The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-08-22

| 1neVlCdDle, they DurneQ the GUY records; they burned the records of the city yards; they burned the records in the Waterbury Trust company and even the records in the corporation counseps office were burned.
 Your honor will recall that said many times throughout the trial, that money was paid to lawyers enormous sums, for the purpose of securing their influence, paid to them in return for their silence. That is true of McGrath. I told your honor many times during this trial that the state believed that this group now standing before you con- trols not only the police depart ment which Minor, the mayors ap- pointee stood at the head, but con- trolled the police court of which McGrath was the judge and in effect ruled the city and made it impos- sible while they were in power to discover their unlawful opera tions.
 Now. if your honor please, the state has shown that three and a half millions dollars was unlawfully taken from the citizens and tax payers of the city of Waterbury. And we believe that much more than that sum was taken. And what an- swer do the people of this city and this state receive for that sort of conduct in positions of public trust? We were told through the mediums of the public press the mayor of the city, who was then lieu tenant governor and who is still mayor of the city would take the witness stand. and refute all the charges that were made against him. But the reply the people get after the verdict goes against them is the reply of the man who recognizes guilt and is resigned to his fate. His statement is "It was ir the cards" His conduct, if your honor please, is a challenge to organized government. It is challenge to the courts in all of the other states in the Union, believe, as seen dis closed in a court of justice, this story of municipal corruption as mas been disclosed here. It hasn't yet happened in New Jersey; it hasn't yet happened in Louisiana. l sub init that the responsibility is very great that has rested upon me and upon my staff throughout this trial. I think the responsibility now is very great as it rests upon your honor, but I have no doubt that your honor will meet it.
 Honesty in Government
 If we are to maintain hnoesty in government, may it please your honor, when men are convicted as these men were convicted after the fair treatment in which the court gave them every possible latitude that would be allowed to any man in his behalf when on trial. So, when that is done, the court ought to meet its responsibility in the lan- guage that the legislature has used in the statute. The legislature has said that the maximum for crime C.. this kind is a fine of $500 and the maximum of imprisonment in the state prison for fifteen years. I cannot conceive of case of con- spiracy where the maximum penalty would be more fit than in this one
 And I shall ask your honor in the case of Hayes, Leary, Kelly and Ol- sen to impose sentence in the state prison of not less than ten years and not more than fifteen years.
 Dunn, Coppeto, Santalucia, O'Connor, Johnston and Healey).
 AS said at the oueset, if your honor please, it doesn't seem neces- sary for me to call your honor's at tention to the great display of evil dence agains tthese men. want to review for you the part which each one of them played in this con- spiracy.
 Dunn was in a key position. He was the deputy controller. He was the spokesman for Leary. He was the man who was closest to the con- troller. He had charge of the vault. He had charge of the books. He was