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The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-08-08
|State's Charges Called Guessing Contest
Cassidy Pleads For Acquittal
 Of Healey, PietrarOria, O'COnnOr

Attorney Cassidy addressed the jury today as follows:
 Now, I want to talk about James Healey. Just why was James P. Healey in this prosecution? Why has he been held up in this com- munity aS criminal? He stayed here all his life and was respected, of course, as 8 law-abiding citizen. I have asked this question. All these money three stenographers who have been working in relays with their dots and their dashes and transcribe the spoken word on paper not once have they heard or re- corded that James P. Healey, as an individual, had any business deal- ings with the City of Waterbury. Yes. The H. w. Conner company furnished trucks to the city and was paid for 1t. But the H. w. Conner company is not James P. Healey. The Conner company is a corpora ton for the stockholders. It has been in business for years. Why IS James P. Healey brought in and &C., cused for something that Is claimed that the Conner Company did? The information says that James Healey did business under the name of the H. w. Conner Go. That is what the information says and it is incumb- ent on the state to prove that, that he did business under the name of the H. w. Conner company. And that Is why Healey is accused as an individual. But the state has not proved it and 1t is an erroneous al- legation which has not been proved.
 The state has not proved that Healey did business as the H. W. Conner company; the state cannot prove it because such isn't the fact and the state knows 1t. And the State knows that the Conner com pany corporation and James P. Healey are two separate persons. Now, the state introduced no evil dence to attempt to prove this mat ter and hence, in the absence of evidence, say you can't find that James Healey is criminally respon- sible for something that the H. w.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-08-08

Conner company may have done.
 No Evidence
 Now, the information further says that James Healey, between Jan- uary 1, 1884 and January 3, 1888, received $35, ,000 for purported truck hire and services never furnished in that amount. Of course, that al- legation hasn't been proven. There is no evidence at all that has been introduced by which you can con- clude by inference, guessing or sur- mise or any mental process that James Healey, as an individual, at any time received any money for truck hire furnished to the city of Waterbury. There is not one bit of evidence that James Healey per- sonally received one bit of this money. There is not one bit of ev- idence that the Conner company didn't furnish trucks for which it was paid; and there isn't one bit of evidence that the amount of truck hire furnished wasn't that which was paid for. Now. the Conner company is in business, 1t can be sued, and the money paid recovered. But don't send James P. Healey to prison because of that.
 How can you possibly find beyond a reasonable doubt that Healey is guilty under such a situation. Now, what evidence is there from which you can conclude that James Healey had any knowledge of this alleged gigantic, corrupt agreement?
 The H. w. Conner company handed over their books voluntarily to MT. Brown. And that certainly isn't an indication of guilt but an indication of innocence.
 Now, I want to call your atten- tion to the fact that MT. Hickey, in his testimony. didn't mention for one minute, made no reference, ut- tered no word against James Healey; and I say you can rest as-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-08-08

in the present case. he has painted picture where all he can see is Brown and without Brown 1t con- fesses to be a blank and with Brown, 1t still is blank.
 Now, ladies and gentlemen, I'm going to plead with you the case of my clients. MT. Olsen, O'Connor, corporation counsel, Healey who re- ceived not one cent, Santalucia, a big, outstanding Italian leader, Peters for whom the sands went through the glass and the sun is about set. leave with you the trust that you will acquit them of this accusation that they conspired to cheat and defraud the city of Wa terbury for more than one million dollars.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-08-08
from whom Peters rented the trucks.
 States Duty

from whom Peters rented the trucks.
 States Duty
 The $35 was Peters commission, Cassidy contended. "The Larson trucking concern is still in business" cried Cassidy. If that is not the agreement-it is the duty of the state to prove 1t by the Larson com- pany-that that was not the con- tract made"
 Peters was paid every week, Cas- sidy said, and that apparently was in accordance with the agreement made by him to furnish trucks to the city.
 "The state has proved by the purchase orders that truck hire was furnished by Peters," said Cassidy. The defense attorney continued that there was no evidence that Olsen had ever cashed check for Peters.
 "The state asks you to convict Peters on inference that he became member of the conspiracy in 1882, " Cassidy added. "If Peters was a party he would have been in from the beginning and stayed to the end"
 Cassidy said that when warrants payable sheets were mentioned he did not believe that Peters knew what was being talked about.
 Corporation Counsel Charles S. O'Connor, charged by the state with receiving moneys in excess of his salary and with surrendering his right to hire extra attorneys for the city to Mayor Frank Hayes, was the final of the five clients to be defend- cd by Attorney Cassidy.
 Cassidy pointed to the fact that O'Connor is and has been corpora tion counsel for the past l6 years and that Major Judge of the finance board vouched for him when he said on the stand, We have an efficient corporation counsel" O'Connor is now corporation coun sel Cassidy continued, he is hon. ored and respected. DO you think the citizens of Waterbury woulc stand for it if they thought he was guilty"
 Dream Child"
 Cassidy said that the corrupt agreement was dream child" ol Mir. Alcorn's. "It is impossible foi you," he said, Ito conclude that Charles O'Connor is guilty" He pointed out that at no time did Inc cash a single check at the Water. h,,rx, vT7r,tcf Ca and thot n,(to,,n1, had actually established a separate account at the Citizens & Manu- lecturers National Bank, for the petty cash of his office.
 States Accountant Warren M Brown, Cassidy said, was forced te admit that his schedules referring tc O'Connor were erroneous. Brown he said, swore O'Connor had moi accounted for his petty cash be- cause he did not see the origfna account sheets turned in. "Ie is g states witness, working for as muct an hour, willing to go the limit tC help the prosecution with his tes. timony."
 Attacking the special prosecutor he said. MT. Alcorn is suffering from mental stigmatism that makes him see only guilt in thu most innocent acts"
 Continuing in the same trend oi argument he cried. "Alcorn sees rec when only white protraying inno. cence is in the picture.
 "All he can sec is Brown and with. out Brown his canvas is a blank. anc with Brown 1t still is a blank"
 He concluded his argument b, saying to the jury. q trust that yol will acquit them of the accusation that they conspired to cheat thu city of . million dollars"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-08-08
EYE SPECIALIST DIES

Norwich, Conn.,, Aug. 8-(UP)-Dr. Leone F. LaPierre, 63, eye, ear, nose and throat specialist, died yesterday after 8 brief illness. His widow and three children survive.
 pr. LaPierre was a native of Col chester and graduate of Yale Medi- cal school.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-08-08
KING FOG FINDS HOME

hlNO AO0 FiNDO HUME
 Paris, Aug. 8-(UP)-King Zog of Albania and his entourage, includ- ing Queen Geraldine and their in- fant son and zog's sisters Myzein, Reweje and Maxwide arrived today at the Chateau de la Nave at Ver- sailles where zog will remain in residence. ,;,lsl
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1939-06-09
THE WAY | HEAR TT
By 3. A. Beard

Now since from off the old Town
Hall, Big Six is taken down
1t doesn't seem to me to be the
same old Hagerstown.
When Father" Hager came along
and planned a city fair
l do not think he ever dreamed
of things we have to bear.
[ lit the lamps in early days,
but new things came along
And now we have electric lights
my lamps are in the wrong;
Of course this is as it should be,
let progress have it's sway;
The old-time things are out of
date-yes, they have had their
day.
But then Big Six is never old,
I hope again to hear
Those tones ring out upon the
air, as music to my ear;
And so, until our City Hall is built
is done, and how!
Twill be some time - some
weeks, some months as time
rolls on from now.
But let's not have our brave lads
out in day or in the night;
We all should be respectful, for
they have our fires to fight;
I never heard the likes of it since
I came off the farm
That pesky, blatant, blithering
thing they call a fire alarm.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1939-06-09
JUNE 18TH IS FINAL DATE
TO SIGN AAA FARM PLAN

Washington County farmers
have until June Is to express their
intentions to participate in the
1899 AAA Farm Program by COM
pleting and signing individual farm
plans, R. o. StelZer, State execu-
tive officer of AAA in Maryland,
announces. Farmers who expect
to qualify for payments in this
years program should sign farm
plans before that date. Mr.. Stel-
ger urges that all farmers who de-
sire to participate in the 1899
farm program see their local AAA
committeeman and complete a
farm plan as soon as possible The
farm plan contains information as
to the soil-depleting acreage allot-
ments, the soil-building goal, and
the maximum payment which can
be earned for the farm.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1939-06-09
WHAT'S WHAT ABOUT
SOCIAL SECURITY

Unemployment benefits totaling
over $34, 100000 - an increase of
about $5,500,00O over the January
total were paid to unemployed
insured workers by 40 state en-
ployment compensation agencies
during February, the Social Secur-
ity Board has announced. About
$4,000 workers were drawing
benefits during the week ending
February Is, and by the middle of
March this number had risen to
more than 100000.
The increase in amount of bene-
fits paid during February reflected
the first full month of benefit pay
ments in the IS states which first
accepts claims in January. In the
remaining States, there was a de-
crease of slightly more than one
per cent. In all States, however,
benefit payment operations were
affected by the small number of
working days during February.
Increases in more than 20 per
cent in the amount Of benefit pay
ments occurred in Connecticut,
Idaho, Louisiana, New Mexico
New York, Oklahoma. Rhode Is
land, Utah and West Virginia.
The relatively large increase
which occurred in New York was
partly attributable to special adj
ministrative circumstances.
The volume of initial claims for
benefits received in the central
offices of the State agencies dur
ing February registered a marked
decline about ~ per cent -
from the previous month. De
creases of more than so per cent
were reported from Alaska. Colo
RADIO, Delaware, Kansas, Missouri
Nebraska, Nevada, New Jersey,
New York. North Dakota, Ohio,
South Carolina, South Dakota, wy
oming and Washington; 20 addi-
tional states reported declines of
between rs and so per cent.
Such extreme declines are usual
in the initial stages of benefit-pay-
ment operations inasmuch as the
volume of claims received in the
first month in which claims are
accepted generally includes con-
siderable number of claims from
individuals who became unemploy-
ed during prior months. Only
three states California Mary
land and Pennsylvania - reported
increases in the volume of initial
claims.
The average weekly payments
for total unemployment during the
month OF February ranged from
$14.37 in Wyoming to S5.08 in
Mississippi.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1939-06-09
EVENTS SCHEDULED
IN THE CITY PARK

The following permits have been
issued for events in the City
Park:
July 2-Butterbaugh Reunion,
July 2-Lowery Reunion.
July 6-Church of the Brethren.
July S-Morganthal Reunion.
July 9-Bragunier Reunion.
-uly 9-Mrs. Paul Little, Han
over, Pa.
July 15-Trinity u. B., Middle
burg.
July 16-Angle Reunion
July 16-Burns Reunion
July 22-Ausherman Reunion
July 23-Schindel Reunion
July 23-Elbon Reunion
July 29-Kuhn Reunion
July 30-Myers Reunion
July 30-Hornbaker Reunion
Aug. boyer Reunion
Aug. Emmanuel u. B. Church.
Aug. 5-Stenger Reunion
Aug 5-Blue Ridge Gladiolus So
.ciety.
Aug. 6-Arnold Reunion
Aug. 6-Shiffler Reunion
Aug. 9-Snavely Reunion
Aug. 10-Stockslager Reunion
Aug. 10-John and Martha Shank
Reunion
Aug. Mu1lendore Reunion
Aug. 12-Martin Reunion
Aug. determination Reunion
Aug. 13-Coffman Reunion
Aug. 16-Shank Reunion
Aug. 19-Kirk Reunion
Aug. 20-Shank Reunion
Aug. 20-Needy Reunion
Aug. Wolfinger Reunion
Aug. 26-Burkhart Reunion
Aug. -Minnich Reunion
Aug. 27-Smith Reunion
Aug. 27-Neikirk Reunion
Aug. 30-Dennis Reunion
Aug. 31-Frush Reunion
Sept. 3-Wolf Reunion
Sept. 3-Grosh Reunion
Sept. 10-Culler-Hewett Reunion
Sept. 10-Barnhart Reunion
Sept. 17-Elbon Reunion
Sept. 17-Grosh Reunion Norman
Grove).
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1939-06-09
ROOFING Thinning

L. Fl. Miner, Johns-Mansville and
Carey Approved Roofing contrac-
tors; timing and sheet metal
work. Stag roofing, spouting, fur
naces, skylights, metal cornices.
Office at So Wayside Ave-; shop
at Locust and Broadway.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1939-06-09

A college diploma is nice, but
wouldn't it be cheaper if daughter
learned to smoke, drink and pet
at home?
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1939-06-09
LOTS = HOMES - FOR SALE

Choice lots for $500 and up.
Homes 10 Per Cent Cash! Full
line of insurance; per cent. first
mortgage money. G. e. FRY, 100
Hamilton Boulevard. Phone 2391-J
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1939-06-09
VAN SERVICE

Local and Long Distance Hauling.
Carbaugh Van Service, Inc, 10 S.
Mulberry st. Phone 677-J.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1939-06-09
DRUGS, Etc.

Warren Pharmacy, Drugs, Pre-
scriptions, Cosmetics, Magazines,
Candy, Cigarettes. 240 Jefferson
st. Phone your order, 927.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1939-06-09

Backward region: Any place
where the people on relief were
equally hard up when times were
good.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1939-06-09

Numerous suburban towns in
the vicinity of Chicago are Off
cially known as villages. One of
them, Oak Park, with a popula-
ton of more than 10000 is the
largest village in the world.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1939-06-09

If he blames his wife, he is ly-
ing. The man whose wife is a
handicap to him is ashamed to adj
NIT it.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1939-06-09
MONEY TO LOAN

Money to loan on first mortgage,
S per cent. George D. Hicks, Ha-
gerstown Trust Bldg. Phone 9018.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1939-06-09
LAWN MoWERs-BIcYcLEs

Rocket power and hand lawn
mowers. New and secondhand
bicycles. Lawn mower and bicycle
repairing. Hagerstown Cycle Co.,
% Wayside avenue.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1939-06-09
COFFEES, TEA, Etc.

See w. d. Cunningham for Kennys
Coffees; 43 hours from the roast
or. 81 East Franklin Street. Tele-
phone 4S8.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1939-06-09
MARK

See Abe Martin for the best in
Meats, Groceries, Vegetables. 16
Public Square, Hagerstown. Tele-
phones 2510-2511-2512-2513.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1939-06-09
S y N D 4 Y s
MOTORING TOUR
Arranged by:
EARL n. HOWARD
Branch Manager Automobile Club
OF Maryland

Of Maryland
Hagerstown, Gettysburg, Car
isle. Round trip about 40 miles.
90 Hagerstown
To Waynesboro: Go north
on Potomac street. Bear
to right. Route No. go.
10 Leitersburg
1910 Waynesboro
To Gettysburg. Turn right
and follow Route No. IS.
1910 RouZerville
1876 Buena Vista
1875 Chairman
1875 Fountain Dale
PA Intersection
To Gettysburg: Turn left.
Follow Route 116.
28.5 Fairfield
36.5 Gettysburg
To Carlisle: Turn left at
Square. Follow route "a.
430 Flora Dale
40 Gardeners
500 Idaville
$40 Goodyear
$50 Hunters Run
$40 Mt. Holly Springs
To Carlisle: Turn left and
follow Route "a.
$40 Carlisle
To Chambersburg: Turn
left on Willow Street to
College street. Turn left
and follow U. S. II.
40 Mooredale
74.5 Dickinson
1916 Hockersville
1875 Walnut Bottom
$40 Lees Cross Roads
$50 Shippensburg
91.5 Green Village
95.5 Guilford Springs
1925 Marion
1915 Greencastle
1870 Cearfoss
1850 Hagerstown
Further information about this
and other trips can be obtained
from Mr. Howard at the Hotel
Hamilton.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1939-06-09

REAL ESTATE AND LOANS

Vive Per Cent Interest, 10 to is
gears to pay. l.. S. Spangler,
and. floor, Second National Bank
Building. Telephone 336.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1939-06-09
FRUITS, VEGETABLES

Fruits, vegetables and all kinds Of
green groceries, etc. E. E. Cronice
81 West Franklin Street.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1939-06-09
ICE CIR Fam

Mains Ice Cream for Quality. AT
your merchants.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1939-06-09

Hagerstown, Gettysburg, Car
isle. Round trip about 120 miles.
The Phoenix index., 1939-12-23
Third Term Decision Is
Up To People--Miiler

ly patriotic grounds. He was so
thoroughly cCnvinced of the
scundness of his position that he
had the one term provision in
sested in the Democratic plat
form of 1912, upon which Wood
row Wilson stood.
He was elected on the basis of
that understanding. But no po-
Htical platform however genuine
II advocated can bind either a
candidate or his party of unfor-
seen emergencies that may arise
A. q matter of fact experience
shows under almost every admin
istration that such platform COM
n1itnents are waved aside like q
scrap Of paper with immunity to
meet the demand of national and
political eXigencies.
President Woodrow Wilson did
not Sc1uple in 1916 to ignore the
single term plank of the plat
form upon which he stood four
years previous He accepted the
denomination and reelection
Notwithstanding previous platform
pledges. During his second ed
ministration! although he was
elo0'"d on the campaign slogan
He IACpt us out Of war" he con-
Quoted the greatest War of ali
history According to the reYela-
ton Of Senator Carter C4ass, not
wlthstanding the precarious con-
diticns of his health, the World
War President was anxious for a
third term in order to anectuate
the League Of Nations which
seemed to him essential to the
welfare of the nation and of the
world
Let us say Ulysses S. Gran.
Theodore Roosevelt, President
Woodrow Wilson, and now Frank
lin D. Roosevelt were willing and
eager for a third term in order to
carry cut certain political ideals
to which they were committed
Who will accuse any one of these
high minded Americans of over
w.eaning ambition whereby they
would trample upon his sacred
American tradition merely for the
sake Of their own vein glorious
ambition.
Whether any President shall
serve one, two, or three terms is
not for him, to say but depends
upon the demand Of the Anerl-
Can people The determining fac
tor is not for the candidate to
Geciae. But is determined by i'll,
ter and illtra- party conditions,
and by the imperative demands
oi the nation. beyond any indi-
vIdual control.
The Phoenix index., 1939-12-23
Unless You're A Pretty Sitter You're
Not Going To Sit On Top Of The World

tent the body will become rigid.
Sitting with the shoulders
thrown forward and the chest con-
tracted is a bad habit. Don't do il.
The lungs do not get their full
quota Of air, breathing is shallow;
shallow breathing means a color
less complexion One beauty defect
brings along another. There are al
ways by-productS.
This position sends the head for
ward, gives an ungainly line to the
neck, invites an extra chin to come
along and, take lodgings. Also puts
necklace lines in the neck that you
must work away with heavy creams
and massage.
The lifted chest gives woman
an appearance of bouyancy and
chic. Let it flatten and she'll look
as if she had not found her place
in the sun, is living in the shadows
Of inertia and dependency.
Exercise is a help to perfect pos
ture because it makes muscles
strong and resilient. Nature gave
us perfect support in the spinal
column, which works. normally on
ly when the muscles of the back
are functioning normally. When
fibers sag, fat cells form That's
something else to worry about.
There's that matter of getting
into chair The mgainly girl
drops into it with a thump, as does
the playful small boy, With one
foot placed before the other, the
crash won't happen; the body will
sink gracefully into the cushions.
Mind your hands. Pose then pref
tlly. Keep the elbows fairly near
the body. Hold the head regally
There you are!
The Phoenix index., 1939-12-23
BY KELLY MILLER

SENATOR ARTHUR H. Wand
enberg, Of Michigan, has de-
clared in favor of limiting the
tenure of the Presidential Office &.
a single term The Constitution
requires a term of four years but
is silent upon the eligibility of
the occupant of the White House
Cor reelection The example Of
President Washington in declin-
ING third term has become a
revered precedent and tradition
Senator Vandenbergs declara-
ton, however, can hardly be re-
garded in the light of unalloyed
patriotism and disinterested
craftsmanship. The Michigan
Senator's name has figured prom
Alently as a Presidential pspir-
ant for the past four years He
might easily be credited with the
motive of dramatizing the third
term slogan as an issue to adj
vance partisan or personal ends,
1t is widely believed that Presi-
ddnt Roosevelt may nft choose
TO renounce this third candidacy.
Vandenberg running on a one
term platform could make a
striking campaign against his az
versary who would be charged
with the attempt to overthrow
sacred tradition haiiowed by
washington and sanctioned by
tie observance Of a AGrGred and
fifty years,
VIOLATION OF TRADITION
The limitation which the dis
tinguished Senator seeks to inn
pose upon the tenure of this high
Office is itself in violation of
long standing tradition. The OBJ
jections which are so strongly al
legged against a third term might
well apply with all but equal
force against a second term. And
yet it has become a political ira
clifton that one good term de-
serves another
To deny a second term &C. 2
President is generally regarded as
o reflection upon his first ad-
ministration; the argument put
forth being that it requires at
least eight years ito illaugurate
and complete any far-reaching
program Of reform. Tt is entirely
conceivable that under unusual
conditions it may require three
terms instead Of two, for the same
purpose. The friends of President
Roosevelt can argue with convinc-
ing logic that it will require &
third term for him to perfect the
New Deal, which marks the
greatest industrial economic, po-
iitical and social reform i'll our
history
Every elected president since
abraham Lincoln has sought re-
nomination and re-eldstion with
the exception of President Hayes
whose title to the Office wa Sc
riously questioned and President
Coolidge who had already served
the greater part Of two terms be-
fore he announced that he did not
Choose to rum for another elec-
tion. It is perfectly true that any
President in control of the me-
chinery Of Gile government can
le-nominate himself for q second
or third term if he chooses to do
SO
rRYAN'S OBJECTION
Objccticn equally against aec-
cnd or bird term was urged by
William Jennings Bryan ON pur0