The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-08-16
l Highlights of City's History Making Trial
.87 Witnesses Play
 Role In Great Drama
"A Sessions of Court Held During Period of Months
 State Called 60 Witnesses to Stand

except Alderman, who was on the stand almost four days.
 Witnesses who testified on behalf of the state included state and city officials of high standing, some oi whom had been besmirched by the same grand jury which recommend ed prosecution of the alleged Wa terbury conspirators
 James P. Purcell, who until the death of Controller Sherwood L. Rowland was chief accountant for the city, holds the record for lengthiest testimony. He was on the stand 19 days, 12 under examin- ation by Special Prosecutor Alcorn and under cross examination seven days.
 Next from the standpoint of en- durance was States Accountant Warren M. Brown, who testified 15 days, eight on direct examination and seven on cross-examination.
 The 60 witnesses called by the state in the trial contrasts with more than IA called by the grand jury in two months of sessions in the spring of 1888. Many of those IA were never allowed inside the portals of the grand jury rooms, however.
 State Witnesses
 The following are the 60 state witnesses, who include four of the 27 men originally charged as con- spirators: in the order of their tes. timony: . City Clerk John P. Fitzmaurice, Confessed conspirator Edward G. Levy; Raymond Smith and Austin Phelps, grand jury stenographers; George Horwitz, New Haven friend of Levy's; Arthur Lockwood of Mid- dlebury; James P. Purcell.
 Thomas P Morrisey, tax clerk; John s. Fox and Charles L. Doty. New York bankers; Joseph Moore, office manager, Conn. Supply Co.,; Mrs. Francis Fruin and John Lus- kay, widow and brother in law of deceased president of company. Bartholomew Scannel, assessors clerk: Thomas Hartigan, Mrs. Lu- cille R. Adolf, Mrs. Wanda Sitka, John Savers, Finance Commission CTS Harley W. Tripp, Major Judge, Charles B. Jackson, John A. Hay den and Jcnn H. Goss: Peter Grif- fin, Edward L. Futile, Martin F. Hayden Attorney Charles E. Williamson, accused; Joseph B. McMahon, Con- fessed conspirator Harry Mackenzie; t; Fred Dalton, Edward Downes, Pa trick Carlin, Joseph Carroll, Fran- cis Brice, James O'Donnell, Tim othy Horgan, who has pleaded nolo contenders to the charge; Francis O. ODonnell, Harold Cook.
 Calvin Richardson, William l.. Loomis, Henry s. Seeley, Albert A. Johnston, Carl Heebner, Frank T. Waering. former Supt. of State Po- lice Anthony P. Sunderland, Mayor Thomas J. Spellacy of Hartford !; Former City Court Judge John P McGrath: former Mayors Francis P. Guilfoile and the late William E Thoms.
 Weisman on List
 Daniel L. Haywood, Bert c. Stig- berg, Attorney Herman J. Weisman Beatrice Pomponio, Helen Driscoll, Elsie Emanuelson, Francis Troy, J Warren Upson, Warren M. Brown former County Detective, now su- perintendent of state police Edward J. Hickey.
 Defense witnesses who testified for Simon J. Alderman included Merrill Petron, Helen R. Driscoll, AL derman, Philip Meyerson, James Cronin and Nathan s. Goldstein. Witnesses called on behalf oi Kingsley and Meany included Alber, L. Strang, John B. Curnock, John Kearns, Rowlin r. Faust, Henry F Mccullough, Monroe Ritter, William H. Thompson, Kathleen Barbour Alice O'Donnell, Raymond P. Clark George H. Kingsley, John w. Meany William B. Murray, Park Rowley William Rae. John D. Lynn, James F. Hughes, William c. Eaton, Will liam R. Donaldson, Carl w Wright and Andrew Nelson. .~