The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-06-09
in payment to Brown. amounting to

you can't see the figure $876 there and erased?" challenged Slade.
 T can see an eight" responded Brown.
 Cant you see the whole S76 there and erased?" demanded Shade.
 Yes, He Could See
 "Yes, I can," said Brown after an. other pause.
 Subsequently he pointed out sis similar instances in which amounts of potential iblls" had been exten. ded and erased.
 Don't you know you made the erasure just before you brought this sheet to court?" asked Slade, wher Brown stated that he could neither remember when he put the figure: down, nor when he removed them
 Admits Bill $48,51S.4S
 Brown, who has admitted his bil to date to the state will amount tc $48,5l8.48, for work since February 1888, if he is paid at the rate o1 $6 an hour for himself and $4 fol his assistants, said he erased tht figures from the sheets because they "had no meaning"
 Openly deriding the suggestion Slade asked, You put the flgure there and you mean to tell this Jury that it had no meaning"
 Brown retaliated with the state- ment that no bill had been rend- cred, but Slade pressed for an an- swer to his original question.
 May Have Had Meaning
 Finally Brown stated, Tt may have had a meaning when put 1t there-it might have been the po- tential amount of my bill"
 And I'm not hard of hearing MT Slade," he shouted at the dynamic little lawyer, who had been lean- ing over his shoulder, fairly yelling at him.
 In a much quieter tone, Slade saie "I don't want you to. feel badly, then continued, but you don't wan me to feel badly, do you?"
 Brown BMrts Answer
 Brown then blurted out that tnt figures might have represented tht "potential amount of his bill ane that he had erased it because no oll was rendered. T don't know wha' the bill will be-" he continued.
 Previously, Attorney John H. Cas- sidy, who concluded his cross-exam- nation of Brown before Slade re. sumed, had charged that Brown hae failed to render his bill because he did not want the jury to know now much he was getting for his testl- mony.
 Brown denied the accusation, Atty, Cassidy Defends O'Connor
 In the earlier portion of the morn ing session, Attorney Cassidy de- tended the use of the petty cash fund of the corporation counsels ot- flee by Charles s. O'Connor. Brown stuck to his theory that he could not accede that the account was not irregular" because he had not seen the invoices and cancelled checks.
 Even the word of James P. Pur- cell in his testimony that the fund had been accounted almost every month, would not be accept ed by Brown, who reiterated, T have to see the invoices" Purcell testi- fed that the invoices were des- trcyed after O'Connor had mad his account to him.
 Under Care of Brown
 Attorney Cassidy charged that all exhibits in the trial are under the care of Brown, and that anyone wishing to examine them must make request to the witness.
 Brown admitted that the same was true when the exhibits had been im- pounded at Hartford. He also stated that he had refused, at the orders of Special Prosecutor Alcorn, to al- low the defendants to look at the Waterbury Trust records, while they were stored at Hartford.
 Denied Access to Records
 The defense attorney pointed out that he and his client, Carl D. Ol- sen, former official of the bank, hao been denied access to the records when they went to Hartford.
 Brown did not know if he had shown Corporation ounsel O'Connor every check now in evidence. when the corporation counsel had spent more than 8 week in Hartford checking the records. He said that he did not intentionally withhold anything.
 And if MT. O'Connor says there are pencil marks on the books which were not there last September will you accept his word?" asked Cassidy
 Brown Wouldn't Accept
 sNo," retored Brown.
 He denied Cassidy's suggestion that any of his men might have put 3 pencil mark on an exhibit to convict someone.
 sThey wouldn't put so much as . pencil dot on them," replied Brown.
 Brown admitted that when he was paid by the state he did not ask the treasurer If there was an ap- propriation for the payments.
 Don't you know that no appro- priation was made to pay you?" asked Cassidy.
 NO, I don't" was the answer.
 "Did you inquirer" asked Cassidy
 sNo." was Browns reply.
 Brown said emphatically that he sgot" two dollars from the mem- bers of his staff. He said that he re- ceived $4 for each hour of their work from the state, and paid them weekly at the rate of g an hour.
 g As Kickback
 You wouldn't consider the reten- ton of that @ kickback" asked Cassidy.
 T most certainly wouldn't" shout cd Brown.
 Cassidy referred to Browns pay ments as 'dime minute", which Brown said was perfectly legiti- mate.
 The witness said that the bill would be sent to Mir. Alcorn first.
 Didn't Want Jury To Know
 ~The reason is you don't want the jury to know how much you're 0etfinQ for Votir testimonv2s charged