The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-04-13
Lengthy EDidence GiDen Today
 On Mackenzie s Use OF Dope"
Accepting Money Bribe for Himself Others Simply Paid Him Protect Their Interests From Lga
 tive Distinctions He Declares

we Distractions He Declal day, vas that prescribed by your doctor? A. It wasn't a prescription. It was injected by h. podermics. e. Do you mean to say that your doctor tolerated a situation where you got five grains of morphine day?
 A. He told me I could be cured | if I went to s.n institution. Q. But you wouldn't go? A. I would, but one thing or an- other came up.
 @. Did you ever get any dope from underground channels? A. No. sir.
 @. What is the name of the doc- tor that gave you these five grains, sometimes, day?
 A. H. Frank Moore. Q. And what is his address? A. Bethel, Conn.
 o. And how long have you been getting dope from him?
 A. Fifteen years-off and on. o. Where did you get the ten grains you were taking when you were before the grand jury? A. On days when I didn't have morphine, l would take aspirin and phenacetin instead.
 "By Prescription"
 Q. I'm asking you where you got the ten grains of dope when you were before the grand jury? A. By injection from my doc- tor and prescription.
 Q. What is the first day you came to testify as witness? A. The 22nd of March.
 Q. And how much dope did you get from your doctor before you started to Waterbury?
 A. Tablets and he gave me two or three injections tha tmorning be- fee left for here.
 Q. When did you get the first in- jection on the morning of March 9? A. About eight o'clock.
 Q. And how many grains did you get then? 1 A' tl1u1h 74 Ol q SIdlll.
 Q. When next did you get the next injection from the doctor? A. In about fifteen minutes.
 o. How many grains did you get 15 minutes later?
 A. I didn't figure it out.
 Q. How did you know that you got 4 of grain on the first in- jection?
 A. Because understood him to say that he gave me at that time IA and then 1-2 grain.
 o. And then fifteen minutes lat CT how many grains did you get?
 A. One-quarter and one-half.
 Another Injection
 @. And after that, did you get another injection?
 A. I don't know whether it was half or whole grain.
 o. So would you say that you got between two and three grains be- tween 800 and 800 in the morning by injections?
 A. I wouldn't say two or three grains, maybe two grains.
 Q. And that was within a space of an hour, wasn't it, by hypodermic needle?
 A. Yes, sir.
 o. On what day did you take the ten grains of morphine that you ap- peared before the grand jury?
 A. That was the day.
 o. Then you had two grains of morphine in your system at the time you left the doctors office. Is that right? A. Yes.
 o. When did you take the next dose of morphine on that day?
 A. On the way over to Water bury. | Q. What time did you leave Bethel on the morning of March g? A. 300.
 o. And what time was it that you took your next dose of dope?
 A. Twenty minutes to ten or a quarter to ten.
 o. How many grains did you take then?
 A. Two grains.
 o. So that made four grains be- fore ten o'clock in the morning Didn't it?
 A. Yes.
 o. Five grains administered once in an ordinary dose is sufficient to ! kill a man, isn't it? A. Yes, sir.
 o. So now, you have four grains in your system by ten in the morn ing. Is that right?
 A. That's right.
 o. How many grains did your doctor give you on that day to car- ry with you to Waterbury?
 20 Grains! A. I don't know, exactly how many grains that I had, but prob- ably had twenty grains.
 o. And when did you get your prescription for the twenty grains? A. About every Monday morn- ing.
 c. When did you get that pre- scriution for the twenty grains.
 A. Either Sunday or Monday morning previously.
 o. And what day did you start for the grand jury in Waterbury? A. On whatever day the 22nd of March was.
 o. Don't you know what day 1t was?
 A. Not unless look at calen- !, dar.
 o. When did you get your nex' prescription of morphine from the doctor?
 A. Every Sunday morning.
 o. am now referring to the time after March g, 1888. A. The next Sunday morning. o. How many grains did you get then?
 A. I think I got 40 grains.
 @. Now, how many grains did you get on the Monday or Sunday | hnf0ra v0yI sta rtnd fOY WatnrhIIrv9