New Britain herald., 1928-04-02

to Boston and, in talk with Assist ant Attorney General Vincent j. Zero. learned that the cattle fraud papers had been transferred to | Reading.
 At the August term, nine or ten eases were still pending, Rugg told l the committee. All the defendants except Joseph w. Ellsworth. Barre cattleman, had pleaded guilty. Papers Gone. On August 30. Rugs said, he pre- pared to go over the pending cases with view to their disposition and motorcycle officer was sent to Boston to obtain the papers from Zero. The officer returned with the report that the papers could not be found, Zero had told the officer that the papers had been mslaid and that careful search had failed to disclose their whereabouts
 When the cases came mp at the October session, all were settled ex- cept that of Ellsworth. Rugg said he suggested that Ellsworth plead guilty but that Ellsworth offered only to plead nolo and this plea was not acceptable.
 Subsequently, Rugg said, he had considerable correspondence with Readings office regarding the miss ing papers, but was unable 10 obtain any information. as to where the papers might be.
 Ellsworth's case was disposed of in January 2S, when a nolo plea was accepted on conspiracy charge and larceny charge was nol-possed. The Barre cattleman was fined $2Oo on the conspiracy charge,
 Fuller Mentioned.
 Rugg testified that on February 2S last he came to Boston to confer with Governor Alvan T. Fuller. Dur ing the conference. the matter of the missing papers was discussed and Fuller summoned Zero to his office.
 Then, for the first time, accord ing to the witness, he learned that '''~ AA''SiiS PtP PNio IIttI lttIl lOu1lO. Zero explained that they had been located the previous Saturday on a table in the office of r. Delanoo Putnam, another assistant attorney general.
 Hammond. the committees coun- sel. then turned to the L. A. w. ac- ceptance corporation phase of the investigation.
 RugG testified that on December 10, 1927. Reading came to his of flee in Worcester and discussed the kugg matter with him, asking ii Eugg thought there were any grounds for criminal procedure against the l.. A. w. Corporation or it's president and founder, L. A. Wolfe
 Under the charter terms of the subsidiaries of the Worcester organ ization, Wolfe and the Worcester Corporation had the sole right to sell stocks. The subsidiaries had alleged that Wolfe had taken an cx- eessive charge for handling their securities.
 Eugg testified that Reading had told him he vas counsel and q di- rector Of the corporation, especially representing the subsidiaries Read ing sought to cnjoin Wolfe from continuing charging per cent for his handling of the securities, ac- cording to the witness.
 Was Within Rights
 Rugg told Reading that in his opinion Wolfe was within his rights and could not be criminally prose- Cuted.
 Later, on January 24, 1928, Rugg received a letter from the law firm of Ryan and Harrington of Wor- cester asking his investigation into the l.. A. w. Corporation.
 They alleged that the corporation was in bad financial condition and that stockholders were likely to lose considerable money from their in- vestments.
 The morning session closed as At Iorney William B. Sullivan one of attorneys. began cross-cx- animation of Rugg.