The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-05-20

'nnor Company and Thomas F. Jack referred to as "en0rmous" in the jui James P. Healey, also doing bus mess under the name of H. w. Con- ner Company, Inc, did receive sum in excess of $35,000 from the City of Waterbury for purported truck hire and services never furnished in that amount, by means of checks is- sued from time to t>me in form and manner as aforesaid end unnumber- ed when issued, and not issued in regular course by the City Clerk, signed by Daniel J. Leary, payable at the Citizens and Manufacturers National Bank of said Waterbury, and exchanged for currency in the banking rooms of the said Water bury Trust Company by said Carl D. Olsen, treasu.trs' checks in some instances first having been issued by said Olsen to conceal said pay ments. None of said payments was ever approved by said Board of Finance of said city as required by Its charter; and upon the order of said Hayes, Leary, Borgnaes, Kelly and Dunn, said payments were with held from said warrants payable register sheets until after said sheets had been signed by the members of said Board, thereby giving the ap- pearance of the appfoval of saic payments on the part of said Board of Finance, and thereby concealing said payments from said Board of Finance and from the citizens and taxpayers of said city, all for the purpose of concealing the unlawful and fraudulent methods ana trans- actions of said Hayes, LcaIy, Kelly and Dunn and for the purpose Of concealing the formation and exist ence of said conspiracy.
 And in further pursuance of said conspiracy, to wit, between the lst day of January, 1885 and the Sd day of January, 1888. the said Leary and the said Hayes as comptroller and mayor respectively, and without the authority of the Board of Aldermen, did engage the services of one John G. Purdie, alias John Conway, of New York City, a person doing bus mess as "The Underwriters Investi- gation Bureau" an alleged private detective bureau, purportedly to in- vestigate certain matters within the City of Waterbury for which no spe- cific appropriation had been made by said city and without first having appNed to the State Police for as- sistance in such investigation as is required by law; and between said dates, there was paid to said Purdie sums of money greatly in excess of $10O0O by means of checks drawn in form and manner as aforesaid against the funds of the City of Wa terbury and signed by said Martin J. Dunn and Daniel J. Leary, checks for said amount were issued from time to time in manner and form as aforesaid and were payable at the Citizens and Manufacturers National Bank of said Waterbury. and were unnumbered when issued, and were not issued in regular course by the City Clerk, and were issued upon the order of the said Hayes, Leary and Dunn. Said pay ments were never approved by the Board of Finance of said city and said payments were withheld from the warrants payable register sheets until after the same had been sign ed by the members of the Board of Finance, thereby giving the appear ance of the approval Of said pay ments on the part of said Board Of Finance, and thereby concealing said payments from the Board of FL nance and from the citizens and taxpayers of said city, all for the purpose of concealing the unlawful and fraudulent methods and trans actions of said Hayes, Leary, Kelly and Dunn and for the purpose Of concealing the formation and exist ence of said conspiracy.
 $2O,0O0 in Excess
 And in further pursuance of said conspiracy, to wit, between the 1st day of January, 1880 and the Sd day of January, 1888, the said Charles s. OConnor, Corporation Counsel of said City of Waterbury, an ap- pointee of said Hayes, and whose salary is fixed by law, did receive from said City of Waterbury in ad- dition to his said salary sums in excess of $2O,00O by means of checks issued from time to time in form and manner as aforesaid, and un- numbered when issued, and not is- sued in regular course by the City Clerk, signed by said Daniel J. Leary payable at the Citizens and Manu- facturers National Bank of said Wa terbury, and exchanged for cur rency in the banking rooms of said Waterbury Trust Company by said Olsen. None of said payments was ever approved by the Board of Fi- nance of said city as required by it's charter, and, upon order of the said Hayes, Leary, Borgnaes, Kelly and Dunn, said payments were withheld from said warrants payable register sheets until after the said sheets had been signed by the members of said Board, thereby giving the ap- pearance of the approval of said payments on the part of the said Board of Finance and thereby concealing said pay ments from said Board of Finance and from the citizens and taxpayers of the City of Waterbury: and all for the purpose of concealing the unlawful and fraudulent meth- ods and transactions of said Hayes, Leary, Kelly and Dunn and for the purpose of concealing the forma- ton and existence of said conspir- acy. And further, the said Charles O'Connor did purport to relinquish to the said T. Frank Hayes upon his, the said Hayes. request, authority to employ large and unlimited num- Der of lawyers at the expense of the City of Waterbury in violation of the specific duty imposed upon the said o'Connor by said charter to