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office of States Atty. William B Fitzgerald. Alcorn, the witness said informed the local states attorneys $ office that information had come to him concerning irregularities in the tax collectors office and suggested that Atty. Fitzgerald investigate the case instead of the grand jury which had been called to investigate matters of alleged conspiracy in connection with the affairs of the city of Waterbury.
 Detective filling further testified this morning, when questioned by Atty. McNif, that there was no ques- tion but that 1t is more or less general practice to cash checks in the tax collectors office.
 Identified Deposit Slips
 He said that Miss Cavanaugh un- der questioning definitely identified bank deposit slips, alleged to have been made out to her and which are in evidence. He further said that Miss Cavanaugh when ques- tioned had one of her attorneys, Maurice P. Wrenn with her each time she was questioned by Attys. Fitzgerald, Asst. States Atty. Wal ter Smyth and himself in the states attorneys office, and that she an- swered all questions asked her will ingly. He said her only objection to procedure there was the presence of court stenographer to make notes of her questioning.
 filling said that Miss Cavanaugh admitted putting through the above described Hotel. Elton check and holding back the bill preventing it from being posted.
 He said that the first complaint In the Cavanaugh case was made by the office of the city corporation counsel to whom the former Tax Collector William Ennis had report ed conditions in his office. He said that MT. Ennis himself never made direct complaint to the states at- torney's office as far as he knew. ACCuSe0 OT shortage filling further said that Miss Cav anaugh, under questioning, said that MT. Ennis had accused her of being short in her accounts. :.
 When asked if Miss Cavanaugh had said that she paid tax bills with her own money to avoid further trouble" with MT. Ennis Detective filling said that she did not make such a statement in his presence.
 He said she told of taking stubs from the tax collectors office home and adding them up during lunch hour of April 5, last, and of finding four additional stubs in her cage when she returned and of using het own money, amounting to over $30t to pay the bills.
 Other Clerks Examined filling next told of other clerks ir the tax collectors office being exam ined in the course of the states at- torney's investigation.
 In response to a question iron States Attorney Fitzgerald Allint said that he personally had investi. gated checks put through the Ia, Collectors office by ex-Mayor Have! and that he had located all of then and that they had been paid. Hl said that in his opinion none of thu checks had been post-dated. Present Clerk Called
 Miss Nada Gauthier, who is nov employed in the tax office and ha! been for the past seven years, wa! the next witness called by the state She said that her job was posting and that she was working at her jol on April 6, 1889.
 She said that Miss Cavanaugl had asked her on that day, wher she Miss Cavanaugh) was going ou in the event that she received { call from person named Arcand tt deliver message saying that "every' thing was all right. Miss Gauthie, said she told Miss Cavanaugh tl1a she wouldn't deliver the message.
 The examination of this witnes was short.
 Bank Clerk Called
 Raymond Phaneuf of the Citizen and Manufacturers National Banl was next called and told of MT Ennis coming to the bank on April and looking for certain city deposi slips which he said he got for him
 The next witness was Mrs. Glady Hessel who worked in the Tax Col lector's office from 1884 to the frs part of last July. She was the cash fer who worked in Cage 2, whici adjoined Miss Cavanaugl's. Sh said that she always made out he own deposit slips and that this wa the usual office procedure. She said she was in Cage 2 o1 April 6 when Miss Cavanaugh wen out to lunch and that Miss Mildrel IAwlor substituted for Miss Cava naugh that day. She said she dil not see anybody put the two envel opes with the four stubs referret ] to above in Miss Cavanaa10a1,s cage