The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-03-01


 Investigate" t. Healey or the Conner Company
 A. They were.
 O. Do you know whether or not checks were issued which were not laid before the Board of Finance? A. can't be positive.
 o. Do you know whether any checks were issued to him which were not on the Warrants Payable Sheets at the time submitted before the Board of Finance? t A. I can't be positive of that either. ....,.... ... .,.... o. show you what purports to be duplicate of checks. Will you tell me what they are? A. Cancelled city checks. e. Drawn in whose favor?
 A. The Conner Company. @. Whether or not those checks are a part of the public records of the City of Waterbury?
 A. They are.
 Admitted and marked as Exhibit 1670
 o. MT. Purcell, do you notice the numbers on the cheeks?
 A. Yes.
 0. Numbers in pencil?
 A. Yes, sir.
 o. Any significance?
 A. Yes. E.
 @. What? i.,t A. That the checks were issued unnumbered, and were paid by the bank without them. Numbers were affixed after they had been paid by the bank. ..ss. . e. Do you know whether or not the checks were approved by the Board of Finance? ~ A. They were not. .. .'a. (Alcorn reads the six checks.)
 All dated November 13, 1887. All bear a pencil number. All are paya- ble to the order of the Conner Com- pany, Waterbury, Conn. On the back: Conner Company, James P. Healey, Treasurer. Stamp of the Waterbury Trust Go. November IT., 1887. All payable at Citizens & Manufacturers National Bank 4
 Amounts: $900, $500, $936, $936, $500, $901Total $5,472O0
 Zach carries the stamp of the Waterbury Trust Co.,, c. B. Olsen, Treasurer)
 More Checks
 Q. I show you another group of papers, MT. Purcell, and ask you to tell me what they are?
 A. They're cancelled city checks payable to the Conner Company. 0. And whether or not they are part of the public records of the City of Waterbury? 'a B. A. They are. |. Admitted and marked as Exhibit 168.) ,x f" 0. Whether or. not those checks were issued on the pin-point ma chine? sA e.-. A. No. d
 Signed by Dunn Alcorn reads: r. All the checks are payable to. the Conner Company, Meadow St. Wa terbury, Conn. All are signed with the autographed signature of Mar tin J. Dunn, Acting Controller. All are stamped on! the back: Pay to the order of the Waterbury National Bank. H. w. Conner Comapny, Wa terbury National Bank. 3' " Date ., Date of Stamp, Amt. Dec. 20, 1887, Dec. 22, 1887 .. $605.0O Dec. '24, 1887 Dec. "A, 1887 475.OO Oct. 26, 1887 Aug. 28, 1887 726.OO Dec. l, 1937 Dec. 1, 1887 795.00
 .OO o. MT. Purcell, do you know of the existence of any other checks of the City of Waterbury payable to the Conner Company or James P. Healey?
 A. Yes. o.. N @ c. Do you know MT. Purdie? <, A. Yes. ,, .. Q. How long have you known him? . s E d. A., did not meet him until the grand jury Investigation. Q. You never saw him about the City HaH?] A. No. e. Do you know whether he was paid any money by the City of Wa ,terbury? ss
 A. Yes.
 O. I show you what purports to be checks. Can you tell ms what they are?
 A. Cancelled city checks, relating to the Underwriters Investigating Bureau. 1947 Broadway, New York, N. Y. e. What are the dates?
 A. December 20, 1897. @ Whether or not they are drawn on the pin-point machine2 A. They are not.