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 by the city of Waterbury in the tax department.
 Atty. Ralph Coppeto, who was dis- from the case as defend- ant by Judge 1nglis, was present as a spectator today. William B. Mur- ray, who was dismissed from the case also, Is assisting in the defense of his fellow members of the King sley Go.
 For the present I will present no more evidence" said Atty. Crawford, marking the conclusion for the time of the Alderman defense.
 Hardly were the words out of his mouth when Atty. Slade arose and stated, T am prepared to proceed in behalf of MT. Kingsley and MT. 
 Previously, Goldstein, who re ceived $20 @ week and expenses from Alderman for working in the city during December, 1887, although Al- derman charged the city $2250 a day for services, said that he came from New London to work in Wa terbury.
 He said he had been working with Alderman's partner, Joseph Shepa- tin, on the audit of the books of the city of New London.
 The witness said that he did not see Shepatin in Waterbury during the time the work was being done, but knew he was here, having seen his handwriting on working papers. When 0oldstein said he did not see here, Alcorn tried to bring out hat any charge for him would be improper.
 Given No Details
 The first day he came to Water- bury, December IS, the witness said, he did not work in the city hall, but was assigned to the office of Sherman Griner by Alderman. AL corn tried to bring out the subject of conversation between Alderman and Goldstein enroute to Waterbury to New Haven, but was unsuccessful. The witness said that no details of his assignment were given him as he rode to Waterbury with his em- ployer.
 Alderman did not tell him that an emergency" existed, or that the work in the city hall had to be conn pleted by December 3l, Goldstein said. He was merely told that there was some work to be done.
 All present at the trial this morn Ing were amused at the manner Goldstein employed for his answers to Alcorn's questions. Tn a slow and resolute voice, he replied, Definite |y mo-" or "No sir" or True" to Alcorn's questions, according to their subject matter.
 At times he pointed his finger at Acorn and raised his voice.
 Tn a high pitched voice, Alcorn charged, "So you worked on Decem- Der 16th on the warrants payable book and the checks-the first thing" The witness said that such WdS tLiC oiUuuVAOhs
 Goldstein said that Martin J. Dunn brought the checks, which had cleared the banks in December, to him and the other accountants to work on.
 He said that another accountant who testified yesterday, James P. was in error when he said that Dunn had @ list of checks when he entered the room with the bun- dle, which were held together with m elastic band.
 "When Dunn came into the office he did not have a list" said Gold stein. "he made list of unnumbered checks in the office" As Alcorn continued to question 1im about the list of checks, Gold stein said impatiently, No sir, he made the list in the room--1 told you that"
 Placed In Vault
 Goldstein corroborated the tes- ,imony of the other accountants and by saying that all rec ,rds were placed back into the Con- rollers vault before they left the building. He said that Alderman and Cronin placed the checks in the vault and he placed the 1887 war ants payable register. upon which ,hey had been working, in the jame depository.
 At one point, the diminutive wit- less arose from the stand and went near the state table to demonstrate ;heh method employed in making of checks and warrants payable register.
 As Alcorn looked over the regis ter, he said, You don't have to take them out to work on them, do you?"
 The witness, who said they had taken the sheets out to work on them, replied that they were easier to handle in that way. Alcorn made the statement, as Goldstein looked over the sheets, that the 1886 book is not available.
 On Thursday, December 30, when he worked again on the sheets, Goldstein said, some were also worked on by the Kingsley account ants, who were checking invoices against entries on the register. He said that on that day he saw Enoch Borgnaes, the missing defendant and Francis B. Troy, an employe of 
 Questioning Goldstein about his work on the checks. he demanded .o know how he had checked 5000 checks in a single day, as Alderman aas testified.
 Couldn't Be Done
 Pointing his finger, the witness ,aid to Alcorn, "Now just minute MT. Alcorn. that's a strenuous job" He added that it required four men, in teams of two to do that ask, and continued that it couldn't ,e done every day.
 Alcorn tried to bring out that that was your biggest job, to in- Vestigate the checks" But Gold tein replied that he did not know whether 1t was or not.
 well" demanded Alcorn. "What lid Alderman do but handle the 'hecks and warrants payable regis ers?"
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