The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-10-21

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 The defense, Corporation Oounsel 0Connor, former Mayer ThorAs end Vincent A. scully, claims attorney were nor. .commtttal on this poesibtl. ty, however,
 RoporteFs Barred
 When the party adjourned to tho basement MT. Bronson remarked that ! reporter was present and that the stipulation of the court regard ing the persons who would witness the machine counter check had not included the reporter, The same Ap. piled, he said, to General Moderator James R, McMahon, principal de- fendant of the mandamus action.
 Both were requested to leave, Al- though MT. Bronson told tho cors poration counsel that h0 had mo objection to MT, MoMahon's remain. ing"
 Meanwhile, Constable Nicholas Jamele was understood to be serving the last of twenty additional suh- poenaS. And the defense was under stood to contemplate similar proce- dure to call numerous election ofn. eialS and others aS witnesses.
 Cheek Of Tally sheets
 With the checking in process in the basement, former Assistant At. torney General Ernest l.. Averill oS plaintiff counsel, and Hugo 0uasta. ferri were expected to continue their check of tally sheets and moderators' reports, John B. McLinden, counsel for Town Clerk Dora A. Egan, at- tended the basement proceedings as aide to Mir. Bronson.
 Sen. CuIhane In Court
 Senator George T. Culhane, Fu- sion leader and one of the seven de- feated candidates who instituted the mandaTnus proceedings, was in court today and spent some time discussing the new developments caused by Mayor Hayes request to the corporation counsel,
 Neither he nor Francis T. Phillips, candidate for treasurer, have been called to testify yet, But Town Clerk Dora A, Egan has spent much time on the stand aS have Moderator McMahon, Custodian Leary, Exam. iner santoro, Challenger Conley, and various election ofiicialS.
 Victory for Defense
 Testomony regarding the D lever which admittedly showed both c and ' votes for various of the 20 candidates resulted yesterday in Q major victory for the defense.
 Domenic santoro, Republican In. spector of the voting machines, was on the stand under cross examina. ton by Corporation Counsel O'Con. nor.
 c. You say that six votes showed for some candidates, seven for others on the D lever9
 A. Right.
 c, And you say that no ono ono would have had time to remove the Individual shields covering the buttons on D lever and cut some candidates2 l..
 A. Not In tho time they were allowed to vote.
 c. Then wouldn't you Say that those votes were on tho machines when they were placed in the dls- tricts?
 A. No, sir. We didn't make any mistakes.
 This Caused Smile
 (Here even the judge allowed . smile. The witness had been under examination for almost an hour, Most of his replies were of positive and emphatic deciSion).
 c. But you say that these votes were not uniform and still that they couldn't have shown six, in some cases, seven i1 others, unless there was cutting?
 A, I suppose that's right.
 c. Don't you know that iti Fight2
 A. Yes.
 c. Then what would be the pur. pose of anyone voting on the D leve, and cutting some candidates?
 A. l can't see any reason.
 c. Why would anyone unblock the D lever, in the first placer
 A. I suppose to confuse those whc wanted to vote the Independent Democratic ticket or 0 lever.
 c, But you soy that six Votei were registered from one to nine on the D lever7 And seven votel for 10 place on the ticket, Sis votes from ten to ninenteen?
 A. Right.
 c. Then you mean to tell ma that the Independent Democratl who you say cast these ballots, cut the candidate for mayor, Senator culhane, in number one place?
 Allegation Not Confirmed
 The corporation counsel showet by his examination of the WitneS that the aspect Of the vote Oil tn D lever did not confirm the alie gation of the witness, that "some one had unblocked the lever to con fuse the Independent Demof 'ts.
 Earlier Corporation lnse 0'Connor had cross examined WI liam ripper" Conley, Independen Democratic challenger in the iOtI district, which, with the 18th, con tained machines the plaintiffs aI lege showed votes on the D ieveI Conley, who described himself a c professional football player, too c verbal beating from the counsG for the moderator.
 After gaining aEl admission the Conley had been seated in Q pa Sition where he could observe tn machines throughout the votin election day, O'Connor asked:
 e. You say that the machine were not working properly? 4. Yes, sir.
 c. Did you report this to tn moderator?
 4. I told him someone ought { fix the machine because 1t sounde as if it was tearing apart.
 c. Then he called Harry Lear and what happened?
 4. Leary fixed the machine.