The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-02-07
Morning.

"Joe Mulvihill is no more a govern ment agent than you are" This state ment was made to William J. O'Brien, Stamford, by J. H. Estes, special pro- hibition agent, according to part of a lengthy affidavit presented for O'Brien by Attorney Rocco Ierardi. This came out during the cross-examina- ton of Estes by Ierardi. O'Brien, ar rested January 26, as one of the con spirators in the shipment of 100 bar relS of alcohol from the F1e1Shman company, Peekskill, N. Y., consigned to Fred L. Kirk, this city, for which alleged offenSe seven men are under arrest.
 Estes denied most of the matter in the document, but admitted that O'Brien, following his arrest on a war rant in Stamford, was first taken to room 401 at the Stratfield hotel, where conversation took place before the prisoner was allowed to arrange bail. or before he was arraigned before United States Commissioner Hugh J. Lavery.
 Claims Immunity Promised.
 O'Brien claims in the document that he was promised immunity if he would "come clean about the trans action. Two other charges against ington, (according to Estes) would be dropped if he can get the desired in formation. This was O'Brien's state ment, admitted in part by Estes. It
  to leave the witness stand.
 He was followed by Frank Seggel, 407 Wood avenue, for ID years a resident of Bridgeport and an em- to give testimony to the effect that the distance was shorter to the warehouse address given by Kirk from the south end yards than it yards. This was so apparently wrong to those who know the geo. graphy of Bridgeport that maps were procured by which the governme ent alcohol was unloaded at the yards most distant from the warehouse. Seggel then admitted that he was confused and didn't even yet know where the warehouse is located. Whatever purpose was intended by trying to show distances was evident ly lost when it was shown that ne1th- CT Orcutt or Seggel even know where the wareh ouse is located.
 De1ohery Not On Stand.
 Michael DeIohery, Danbury, has not yet been on the witness stand, as erroneously stated yesterday State ments claimed to have been made by De1ohery. were offered as evi- dence by Saul Grill, of Washington, Trenton, the Bronx and Harlem, gov ernment agent, who was on the stand yesterday Delohery has not yet charges. It was Grill who occupied the stand all of yesterday,a nd who very successfully posed as a bootleg ger.
 General Agent on Stand.
 The first witness called this morn ing was L. T. Evans, general prohi- bftion agent, of Washington, D. c. Evans told of meeting Grill in the Stratfield hotel on January g, and then said that he got a number of re- ceipts and papers from Joseph Kraut- ter. who claimed that they had been given to him by Edward Derigibus.
 Details of visit which he made to the Peoples Ice and Coal -Company's warehouse in Seaview avenue, were also given by Evans, who said that he went to the place in search of liquor. He claimed that Fred L. Kirk had rented part of the warehouse, and that he got a government permit from Kirk This permit he took to Wash ington, inasmuch as it expired on the day he, Evans, secured it.
 Attorney Delaney asked the witness if he knew that a new permit had been taken out, and Evans replied that he was not aware of it.
 Saw Delohery Before.
 Asked if he had ever seen Michael Delohery, Jr., of Danbury, before Jan uary g, Evans replied that he had He then told of seeing De1ohery in three months ago, and alleged that he heard the Danbury man attempting to bribe Federal ness claimed that he was in an ad-| joining room to that of Delohery's and Sands, and that the conversation lasted two hours. This occurred in Sands home, according to Evans
 The Federal agent testified that he the morning of January 3. He de-