Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-05-22
18TH SURRENDERS
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Former Associate of Late
J. H. RorabaCk Submits
to Arrest.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
WATERBURY, Conn, May 2l-
Harry f. Mackenzie, one-time asso-
ciate of the late Republican leader,
j. Henry Roraback, submitted to ar
rest today in an alleged million dollar
municipal fraud case that has shocked
normally staid Connecticut-'Land of
Steady Habits" He was one Of q per-
sons including 1t. Gov. Frank Hayes.
Democrat, charged with conspiracy by
a special grand jury, and the 18th to
surrender
Hayes. Mackenzie. former State
labor commissioner. and the other de-
PENDANTS were ordered arrested after
the jury report charged they COM
prised ruthless group responsible
for rampant corruption" that cost the
city in excess OF million dollars
in the past eight years. during which
the Lieutenant Governor has headed
the administration as Mayor.
Statewide repercussions already
have come as a result. Gov Cross
has demanded the designations of three
appointive officials. Athletic Commits
sioner Joseph Lawlor. Statute Revi-
sion Commissioner John D. Thoms
and New Haven County Commissioner
Matthew A. Daily.
Members Of legislature.
All are prominent members Of the
Legislature. Thoms in the House and
Lawlor and Daily In the Senate. They
are not among the 81 facing con-
spiracy charges. The jury mentioned
them in a section OF its report in
which it struck at "secret lobbyists
whose political influence has been
for sale" during past General Assem-
bly, sessions.
Investigators said they had definite
assurance Of the appearance Monday
of Charles E. Williamson Of Darien,
former State compensation commits
sioner and intimate associate of Mac
Kenzie with whom he ranked equally
high in Republican circles. He is
one OF nine still 10 report.
Other Waterbury officials who have
submitted to arrest include Corpora
ton Counsel Charles S. O'Connor,
Henry w. Minor, chairman of the
police and fire boards: Street Supt.
Thomas j. Fleming and Alderman
Thomas P. Kelly. the Mayors execu-
tive secretary. Carl D. Olsen. promi-
nent Waterbury banker. and John H.
Crary. Democratic town chairman, also
are defendants.
Million in Property.
Hayes came to the courthouse yes
terday with documents he said repre-
scented a million dollars" in property
and posted them as the $4,000 bail
demanded of him.
The lieutenant governor. jovial and
apparently unconcerned over the
charges against him, has long ranked
high in Connecticut circles and was a
powerful member of the group that
swung the State delegation for Alfred
E. Smith at the 1882 national con-
vention.
His surrender was followed within
a few hours by that of Daniel J.
Leary, former city controller whose
office, the jury said, was the focal
point around which the rest of the
administrations corrupt activities re-
volved."
There. 1t said. Large payments
were arranged for attorneys as we'll as
thousands of dollars for so-called
truck hire"
The defeat of Leary for reelection
as controller at the city election last
October is generally regarded here as
marking the start of the investigation
that led to the ~ arrests.
Beaten by 80 Votes.
Sherwood L. Rowland, who defeated
Leary by q mere 80 votes and became
the first Republican oficeholder in
Waterbury since 1922, charged that
when he took over his duties he was
unable to find important records that
should have been in his predecessors
files.
His charges led first to an investiga-
ton by States Attorney Lawrence l..
Lewis who soon disqualified himself
because he was Waterbury resident.
The Superior Court called in Hugh
M. Alcorn, States attorney for Hart
ford County, to head the investigation
and at his request the grand jury was
convened in March.
Mr.. Alcorn has long been prominent.
He ran for Governor on the Repub-
lican ticket and was . national figure
IL years ago when he successfully
prosecuted Gerald Chapman, notorious
gunman hanged for the murder of 4