The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-07-18
Wife Of Borgnaes
 Blocks Murray Effort
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been to the steamship agencies and docks checking on sailings. The wit- ness said that Hickey pulled out a group of folders, pertaining to ships that had sailed during the previous month.
 Hickey continued, Murray said, that he had checked at the state department, and knew that no pass- port had been issued to Borgnaes He said that he knew Borgnaes had not gone to Europe" Murray said.
 Kingsley In Conference
 Kingsley was in conference all during the conversation with Hickey about Borgnaes, the witness said and took no part in 1t. This state- ment supports claims by Kingsley that Hickey was not telling the truth when he testified for the state that he had discussed Borgnaes with him on that date.
 Murray said that when Hickey told Kingsley he had "a personal in- vitation' for him to be before the grand jury, Kingsley argued that 1t was short notice and that he was very busy.
 He insisted that arrangements be made so that he could come to Wa terbury, he heard immediately, and depart as soon as possible. Hickey called Warren M. Brown, Murray said, and asked him to make ar- engagements with "the boss" for that procedure,
 Came Back Together
 Kingsley and he came to Water- bury the following day, Murray testified, and Brown returned with them to their New York offices for records of bills sent to Waterbury and time sheets of the missing Borgnaes. Brown checked the in- voices against the companys books to see if they had been entered, Murray added.
 Murray said that he knew noth- ing about the meeting of Leary, Borgnaes and Attorney Herman J. Weisman in New York, until the latter testified concerning 1t.
 Three expert accountants, in- cluding Leo Frankel of Paterson, N. J., Dean Andrew Nels01 of St. Johns university, Brooklyn, N. Y, and William R. Donaldson of New York city, are ready to take the stand in defense of the Kingsley audits, in the completion of Mur- rays testimony.
 EOiseless Fans
 Two additional noiseless fans were in place in the courtroom to- day as the fourth week of the de- fense opened with William B. Mur- ray, 4O, of Teaneck, N. J., as the 18th witness for the defense. Mur- ray was a defendant in the action, as partner in the George H. Kingsley Co.,, until Judge Ernest A. Inglis, at the conclusion of the states case, decided that there was no evidence to warrant the charge of conspiracy against him He first took the stand last Friday afternoon, following his partners George H. Kingsley and John w. Meany, both on trial.
 There are now four silent fans in the courtroom, but the cool air which prevailed at the opening of the court session this morning, made 1t unnecessary that they be used.
 At the very start of the session, Attorney Benjamin Slade, counsel for Kingsley and Meany, who were on the stand last week, submitted to the court as exhibits, the origin als of checks issued to Enoch E. Borgnaes by the Kingsley Company during April and May, 1888, just before he disappeared.
 Last week only photostatic copies of the checks were offered in evid- ence, as Attorney Shade explained that the originals had been mislaid. Special Prosecutor Alcorn asked that either the originals be brought to court or 8 suitable reason be given for their absence. The origin als were marked as exhibits, to- gether with the photostats this morning.
 One check represented full pay to the fugitive accountant, and the other two represented half pay, while he was on sick leave.
 Kingsley has testified that Borg naes, was cut off the Kingsley Co.,, payroll because he failed to answer the charge of conspiracy.
 Invoices Presented
 Several other exhibits, including invoices from the Kingsley Co.,, to the city of Waterbury, which pre- viously had been simply marked for Identification were submitted to the jury as full exhibits this morn ing before MT. Murray was asked any questions.
 This mornings session of the trial was the 97th day since November 20, when the first effort was made to impanel jury. This week, unless illness causes the cancellation of a session or more, the tooth session will be observed on Friday.
 Murray took the stand this morn- ing to state that he edited the audit reports of the city of Waterbury for 1884. He said that the report, as signed by him was sent to Mayor Hayes, and other copy, signed by MT. Kingsley, was sent to the tax commissioner at Hartford.
 For several moments, he read to the court and jury the contents of the changes he had made in the re-