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The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-01-31
Borgnaes

And in further pursuance of said conspiracy, to wit from the early part of the year 1880 down to the third day of January, 1888, the said Borgnaes, being then and there a certified public accountant em- ployed by the firm of George H, Kingsley & CO, of New York city, Of which the said Kingsley, Murray and Meany were members, did pre- tend to audit the books of the City of Waterbury; and at the reqeust of the said Hayes, during the, year 1884, down to and including the, 3d day of January, l938, the said Borgnaes was in charge of the ac- counting system, of said city and from time to time furnished the said Hayes and the said Leary special reports purporting to reflect the fi- nancial condition of said city and designed to aid the said Hayes and Leary to regain their control of the finances of said city; and the said Borgnaes did receive compensation
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-01-31
Check System

And in pursuance of said con- spiracy, and as a part thereof, be- tween the ist day of January, 1880. and the lst day of January, 1888, a system of Issuing unnumbered checks on the Treasurer of the City Of Waterbury, payable at the Citi- zens & Manufacturers National Bank of Waterbury, was devised and maintained by the said Hayes and Leary by which the Autographed signatures of said Hayes as Mayor and John ?. Fitzmaurice as the City Clerk of said city were printed thereon. Said checks bearing the Autographed signatures of said Mayor and said City Clerk as here matter set forth were at al times thereafter kept In the office of said Leary.
 The autographed signature Of said Leary. Kelly or Dunn upon said checks made them a valid or- der on the Treasurer of said city for the payment of such amount Of money as might be named therein and large number of such checks calling for the payment Of the citys money in large amounts could Dc and were issued and typed from time to time throughout said period at the will Of said Hayes, Leary. Kelly and Dunn in said Leary's of- flee without the knowledge Of said clerk: and by means of said system largo sums Of mcaey belonging to said city were from time 10 time between said dates unlawfully and wrongfully paid out by said Hayes, Leary, Kelly and Dunn to the other accused hereinbefore named and to others whose names are to said At
 torney unknown without the knowl- edge or approval Of said City Clerk or the Board of Finance of said city.
 The charter and bookkeeping sys- tenn Of said city required that no claim against said city should be paid until it had first been entered upon certain sheets known as the warrants payable register sheets, " which sheets, with the claims and invoices entered thereon, were there- after to Dc submitted to said Board of Finance for It's approval: and as c part of said conspiracy, and in furtherance thereof, checks issued as foresaid were not entered upon said warrants payable register sheets at the time said sheets were sub- mitted to said Board, but were entered thereon without the knowl- edge Of said Board after the meet ing Of said Board and after the members thereof had affixed their signatures of said sheets, thereby giving an appearance of approval by said Board to claims rnd invoices never presented to 1t for approval.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-01-31
Balance

Thereafter, to wit, on or about the 22nd day of January, 1881, the said Kelly induced the said Levy to sign a voucher and endorse check of the City of Waterbury payable to him, the said Levy, in the amount of $i,900, which said check was signed by said Daniel J, Leary and was payable at the Citizens & Man. ufacturers National Bank in said Waterbury; and thereupon the said Kelly cashed said check with the aid of said Olsen. and gave to the said Edward G. Levy $50, retaining for
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-01-31
Checks for Lawyers

The payment to lawyers so enn- ployed, as aforesaid, were made by means of Cheeks issued from time to time in form and manner afore- said, and unnumbered when issued, and not issued in regular course by the city clerk, signed by said Daniel J. Leary, payable at the Citizens
 & Manufacturers bank of Water bury, and exchanged in most in- stances for currency in the banking rooms of the said Waterbury Trust Co.,, by said Olsen, treasurer's checks in some instances having been issued by said Olsen to con- ceal said payments. None of said payments were ever approved by said board of finance of said city as required by its charter. and upon order of the said Hayes, Leary, Rorgnaes, Kelly and Dunn, said payments were withheld from said warrants payable register sheets until after said sheets had been signed by members of said board of finance, giving the appear ance of the approval of said pay ments on the part of said board of finance, and thereby concealing from said board of finance and from the citizens and taxpayers of said city, and all for the purpose of concealing the unlawful and fraudulent methods and transac- tions Of said Hayes, Leary, Kelly and Dunn and for the purpose of concealing the formation and ex- istence of said conspiracy.
 And in further pursuance of said conspiracy, to wit between the first day of January, 1880, and the first day of January, 1888, the said O'Connor did receive by means of checks issued and paid in the form and manner hereinbefore described, large sums of money from said city, the exact amount of which is to said attorney unknown, to be dis bursed by him from petty cash account kept in the office of said corporation counsel, and did make expenditures therefrom from time to time for which he has never ac- counted of said city: and the said OConnor did systematically de- stroy all records of such expendi- lures thereby concealing said ex- penditures from the board of fi- nance and from the citizens and taxpayers of said city.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-01-31
Coppeto Bros.

And in further pursuance of said conspiracy, to wit, between. the 1st day of January, 1930, and January 3, 1888, the said Philip Coppeto and Ralph Coppeto, also doing business as the Abrigador Diggers, did re- ceive from the City of Waterbury sums of money In excess of $663,- 900 for purported truck hire and services never furnished in that by means of checks issued from time to time in manner and for as aforesaid, unnumbered when issued, and not issued through the city clerk in regular course, signed by the said Leary, payable at the Citizens & Manufacturers Ma tional Bank of Waterbury, and ex- changed for currency in the bank ing rooms of the said Waterbury Trust company by the said Carl D. Olsen, treasurer's checks in some instances first having been issued by said Olsen to conceal said pay ments. None of said payments was ever approved by said Board of Fi- nance of said city as required by its charter, and, upon order of the said Hayes, Leary, Borgnaes, Kelly and Dunn. said payments were withheld from said warrants pay able register sheets until after said sheets had been signed by the members of the Board, thereby giving the appearance of the ap- proval of said payments on the part of said Board of Finance, and thereby concealing said payments from the Board of Finance and from the citizens and taxpayers of said city, and all for the pur- pose of concealing the unlawful and fraudulent methods and trans actions of said Hayes, Leary. Kelly and Dunn and for the purpose of concealing the formation and ex- istence of said conspiracy.
 And in further pursuance of said conspiracy, the said Philip Cop peto, on or about the 30th day of January, 1888. fled the jurisdic- tion of this state, and thereafter, he said Philip Coppeto and the said Ralph Coppeto did meet in secret at divers times and places without the State of Connecticut and the said Ralph Coppeto did aid, abet and counsel the said Philip Coppeto to remain without the jurisdiction of the State of Connecticut for the purpose and with the intent to conceal the un- lawful transactions hereinbefore described. participated in by the said Ralph Coppeto and Philip Coppeto and the said Hayes, Leary, Dunn and Olsen.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-01-31

each other; and during the month of February, 1888, the said Levy re- ceived from said Kelly 5000 in cur rency for the purpose of defraying his, the said Levy's expenses in the event of a possible prosecution grow ing out of the transactions herein- before described; and thereafter, during said month of February, 1888 the said Levy received from said Kelly an additional sum of 5000 II, currency for the purpose aforesaid; and In furtherance of said conspir- acy, said Kelly and the said Levy did meet In secret at divers times and places within said county of New Haven between the lst day of Mo- vember, 1887, and the date hereof.
 And in further pursuance of said conspiracy, beginning in the early part of the year 1880 and continu- ing to the first day of January, 1938 the said John H. Crary and the said Thomas Shanahan then and there being the duly appointed assessors of the City of Waterbury whose sal- aries are fixed by law did receive from said city from time to time by unnumbered checks issued and signed by the said Leary in form and manner as aforesaid, payable at the Citizens and Manufacturers National Bank of said Waterbury, and not drawn in regular course by the City Clerk, the sum of $500 per year in addition to their fixed salaries Said additional payments were never approved by the Board of Finance of said city as required by its char ter, and, by order of said Hayes Leary, Kelly, Bornaes and Dunn said payments were withheld from the warrants payable register sheets until after the. members of the Board of Finance had affixed their, sigma lures thereto, thereby giving the appearance of approval of said pay ments by said Board. Said cheeks vouchers and warrants payable reg ister sheets were thereafter removed burned. or otherwise destroyed upon the order of the said Hayes Leary. Kelly, Borgnaes, Aldermen and Dunn between October s, 1887 and January 3, 1888, for the pur- pose of concealng said unlawful and fraudulent transactions, and for the purpose of concealing the forma- ton and existence of said conspir- acy.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-01-31

retary to said Mayor, and said Ed- ward c. Levy, e contract in writing was entered into between the said Hayes, Mayor as aforesaid, and the said Edward c. Levy as Secretary of George Browning, Inc, of New York City, under the terms of which the said Browning, Inc, or the said Levy, was to receive one-half Of all savings in light costs to the said city, and upon the further oral un- derstanding that one-hah of all fees received by said Levy was to be paid to said Kelly.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-01-31

of said payments were ever approved by the board of finance of said city as required by it's charter, and upon the order of said Hayes, Leary, Kelly, Borgnaes and Dunn, said payments were not placed upon said warrants payable register sheets until. after said sheets had been signed by the members of said board, thereby giv- ing the appearance of the approval of said payments on the part of the members of said board of finance, and thereby concealing said pay- nlents from the board of finance and from the citizens and taxpayers of said city, and all for the purpose of concealing the unlawful and fraudulent methods and transac- tions of the said Hayes, Leary, Kelly and Dunn and for the purpose of concealing the formation and ex- istence of said conspiracy.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-01-31
Cheating!

Said conspiracy was formed and continued through the period afore- said for the purpose of cheating and defrauding the said City of Water bury and the residents and tax payers thereof; and for the purpose of promoting the personal and fi- narcial advancement of said Hayes, Leary and Kelly by avoiding. evad- ing and violating the provisions of the charter of the City of Waterbury and the General Statutes of the state of Connecticut, hereinbefore set forth: and for the purpose of ob- taining q share of the sums of xnorey paid and to be paid by said city to persons with whom contracts had been or were to be made on be- half of said city; and for the pur- pose Of prejudicing, deceiving and defrauding the public community of said Waterbury, it's residents and
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-01-31

order of the said Hayes, Leary, Kelly, Borgnaes and Dunn, said payments were not placed upon said warrants payable register sheets until after said sheets had been signed by the members of said Board, thereby giving the ap- appearance of the approval of said payments on the part of said Board of Finance and thereby con- cealing said payments from the Board of Finance and the citizens and taxpayers of said City of Waterbury, and all for the purpose of concealing the unlawful and fraudulent methods and trans actions of said Hayes, Leary, Kelly and Dunn, and for the purpose of concealing the formation and ex- istence of said conspiracy.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-01-31

taxpayers by making and assisting in the making of false entries on the books and records of said public community; by making, approving and allowing without right or au- thority false, fraudulent, unneces- sary and exorbitant claims against said city; and for the purpose of wrongfully appropriating and corl- verting to their own and to the use of divers others persons, money, funds and property belonging to said City of Waterbury; and for said purposes did wilfully, maliciously, wrongfully and feloniously conspire, confederate and agree together to cheat and defraud the said City of Waterbury and the taxpayers there- of as aforesaid, and, in addition thereto, to pay and obtain salaries in excess of that fixed by law: and to appropriate and convert to their own use and to the use Of divers others persons to the said Attorney unknown the money, funds and property belonging to the said City of Waterbury: and to make false entries upon the books of said city; and to make false and fraudulent claims and demands upon said city; and to pay or aid in the pay ment of said claims and demands and to obtain gratuities or conpen- sation from persons with whom con- tracts were to be made or had been made, or were purported to have been made. in behalf of said City of Waterbury: and to burn or other wise remove and destroy the books, records, accounts, vouchers, papers, and documents belonging to the said City of Wa a.erbury upon which were entered the record of said unlawful and wrongful transactions.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-01-31

additional counsel in behalf of said city only if, in his opinion, the i'm terests of said city required such additional counsel; and thereafter from year to year, during said period, the said Hayes and the said Leary did employ a large group of lawyers chiefly for lobbying par- poses, and upon such terms and conditions as the said Hayes and the said Leary desired, and at an expense to the city during said period of sum in excess of three hundred thousand ($300,0O0) dollars.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-01-31
s1SO,OOO for Burns

COnSpardCy, VO WlG, peCWeen Jan. Il, 1880, and Jan. 1, 1888, the said Frank Santalucia, alias Frank Burns, also doing business under the name of the Connecticut Supply Go. and under the name of Frank J. Santalucia Co.,, did receive sum in excess of $780, 900 from the city of Waterbury for purported truck hire and services never furnished in that amount by means of checks issued from time to time as aforesaid and unnumbered when issued, and not drawn in reg ular course by the city clerk, signed by the said Daniel J. Leary, payable at the Citizens and Manufacturers National bank of said Waterbury, and exchanged for currency in the bank ing rooms of the said Waterbury Trust Go. by the said Carl D. Olsen treasurer's checks in some instances first having been issued by said Ol- sen to conceal said payments. None of said payments were ever approved by the board of finance of said city as required by its charter, and, upon the order of the said Hayes, Leary, Borgnaes, Kelly and Dunn, said payments were withheld from said warrants payable register sheets un- til after said sheets had been signed by the members of said board, there by giving the appearance of the ap- proval of said payments on the part of said board of finance, and there by concealing said payments from the board of finance and from the citizens and taxpayers of said city, and all for the purpose of conceal ing the unlawful and fraudulent methods and transactions of the said Hayes, Leary, Kelly and Dunn and for the purpose of concealing the formation and existence of said con- spiracy.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-01-31
Paid ss,OOo

And in further pursuance of said conspiracy, to wit, during the month of January, 1888, the said Levy and the said Kelly met In the City of Waterbury, pursuant to a telephone call made by said Olsen; and there- after, the said Levy and the said Kelly frequently conferred with
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-01-31
Sheets Destroyed

And in the further pursuance of said conspiracy. to wit, on or about the 18th day of January. 1888. the said Olsen did wiifully and uniaw- fully burn or otherwise destroy tn, tellers' daily cash sheets of the Wa. terbury Trust Company for th'
 
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-01-31

|cealing the formation and existence
 of said conspiracy.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-01-31

one bench warrant for the arrest of the 27 accused men was issued May 70, 1888, when Foreman carl A. LundRren of the extraordinary grand fury had concluded the read- hng of the jury's 74-page scathins report. .o
 One bench warrant, containing 32 naRes of charges of conspiracy, cor- ruption and fraud, Following IS the complete text of the warrant as tk was read in court this morning,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-01-31
State

\. Frank Hayes, Daniel J. Leary' Carl ID, Olsen, Thomas F. Kelly, Thomas J. Fleming. Martin ,. Dunn, Charles s. o'Connor, John H. Crary, Thomas A. Shanahan, MichaeI V. slavin, Philip Coppeto, Raiph Coppetto, Timothy J. Hor- gan. Frank A. Santalucia, alas Frank Burns, James r. HeaieY Henry Minor, Harry E. Mackenzie, Charies E. williamson, Edward G. Levy, simon J. Alderman, Donat0 Pietraroria, alias Dan Peters John a. Purdie, alias John conway John. s.. Johnston, George H'' Kingsley, william R. Murray John B. Meany and Enoch Borgnacs'
 Superior Court, April Session
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-01-31

Superior Court, April Session
 1898
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-01-31
Bench Warrant

TO THE HONORABLE SUPERIOR COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF NEW HAVEN, DISTRICT OF WATERBURY, NOW IN SES- GVAN,
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The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1939-03-03
Program OF Music For
Adult W. P. A. Glasses

The program of music being Of
fered throughout the city, spon-
sored by the Seattle Public Schools
assisted by the Works Progress
Administration, embraces practi-
cally every branch of musical art.
Glass instruction is the method
being successfully employed in the
teaching of music, and the classes
are divided into beginning and adj
vanced groups, so that each stu
dent may be properly placed.
The following is a list of the
branches being taught: piano, the
DRY, sight-reading, ear-training,
harmony, music appreciation, cho-
raj, voice and choir for men, wo-
men and mixed groups, instrument
tai instruction in violin, viola, and
cello; reed instruments such as the
clarinet; brass instruments such
as the trumpet and trombone, the
popular Spanish and Hawaiian gui-
tar mandolin, and accordion.
All instruction is free to adults
16 years of age or over, with no
bothersome "red tape" connected
with entering class.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1939-03-03
Editorial OF The Week

(From the N. Y. Herald Tribune
of February "a, 1881
The OAR. and Miss Anderson
The Daughters of the American
Revolution, by definition inherent
in their name, are the descendants
of those who fought to make this
country free and to establish a
government which would hold to
certain ideals-ideals which SEEM
ed high at the time and which,
come to think of it, still seem
high. That fact makes it all the
more astonishing that the OAR.
should have refused to permit Miss
Marian Anderson, the distinguish
ed Negro contralto, to give a re-
cital in Constitution Hall, Wash
ington, on the evening of April g.
1t happens that the OAR. owns
the hall and has the technical right
to refuse its use to anyone it sees
fit. However, there is little Won
der that persons Of many faiths
and many occupations have been
delighted to make a vigorous pro-
test. If such snub to a Negro
singer had occurred somewhere in
the deep South, it might have been
understandable, although just as
regrettable. But to see such a
thing in the nations capital, with
the Daughters of the American Re-
volution the chief culprit, is, to
use a word of extreme mildness,
dismaying. In the past, on occa-
sion, the OAR. has stepped from
the sublime to the ridiculous; in
the case of Miss Anderson this
distinguished old American organ
ization has outdone itself.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1939-03-03
Parable of Great Negro
Trek Stars Continues

The parade of great Negro ath-
letes that began with Eddie Tolan,
Ftalp-, htetealfe al Jesse Owens,
oil form sr Olympic champions ana
world =eeord holders, continues.
The LATEST luminary to JOIN their
ranks Is Johnny Borican Of Bridge
town, p J.
Ar sga = = new to indoor
comp. ion, Berican ahezr4 a5s
shown IS heels to such great run
ners = Don Lash and Charley
Beetha Il. He defeated both Lash
and be, sham in the l .000-vs~f' zee
at the Goth regiment games here.
Prior % that Borican had car
tured taa National F....lOr 40O-me-
ter hurdl-s lie outdoors as well
as the Junior 800-meter champion
ship. He also placed second to
Jack Patterson, of Rice, in the Sc
nior 40o-meter hurdles.
Borican's time of 2:16.4 in the
Goth regiment q, 600" was so good
that he probably will be invited to
run in all of the big indoor middle
distance features in the New York
and Boston Gardens.
Unlike Pittsburghs 800-meter
Olympic champion, Johnny Wood
ruff, Borican apparently can run
as well indoors as out. Woodruff's
long, galloping stride is not adapt
ed to the sharp banked turns of
the indoor track.
Borican is not exactly new to
track and field enthusiasts. His
record for 1888 was good. Then
he was sent abroad by the AAU
and he did pretty well for himself.
Another Negro youngster whose
name will be heard frequently be-
fore the curtain falls on the 1899
indoor track campaign is Herbert
Thompson. He is one of the fast
est sprinters in training now, a
great prospect in the opinion of
many experts.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1939-03-03
E DIT o RIAL

Text for the Week Blessed be the LORD my strength
which teaches my hands and my fingers to fight
Psalms; ia; 1.
The Negro must acquire sense of pride,
let dollars entice him to lay his
self respect upon the altar Mammon This week received
information relative Negro employees of the State Capt.
entertaining Maxwell advocate of antmscegenaton
laws at each session of the legislature.
Our informant states the "boys" received sevenyfive
cents apiece their performance Now if they received
$500 EACH would indeed be cheap reward for enter
tanning who has proven his antipathy for the
Negro his constant endeavors to discriminatory
We hang heads in shame to think that members
would stoop favor the likes of Earl Max
we'll