The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-02-10

GEORGE HoRwITZ
 states Witness
 Attorney McDonough.
 c. Why didn't you go before the grand Jury and tell them the truth without talking to Kellyp A, thought he ought to know.
 e. Yes. You told the man who helped you build Q lie-if your story is true, now.
 A. I thought he was entitled to know,
 Anything Decent
 c. Why did you feel that he was entitled to know if he was the man who helped you build the lie9 Is there anything right or decent about that9
 A. Perhaps not.
 c. Why did you feel compelled to 90 to him2
 A, thought he was entitled to know,
 c, Why did you arrive at that opinionp
 A, After the meeting at his office
 c. Why9
 A. We exchanged ten or twelve meetings, He had told me that the mayor was telling an incorrect story, that Leary was going to tell an incorrect story, that Dunn was going to tell an incorrect story, that he was going to lie, too, thought that I ought to tell him that was going to tell the truth.
 c, You thought that he ought to to know that you were going to tell the truth9
 A, Yes,
 c. You eventually didn't tell the truth2
 A. Principally, I followed his ad.
 q, You did 1t on your own ini- tiative. Anyway, lie was created, wasn't it, by others and yourself'
 q. And then you decided to tell the truth. That's right. Isn't it9 A. Yes,
 a. And you told the truth when you arrived at e decision sometimes during that period to tell the truth, You thought that it was the right and decent thing to dor
 a, why didn't you go through with the right and decent thing9
 4. I was persuaded 1t was 6 feol- ish thing to do,
 c. You're e man of pretty good education, How could they persuade c man with your education and Q member of the bar that it was c foolish thing9
 A. The point Is that they did,
 Changed Mind
 0, Have you changed your mind on telling the truth since that ee- easien?
 A. Since March POP
 c, Yes,
 A. No,
 e, You haven't, And you're eer. tain you are telling this jury the truth?
 4. Yes,
 .,sSs,, q, The entire truth Is that A. ! was telling the truth, c, The truth, even including the income tax question: 6. pid MT. Browning owe you any mensy' one
 c. How much money in io32 had you given Browning2
 A. don't remember any,
 c. You don't remember any7 A check for c thousand deilarsq
 A. He gave me a thousand dol. lars in cash for it
 e, He gave you 6 thousand dol. lars ineash for it7
 4, Yes, He didn't want to carry the cash back to New York,
 c. How old 6 man Is MT, Bfewh-
 A. don't know-perhaps SS or 50.
 c. Mr. Levy, you told me the other day that tliis money when it was eashed was in denominatiens- probably ia hundreds.
 A. 1 think so.
 c. And that cash he gave yeu-- ten eie0 bills which makes q thou- sand. doesn't it--and this gentleman wanted to take c eheek--net even a certified eheek-fatieF then carry currency Of the United States back to New York, DO you want the jury to believe that7
 4. That speaks for itself, Gave Cash
 c. The check speaks for itself7 I'm asking yeti-do you want this jury to believe that there was e thousand dollars in currency of the United States that he took your check, not even 6 certified one, and gave you the cash' A. Yes,
 c. That Is your story, Is that the A. Yes.
 c, When did you start in bus- iness with Browning7 4. At the end of 1928. c. I think you told Us the other day that there has been c rift be- tween the two of you7 You told the ladies and gentlemen of this jury that there has been c rift between you and Browning over financial conditions and other conditions?
 4. I don't think l used the word rift"
 q. That is my own word. You severed connections because of dis putes, among them financial dis- putes7 4. Yes. c. Among them loans and money I'M laA Iaa.. l.an.a aA AA a.a.a hsl