The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-01-31
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years N35, 1886 and 1887, upon which appeared the names of per- sons who received cash from said Olsen in exchange for checks drawn upon the treasurer of the city of Waterbury during said years as aforesaid, payable at the Citizens and Manufacturers National Bank of said Waterbury, thereby conceal ing from the board of finance and the citizens and taxpayers of said city the aforesaid exchange Of checks for currency and the consid- eration for which treasurer's checks were drawn by said Olsen and the amounts thereof and the names of the persons receiving said cash.
 And in further pursuance of said conspiracy, to wit, between the first day of January, 1885, and the first day of February, 1888, the said Daniel J. Leary and the said T. Frank Hayes did wrongfully and un- lawfully engage the said Charles E. Williamson, then and there nem- Der of the bar of the state of Con- necticut and the said Harry E. Mackenzie, not a member of the bar, in violation of the provisions of the charter of said city, to appear for and to lobby in behalf of, or in opposition to, legislation pending before the General Assembly of the State of Connecticut during the ses- sions of 1895 and 1887, as directed by said Hayes who then and there was the lieutenant governor of the state and by virtue of his office the presiding officer of the upper branch of said assembly; and the said Will liamson and the said Mackenzie did appear for and did lobby for and against legislation before the Gen. eral Assembly of the State of Con- necticut during the sessions of 1885 and 1897 as directed by said T. Frank Hayes and the said Daniel J. Leary. During and for the ses- sion of the General Assembly of 1885, the said Daniel J. Leary as controller of the City of Waterbury paid to said Charles E. Williamson and said Harry E. Mackenzie the sum of $24,400 for purported lobby services. Said sum of $24400 was paid by means of three checks of the City of Waterbury, issued in manner and form as aforesaid, and all payable at the Citizens and Manufacturers National Bank of Waterbury, all signed by said Dan- iel J. Leary and payable to the or der of said Charles E. Williamson. All of said checks were unnumber- ed when issued, and none was issued in regular course by the city clerk, and at no time were any of them approved by the board of finance of said City of Waterbury; and by order of the said Hayes, Leary, Borgnaes, Kelly and Dunn, said payments were withheld from the warrants payable register sheets until after said sheets had been signed by the members Of the board of finance, thereby giving the ap- pearance of approval on the part of said board of finance of said pay mcnts and thereby concealing said payments from said board and from ths citizens and taxpayers of said city; all for the purpose of con- cealing the unlawful and fraudulent methods and transactions of said Hayes, Leary, Kelly and Dunn, and for the purpose of concealing the formation and existence of said con- spiracy. And for the purpose of fur ther concealing said payments, said checks were delivered by said Daniel J. Leary to the said Charles F. Williamson and the said Harry E. Mackenzie in the rooms of the pharmacy commission in the state capitol at Hartford. and said checks were there indorsed by said Charles E. Williamson. Thereupon said Dan- iel J. Leary exchanged currency pre- viously obtained from said Carl D. Olsen for each of said checks, re- taining one-half of the amount of each check for himself and others. Of said sum of $24,400 the said Charles E. Williamson received $6,-