The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-02-07
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although he went under the busi- ness name of George Browning, Inc.
 You know that he wasn't" the grand jury testimony read.
 T believe that he was" was the answer.
 Levy said that Browning used Levy's office in New Haven while in this vicinity, in 1928-29-30. Be- fore the grand jury he testified that he brought Browning here in 1880 and introduced him to Hayes and Kelly only.
 Browning Here
 From that time until 1892, accord ing to the grand jury testimony, Levy said Browning was in Water bury about once a week, and Levy was here more frequently.
 Levy said that he had lost track of Browning, who travelled about the country making such surveys of utilities.
 Still referring to the grand jury testimony, 1t was brought out that Levy told the l8 men that he had access to an office at 1900 Broadway, New York, as an honorary counsel for the National Theatre Owners association. He said he drew no salary and paid no rent but had use of the office.
 Other income, he told the jury he had. aside from investments, in- cluded about $4,000 annually, for the past three years from Levy & Levy; $l ,000 annually from the Horton Foundation Trust, in which his fam fly and uncle were interested; and $2,600 annually since 1927 from the State Association of Theatre Own CTS. He told the jury he might have other income through the theaters.
 Best Meal Ticket
 Alcorn asked him before the grand jury, Waterbury was the best meal ticket you had, wasn't 1t, If I may spea,; in the language of the street"
 Levy's reply was, Well, in that same language, think could have done better"
 He meant that he could have done better In the theatrical field. He said that only the prestige which accompanied the Waterbury job prompted him to work here. He said, before the jury, that he wanted the background for work in the thea trical field.
 Levy testified before the grand {Ytt.Sp ftot hA "A fAvs ttNA National Utilities Service of New York, but had received no compen- sation at that time.
 He denied making any payments to Browning He said that from the National Utilities Service he was to receive one-third of all their rev. enue from theatrical work any place in the United States.
 Levy told the grand jury he had loaned Browning $350 in 1929 and none since. Reference was made to the $4,2o0 which Browning re- ceived from the city in 1882. The check was shown and identified by Levy before the grand jury.
 Worked Together
 Levy said before the jury that after the agreement which was made to him with Mayor Hayes, he brought Browning in to do the work which he, himself, couldn't do. Browning was not my assistant" he told the grand jury. We worked together"
 Browning was to do the laborers work" he told the grand jury.
 Turning from the record for the moment, McDonough asked Levy If he sounded like Alcorn in his ques- tioning. Levy said "Yes."
 Then McDonough asked Levy If Alcorn treated him as kindly before the grand jury as he was being treated by McDonough.
 Levy replied to McDonough that he could not express an opinion. Asked If Alcorn made him nervous before the jury, Levy replied, Not he."
 Disagreement
 Before the grand jury, Alcorn charged that anything Levy had done, with regard to contract in the electrical survey could have been done by school boy.
 T don't agree with you" was the reply of Levy.
 Levy commented that any person going to manager of e lighting company with complaint would come away bewildered, and even If the complaint was just. 1t would be withdrawn. He said that certainly If a business man could get no sat- isfaction, a school boy would have no chance.
 Levy said that he did go to the local lighting company, but that the only figures he saw were those which the company submitted to him. He admitted that the legal department of the city could have done that.
 Next came discourse on the merits of the Diesel motors, which Levy suggested he installed in the Chase pumping station. Levy said that he had read considerable about Diesel motors.
 Describes Investments
 
 Investments of Levy during 1887 were at least $40000 he told the jury and may have extended as high as $60,000. He told the jury, on his second appearance as a witness that he could bring in records of his in- vestmentS. He said that he kept no books, however, and offered to bring In the stock certificates.
 Mention was made of S20,000 which Levy borrowed from his mother-in-law In 1927 and which he invested and lost. The mother-in- low now resides with Levy.
 All property which rests in the name of his wife or mother in Jaw was bought with his money, accord ing to Levy.
 Further reference to the huge checks which were given Levy by the city of Waterbury and the fact that he cashed them all in Waterbury was made, as the reading of the minutes of the jury continued.
 He said that he cashed them here because he could not cash such large