The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-04-12

auce OI some TcCOrOS, dlonC yOuy A. MT. Alcorn, the first knowledge and information that I ever had oi any disappearance of records wa. what I read in the newspaper. @. I haven't asked for you knowledge. I haven't asked you wha' you know. I have asked you if i isn't a fact that at that meeting o you and Mackenzie and Leary ther, wasn't talked about the disappear ance of records in the controller office in Waterbury. A. Not while I was there.
 Do you remember making that an swer to that question?
 A. Yes.
 Q. You knew what you were ask ed?
 A. Yes. Q. And you knew what you an swered? A. Yes. o. And you knew you were under oath. Isn't that right? | A. Yes.
 Record: @. MT. Williamson, you talked about the vouchers that you got the checks for, didn't you? A. Well, there may have been some reference. o. And what was said? A. There was no general talk. o. We will leave that out about the general talk. What was that reference to the vouchers and cheeks? No Reference A. I don't recall any reference to vouchers and checks. e. You say there may have been some references. A. I said there may have been some reference to that but there was no talk about the disappearance. c. Were you asked that question and did you make that answer? A. Yes.
 o. You then, as you stated before the grand jury, were making full and fair answers to all questions? A. Yes. e. You were doing 1t on the ad- vice of MT. Danaher, weren't you?
 A. Before had talked 1t over.
 o. With whom?
 A. MT. Danaher.
 Q. Or MT. Hickey? Both MT. Hickey and MT. Danaher? A. No.
 @. Leave out about the disap- pearance. Didn't you talk about vouchers and checks that you had signed and e:-dorsed? A. I don't think so. don't think there was any reference to it at all
 o. Wasn't it mentioned? A. I don't think so. @. You don't think SO. Now a word said about 1t all the time you were there?
 A. I haven't the recollection oi anything that was said about vouch- CTS or checks. o. Were you asked those ques- tions and did you make those an- swers? A. Yes.
 Q. You were passing that all to the grand jury under your oath as the truth? A. Yes.
 Q. For their information and guidance? A. Yes. Record: Q. Was anything said about rec ords? A. haven't any recollection of any reference to records.
 Records Going o. w Il, Leary told you and told Mackenzie those vouchers and checks that you had signed were go- ing. That IS what he told you? A. No. He didn't.
 o. Did you make that answer tc that question? A. Yes.
 Record:
 o. He didn't tell you?
 A. No.
 o. Well, you didn't know about that?
 A. No, I didn't know anything about the disappearance of the vouchers and checks. Here is what I read in the newspaper that the checks and vouchers amounting to $sn,000 had disappeared. I couldn'i see how checks and vouchers could disappear, MT. Alcorn, and still be publication of what everybody re- ceived-mine and everybody else's. @. That is, you saw they had dis appeared-you couldn't understand how 1t was that they had found OIL the money that you had received even though the vouchers ano checks were gone? A. I couldn't see how the records were destroyed, and then there was a publication of them; later I read among them were vouchers that ] had signed. Q. None of you talked abou. vouchers and checks you had signed and upon which you had received money but you ;alked about the danger that there was somebody else in the office who had a memorandum of all these things? A. No.
 c. You didn't say a word about that--not a word? A. No. @. You were quite relieved when Leary said the checks and vouchers had disappeared? A. Well, this is an amazing story to me. Q. Do you remember being asked those questions and making those answers?
 A. Yes.
 e. And it was your design to pass them on to the grand jury as the truth?
 A. Yes.
 Q. You, as lawyer, wanted them to understand 1t was the truth?