The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-02-07

|. trial arrived. When Judge Inglis
 convened the court, however, 1t was
 learned that Attorneys Josiah H.
 Peck and Frederick Warehouse of
 Hartford, counsel for Daniel J.
 Leary, were missing.
 w Considering the possibilities of de- i lay, because of the snow storm
 Judge Inglis recessed court to await the arrival of the two lawyers. ps When they arrived eight minutes later, court was again convened,
 Attorney Peck apologized to the court for being late.
 Immediately. Attorney McDonough took up with the cross examination
 of Levy, which started last Thurs
 day. where did you go Friday after court" he asked the witness.
 Levy admitted that he had gone upstairs In the courtroom where he
 talked with George Horwitz of New Haven. an associate, whose name he
 mentioned under direct examina-
 ton by Mir. Alcorn. Horwitz is said to have driven Levy and Thomas P. Kelly about the city of New Haven
 during one of their alleged con-
 ferences while the grand jury was
 In session.
 Denies Contacts
 Under very pertinent questioning by McDonough, Levy denied em- phatically that he had been in corIl- naunication with Mir. Alcorn or County Detective Hickey during the week end.
 He denied that he had telephoned either from a public telephone sta ton to ask How did do?" or Did I deliver the goods" with reference to his appearance on the witness stand.
 A complete description of his activities since Friday was given by Levy. He said he was at his New Haven office Saturday morning, Saturday afternoon he was at home and Saturday evening he went to ssnovie. Sunday, he said he remain aed at home.
 . McDonough then questioned Levy aconcerning his knowledge of the Goodwin Amusement Corp. and v,Arthur Lockwood of Middletown. eIeyy said that he knows Lockwood, sand that he Gockwood) is affiliat- .ssed with the Roger Williams Amuse- wment Corp.
 2 Turning to George Horwitz. Mc- NDonough brought from Levy that sHorwitz is a real estate man, and sathat he has no theatrical enter .sprises as far as the witness knows Z, Lew said that he is attorney for a<he Middletown Enterprises, of awhich Lockwood Is an executive. z Admits Dealings x At first, when reference was made to the Acme Meter Service Corpora etion, Levy denied knowing about sthat company, but later, after nthought, admitted that the corpora sssticn had had dealings with the Mid edletown Enterprises. After consider eable questioning. McD Donough ~brought from him the fact that Acme Meter Service operated on a mseryice plan similar to that con- gducted by George Browning Inc, to srcduce the light and power rates Of aclients.
 q His statement was that Acme oper- wated on a retainer basis, while Browning operated on a contingency vplan.
 2 Don't you know that they (Acme) ~operate here illegally" demanded tMcDonough.
 q Levy said that he did not, and sadded. That may be Q good de- sfense for my client" He admitted sthat Acme had brought litigation against his client, but said he was mot handling the case, and was only ! vague about the entire situation. ss The Middletown Enterprises is in ssreceivership. according to Levy, who Hrepresents the interests of MT. and Mrs. Lockwood, and a family by ! name of Adornis.
 Particular stress was paid by Me- ! Donough In questioning Levy as to sswhether "a check from the city of srWaterbury rested on his Gevy's) desk at any time he was in confer sence with Lockwood and other Mid- dletown associates"
 f Cashed in City Hall " "Never in connection with the survey" replied Levy. He continued to state that every check was lcashed in the city hall" "No checks were ever taken to New Haven?" queried the defense attorney.
 "No," was the reply. N "Are you sositivep'
 "Yes" was the answer.
 At this point in the proceedings, McDonough took up the reading of Ievy's testimony before the grand jury. which he started on Friday.
 Reference to testimony before the grand jury concerning loan made by Levy to one Rosenbloom. for 'S2,000. on which he charged interest sfrom eight to twelve percent. " This brought from McDonough the comment, "Why did you charge 12 per cent, because he was friend of yours?"
 ..t "fie was an acquaintance, was { the answer.
 ~ Reading further from the grand jury record. McDonough brought to light testimony given by Levy con- corning loans made by him from 1030 to ie38. The minutes revealed testimony by Levy that whatever he has now was acquired mostly in N Waterbury" Previously, he testi- z lied, he was in the red. 6 Levy told the grand jury that most of the loans he made were to ( friends and that he was mot in the loan business.
 X Alcorn "could not understand" be- fore the grand jury why Levy could not "tell from memory the names of those to whom loans were made"
 No Loans Made Levy denied before the grand jury that, he ct any time loaned money to Kelly, Olsen or Hayes, or that he had done any outside work for Hayes.
 Mention of George Browning was again made as the grand jury min- 1 4... t.A Afa