroyed the statement.
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