The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-08-02
a little job for Dan."

a little job for Dan."
 With reference to Hickey's testi- mony that Alderman had told him, concerning missing records, T know 1t looks bad for me-" Alcorn asked the jury to believe Hickey instead of Alderman, who denied making the statement.
 Ladies and gentlemen" said AL corn to the jury, whether you find any particular meaning in that or not, it seems that all Aldermans' claims collapsed when he said that he had never made that statement. There was no doubt in his mind that he said nothing of the sort"
 Perhaps you will believe him, but I don't believe you will. There is no reason why a man of MT. Hick- ey's ability and record, and who has been honored so recently, should come in here and say things that are not true.
 "He has no interest in the case except to see justice done," said Alcorn.
 HlCkcy or AAucTHldu
 With fire in his voice he asked, Are you going to believe Hickey or will you believe Alderman, whose interest in this case is considerable"
 Hickey also talked with Meany and George H. Kingsley, said Alcorn about Borgneas.
 When Hickey told Kingsley he had learned of the absence from the country of Burgnaes, when he was supposed to have been grand jury witness, Kingsley, according to Hickey's testimony said, "I've known that since yesterday"
 There was no doubt in Hickey's mind about that meeting, said AL corn, and Kingsley and Murray were both there.
 Then Kingsley gets on the stand and denies 1t, said Alcorn, adding that he was only invited to come before the grand jury.
 (Which man are you going to be- lieve, Hickey or Kingsley" asked Alcorn. "If you have any inclination to believe Kingsley I hope you will remember his demeanor on the stand, when he said, I've sat here seven months and I haven't seen anything wrong"
 "Then said Alcorn, "Just con- slider that statement as just that of the type of man Hayes and Leary wanted to do the audit work in Waterbury.
 If the city hall records were burned in his lap, he wouldn't see any wrong.
 He heard Levy testify of conspir- acy, Mackenzie also, and he heard of the burning of records-he heard of over-expenditures and he heard Warren M. Brown say the city had been defrauded of three million dol- lars-and he says mo wrong" Who are you going to believe, Hickey or that man."
 "He betrayed himself on the witt ness stand, there is no question about 1t. He did many other things which showed the character of the man."
 Referring to the testimony which expert accounts gave on behalf of the Kingsley auditors, Alcorn said, Not one of the experts said he had examined single paper of the city of Waterbury" The states attorney said that each had just as much as the state witnesses had, to examine the books and see if Browns conclusions were correct
 Retrayed Self
 Like his associate, Kingsley on the stand, Meany betrayed himself, Alcorn said. He showed the type of man he is.' Alcorn claimed that Meany lost his temper and admit ted that when he said he had a headache and did not search for Borgnaes, he had spoken untruth- fully.
 Finally, said Alcorn, his counsel had to caution him not to argue with the states attorney.
 T didn't hope to give you all the detail," said Alcorn to the jury, '"That Is an endless task".
 Concentrating next on Thomas A. | ehanahan and John Crary. Alcorn said that both assessors were on the city payroll at salaries of $3,l00 fixed by charter. He pointed out that Crary got tit.4o0 in excess and that ehanahan got si4,o7s in ex-