The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-08-10
Attorney Benj. Slade Preceded Atty. Murray
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defense attorney stood solemnly be- fore the jury throughout his argu' ment. which for the most part wa delivered in a mild tone of voice.
 Bringing the name of former Mayor william E. Thoms, who oleo lasf night. into his arguments slade cried, q wonder if the passing of Mayor Thoms is not due to the srnearing he received"
 Mr. Thoms was mentioned uniaV- orably by the grand jury's repor' and by Alcorn during the trial' 1oi having received large sums of money from the city for legal services.
 Former Mayor Francis F. Gun soile was in the courtroom as Siaoe cried. "1f receiving payments is evi. dence of conspiracy why were no' Thoms and Guilfoile, former mayors acauainted with the charter, nanec with the other accused" MT. Gull foile vacated the courtroom lmme' diately.
 No Personal Attack
 Nh word of attack on Alcorn per- sonally was made by Slade in hls ar rument. Rather, the little counsellor said that Alcorn acted "m gooc faith" on the inferences contained IT the misleading information provided bv Brown, who made an examlna- tiou of the city's books.
 Pointing to piles of city records stored as evidence in the courtroom Shade cried, Nothing Brown salc concerning those books is worthy oi the slightest belief" Brown was or the witness stand for the state l4 days. testifying to alleged irregular ities in city government The defense had used only about 2s of its allotted 36 hours for argu. ment, as Attorney Murray opened his summation at 2 o'clock. Thus lar the state has used only seven ano one half of similar number ol hours allowed. Neither state nor de- fense is expected to consume it's al- lotment.
 Figures Don't Lie "Figures don't lie," Slade cried ''but not infrequently they disclose liars. His figures disclose Brown in his true colors."
 slade said that if the state of Connecticut had any evidence 1t could have instituted "an appro- priate case, charging substantia- tive case, and not hide under the guise of conspiracy" The state had no evidence, he cried. It never pre- sented any evidence to show that one person got single dollar fol which he didn't give service.
 Purcell's testimony he continued was supported by that of Brown who has no more conception ot fairness than a dog can have. Brown, he said, is willing to sell hi! saul for the money he can get ou of 1t. Is that sufficient reason t condemn these defendants? h. asked.
 He concluded his argument a 1i:40 when Judge Inglis adjourne' court until 2 p. m. for the star of the Murray argument, which ha been awaited since week ago. De fense arguments started a week az Tuesday, with Attorney George W Crawford speaking first.
 105th Day
 1 Blade, the 11th of l2 attorneys t. plead the innocence of 19 men ol trial to the jury on the charge 0 conspiracy to defraud the city o more than a million dollars, de nounced the states accountant Warren M. Brown In no uncertain terms.
 Opening his argument at 10 o'clocl this morning, the start of the 105tf day of the nine-months- trial Shade said that the state has con verted simple offenses into "th' heinous crime of conspiracy"
 And the state asks you to add tt the penalties provided in the chart er--to substitute for their penalties the penalties that may follow fo conviction of the heinous crime o conspiracy, he said in a loud tone For the first few moments of hi argument he had spoken so softl that the press table was unable t. discern his statements. Only tn jury heard.
 But as he reached his reference to the conspiracy charge, his voic reared. "A violation of charte provision of the city of Waterbur, or a statutory provision does not ii any way affect the main controlling charge Of cheating and defraudini the city of Waterbury," he cried.
 Blade, tiny, grey-haired attorne, from New Haven, said that eve since the start of the trial he hat been wondering why the Kingsle. accountants, George H. Kingsle. and John w. Meany were on trial T waited for the evidence in sup port of the allegations, he said And after all the evidence was in I concluded that the Kingsley audi tors and the other defendants ar here for two reasons"
 BorgnaeS Again
 sAn the defendants are here" h. <aid, Because of the misplaced