The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-02-06
NAUCATUCK Patrolman Farrar
 Treated Leniently |
Assessed Two Weeks Pay on Only One Charge-lllegal
 Charges Preferred Against Him

Farrar stated that ne na0 JuSC re- turned from New York or not. Chief | Adamson was again recalled by the | borough attorney and asked if he | gave Officer Farrar on January 4, | permission to leave the borough. He | stated that he had received no per- | mission from him. Atty Gormley | than briefly questioned Chief Adam 1 son. He asked the chief if he | granted Officer Farrar leave of ab- | sence for four weeks. He replied | that he did not. Judge Gormley | then asked the chief if he did not | testify previously that he might go | when he presented the doctors cer- l tifcate. The chief answered that he | simply said alright to the officer. Atty Gormley stated that he did not wish to question further on this ] charge and the charge of the young | lady was next taken up. Atty Caine asked Chief Adamson if the state- ment of the young lady which he had in his hand was signed by her and if he had witnessed the sigma ture and also if Officer Anthony Ma lone, Jr, had witnessed the young lady sign the document. The chief stated that he witnessed the sigma ture when it was. made, but that Officer Malone signed as a witness after the young lady had signed. The officer was not present, he said, when she affixed her signature but came in after. Atty Gormley im- mediately suggested that the paper be thrown out and the question dis regarded. Atty Caine stated that he was of the opinion that the docu-
 ment was bonafide and given in good faith and that Chief Adam son acted in perfectly good faith in the matter. He inquired as to who made out the statement, was 1t the young lady herself, was the state ment dictated to her or did she make
 it out in her own language and of
 her free will. Chief Adamson stated
 that it was her own words and that it had been made out by typist. In answer to 9 question by Atty Caine, Chief Adamson stated that he had read the statement before and
 after the young lady signed it. Atty Caine then read the statement of the. young lady, which stated that on June 27, 1880. in company of Officer
 Farrar she left Naugatuck at o'clock in the evening and that they | drove to Barney Rapp's in New Ha- ven to attend dance.
 She said the officer had taken five or six drinks and asked her to have | a drink. She refused, she said. The officer still insisted before a large crowd that she take a drink or he WOulQ not take IcF AOLlS. oAS Ah- formed the officer that rather than drink she would go home alone He finally agreed to take me home as told him that if I was not home at 12 o'clock my grandmother would | be angry. We started home and ar- irving on the outskirts of the bor- l ough he parked the car and made
 advances" He kept her there. she
 stated, until about o'clock in the
 morning.
 | Chief Adamson was asked if he al- lowed Officer Farrar to read a copy
 of the letter when he suspended him.
 The chief stated that he did. Atty
 Caine rested at this point and Judge Gormley cross-examined the chief.
 He asked Chief Adamson how this girl came to his office. The chief
 stated that "the story was told to me by another party and that the girl did not know how I would take 1t | if she came to me. I informed this party that if the young lady wished to come to me and make this state ment that I would entertain 1t. "Is
 the statement the language of the young 1ady or of the typist?" "It
 was her own language" the chief
 stated. Atty Gormley asked if there ] was any reason why this statement
 was not made before. "Only that | she did not know how l would take | it.. This girl stated to you that she did not drink. Do you know this statement to be fact?" Chief Ad- amson stated that he did not. Do you know if this young lady had | been out with the officer after this i statement was made?" The chief 1 answered that he did not. Atty l Gormley asked if the young lady l left his office immediately after mak- I ing the statement and was the mat ter further discussed. The chief re- piled that she remanied in his Of- flee for another purpose. In answer to the question of Atty Gormley if Officer Farrar was on duty when the statement was made, Chief Adamson said the officer was away at the time. Atty Gormley asked if any ef-
 forts had been made to have the
 young lady present as a witness. The
 chief stated that there was; that he had sent her a telegram on Wednes-
 day evening at an address where she was supposed to be. He was unable to get in touch with her in any other manner, and the delay was caused because he was unable to get her new address sooner. He said the young lady called him tonight about 6:3O and informed him that she had received the telegram at o'clock and that as she was in New York
 
 the hearing.
 Atty Gormley inquired of the chief if he suspended Officer Farrar on the absence charge or on the charge of the young lady or on both charges. Chief Adamson stated that all charges were considered when l the officer was suspended. Chief Adamson was asked if he know the | young lady previous to meting her | in his office, when the statement l was made. He said that he did. Atty | Gormley asked when the young | lady left the borough and if she i'm formed the chief she was going. | Chief Adamson stated that he | thought she left here about week | after the complaint was made and that he had no knowledge of her | leaving. "Then she did not think | the charges were of sufficient inn portance to let you know that she was leaving the borough" Atty Gormley stated. At this point Bur gess William Krodel stated that he thought the name of the typist should be disclosed. Burgess Sheridan ex- pressed like opinion. He thought the board should know more about the charges and how they were de- veloped. He wanted to know how the typist became interested in the case. Warden Green stated that he did not know whether this had any
 important bearing on the case. Atty Gormley stated that he didn't
 think it was material and he felt that if it was not necessary to bring 4yrf1