The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-08-11
Nine Months Old Trial Is Almost Completed
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EOUu.SA IhlDilCo bAAC1 @sD yesterday nfternoon, with Attorney James D. c. Murr-y summing up TOT Mayor Frank Hayes.
 An but one of the 20 defendants, Charles E. williamson, will be af- fected by the verdict of the jury. Williamson is on trial to the court, and will be judged by Judge 1nglis.
 Jury's Opportunity
 Ouening his argument. which was expected to be much longer than 1t developed into, Alcorn said that 1t was not a responsibility which faces the jury in the coming deliberations but an opportunity. He said that in that one act, the jury has an op- portunity to justify, even in that one act, the life they lived.
 T don't look upon 1t as a respon- sibility to you," he cried, but an opportunity to do a real public ser- vice.
 T have no doubt you will meet that opportunity" he cried.
 Sees But One Verdict i Tn closing he told the jury in a quiet tone of voice, as a tense at Inosphere prevailed in the crowded courtroom, T can see but one ver- dict. How is it possible to render but one verdict, and that a verdict of guilty as charged, for every one of the defendants"
 With that he closed his argument and walked slowly to his seat. Tensity was at its peak. The crowd- ed courtroom buzzed with excite rnent. A deputy sheriff rapped for order.
 Judge Breaks Silence
 Judge Inglis finally spoke, break ina the silence which seemed like an eternity. He told the jury that they were to go to lunch and return at i:30, at which time he would de- tail them for about three quarters of an hour then adjourn for the weekend.
 The sound of his words seemed to carry with them the importance of the situation. For the nine-months old conspiracy trial, involving 20 men on charges of conspiracy to de- fraud the city of more than a mil- lion dollars was on the home stretch.
 Speaks Of Abuse
 Alcorn called attention of the jury to what he called pounding a.plenty by the defense counsel" He said that they had used more "vituperation and abuse than was evar indulged in any courtroom of justice any place at anytime.
 He said that 1t was difficult for him to take it but that he regarded 1t as his contribution, in a small way to the public service.
 The defense counsel called War rD M. Brown liar and perjurer aud dog. he cried, and Attorney Murray, from whom I expected better things, joined in the endorse ment of the abuse heaped on all of us, in endorsing of Attorney Thomas r. McDonough's speech"
 Dcny's Murray's Charge
 He denied that as Murray said, County Detective Edward U. Hickey questioned witnesses in the ladies' toilet of the courtroom. He said 1t was the dressing room adjoining the room mentioned.
 'fIe talked of bobcats and used the word swill," he cried.
 Not only the witnesses of the case, but also the counsel in the case had been subjected to abuse by the defense. he said. That's not what the jury wants" he added. He said that whether or not the state counsel were entitled to the abuse, 1t has no place in the courtroom.
 ITO answer it," he said, T would have to step down into the gutter which they occupy when they make their statements.
 Defends Hickey
 The defense counsel saw fit to at tack Hickey, he said, although Gov ernor Baldwin saw fit to honor him with responsible post for four years. AlCorn said he was accused of attempting to put another notch on his gun, and Attorney John H. Cassidy he said, exhorted the jury not to believe Hickey.
 We didn't burn the city hall rec ords or the street department rec. ords, or the Waterbury Trust rec ords," he cried.
 He continued that 1t wasn't the state that destroyed various city records, arranged the meetings in the Crows Nest, or at Danbury, or controlled the splits, or assist in the shipping of Enoch Borgnaes to Eu- rope"
 "Cassidy's Boy Blue"
 He referred to Frankie Burns as "Cassidy's Boy Blue"
 Alcorn said that the amazing statement of the trial was made by Attorney Murray, when he said in his argument that he was last be- cause there was least against his client." Alcorn commented that he would ask the court to change that the part-much or little-makes no difference in conspiracy.
 That means he (Hayes) is not as guilty as Purdie. his employe. Healey or Alderman or anyone in the case" cried Alcorn. But he's the man the ! state produced the least evidence against" he said scornfully. T will demonstrate" he cried, that we have not the least against his client but the greatest against his client who is still the mayor of this city" he cried.
 McDonough Objected
 As Alcorn told the jury that Me- Donough in his "tirade of abuse" had conceded that Levy was paid $l26,000 by the city, McDonough rose in wrath to object. Alcorn finally revised his statement to the effect that McDonough admitted payments were made to Levy"
 "McDonough comedies that Olsen brought money to city hall." con- tinued Alcorn as McDonough again came to his feet to protest. "The statement may stand" said Judge IngIis, siIencing McDonough. who took an exception to Judge Inglis' refusal to let him make an objec-