The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-04-26

He also admitted the evidence which the defense objected to.
 In his explanation of the alleged purpose of the evidence. which was identified by Albert A. Johnson
 bookkeeper of the Waterbury Trust company, on the witness stand, AL corn stated, that one of the sheets was a record that on June 2, 1937 the Boston Federal Reserve Bank allad sent tie Waterbury Trust con- spany $18,000 in $100 bills.
 fs Olsen Check to Burns
 ' That the following day, June g. ei937, Carl D. Olsen defendant and Former banker, issued a treasurer Acheck to Frank J. (Burns) santa Lucia for $i18.25, and that the check was endorsed by Santalucia. v "On the very day Olsen issued the streasurer check for $1l8.25-the day after the $18,000 was received at the SWaterbury Trust company-23 schecks of the City of Waterbury, for : a total Of $18,11S.25 were cashed at the Waterbury Trust company, charged Alcorn, in the absence of the jury.
 . He pointed out to Judge Inglis That the total of the checks and Ehe aggregate of the cash and treas .1lrer check, tallied.
 Transaction Covered Up
 That transaction was covered up in the manner indicated by the use of $l8,o00 in bills of s10o denomina- stions and the treasurer check, AL wcorn stated. Yesterday he charged That such checks were being used sin the past to conceal payments to Waterbury contractors and others. T "Its very difficult for me to fol- low" stated Attorney Cassidy at the conclusion of Alcorn'S statement.
 That doesn't make 1t inadmls- sible," retorted Alcorn.
 = All It Shows
 2 "All it shows is that the Water bury Trust Company got $l8,00O from the Federal Reserve" said Cas- sidy, continuing the argument. % On a question by Judge Inglis, At 4orney Alcorn volunteered that o. Ken had instructed a bank teller, a >rding to testimony, to keep $l0,- sDOt n $50 and $100 bills on hand. r "This shows that $l8,000 in cash sWas sent for and the g checks equal total of the treasurers' check and 4he cash. :. Tt was earmarked, de- Signed and prepared" said Alcorn, dor that purpose.
 VI Rornofa cnaculafiva v Attorney Cassidy replied that the sevidence was exceedingly remote and speculative"
 V "Tt was obviously a part of the Same transaction" continued AL corn as he pointed out that the dates and figures correspond, "even to the 25 cents"
 = Arguments were ceased when Judge Inglis remarked from the sbench: I'm inclined to see it has some bearing on the case. I'll over- 1ule the objections"
 q Defense counsel argued that there .wax no proof that the $18,000 was paid out to honor any city checks +Unless that is established, it has IiO MldIcl1d 1di1ty VI lCiCVdAACy, 0 6uCN Attorney George W. Crawford. Alcorn continued that the daily tellers' sheets for 1931-1937 would show the payments and where the cash went. But Olsen saw to it that all the sheets where the names would appear were destroyed" he said.
 When Attorney Cassidy insisted that there might have been $50,000 paid out by the bank on that date, Judge Inglis commented, Those considerations go to the weight of the evidence"
 s Atty. Slade Argues
 Attorney Benjamin Slade argued that the missing tellers' sheets, &C., cording to the testimony of Henry s. Seeley, former president of the