The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-06-29

 and his assistants worked on the list, and made comparisons with the warrants payable sheets in the course of their work.
 Treated All Alike
 The defendant-witness stated that he treated all of the 16,000 checks alike excepting for the personal checks to Leary. He said that he was not asked to make any list with ref erence to cheeks payable to the others accused.
 In connection with the same list of checks Alderman continued, he worked at his home New Years Day, 1888 on summary schedule of Il months of 1887, with reference to reconciliations The summary show ed division of months and classi- fications of accounts, he stated, as requested by MT. Leary.
 Leary Paid Him Personally
 MT. Leary paid him personally for the work, Alderman stated. He also said that MT. Leary had asked him to analyze the deposit slips of the controllers office.
 Alderman will be on the stand the balance of this afternoon and at least a portion of tomorrow, the last day of the first week of the defense.
 Several other witnesses will teSti- fly in his behalf, after he has been oss-examined by Special Prosecu- tor Hugh M. Alcorn. The cross ex- animation is expected to be exten- sive.
 Following the defense of Alder man, as conducted by Attorney Crawford, will come the defense of the two Kingsley accountants, George H. Kingsley and John w. Meaney. At least six widely known experts in accounting are reported to be prepared to take the stand for their defense.
 When court adjourns tomorrow afternoon, possibly early in the aft ernoon it will not reopen until July 5. Theree will be no session next Tuesday, July 4.
 On the stand for the second day in the third day of the defense in the conspiracy trial, Simon J. AL OC1 Wdo u1lOCI UllC ou1 tCl1AdAANC again of City Accountant James P. Purcell, the states star witness of several weeks ago.
 His presence. in court today, and yesterday, leave little doubt that he has been requested by the state to hear the testimony of Alderman, and that he will take the stand again for the state as rebuttal witness. As a state witness he tes- tified for 19 days.
 According to the early testimony of Alderman today, the city had a ct ildren's home commission, which locked after the interests of chil- dren who otherwise would be un- cared for and homeless. The com- mission, which ultimately was taken over by the welfare department. placed children in private homes ard paid their caretakers $5 week. 1y.
 Tn addition, provisions were made to clothe the children and provide medical attention.
 Alderman said that he and other members of the welfare department, including Miss Helen R. Driscoll. who testified Tuesday in his behalf, investigated similar conditions in Bridgeport and New Haven.
 As result of this investigation and conferences with Attorney Herman J. Weisman, the witness said, more than 100 children who had been under the care of the city, were made state liabilities, and the city is now saving $26,000 annually, on that procedure.
 Children were invariably allowed to remain in the same homes where they had been placed by the city, he said, after investigation by the state bureau of child welfare. The latter unit financed their keep, how ever, he said.
 AS an afterthought, he comment ed that there could be no trans fers of children who were mental deficiencies. These remained within the scope of the city's responsi- bilities.
 Schedule Prepared
 While unable to determine the ac- tual and minute amount of revenue realized by the city from the cities. towns and state, Alderman said that he had prepared a schedule by reference to the cash book from 1930-1937.
 He created z. mild sensation when he stated that as result of his in- vestigation and work in the welfare department, which was started In 1883 at the request of Mayor Hayes, more than ten times as much rev. enue was realized in the four sub sequent years, as had been re- ceived in the four previous years.
 He said that for the four years prior to the installation of his Sys- tenn 193O-1933, the total revenue in the department was $20,513.12.
 He continued that in the succeed ing four years, 1934-37, while his system was in operation, the total receipts were $200 048.27, or almost l ten times as much"
 The witness gave detailed anal ysis of the moneys received from l the state and towns and cities, af- ter 1884 as compared with the amount received before.
 Questioned by his counsel con- | corning work done for other clients | than the city of Waterbury, Alder man replied that he had compiled income tax returns for Mayor Frank Hays in 1884 and 1885.
 Asked if he had ever done any i work for the Electric Steam Steril- izing company, which firm has fig- ured prominentaly in the investiga- ton and trial to date. Alderman re- sponded in the negative. "The last ! I heard" he said, 'Warren M. Brown (state', accountant) was do- in~ their work for them"
 Alderman stated that he also did work for Frank '. Burns Santalucia, in connection with income taxes in | 1885 and 1886, with information sup piled him by Santalucia. Tn 1887, he said. he set up bookkeeping system fnr Sna,taltaeia after having been