The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-04-13

 A. Yes, sir.
 o. And you have made a plea? i A. Yes, sir. o. You have counsel, have youi
 A. Yes, sir. Q. Who are your attorneys? A. MT. Hadden and MT. Pouzz- ner.
 o. You know, don't you, that you are under no obligations to take the witness stand unless you do so vol untarily? A. Yes, sir. o. And are you prepared to tel the jury andSanswer such questions that may be put to you here, re- garding this case, regardless of the consequences to yourself? A. Yes, sir.
 o. First, let me ask you, MT Mackenzie, what your financial con. dition is at the present time. Are you worth something - have you put away some money for the fu- ture? A. Yes, sir. 1O0- Grand!
 @. Would you be willing to tell us how much you have stored away?
 A. Around $10O,000.
 c. Is that all in personal prop erty or in real estate? A. Savings bal.ks and treasury bonds. I have my own home. o. Your home is located 1rl Bethel?
 A. Yes, sir.
 o. Do you have a mortgage on it? A. No. sir.
 0. What is it worth?
 A. I paid $10,000 for it.
 o. You testified before the grand jury, did you not?
 A. Yes sir.
 Q. And you told them the story of your connections with the City ot Waterbury, did you not?
 A. Yes, sir.
 e. After you had testified be- fore the grand jury, do you remem- Der whether or not you continued to live in Bethel all the time? A. My Wdo
 e. Do you remember the date when you testified?
 A. The 22nd or 24th of March. o. After your last appearance before the grand jury whether or not you went to 8 hospital?
 A. I did, after I had completed my testimony.
 o. How long was it after that? A. June 28 I went to the hospital. 0. And when was your last ap- pearance before the grand jury.
 A. I should say about the first week in April.
 o. To what hospital did you go? A. Danbury Hospital.
 o. Now, MT. Mackenzie, are you willing to tell us what you were there for?
 Takes Narcotics
 A. Well, I was taking narcotics. Q. Did you take treatments?
 A. Yes, sir.
 @. What was the form of the narcotics you were taking?
 A. Tablets and hypodermic in- jections.
 o. What drugs did they contain?
 A. Morphine, aspirin, condeine phenacetin.
 o. You went to the hospital when?
 A. June 28.
 @. And who was your personal physician?
 A. Dr. H. Frank Moore of Bethel
 o. He has been friend and phy- sician for long time?
 A. Yes.
 o. Whether or not you went to the hospital upon his advice? A. Yes, sir. o. How long did you stay there? A. Five weeks. o. And when, then, did you leave the hospital?
 A. The first week in August. ] had two nurses home with me fol two weeks.
 @. Did you have another physi- clan at the hospital?
 A. Dr. Mullin.
 @. Well, both of your physicians were in Danbury?
 A. Dr. Mullin is in Danbury and Dr. Moore in Bethel.
 o. Now. MT. Mackenzie, do you know T. Frank Hayes, the accused? A. Yes, sir.
 o. You got acquainted with him when he was in the House of Rep resentatives as a representative from Waterbury?
 A. Yes, sir.
 0. And whether or not your &C., quaintance has continued from that time?
 A. Yes, sir.
 Meets D. J. Leary
 e. Do you recall when you first met the accused Daniel J. Leary? A. I should say between the lat ter part of January and the first part of February.
 @. Of what year?
 A. 1935.
 o. Where did you meet him?
 A. Up in the State Capitol on the fourth floor in the room spoken ot as the Crows Nest.
 @. Is that what you call 1t?
 A. That is what they all called it around there, so I let it go at that, too.
 @. What was the room used for? A. The Republicans used it for conferences.
 e. You say you went up in this room?
 A. Yes, sir. r Q. How did he happen to be in that room?
 A. I was there q great deal of tl.e time, so MT. Hayes brought Mr Leary up to that room and intro-