The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-02-23
Star Witness Purcell
 Presented All Checks
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 Fleming-represented demand TOT payments for hire of various equlp- ment for the city yards.
 Attorney Patrick Healey, counsel for Fleming, pointed out that each bill contained the date and place at which each piece of equipment had been used.
 With the introduction of the names of J. P. Healey and T. J. Fleming into the trial today, there renamed but one of the g defendants whose name has not been brought out in evidence. That name is Attorney Ralph Coppeto.
 Santalucia, head of the Connecti- cut Supply Co, is 40 years old.
 What Grand Jury Said
 About him the grand jury said: s'From available records 1t appears that between 1891 and 1885 he re- ceiyed at least $83, ,602.75 and during the year 1887 alone he received s85 .0OO from the city. During por- tion of this time he was doing ousl- ness as the Connecticut Supply O.
 'aThe records of the office ot the assessors reveal that most Of the contractors and truckers mentioned reported in their tax lists annually very little personal property. For example, between the years 1851 ana 1e35. the records of the assessors office indicate that Frank J. Santa lucia was the owner of one or two Ford trucks valued at few hundred dollars. yet during the same years available records indicate the receipt by him of $83,602.75 for the rental of trucks and equipment to the city
 Signed by Controller
 The majority of the checks made out in favor of Santalucla, were signed by Controller Daniel J. Leary, while others were signed by former Purchasing Agent Martin J. Dunn. Many of the group of 36 mentioned together, were charged to the WPA fund, Many of this same group were endorsed by Santalucia and his wife jointly. and bore the stamp of the waterbury Savings bank. others were stamped at the Waterbury Trust company.
 Practically all of the evidence con- corning Santalucia was introduced over the indignant objection of At torney John H. Cassidy, his counsel who referred to portions Of Purcells testimony as statements a matter of deduction and conclusion"
 Calling Thomas Morrissey, Jr.. of g2 Sanford Place, Bridgeport as a state witness this morning, Alcorn succeeded in having placed in evil dence the complete records of audit reports of the City of Waterbury from 1880 through 1887. Morrissey. who identified himself as senior tax examiner from the state tax com missioner's office, brought the auoiVs from the files of the state tax ccm- missioner at Hartford.
 Alcorn attempted to place the audits in evidence yesterday, put Judge Inglis refused to enter the books because he said that Purcell, then on the stand had not identified them fully as city records.
 Official Documents
 Purcell was taken off the witness stand today while Morrissey was identifying the audits. He said they were official public documents. A heavy-set individual, wearing a striped grey suit and glasses, the witness identified each book as Special Prosecutor Alcorn handed it to him. The 1881 and 1892 books, representing audits by the Miller Franklin Co.,, were entered over the objection of Attorney Benjamin Slade, counsel to the three Kingsley company defendants.
 The 1882 audit by Miller Franklin was signed by George H. Kingsley c. P. A.
 The 1883 to 1887 records were entered without objection. They were signed George H. Kings lev of George H. Kingsley Go. All were audits of the controllers office. There was also a record of an audit of the various city de- partments from January 1, 1887 to October 31, 1887. And an audit Of controllers books "as at November 30, 1937."
 Upon the acceptance of the books as evidence, Alcorn gave Morrissey a receipt for them. Morrissey was excused from the witness stand but he remained in the court room,
 Attorney Slade moved that Judge Inglis strike one of the audits from the record, but his request was denied.
 Exhibit 107"
 He moved to the exhibit table and picked up the one he had ob- jected to, exhibit 107" and started back to the defense table, presum- ably to examine it further.
 Alcorn, who had been facing the other way, suddenly wheeled and shouted sharply. What exhibit have you, Mir. Slade?"
 Blade looked stunned at the de- mand in Alcorns voice and replied quietly, "107".
 Meanwhile, Alcorn had placed on exhibit a group of 18 cancelled checks, payable by the city of Wa terbury to Frankie (Burns) Santa lucia.
 During yesterdays session, 27 checks payable to Burns were intro duced, representing payments of a total of $12,00l 50, which Purcell said had not been approved by the board of finance. Attorney John H. Cassidy, coun- sel for Burns objected loudly to the admission of the latest group of IS checks, stating that there was no basis established--no evidence of a prima facie case of conspiracy or that Burns knew anything about the charter provisions of the city, the bookkeeping system - he claimed that the matter was immaterial and irrevelant. He was overruled.
 Alcorn commenced to read the checks to the jury. As he read one endorsement he was interrupted by Cassidy, who pleaded in modulated tone of voice, "Be fair, now-Be fair"
 'sNot Sarcastic"