The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-08-01
Sensational Charge Made After Denial
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uectton with the utllltleS contract
 Alcorn argued that Kelly was talk
 ing care of the Levy transactions
 while Leary was operating in Hart Hprd.
 G Levy has pleaded guilty to kick ting back to Kelly, while Mackenzie Aaas pleaded guilty to participating in kick-backs with Williamson and Leary. Williamson has pleaded not guilty, but is the only one of the 20 defendants remaining, on trial to Nhe court. He testified for the state
 Testimony Reviewed
 Reviewing the testimony of Will 1iamson, Alcorn said that Leary made all the payments for lobbying in the Crows Nest of the state capi- 2cl, and that he was always in a htirry. Perhaps he was in a hurry to get the indorsed check back to sthe Waterbury Trust Go. to protect Carl Olsen, that's the only explana- Iion I can think of," he said.
 : Alcorn commenced chronologic- nl review of the evidence which he Dontends proves a conspiracy existed Tor the purpose of defrauding the pity.
 Corrupt Design"
 h Tn the first few months of 1880 .1ne. said, when Hayes and Leary had Lust taken office, the incident of sa S3,500 check which was paid ir Luplicate to a contractor, returned tbut not placed back into the city Funds for some time, showed he S(Leary)" had no intention of putting Hhe money back into the treasury Sbut to take care of someone who sput him in office."
 z "It was a corrupt design if there Lever was one," he said quietly.
 In Recess Since July 10 The trial has been in recess since eJuly 19 when the defense came to An abrupt and unexpected conclu- seion, and the state followed suit by announcing 1t waived the right Df rebuttal.
 The motions for directed verdicts of innocence were presented orally an the space of @ few moments, Sjust before court adjourned for the I2 days. Judge Inglis reserved de- cision at that time ard made known 91is intention of ruling today.
 | Now in its ninth month, the trial seems destined to be concluded in two or three weeks. s 99th Trial Session
 < Today's session Of the trial was fhe 99th since November %, 1888, swl1en the first venireman was ex- &rnined as a possible member of the trial jury. Twenty-three days were Required to impanel the jury, and 55 court days elapsed before the de- Hense and state rested.
 z The state called 60 witnesses in S2 court days and the defense called 17 witnesses in B court days. The ga witnesses were called in the de- Tense of only three of the accused, however, Siman J. Alderman of New Haven, and the New York account ants, George H. Kingsley and John w. Meany. The same three were the Dnly defendants who took the stand. < Alcorn's arguments were interrupt sed twice by Atty. Thomas F. Me- Donough, counsel for Alderman Thomas P. Kelly, who contended that the state counsel was not con- lining himself 10 the testimony Each tibe Judge Inglis overruled tho defense attorney, and each time an exception was taken. Almost every one of the defendants was mentioned by Alcorn, but 1t was mo- ticed that in the morning session, aeither Simon J. Alderman, John G. Purdie nor Henry w. Minor had been mentioned.
 ' In the early years, the conspir- acy moved along cautiously, Alcorn contended, but as the members felt more secure, they became more ruth less.
 . With reference 10 a transfer of y48,000 from the welfare food de- partment in 1883, he said, 1t was like taking flood out of the mouths of the needy people and paying the Abrigador Digger for steam shovel, Santalucia for a dump truck and Peters who had no trucks at all.
 Alcorn also ask:d the jury to Conclude that John s. Johnston of New York, who allegedly received 3hore than $190,000 from the city Cor alleged bond sales commissions, Also participated in kickbacks. ! '"There is no other conclusion" ," he said, after reviewing compari- sons of bank deposits and extractions by Johnston, "but that Johnston got the money and was kicking back to persons who made 1t pos eible for him to get in on it."
 |, Mentioning George H. Kingsley and John w. Meany, New York ac- Eountants, Alcorn said, up to the time Kingsley and Meany came to town the city had managed to keep within its appropriation for audits. "You can search the audits, any one, and you will find that there s not comment about irregulraity thown there. They also got checks hot approved by the board of fi- nance"
 According to Alcorn, who stood facing the jury across small table, tby 1884 the conspiracy had gained full momentum and kickbacks to officials began to show tremendous expenditures of money.
 By 1885 the footing of the treasury was in full swing {. It worked up to tremendous climax 1n 1937."
 The use of treasurers' checks to conceal the identity of persons get- ting money from the city was de- ecribed by Alcorn as creation of olsen's mind" It was one more ob- stacle in the way of getting the truth of the transactions and was ased the first time in 1894 by John ton and possibly the Abrigador Diggers, according to Alcorn.
 It was in the same year that the Bonner Co. headed by James P. Healey. became a favored contrac- tor, Alcorn said.
 Courtroom Crowded
 Scenes which accompanied the early and most spectacular days of flhe trial were reenacted as the &pening arguments were commence