The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-09

 Q. Will you kindly let us have an answer as to who gave you any di- rections or instructions on what you were to do?
 A. In preparing the records or lists, I was working under specific directions and instructions from MT. Rowland, and I was instructed by him as how to report each list.
 @. You say the instructions were given in January, 1888?
 A. If you're still speaking about the lists in the yellow folder-yes.
 Q. Did you in doing this work personally check payroll accounts?
 A. No, all I checked
 o. That is an answer.
 Payroll Checks
 A. Did you consult the number of the payroll cheeks?
 @. There are no payroll checks or there is just one payroll check in there for each weekly payroll. There is one voucher for each weekly payroll, or perhaps. I should say two or three.
 Alcorn reading to jury: Con- troller's office, City of Waterbury Summary of records missing from the files for the period of January l, 1887 to November 30, 1887 and to January 20, 1888: warrants paya- ble register; 2273 vouchers; 1122 cancelled cheeks; 802 vouchers and cancelled checks This represents the number of payments for which there are neither the supporting vouchers or cancelled checks in the files. Twenty-four voucher num- bers that could not be traced in 1887 appropriation ledger; 2249 voucher numbers that were traced to the 1887 appropriation ledger; 1120 cancelled checks; 800 both vouchers and cancelled checks
 Alcorn: Do you remember in January, 1888 going to the base ment where the records were and where boxes similar to the ones you see here were located?
 A. Yes, I did.
 o. How did you happen to go down there?
 A. Upon completing the two re- ports that had ben entered as ex- hibits, asked MT. Rowland whether he had any further work for me to do. I asked him that question in the morning and later that day he advised me
 Objection sustained.
 Alcorn: I don't care for the con- versation, your honor please, but she was acting under instructions of the then controller. I would like to ask the witness what those instructions were and what she did as a result.
 Talked With Rowland
 o. Did you talk later to MT. Rowland or he to you?
 A. Rowland talked to me.
 Q. And as a result of your con- versation what, if anything, did you do?
 A. was to prepare similar lists
 Objection sustained.
 @. Just tell me what you did as result of your talk with MT. Row. land.
 A. went to the storage room in the basement of the City Hall with MT. Sweeney who was connected with the controllers office.
 o. What did you do?
 A. I pointed out the transcript cases that I wanted MT. Sweeney to bring upstairs.
 o. What happened then? .
 A. He started to pick ou the transcript cases and he said: Why this is-(Objectioh)
 o. Don't tell what he said. The transcript cases he started to take out-whether or not 1t was empty?
 A. Yes, it was.
 o. Did you do anything further at that time to see whether or not any other boxes were empty?
 A. Yes.
 o. What did you do?
 A. Well. we looked in quite few of the boxes.
 Q. Whether or not they were empty?
 A. Yes, they were.
 o. What did you do?
 Notified Controller
 A. I notified MT. Rowland that the records were not where he asked me to look for them.
 Slade on cross-examination:
 o. After the book was completed, if you recall, was the first time you went down to the basement?
 A. Yes.
 o. And you went down there for the express purpose did you not, of seeing the empty boxes?
 A. No. did not.
 o. What did you go there for? A.. I was under specific instruc- tionS to prepare similar lists for 1885 and prior years of vouchers and checks.
 Q. Well, the vouchers and checks for 1936-37 were brought to you up- stairs.
 A. The vouchers and checks for 1936-37 were in the vault in the con- troller's office.
 @. For 1895 vouchers you didn't understand that you were to go down there and bring the boxes?
 A. I was to tell MT. Sweeney what boxes to take.