The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-05-20
Bench Warrant

IO HE HONORABLE SUPERIOR
 COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF
 NEW HAVEN, DISTRICT OF
 WATERBURY, NOW IN SES-
 SION:
 Hugh M. Alcorn, Special States Attorney for the County of New Haven, District of Waterbury, here in Court accuses Thomas Francis Hayes, also known as Frank Hayes and T. Frank Hayes, Daniel J. Leary, Carl D. Olsen, Thomas P. Kelly, Thomas J. Fleming, Martin J. Dunn, Charles s. O'Connor, John H. Crary, Thomas A. Shanahan, Michael F. Slavin, Philip Coppeto. Ralph Coppeto, Timothy J. Horgan, Frank A. Santalucia, alias Frank Burns, James P. Healey, Henry Minor, all of Waterbury; Harry E. Mackenzie, of Bethel; Charles E. Williamson, of Darien; Edward G. Levy and Simon J. Alderman, of New Haven; Donate Pietraroria, alias Dan Peters, of Bristol: John c. Purdie, alias John Conway, John S. Johnston. George H. Kingsley, William R. Murray, John B. Meany and Enoch Borgnaes, all of New York, of the crime of conspiracy to cheat and defraud the City of Wa terbury, a municipal corporation of the State of Connecticut, and the residents and taxpayers thereof; and to violate the provisions of Sec- tions g, 27, 58. 60. 75, 76. 77. 83, 85, 86, 87, 104, 107. 115, 152 as amended by Special Acts of 1885, p. 933, and to violate the provisions of Sections 493, 6285, 6287, 6288, 6372 of the Gen. eral Statutes, and to violate the pro- visions of Section 1717c of the Cumulative Supplement, 1885, and charges that on divers days between the 1st day of January, 1880 and the date of this information, the said T. Frank Hayes, Daniel J. Leary, Carl D. Olsen. Thomas P. Kelly, Thomas J. Fleming, Martin J. Dunn, Charles s. O'Connor, John H. Crary, Thomas A. Shanahan, Michael F. Slavin, Philip Coppeto, Ralph Coppeto, Timothy J. Horgan, Frank A. Santalucia, alias Frank Burns, James P. Healey, Henry Minor, Harry E. Mackenzie, Charles E. Williamson, Edward G. Levy, Simon J. Alderman, Donate Piet- raroria, alias Dan Peters, John G. Purdie, alias John Conway, John s. Johnston, George H. Kingsley, Will liam R. Murray, John B. Meany and Enoch Borgnaes, together with divers other persons to said Attor- ney unknown, did cheat and defraud said City of Waterbury of large sums of money in excess of a mill lion dollars, the exact amount being to said Attorney unknown because of the wilful and unlawful destruc- tion of the books, vouchers, papers and records of said city as herein after set forth, the said T. Frank Hayes and the said Daniel J. Leary, being the Mayor and Comptroller, respectively. of said city: the said Carl D. Olsen, being then and there an officer and employe of the Waterbury Trust Company, bank ing institution located in said City of Waterbury; the said Thomas P. Kelly, being then and there the Executive Secretary to said Mayor and at times the Acting Mayor and Acting Comptroller of said city; the said Thomas J. Fleming. being then and there the Superintendent of Public Works of said city; the said Martin J. Dunn, being then and there the Purchasing Agent and at times the Acting Comptroller of said city; the said Charles O'Connor, being then and there the Corpora ton Counsel of said city under appointment of said Mayor and whose salary is fixed by law: the said John Crary and the said Thomas A. Shanahan, being then and there assessors of said city whose salaries are fixed by law: the said Michael F. Slavin, being then and there Deputy Registrar of Vot- CTS of said city whose salary is fixed by law: the said Philip Coppeto, Ralph Coppeto, Timothy J. Horgan, Frank A. Santalucia, alias Frank Burns, James P. Healey, Henry Minor, Harry E. Mackenzie, Charles E. Williamson. Edward G. Levy, simon J. Alderman, Donate Pietra- roria, alias Dan Peters, John G. Purdie, alias John Conway, John 8. Johnston, George H. Kingsley, Will liam R. Murray, John B. Meany and Enoch Borgnaes, being then and there officers, agents, employees. spe- cial employees, attorney or agents of said City of Waterbury or of said Hayes and Leary. or purported con- tractors with said City of Water- bury.
 "Cheating and Dcfrauding"