The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-07-14

Blistering testimony in his own defense was offered by George H. Kingsley yesterday, cross-e examined for one and one-half hours by Special Prosecutor Hugh M. Al- corn. Highlights of the scorching repartee are as follows:
 e. Do you know where Borg naes is living nowp
 A. No, sir. Q. You haven't heard from him directly or indirectly?
 A. I haven't heard from him directly or indirectly or seen him or anything about him since Decem. Der 1887.
 Q. And you have no interest ir him2
 A. No interest in him.
 o. And you have no interest fir him now?
 A. Of course not.
 e. He was @ sick man, wasn'
 A. Of course, he was sick man
 e. You told the jury that yol kept an employe for two years while he was sick man?
 A. Yes, sir.
 Q. And you paid his salary dur. ing that time?
 A. That's right.
 e. Every sick man you pait salary to?
 A. That's right.
 c. And Borgnaes-you didn't follow through to see whether he was sick or not?
 A. What do you mean I didn't follow through?
 Q. Have you kept in touch with him2
 A. No. I didn't.
 c. And you wrote him @ letter in May and you knew at that time that he wasn't in the country?
 A. I didn't know where he was
 c. Didn't you at that time know he wasn't in the country2
 A. No.
 c. You wrote him letter and sent 1t to Hollis, Long Island?
 A. That's right.
 o. Telling him that because of his indictment he was discharged?
 A. That's right.
 e. Did you make any special dis- position with that with respect to MT. Meaney?
 A. No, sir.
 c. Or MT. Murray?
 A. No, sir,
 Would Have Paid
 c. What had Borgnaes done that merited treatment like that?
 A. Borgnaes, if he had appeared in answer to the warrants, if he had notified us, our company would have continued to pay Borgnaes half time while he was i'll right up to the present day.
 e. Is that the reason why you discharged Borgnaes?
 A. Why, certainly.
 c. You know that on April 19 MT. Hickey told you that Borgnaes had left the company? -
 A. MT. Hickey if he is here did not tell me on April 19 or May ls that he had left the company. Quoting Hickey
 o. T had talked with MT. Mur- ray before talking with MT. King sley, I talked to them relative to Borgnaes and talked with MT. Kingsley" Is that rightp
 A. Yes.
 o. talked with them relative to the failure of Borgnaes to appear and talked to them relative to the phone conversation I had had with MT. Murray as to Borgnaes' coming there and was told that they knew only what the doctors certificate had stated" Is that right?
 A. No, sir.
 o. It isn't correct?
 A. That isn't correct.
 Q. "Then told them that had been ,te Mrs. Borgnaes' the previous night and I told them of the con- versation had had with Mrs. Borgnaes I told them that Mrs. Borgnaes had stated to me-(Ob- jections) MT. Kingsley and Mir. Murary was there" Is that true? A. It is not true. and I told him so, right over there, right after he came off the stand. and he said. Don't take 1t too seriously" Right after he came off the stand. said to him, "You know you didn't tell the truth" and he said. Don't take 1t too seriously"
 e. Wasn't that true7
 A. Not when he said ! was present during that conversation.
 Leave of Absence
 e. ". That Mrs Borgnaes told