The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-05-20

hsrNaee S@sseSAA Nt1D" urer,s checks of said Waterbury Trust Company in exchange for said currency and did thefc,lpon ex- change said treasvrers cheeks for city checks and thereby did cheat and defraud the City of Waterbury of large sums of money in excess of one million dollars.
 Tellers' Sheets Burned
 And in further pursuance of said conspiracy, to wit, on or about the 18th day of Janury, 1888, the said Olsen did wilfully and unlawfully burn or otherwise destroy the teller's daily cash sheets of the Waterbury Trust Company for the years 1885, 1936 and 1897, upon which appeared the names of persons who received cash from said Olsen in exchange for checks drawn upon the treasurer of the City of Waterbury during said years as aforesaid, payable nt the Citizens and Manufacturers Na- tional Bank of said Waterbury, there by concealing from the Board of Fi- nance and the citizens and taxpay- CTS of said city the aforesaid ex- change of checks for currency and the consideration for which treasur- CTS checks were drawn by said Ol- sen and the amunts thereof and the names of the persons receiving said cash.
 Wrongfully Engaged
 And in further pursuance of said conspiracy, to wit, on or about the 18th day of January, 1898, the said Olsen did wilfully and unlawfully burn or otherwise destroy the tellers' daily cash sheets of the Waterbury Trust Company for the years 1895, 1886 and 1897, upon which appeared the names of persons who received cash from said Olsen in exchange for checks drawn upon the Treas urer of the City of Waterbury dur ing said years as aforesaid, payable at the Citizens and Manufacturers National Bank of said Waterbury thereby concealing from the Board of Finance and the citizens and tax payers of said city the aforesaid ex- change of checks for currency and the consideration for which treas urer's checks were drawn by said Ol- sen and the amounts thereof and the names of the persons receiving said cash.
 And in further pursuance of said conspiracy, to wit, between the 1st day of January, 1885 and the 1st day of February, 1888, the said Daniel J. Leary and the said T. Frank Hayes did wrongfuly and unlawfully en- gage the said Charles E. Williamson, then and there member of the Bar of the State of Connecticut, and the said Harry E. Mackenzie, not a member of the Bar, in violation of the provisions of the charter of said city, to appear for and to lobby in behalf of, or in opposition to, legisla- tion pending before the General As- sembly of the State of Connecticut during the sessions of 1885 and 1887, as directed by said Hayes who then and there was the Lieutenant Gov- ernor of the State and by virtue of his office the presiding officer of the upper branch of said assembly,: and the said Williamson and the said Mackenzie did appear for and did lobby for and against legislation be- fore the General Assembly of the State of Connecticut during the ses- sions of 1895 and 1887 as directed by said T. Frank Hayes and the said Daniel J. Leary. During and for the session of the General Assembly of 1885, the said Daniel J. Leary as Comptroller of the City of Water bury paid to said Charles E. Will Hanson and said Harry E. Macken- zie the sum of $24. 400 for purported lobby, services. Said sum of $24, 400 was paid by means of three checks of the City of Waterbury, issued in manner and form as aforesaid, and all payable at the Citizens and Manufacturers National Bank of Waterbury, all signed by said Daniel J. Leary and payable to the order of said Charles E. Williamson. All of said checks were. unilumbered when issued, and none was issued in regu- lar course by the City Clerk, and at no time were any of them approved by the Board of Finance of said City of Waterbury; and by order of the said Hayes, Leary, Borgnaes, Kelly and Dunn, said payments were with held from the warrants payable register sheets until after said sheets had been signed by the members of the Board of Finance, thereby giving the appearance of approval on the part of said Board of Finance of said payments and thereby conceal ing said payments from said Board and from the citizens and taxpayers of said city; all for the purpose of concealing the unlawful and fraudu- lent methods and transactions of said Hayes, Leary, Kelly and Dunn. and for the purpose of cOncealing the formation and existence of said conspiracy. And for, the. purpose of further concealing said payments. said checks were, delivered by said Daniel J. Leary to the said Charles E. Williamson and the said Harry E Mackenzie in the rooms of the Phar- tol at Hartford, and said checks macy Commission in the State Capi- were there indorsed by said Charles F. Williamson. Thereupon said Dan- iel J. Leary exchanged currency pre- yiously obtained from said Carl D. Olsen for each of said checks. re- taining one-half of the amount of each check for himself and others. Of said sum of 400, the said Charles E. Williamson received $6,- 100, said Harry E. Mackenzie receiv- ed $6,100 and the said Daniel J. Leary received $12.20O, all from the City of Waterbury and all by means of checks issued in form and man. ner aforesaid, thereby cheating and defrauding the said City of Water bury, its citizens and taxpayers in the amount of $24, 400.
 And in further pursuance of said conspiracy, to wit, during the month of January, 1887, the said Daniel J. Leary, the said T. Frank Hayes, the