New Britain herald., 1929-04-09

I Egan's relations to the Watkins op- eratlons.
 Watkins was asked as to any ref erence to the payment Of a s25,0oo check to fix things" Watkins tes- | tlfied that he did refer to this check and told Egan: You must have paid that to get me in here.'
 Watkins further testified that on the day he left state prison with George H. Bradley, parole officer, as his guard, Egan and his wife drove up to the prison and Egan again ad- Vlsed him not to Say anything,
 Falsiiied Marriage Paper States Attorney Alcorn then turn cd Watkins over to Henry J. Call nen of defense counsel for cross ex- animation. Watkins admitted, in answer to questions, that he had 1 falslfied his marriage certificate at , Scranton, having given his age in 1916 at a3 years when he was less lie said he was arrested in Detroit
 when employed as a clerk in an em- ployment bureau which furnished
 laborers and other classes of help.
 but he said the fault was not his, as the boss skipped out and left him holding the bag He said the case was dismissed. Watkins also said he was arrested in Scran- ton after his marriage for false pre- tense in connection with a merchan- disc brokerage corporation in which l there was no stock. He was charged 1 with obtaining goods under false 1 pretenses but was acquitted. Calnen tried to bring out some thing about Liberty bonds which had disappeared in the office while Wat kins was there, but the witness said 1 he had no knowledge of these but had heard rumor that Liberty bonds were missing He was in 1 Trenton in 1917 and 1918 and in
 Philadelphia later and had no trou- ble with the police. Calnen tried to have him recall something Alcorn had said during Watkins trial of warrant issued in Philadelphia for his arrest, but Watkins replied that what Alcorn had said was during his address to the jury. and his own mental condition was such that he did not remember the words. Judge Wolfe said the questioning along that line was unnecessary.
 Ran Grocery Chain
 Watkins said he went from Phila- delphia to San Diego where he ran the Eugene Tresslar chain grocery 1 stores, He denied there was any ] crookedness and said he liquidated | through credit association and the creditors received 100 cents on the dollar. Later he worked at Jack l sonville and had no trouble. He had desk space in New York in the of- | flee of financial service. He de- nied that he ever went under the name of John H. Elliott, and Judge Wolfe interrupted Calnen and said that it was not necessary to continue questioning on that point.
 Watkins said he was arrested in New York on charges by the Penn- sylvania authorities for violation of blue sky" laws. but the governor 1 offense charge was only a misde- 1 meanor.
 Watkins said he went to Pitts bureh later, was put under sl0,0oo bond, was tried, found guilty, but did not go to jail because of 'polti- cal influence" Calnen asked him if he knew he was wanted on a fugi- 1 tive from justice warrant and Wat kins replied that he did not prior to this trial.
 Watkins said he came to Hartford with s47. He was asked why he didn't like the way the A. J. Calla- han company did business and he replied he simply didn't. He talked with Callahan and considerable 1 time later he assumed charge of the company. He talked with Shipman 1 and Goodwin about a charter for the company. but J. Werner Ander-