The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-07-05

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 The payment of $o75 December 90, in advance of work which was to be completed, Alderman said, was by arrangement with MT. Leary. T told him the work wasn't finished, but he wanted to pay me for the work that would be required to finish it," he said.
 Check Is Drawn
 He continued that Miss Betty McGivney, Leary's secretary drew the check for the amount, when he presented bill. The bill was dated December 3l, 1897 and was for ser- vices rendered in departmental au- dits in the public welfare depart ment, child welfare commission and town clerks office. The period of the audits covered January l-oct. 3l, 1887.
 How do you explain thats" de- manded Alcorn.
 There's nothing to explain, re- sponded Alderman. But Attorney Crawford objected that Alcorn was attempting to show that Alderman did not work from January 1, to October 3l, 1887, when thatperiod was only the period covered by the audit.
 Alderman said that the physical work was done between December IS and January 8.
 Another Word Disliked
 When Alcorn referred to Miss Me- Givney as the confidential secre- tary" of MT. Leary, Alderman said, She's his secretary, I don't know what you mean by confidential"
 Alderman said he received the check from Miss McGivney and had MT. Leary sign 1t.
 "What was your hurryP" demand ed Alcorn.
 "There wasn't any," was the reply.
 The witness said that he knew nothing about the charter require- ments or the irregularity of any payment not approved by the board of finance.
 Came From Leary Personally Alderman said that the $500 he received from Leary in 1887 for Q survey of the cheeks came from Leary personally.
 He denied that he had Q set-to with James P. Purcell when he tried to take December checks from the controllers office during his survey. He admitted that Purcell objected to his taking them until he had received verification from Leary.
 When Alcorn said that Leary sent someone to protect" the checks, Ai- derman objected to the word pro. tect."
 Martin J. Dunn Enters
 He admitted, however, that Mar. tin J. Dunn later came to the room where he was working to make Q list of the checks which contained no numbers. He didn't know If Dunn took the names on the cheeks. Alderman said he put the 1886 warrants payable register, now mis- sing, in the vault in the controllers office at 8:i6, December 30. That was the last night he worked in the office, he said.
 He said that so far as he knew the book ws1 Intact, but added he had not gone through 1t completely to see every sheet. The next day, he said, he worked ct the town clerks office.
 Knew Nothing of Fire
 Alderman denied that he had knnuyy1 fhApa USs,aa a ArA is. kka nlt,, hall and records burned" He denied that he had been to the store room in the basement of the city hall for five years previous to the time. When Alcorn asked him about working until 8:l6, December 3l, AL derman exploded, You want to be fair, don't you, Mir. Alcorn. I did not work the evening of December 3l." He added that the last night he worked was December 30. He only worked until 4:45, December 3i, the day he received a check for $975.
 As Alcorn attempted to bringsout that the records disappeared between December 3l and January 3, by re- viewing Upson's testimony, he brought out that Alderman has seen the records December 30. Alcorn Persistent
 "Then if what Leary told Upson was true, they must have disap- peared between December 3l and January B." he hammered out.
 T don't know anything about it. was the reply.
 Objections of Crawford resulted in that question and answer being stricken from the record. Alderman said he had done some accounting work for Mayor Hayes and MT. Leary, in connection with stockholdings, and had prepared a schedule for Carl D. Olsen, as ad- ministrator of the estate of the late Francis J. Fruin.
 Eighth Month!
 Today's session of the trial was the 90th, and marked the start of the second week of the defense. The trial is now in its eighth month, having started November 29, 1888. Simon J. Alderman took the stand for the fourth day, and indications were that the witness, who Is the first of the 19 remaining defend- ants on trial before the jury. to take the stand, would require con- siderable more time to conclude his testimony. He is the third witness to be called by Attorney George w. Crawford, in the defense of Alder man.
 Twelve other witnesses are said to be under subpoena by Crawford to testify in the defense of Alder man, and the inference is that the