The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-12-02
Busy Morning In Court Ends Minus New Jurors
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Alcorn to hold tenaciously to his contention that the grand jury brought no charges against the &C., cused arose during Attorney Cas- sidy's questioning of Beach. Alcorn stated that the jury had only rec commended that the special states attorney take action against the men if he saw it.
 Alcorn also objected to what he termed "cross examination" of Beach by Cassidy. The latter denied that he was cross-examining, but held that he was only attempting to determine if the man had formed an opinion in the case. Beach said, in answer to the question, Have you formed an opinion?" "Yes, in a general way"
 Beach was challenged by Defen- dant Simon J. Alderman after Spec ial Prosecutor Alcorn said he was acceptable to the state.
 Some Slight Progress
 A semblance of progress was noted in yesterdays procedure, when two of the IT jurors examined were ac- cepted and sworn in for duty in the conspiracy case.
 The fifteen excused were: Clifford Potter of Hamden, Irwin s. Coan or Derby, Henry w. Norton of Wolcott, Joseph Watrus of West Haven, Berkley Frisbie of Wolcott, Frank lin I. White of New Haven, John McAfee of Ansonia, John B. King of Southbury, and Mrs. Lillian Sage of Southbury in the morning ses- sion.
 And in the afternoon: Herbert H. Stone of Madison, Fred O. Burglof of Wallingford, Herbert Y. Baldwin of Seymour, Caroline E. Hall of Ox- ford, Edward J. Stoddard of Che- shire and LeRoy A. Way of New Ha- ven.
 Seven Excused By Court
 Seven of those eliminated yester- day were excused by the court for cause. Deafness was the prevailing reason. Of the others dismissed four were by the state and four by the defense, making total yesterday of thirteen challenges by the defense, twelve by the state and twelve by the court.
 One of the few men who smiled gladly as he was excused from Serv- ice was Herbert Henry Stone, 39, of Madison, a milk dealer. He was ex- cused by the court, when he admit ted he had formed an opinion in the case, from what he read in the news papers.
 Cause of Laughter
 His cruSty and frank manner was the cause for considerable laughter during his questioning. Asked if he knew MT. Alcorn ran for governor, he replied, "Yes. Sir" He was then asked If he had voted for him. "Yes, SIR was the reply.
 Without cracking smile he stated, T believe was elected jus tice of the peace once, but I didn't qualify" Another laugh was pro- voked when he said, I'd rather be home than be here"
 His appearance on the stand was followed by that of Merton F. Wright, who was accepted.
 Ralph Coppeto Challenges
 Defendant Ralph Coppeto chal- lenged the presence of Fred 0. Burg hoff of Wallingford, florist. He testified that although he is a florist, he does not know Daniel J. Leary, who also is in the florist business.
 Disappointment was written on the face of Herbert Y. Baldwin of Seymour when he was dismissed by the court. He identified himself as man who wanted to serve on the jury, and who "purposely avoided reading about the case in order that he might qualify"
 A gold tooth glittered as he ex- pressed his contempt for those poli- ticians who had used the grand jury's charges as a basis for their campaigning in the last election.
 In his opinion they were passing their appeal Ion the misfortunes of others" he said.
 Judge IngliS excused him because he admitted knowing Clarence Con-