The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-03-02

Police Commissioner would be found or could be found and it was not there.
 o. Will you please answer my question yes or no.
 A. I can't answer that yes or no.
 Admitted and marked Exhibit 194).
 Alcorn:
 Q. What does the pencil number on the check indicate?
 A. That the check was issued without number. The number was affixed after the original was paid.
 Q. Can you tell whether or not that claim was presented to the Board of Finance?
 A. It was not. Alc0rn reads:
 April 25, 1933. Services rendered in connection with $1,00O,0OO City of Waterbury Bond Sale Legislation, $1 800. Re: Waterbury. April 25, 1885, To Treasurer of the City of Water bury. Payable at Citizens & Manu- lecturers National Bank, Pay $500 to the order of Spellacy, Ryan & Yeoman, Attorneys and Counselors At Law. $50 Main St., Hartford, Conn. Charged: Bond Fund.
 Exhibit 194
 Murray: Q. The States Attorney asked you a few moments ago. in connec- tion with Exhibit 194, if you knew of any services rendered to the City by MT. Spellacy. Do you recall that? A. Yes.
 o. You answered no? A. Yes.
 o. You wouldn't want this jury to understand that your answer imported the fact that MT. Spellacy did not render services, do you? A. No.
 Q. You know nothing about it, do you? A. No. AlcOrns
 c. MT. Purcell, I'm showing you Exhibit 30. Do you find on your re- conciliation sheets for March, 1885, any entry with respect to MT. Spel- lacy, or MT. Spellacy's Firm? A. Yes. o. Anr under what date and what amount? A. January or February, 1885. Amount: $l1,000. o. Is there any other records available in the city Records with respect to that payment? A. Not to my knowledge. o. Can you tell to what account it was charged? A. Not from here. Alcorn:
 The total amount we computed, paid to MT. Spellacy's firm from April 25, 1883 to 1885 is $12,5O0. | Wesiman Mentioned
 Q. Do you know Herman J. Weis- man?
 A. Yes. @. What is his occupation? A. Lawyer. | @. Practicing in Waterbury? A. Yes sir.
 o. I show you two papers and ask you if you can tell me what they are
 A. A cancelled city check, and the duplicate of that check. o. And who is the payee of the check? A. Herman J. Weisman.
 o. Are those two papers part of the records in the files of the City of Waterbury? A. They are. Admitted and marked as Exhibit 195.)
 Q. MT. Purcell, call your at tention to the endorsement on the back of that check. Do you know whose endorsement that is? A. I don't know. o. MT. Purcell, I notice on the check, the red pencil number Al, ,238. Has that any significance?
 A. Yes.
 o. What does it signify? A. It means that the check was originally issued without a number The number was affixed after it was paid by the bank. Q. Can you tell whether or not that item was before the Board of Finance, before it was paid2
 A. It was not. Reads Checks Alcorn rea5s:- Waterbury. Jan. 6, 1882. Red pen- Gil No. 41238. Payable to Citizens bank. $5,000 to the order of Her man J. Weisman. Waterbury Trust O., Assignee. Attorney at Law. West Main street. Signature of D. J. Leary, Controller. Back: Endorse ment in ink: Herman J. Weisman Bears stamp of the Waterbury Trust Co. Jan. 5, 1892. F. w. Chesson Treas. Duplicate check: Jan. 5, 1892. Ser vices rendered City of Waterbury $5,000. Then follows the duplica- tion of the check. 5000 to the order of Herman J. Weisman. Water bury Trust Co.,, Assignee. Attorney at Law. West Main street. City. o. show you two other papers and ask you to tell me what they are?
 A. Cancelled city check, and the duplicate of that check.
 e. Who is named as payee of the check? A. Herman J. WeismaM. c. And he datsp
 A. May 6, 1882. Q. And are those two papers part 70 4n-