The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-05

Mayor Hayes to work on the charter and index, and by Controller Leary in connection with the "pauper claims. He did no legislative work for the city or any other interest, he said.
 The name of Enoch Borgnaes caused a mild sensation yesterday when mentioned by Weisman, who was called upon by the state to tell of the meetings he had with mem. bers of the accused before and dur. ing the grand jury investigation.
 At the time MT. Leary's name was first mentioned in newspaper stories, he said, he represented him as coun- sel. Leary called him to New, York on one occasion, he continued, and met him at the Pennsylvania hotel. Borgnaes was present. Mrs. Leary was there also, said Weisman, as he identified the meeting as occur. ring before the grand jury was im3 paneled.
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 On another occasion,' he said, hs was called to the Waldorf, and there he met Leary, Carl D. Olsen, Frank Leary and Henry W. Minor. Mayor Hayes, MT. Leary, MT. Minor and himself met at Cheshire at another time, he testified, and then again he met Leary and Minor at the Cof- fee Cottage, Cheshire, on another occasion, he said:
 AS Alcorn called upon him for ad- ditional testimony concerning meet- ingS with the accused, Weisman said that he visited the home of Simon J. Alderman at New Haven in connection with some books. He said he remembered the meeting by looking at Alderman. Then as he looked around the room again he sighted Philip Coppeto, and remem- bered he had ridden on a train with him from New York. He had not been with him in New York, however.
 Mrs. Pomponio testified as secre- tary to Attorney Coppeto, and said that his office in Waterbury Na- tional Bank building was sometimes used by Philip Coppeto.
 The latter,s name was on the of- flee door, she said, although his main office was located on Baldwin street. She was questioned by AL corn concerning the period of time when Philip Coppeto was allegedly out of the city, when the grand jury was in session. She did not know where he was, she said.
 Testimony concerning a key to the office of the bookkeeping divi- sion of the welfare department was given by Miss Driscoll. The key was admitted as a full exhibit with out objection from Attorney Craw- ford, counsel for Simon J. Alder. man, whom Miss Driscou says she gave the key just before Christmas, 1897.
 Alderman said that he was to audit the books, she said, but they were not ready. She left the key to him when he said he would work during the Christmas weekend.
 Arguments
 One of the most bitter arguments of the day, between counsel, arose when Miss Elsie Emanuelson of Deep River, an employe of Griffen- hagen Associates, took the stand with documents she identified as surveys of missing city records for 1886 and 1897.
 Six clerks, under her direction have been working in the controllers office several months on the com- pilation, she said.
 Defense counsel succeeded in blocking Alcorn in his move to have the documents entered as a full exhibit. Judge Inglis ordered some portions of the papers deleted, in anticipation of further attempts to have 1t admitted.
 During arguments over the ad. instability of the documents, At. torney Crawford charged that Al- corn was making more speeches to the jury. Reversing the situation, Alcorn charged that Crawford was making speeches to the jury. Craw. ford admitted he was making speeches to the court. and noted that he was being sustained.
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 Tn reply, Alcorn said that what he said was being said to the jury. "And to the press" came q chorus of attorneys voices, inst ns Crave ford shouted, Hartford papers please copy" tt.a.
 Enoch Borgnaes. whose name was mentioned yesterday by Attorney Woisinan, was ordered arrested on the charge of conspiracy, but has never been appfehended.