The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-08-02

tnlng that VIII disclose anything
 you did or anything that would hurt
 me-" A few days later, MT. Hickey
 had another talk with Olsen and
 he said to MT. Hickey. T told you
 enough. I'm in up over my knees.
 What do you want me to do, get in
 up over my head? I've talked
 enough. tol dyou all am going
 10 tell you. You won't get any more lncriminating evidence or statements
 out of me" MT. Hickey pursued him
 a little bit further. He pressed him
 2 little bit further, finally ques-
 tioned him as to his talk with MT.
 Seely, and Olsen said in substance,
 Yes, I did talk with MT. Seeley,"
 and admitted to MT. Hickey the
 statement that he would not be left
 out on the end of a limb by MT. Leary. MT. Seeley said that he had
 a luncheon date with Olsen and Olsen said he had had an argument
 with MT. Leary and that disturbed Olsen: Now, if this is a group of conspiracies instead of one, 1t is the greatest coincidence that I have ever heard of that all these men are con- cerned about every other one. And that is just what you find among these statements.
 "To Take Rap"
 A few days later in another talk
 with MT. Olsen, he repeated, T told you all I am going to tell you" And when he said, T am ready to take the rap," ladies and gentlemen, isn't that the statement of an in- nocent man? He might just as well have told MT. Hickey that he con- spired. He didn't put it in that lang uage; he said, "Yes, I am ready to take the rap. I am not gong to tell you another thing" But he did say, T am going to wait and see what is going to be done about my bond- age" Wait and see what Leary is going to do about my bondage. The implication being, if the bond wasn't forthcoming there would be some fireworks. It apparently was forthcoming, because from the tes- tinony of MT. Hickey there wasn't any more from the lips of MT. Olsen.
 MT. Hickey had talk with Pet ers-had two or three talks. The testimony was that the first time he talked with Peters, Peters said | he had some checks purported to have been drawn to his order but | the endorsement on the back of it was forged, and he wanted to have MT. Hickey look into 1t. You will recall the testimony of MT. Hickey was that he asked MT. Peters if he had rendered any trucking to the city. Peters said, "Just find out who wrote my name on those checks. That's all. I just want to have you find out who put my name on the checks" Well, 1t was only 8 few days after that MT. Hickey talked with him again, and Peters said then, T am ready to take the rap. I didn't tell you the truth about the endorsement on those checks. Yes, 1t is my name on there and 1t is my writing I endorsed 1t, but didn't get all the money. All I got was $35 week." Think of it, ladies and gentlemen, $72,000 payable to Peters. But he didn't get that money. All he got was $35 a week. And they went to Bristol to import a tavern keeper to endorse checks. and they allowed him $35 a week to use his endorsement. He said, T get down each week, endorse the checks; but I won't tell you who kept the balance. That man has been good to me but won't tell you" Mir. Hickey talked with him a few days later. In the meantime he said he would think 1t over, and Peters said, "Well, I was told to say that 8 man named Larson got the balance of that money. He is dead" That would be a very convenient Not a reasonable one, of course. He was told to say that. But, MT. Hickey, want to wait and see If my bond is going to be furnished and if it isn't, I'm gong to talk" That is the testimony of MT. Hickey. Those are the facts.
 Safet..' Boxes
 M MT. Hickey had talk with San- talucia. Santalucia said that he had 6 safety box in New York and said, Well, Philip Coppeto got one, too" I wonder what was in 1t. Then MT. Hickey asked him about trucking and so on for the city of Waterbury. The testimony then is that Santa lucia refused to talk any more. That is all he had to say. Now, If he had been engaged in perfectly honest, regular course of dealing with the city of Waterbury, what was there to conceal? Why shouldn't he say, Why, certainly, I do trucking for , the city of Waterbury. Come on over i I earx that it uzas illenal and that \