The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-07-15
Meany Alcon Engage
 In Hot Verbal 7ilts
r,-o....xam,nation by Alcorn:

Cross-examination by Alcorn:
 O, I noticed you had some dim- entity in difYerentiating the signature of Kingsley and Murray
 A. Yes, I have.
 @. When you see the signature vol are not certain whether 1t IS MT. Kingsleys or MT. Murrays. Are you?
 A. That's true.
 O And I suppose that 1t would be very easy for either of them to disclaim the signature because oi thatp I understand you couldn't say definitely whether 1t was MT. Kingsley's signature or whether lt was MT. Murray's signatureP
 A. That's right.
 e. DO you find that couver- fence?
 A. Is that a wise-crackp
 @. Have you had difhculty before in distinguishing the signature?
 A. You know I had e year ago.
 O. You were Q friend Of Borg macs, weren't you? ...
 A. Yes. I've been working with him very often. like him very much.
 e. You knew him very well over period of yearsp
 A. Sometimes I didn't see him for two or three years at time.
 0. When MT. Hickey saw you on February i2, 1888, you talked with him about Borgnaes, didn't your
 A. He just said he wanted to have porgnaes come up and I said sure.
 c. Did you see Borgnaes after that |?
 e. Tell him you wanted him to come up? A. Yes. ,.
 c. Did he say that he would come2 A. Sure, yes. @. Was he perfectly all rightS
 A. No, he was physically . mess.
 e. Was he working at that time2
 A. On and of. He might work two days and take e week of.
 e. You kept very close watch of his whereabouts at that time?
 A. No, that's the ofsice managers job.
 c. Where did you see him tBorg- naes)?
 A. In the office.
 c. Talk about the Waterbury sit- uation?
 A. just told MT. Borgnaes that MT. Hickey was down, that no wanted him to come up before the grand jury.
 e. When did you see him after that2
 A. April {.
 O. You knew about the doctors certificate at the time. did you notp
 A. No.
 e. Now, after March 2i Borgnaes went to work down in New Jersey, didn't hes
 A. That was April {.
 e. You tried to see him there? A. Yes, the day after MT. Hickey called up.
 O. You went around to his place, did you not, where he was working?
 A. That's right.
 Q. You didn't see him2V
 A. No, he got sick on the job the day before.
 e. Have you been to his home' A. Never.
 Q. Did you call him on the tele- phone?
 A. No, sir.
 e. Didn't you know he had e specially installed phone from his home to Waterbury?
 A. No, was never at his home. e. Did you call at his homef
 A. No, sir.
 e. Why didn't you call him on the telephone7
 A. Why should I? e. Well, you had promised to have Borgnaes up here. | A. Well, I couldn't grab the fel- low by the neck and bring him up
 e. I'm asking you now if you telephoned to him.
 A. And told you no. l A. Why didn't your Il A. Why should I? | e. Hadn't you said to Mir. Hickey that you would get Borgnaes here? | A. I said sure I would have him up.
 Il e. You knew Borgnaes was home Il A. I didn't know he was home. | e. Weren't you told the day thai he collapsed, April 1, that he had , been taken i'll? | A. I didn't know he was home. Il e. Weren't you interested enough In the mans health to ask him how he was7
 | A. I knew he wasn't so well. e. Why didn't you call him7 II A. Why should IF I didn't cal him up because I didn't feel like 1t q. Why didn't you feel like it? A. Because I had . headache lYou make the thing 60 ridiculous, Imight e well follow suit. l didn' call him tip and that's the end of it e. Were you telling the truti when you said you had q headache' II A. I'm eiways telling the tgIth.
 q. There's nothing about { Iheadache that would prevent yol . from calling on the telephone anl a nlFl.nu lxfq.s nlsassl l.la zsaaI4H