The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-04-07

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 A. Yes.
 e. Do you know who the other representative was?
 A. have forgotten his name.
 o. Let me ask you-man to man do you really think that they needed any help other than what representatives could give them to get through bond issues where there was no opposition?
 A. Of course, look at it from an outside point of view. That was the first work had done for the city. I don't know whether they seemed to be nervous about activi- ties of Senator Culhane who didn't appear to be on good terms with them. What it was all about, l don't know, but they seemed to be rather nervous about legislature stuff.
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 o. Didn't that make you sus- picious about the City of Waterbury that there was some crooked rec ord they tried to cover up?
 A. It never entered my mind.
 Further on:-
 Q. They knew that they would have the benefit of your services and your sympathy in other mat ters of the legislature you were interested in-you would not be hos tile to them?
 A. Of course, that is true, but l didn't know any other matters they were interested in except the Ster- ilizer stuff.
 e. Weren't they interested in the Fair Trade?
 A. The Fair Trade in neither ses- sion was never discussed by MT. Hayes or MT. Leary with me.
 @. You knew about the billboard measure?
 A. I wasn't interested in it. He never said anything to me about billboards.
 o. MT. Hayes, as heutenant-gov- ernor. was interested in billboards, was interested in fair trade, was in- terested in the Sterilizer Go.
 A. As far as the report was con- cerned, that's true. Off the record:- o. You never heard of MT. Hayes being interested in the liquor traf- fic. Did you?
 A. The only thing he was inter- ested in was the Diamond Ginger Ale.
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 o. Didn't you know that MT. Hayes had nothing to do with the Diamond Ginger ale?
 A. Personally, don't know. o. And whether he was interested in the Fair Trade Act?
 A. I don't know.
 o. And don't you know that he was interested in race tracks?
 A. No, I don't.
 o. Don't you know that he backed Governor Cross to throw out the Horse Racing Bill?
 A. No, I don't,
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 @. Do you have any file ill your office or any books showing the work that you did for the City of Waterbury?
 A. NO, l naVeIlL.
 Q. Did you render them any bill?
 A. No. I signed vouchers.
 Q. But you signed vouchers?
 A. Yes, sir.
 o. How many vouchers did you sign?
 A. I signed a voucher for every check.
 c. For each check you signed a voucher?
 A. Yes, sir.
 Q. What did you state that the work was for?
 A. Legal services and expenses.
 @. Did the vouchers show to what fund it was charged or to what appropriation it was charged? A. That don't know. .. <'' No Correspondence
 o. Did you have any correspon- dence with MT. Leary or MT. Hayes about anything? ..
 A. No.
 o. We will now come to that next check which I see was dated in March, 1885 The next month af- ter you got the $12,000 payment and that was for 5000 and the vouch- CT number 75789. Did you get that by cash?
 A. No. got it by check. The check was payable to me and I endorsed the check to MT. Leary and he cashed it.
 e, Was that done at your re- quest or his?
 A. I think the routine followed along the same line. You're talking about the second check?
 o. The second check for 5000.
 A. The check was at my sug- gestion. I told him that I wanted cash and he arranged for the cash ing of the check.
 0. He arranged for the cashing of the 5000 check and you en- dorsed the check?
 A. Endorsed the check and signed the voucher.
 e. Did you know that the check and voucher were missing?
 A. No. I read it in the newspa- per that was my first in- timation I had.
 Q. But you split this 5000 check?
 A. Yes.
 e. With whom? A. Harry Mackenzie.
 o. And gave him the cash?
 A. That's right.
 e. Where were you two when you paid him that cash3
 A, I would say probably in the Pharmacy Commission. I think myself that they were all done in the Pharmacy Commission.
 @. All done up there? How did you happen to have such an entree