The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-01-31
James F. Healey

conspiracy, to wit, between Jan l, 1884 and Jan. 3, 1888, the said James P. Healey, also doing busi- ness under the name of H. w.. Connor O., Inc, did receive a sum in excess of $S5,000 from the City of Waterbury for purported truck hire and services never fur- nished in that amount, by means of checks issued from time to time in form and manner as afore- said and unnumbered when is- sued, and not issued in regular course by the city clerk, signed by Daniel J. Leary, payable at the Citizens & Manufacturers Ma tional bank of said Waterbury, and exchanged for currency in the banking rooms of the said. Waterbury Trust Co., by said Carl D. Olsen, treasurer's checks in some instances first having been issued by said Olsen to conceal said payments. None of said pay ments was ever approved by said Board of Finance of said city as required by its charter; and, up- on the order of said Hayes, Leary, Borgnaes, Kelly and Dunn, said payments were withheld from warrants payable register sheets until after said sheets had been signed by the members of said board, thereby giving the appear ance of the approval of said pay ments on the part of said board of finance, and thereby conceal ing said payments from said board of finance and from the citizens and taxpayers of said city, all for the purpose of concealing the iln- lawful and fraudulent methods and transactions of said Hayes, Leary, Kelly and Dunn and for the pur- pose of concealing the formation and existence of said conspiracy.
 And !n further pursuance of said conspiracy, to wit, between the 1st day of January, 1885 and the Sd day of January, 1888, the said Leary and the said Hayes as con- troller and mayor respectively, and without the authority of the board of aldermen, did engage the services of one John G. Pur- die, alias John Conway. of New York city, a person doing business as "The Underwriters Investiga- ton Bureau" an alleged private detective bureau, purportedly to investigate certain matters with in the City of Waterbury for which no specific appropriation had been made by said city and without first having applied to the state police for assistance in such in- vestigation as Is required by law: and between said dates, there was paid to said Purdie sums of money greatly in excess of $10,000 by means of checks drawn in form and man. ner as aforesaid against the funds of the City of Waterbury 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 & Manufacturers National bank of said Waterbury, and were unnum- bered 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 payments were never approved by the board of fi- nance and said city and said pay ments were withheld from the warrants payable register sheets until after the same had been signed by the members of the board of finance, thereby giving the appearance of the approval of said payments on the part of said board of finance, and there by concealing said payments from the board of finance and from the citizens and taxpayers of said city, al! for the purpose of con- cealing the unlawful and fraudu- lent methods and transactions of said Hayes, Leary, Kelly and Dunn and for the purpose of con- cealing the formation and existence of said conspiracy.