The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-06-29

poration? A. American Mortgage Company.
 e. In the business of lending money on mortgages investing on mortgages and that sort of thing?
 A. They were at one time. It is on the rocks now.
 o. Will you tell us if you did any personal accounting of any descrip- tion for MT. Hayes or any one else?
 A. No, sir. o. Will you tell us some of the others, if there are, for whom you have done either any accounting work or income tax returns?
 A. Frank J. Santalucia. o. What have you done for him2
 A. filed his 1885 and 1936 in- come tax returns.
 o. Did you gather the data from books for those purposes or from the information furnished you?
 A. The information was furnished me and I put the amounts into proper schedules.
 o. Were there others? A. For Frank Santalucia also in 1887 opened up a set of books, starting l believe, March l, 1887, and was accountant for a period of six months through August 3l, 1937.
 Q. How did you come to get that work?
 A. Several weeks prior thereto, had telephone call from Francis Fruin. He asked me to come down to his office on Mill street which, I be- lieve, was early in February 1887. He told me at that time, there had been partnership organized between himself and Santalucia and he want ed me to open up set of books be- tween the two members of the part nership. I went down in February and conferred with the bookkeeper, MT. Moore. He was in general charge and I asked him what informa tion he had in order to open up the set of books.
 o. Is there any other person of these accused here for whom you did accounting work or income tax re- turns?
 Assisted Olsen
 A. might say in conjunction with Fruin, that that work that I previously outlined stopped there. A week or SO after this conference, MT. Fruin was taken sick and 1 think died shortly thereafter. About that time, after the death of MT. Fruin, MT. Olsen called me ana told me that he had been appointed admln- istrator of the estate of Francis J. Fruin and he wanted me to go to the office on Mill street and such data as they had, to prepare a schedule of accounts receivable to the estate of Fruin and schedule of accounts payable, and reconciliations as to the amount of money in the bank at the time.
 Q. In connection with his probate durles?
 A. Yes, sir.
 @. Can you think of any of the other accused tor whom you have done income tax returns or account ing work?
 A. No, sir.
 Q. Have you also done work for clients here in Waterbury referred to you or turned over to you by MT. James E. Purcell?
 A. have.
 Q. Give us the names of those.
 A. Sherman Greiner, Inc.
 o. What kind of work did you do for them?
 A. Audit accounting.
 o. That firm was turned over to you by MT. Purcell?
 A. Yes, sir.
 o. Were there others?
 A. Geis Tire Service, Inc.
 o. What work did you do for them?
 A. Accounting work. There was one more that was not in connec- ton with accounting work. I think it was an estate which was recom- mended to me. I think it was the Rohillard Trucking Company.
 Attorney Crawrord then gives MT. Aldermans work sheets to the jury for their inspection.
 Q. MT. Alderman, these sheets that the jury have been examining are the original working papers made by you and your men during the period at the end of the year as you testified to. Are they not?
 A. Yes, sir, including the first week of 1888.
 Corrections Made
 o. Now, at various places in these papers 1 occur corrections and scratches of various sorts. Whether or not those were made during the actual days work of various men in whose handwriting those pages are? A. They were.
 Q. After the completion of this work, whether or not the reports of supporting schedules based on these papers was typed and trans mitted to Controller Leary.
 A. They were.
 c. Was the report that was sent to MT. Leary an exact copy of the word report written in on these sheets?
 A. Yes, sir.
 c. Wili you turn to that one of these aheets containing the rspogt which you sent to Mfr. Lsary after t was typeds
 4. Exhibit MS.
 c. Who typed the report that