The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-05-20

as the Abrigador Diggers, H. w. c | cerns are checks in some instances first hay ing been issued by said Olsen to conceal said payments. None of said payments was ever approved by the said Board of Finance of said city as required by its charter, and, upon the order of the said Hayes, Leary, Borgnaes, Kelly and Dunn, said pay ments were withheld from said war rants payable register sheets until after said sheets had been signed by the members of said Board, thereby giving the appearance of the ap- proval of said payments on the part of said Board of Finance, and there by concealing said payments from the Board of Finance and from the citizens and taxpayers of said city, and all for the purpose of concealing the unlawful and fraudulent meth ods and transactions of the said Hayes, Leary, Kelly and Dunn and for the purpose of, concealing the formation and existence of said con- spiracy.
 And in further pursuance of said conspiracy, to wit, between the lsG day of January, 1930 and January 3, 1888, the said Philip Coppeto and Ralph Coppeto, also doing business as the Abrigador Diggers, did receive from the City of Waterbury sums of money in excess of $663 ,000 for pur- ported truck hire and services never furnished in that amount by means of checks issued from time to time in manner and form as aforesaid, unnumbered when issued, and not issued through the City Clerk in regular course, signed by the said Leary, payable at the Citizens and Manufacturers National Bank of Waterbury, and exchanged for cur rency in the banking rooms of the said Waterbury Trust Company by the said Carl D. Olsen, treasurer's checks in some instances first hav- ing been issued by the said Olsen to conceal said payments. None of said payments was ever approved by the said Board of Finance of said city as required by it's charter, and, upon order of the said Hayes, Leary, Borgnaes, Kelly and Dunn, said pay ments were withheld from said war rants payable register sheets until after said sheets had been signed by the members of said Board, thereby giving the appearance of the approval of said payments on the part of said Board of Finance, and thereby concealing said pay ments from the Board of Finance and from the citizens and taxpayers of said city, and all for the purpose of concealing the unlawful and fraudulent methods and tranSac- tions of said Hayes, Leary, Kelly and Dunn and for the purpose of con- cealing the formation and existence of said conspiracy.
 Fled the State
 And in further pursuance of said conspiracy, the said Philip Coppeto, on or about the 30th day of January, 1888, fled the Jurisdiction of this State, and thereafter, the said Philip SODDCJO dllQ OQlo AkulPlk wy peto did meet in secret at divers times and places without the State of Connecticut, and the said Ralph Coppeto did aid, abet and counsel the said Philip Coppeto to remain without the jurisdiction of the State of Connecticut for the purpose and with the intent to conceal the un- lawful transactions hereinbefore described, participated in by the said Ralph Coppcto and Philip Cop peto and the said Hayes. Leary, Dunn and Olsen.
 And in further pursuance of said conspiracy, to wit, between the 1st day of January, 1892 and the Sd day of January, 1938, the said Do- nato Pietraroria, alias Dan Peters, of Bristol, Connecticut, did receive from the said City of Waterbury sums of money in excess of $75,000 in return for purported truck hire never furnished by him by means of checks issued from time to time in form and manner as aforesaid and unnumbered when issued, and not issued in regular course by the City Clerk. Said checks were payable to the order of Donate Pietraroria. Eagle street, Waterbury, Connecti- cut, which was not his home or bus mess address, and were payable at the Citizens and Manufacturers Ma tional Bank of said Waterbury, is- sued and signed by the said Leary in form and manner as aforesaid, and issued, upon the order of the said Hayes, Leary, Borgnaes, Kelly and Dunn, and exchanged for cur rency by the said Olsen in the bank ing rooms of the said Waterbury Trust Company. Said payments were made for purported. truck hire, al- though the said Donate Pietraroria never owned or possessed a truck and never did any trucking business for said city, and said payments were never approved by the Board of finance of said city as required by its charter; and upon order of the said Hayes, Leary, Kelly, Borgnaes & Dunn said payments were not placed upon said warrants payable register sheets until after said sheets had been signed by the members of said Board, thereby giving the appear ance of the approval of said pay ments on the part or said Board of Finance, and thereby concealing said payments from the Board of Finance and the citizens and tax payers of said City of Waterbury, and all for the purpose of conceal ing the unlawful ana fraudulent methods and transactions of said Hayes, Leary, Kelly and Dunn. and for the purpose of concealing the formation and existence of said con- spiracy.
 No Payment Approval
 And in further pursuance of said conspiracy, to wit, between January