The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-03-17
Checks For PurceHs Expenses
 Not Issued On Pin-Point Machine
City Accountant Admits Rules of Office Violated in Paying Hotel Bills Fare History Supply

OaklAC0 Y uAOCAA Wuo CACUOCA 4AOAAA the witness stand in the conspiracy trial, after 19 days of testimony. He was, succeeded by Joseph P. Moore, an employe of the Connecticut Sup ply Company, operated by Frankie Burns Santalucia, one of the de- fendants. Highlights of the testimony fol- lows: Alcorn-Purcell:
 o. In your cross-examination you were shown 8 check for $84 that you got from the City of Waterbury in addition to salary and it was marked for Identification? Now, I show you that check-I ask you to tell me if you received that check?
 A. Yes.
 Q. And whether that is part of the files of the public records of the City of Waterbury?
 A. It is.
 Q. Now, show you those papers which I asked the counsel to &C., company with the check when they were examining you. I show you those papers = one - two - three -four sheets. What are they? A. The document itself is the voucher.
 e. The voucher that you render ed to the City of Waterbury under your name? A. Yes.
 Q. And what are the other pa- pers?
 A. The first one is a receipt for payment of dues-membership dues in the Municipal Finance Office Association of Connecticut-$2.
 0. That is the receipt accom-. panying the voucher? A. Yes.
 Hotel Bill
 e. What is the next one?
 A. The next is a hotel receipt for Toronto Hotel-amount, $l6-and covers for rooms for four days.
 o. What is the next sheet?
 A. The next sheet is a receipt from the Commodore Hotel. o. And how much is it?
 A. $3.O0.
 Q. Now, you submitted, didn't you, the exhibit of the receipts of the expenditures incurred during a trip?
 A. Yes.
 Q. Did you go by raila
 A. I did. @. And is the railway fare noted on the voucher? A. Yes. Q. What was the occasion under which you incurred this indebted ness of $84.00 to the City of Water- bury?
 A. It was convention of the Municipal Finance Office Associa- ton of Connecticut. @. It was held where? A. In Toronto. O. For how many days? | A. Four days.
 Papers offered as exhibits).
 o. notice, Mir. Purcell, that charge of the Commodore Hotel Is the Hotel Commodore in New York A. Yes.
 Q. noticed that your charge for the room was $500. You could have gotten-they have more expensive rooms. (Objections). | Murray: He could have gotten a whole suite. Objections sustained). Murray: I noticed, MT. Purcell, that that you raised the item from three to four dollars for hotel rooms on one occasion. This whole transaction is what might be called-your baby. A. I don't know what you mean. o. Was this check made out on the notorious pin-point machine that we have been hearing so much about for two months?
 A. It wasn't. o. Should it have been?
 A. It should have been, yes.
 Q. This is your check? A. Correct.
 Not On Check
 c. You heard MT. Alcorn's state. ! ment where he called attention to the jury to the fact that the charge wasn't put in on other checks, have mt you?
 A. think so. The charge ap- peared on the voucher. Q. The charge doesn't appear in the check, does 1t? A. No, I said. o. It doesn't. And, of course, there is no appropriation symbol on the check either? A. On the voucher. O. I say there is none on the check, is there? A. No.
 o. And was the voucher ok'd by your department head? A. No.
 e. So that Is your whole transac- tion here, every fundamental rule of the controllers ofilce that was com- plained about was violated. A. Apparently. 0. Apparently. That Is all. Attorney McDon0ugh: @. MT. Purcell, l was just won- dering, and perhaps some of the jury are, you said this was a con- vention that you attended? A. Correct. @. I wonder if by any chance, while you were in Canada, you wis., ited the quintuplets?
 A. I didn't. Attorney Cassidy:
 Q. Incidentally, you cashed that check, didn't you? A. I endorsed the check over to the petty cash fund.
 Q. want to ask you about this conversation you had with MT. O'Connor. Incidentally, you testified before the grand jury, didn't you? A. Yes. Q. And since you testified and in preparation for this trial, haven't you read your evidence = the evi. dence that yoa gave before the grand jury? A. No, sir. Not Refreshed c. Hasn't your mind been re- l. .