New Britain herald., 1924-12-13

He said that ho knew of no reason why Patrolman William J. Doherty told other policemen on that morning that Lee is over there In the alley all drunk" as he said that Doherty had not soen Lee and nobody as far as he knew, had told him that Lee was drunk.
 Cosgrove then told the board of meeting Moore and Walsh previous. ly that night and talking to them. He said that the two men were slightly under the influence of liquor and told them that Lee was no good He said that he disagreed with them and told them they should not cay that, as Lee was fine fellow. Moore Is then alleged to have told Cosgrove that Lee balled us out the other night for nothing at all"
 Noticed Condition At 5 q. m.
 supernumerary Policeman William J. Mccarthy told the board of meet ! ing Lee about o'clock on the morn ing of the incident. He said that Lee was apparently in an intoxicated condition, but that 1t was possible that he was sick and his weakness from that instead of l.quor.
 Patrolman Herbert c. Lyon, who drove the service machine for Lee, told the board that Lee was under the influence of liquor. He said that the patrolman was very unsteady on ! his feet and there was strong odor of liquor on his breath. He said that 1t was necessary to help Lee into the machine and then out of 1t when they arrived at his home.
 Moore was the next witness and he said that he did not see anybody give or offer liquor to Patrolman Lee tbat night and he did not do 50 himself. He did not remember seeing either Patrolman Cosgrove or Rouski and had no recollection of the conversations the policeman said they had with him. He said that he was talking to Lee at about 3.25 o'clock and the patrolman was in good shape at that time.
 Walsh told the board that he was talking to Lee about o'clock that morning, but had offered him no liquor or seen anybody offer him any liquor He denied that he had offered Rouski any liquor. He de- nied that he ever made the remark that Lee was no good" as the po- liceman was all right as far as he knew. He said that rumors that he and friends attempted to frame up Lee were not true as they had nb- solutely no reason for attempting such thing.
 A man named Walker, who was with Moore and Walsh part of the time during the morning of the eeth, told the board that he was talking to Lee that morning and had noticed nothing about his condition to indi- cate that he had been drinking. He said that he had not offered or given the policeman anything to drink and had seen nobody else do so,
 Stranger Gives Him a Drink
 Patrolman Lee then told of the oc. currences of the night of the 25th and the morning of the 18th. He said that about II o'clock he was standing near the city hall when an automobile drove up and stopped near him. There was a man in the machine whom he had never seen before and whom he would not Know again If he met him, he said, and conversation started between them. Lee said that he told the man that he was not feeling very well and the man offered him a drink, saying that he would feel better. He said that he accepted the drink and that 1t was the only one he had during his tour of duty that night.
 He said that he could not account for the odor of liquor on his breath when he was found by the other pa- trolmen and the absence of 1t when the same patrolmen were talking to him previously. He said that be- tween 5 and o'clock he began to reel nauseated and went into the al. leyway. Afterwards he became weak.
 Physician Defends Policeman
 pr. Peter Fox then testified as to the condition he found Lee in when he was called to his house that morning He said that he received call to go to the house as soon ss possible that morning, and about 10 minutes after received another call from Mrs. Lee telling him that he had to come right away, or if he couldn't she would get some other doctor. He said that he hurried to the house and arrived about FRO o'clock. He could find no odor of liquor on Lees breath and nothing in his condition to indicate that he was under the influence of liouor, He said that the policeman was suffering from severe chill and hs q a normal temperature. He nre. scribed for him and visited him sev- eral times after, he said. Asked by Commissioner Jackson if he left n man could be helplessly drunk at { o'clock and then not show any signs of 1t at 7:30 o'clock, the doctor said he did not think it possible. He WAS asked If a man took q drink at II o'clock. could if be possible that fl was still in his stomach at 6 o'cIocl, ana replied that normally. anything f5kan into tba .,..tn,.a I