New Britain Herald Newspaper, April 16, 1929, Page 3

EGAN TESTIFIES -+ HE HAD NO PART IN NAKING NOTE (Continued from First Page) stand at the conclusion of his grilling hy Mr. Alcorn and he smiled broad- ly to many in the court Yoom. Most of his testimony today had a bear- ing upon the $200,000 note. Mr. Healy's testimony was quietly given and threw little light on the complications in either the Egan or the Watkins case. When he had completed, /Judge Wolfe, addressing both Alcorn and Healy, said, “You two have exonerated yourselv: The defense was twice supported by the court in objections to the line of questioning by Mr. Alcorn and in each instance the cross examina- tion had been as to Egan's trip to Europe and his call at a trust com- pany in Picadilly, London. One oo- Jection sustained, the defense claim- ed, was over questions which aimed, it was asserted, to show that Egan made deposits of money on the other side. Egan Changes Testimony Court was a little late in getting under way and Egan on taking the stand for further cross examination asked Judge Wolfe for permission te change some of his testimony given on Friday bearing upon the $200,000 note. Egan said he was greatly confused and very tired when questioned as to who conceiv- ed the id.a of making the note. The court allowed him to make the changes. Egan said he wished to clear Frank Healy and Bank Com- missioner 8hippee of any inference that they had knowlédge of the note. He said that if any such inference was given, it was wrong. Did not Prepare Note Egan said that he received a call from Watkins in relation to this note in the latter part of November, 1927, asking him to come to Wat- kins' office on Lewis street, which he did. Watkins told him that the bank commiss'oner had made an ex- amination of the books. Watkins asked advice if the note would make the books look more substantial Egan said that he might have said it would but he had nothing to do with the preparation of the note it- self. Watkins handled that entire- ly. Egan said that when he testi- fled on Friday thaa he had knowl- edge of the note he was tired and weary of mind and thought Mr. Al- corn was talking about endorsement of the note. He said he did not think Alcorn was referring to the actual drawing up of the note. Questioned Concerning Fees Mr. Alcorn asked him about the secret accounts from which he, Egan, got money for his legal fees. For fully ten minutes Mr. Alcorn tried to have the witness make a positive statement as to whether he though taking fees in this way was “legally wrong." Egan said finally he could not see that it was “legally wrong” but | might be “morally wrong.” He said that if a client paid him money, it was none of his, Egan’s business where the client got it. If fees were paid it was none of his business where the money came from. Egan said he couldn't recall talk- ing with the bank commissioner in regard to the financial statement which Watkins prepared. He said he had nothing to do with making it | up. He said he may have sald some- | thing to the effect that it could be shown that Watkins was good for the $200,000 note, but he added he | had nothing to do about the note nor did he suggest the making of | any financial statement. Egan said he knew the bank commissioner would want proof that Watkins could pay that note. To Mr. Alcorn's questions he again denied prepara- tion of the note and said that his recollection of the note was differ- ent today than from which he had As to the financial statement turn- ed over to the bank commissioner he knew nothing of it until it was ready to be turned over. He said no mention was made in the minutes of the N. A. I, or the Gregory Co, of the $200,070 note. These min- utes were given to him for correc- tion and he never included any ref- erence to the note. Egan was questioned as to the black bag he brought from Santa Fe to Hartford and denied taking any- thing out of it or destroying books or anything else that was in it. Mr. Alcorn tried to have him recall tell- ing the court he had received $61,- 000 from the Watkins interests but he could not nor could he recall that he had said he received $90.- 000 during Watkins' trial. He could | not explain words in a letter writ- ten to Watkins from Cuba in which he said that Watkins was “too wor- rled.”” Egan sald he was not of the opinion at any time that there was & partnership in the N. A. I Advised Barber to Leave He said he told Louis Bouet that he thought he might be involved in the trouble if he testified before the grand jury and Egan acknowl- edged he told C. H. Barber, who came from Seattle to Hartford to help Watkins, that he might be in jeopardy because of his interests in the case and advised him to leave town. Egan said he told Barber that he might be found guilty of aiding and abetting a criminal, Mr. Alcorn said: “You didn’t do as much as Barber when you gave him $1.000 did you.” Egan replied: “That is a different comparison.” Mr. Alcorn started questioning Egan about his going to Europe and the court sustained the objection. Mr. Egan however said he went to Europe and stayed there 23 days, cleaning up the Yoho and Bailey borough cstates. Hec was in Ire- land four days. Mr. Alcorn questioned him as to going to the Midland Trust company in Picaddily, London, and Egan #aid he went there and cashed Travelers’ checks. Defense counsel objected to more questions and the court sustained the objection, the defense claiming that Alcorn’s ob- dect was to show that Egan made money deposits there. Dismissed by Mrs. Watkins On redirect cxamination Egan said he reccived a letter from Mrs. ‘Watkins saying he was through as her attorney and the mext day Ml turned over to her an automobile Governor Trumbull an_d Daughter THI_D PLANE VICTIM _—‘—s > Inaugurate New Air Service Early Gas Engine lar is Huge air liners, York and Boston. flying on reg Pictured hel when pretty Miss Jean Trumbull, sister of John Coolidge’s fiancee, and a of mineral water over the nose of a 14-passenger, tr Transport plane at the Newark, N. standing beside her. daughter of Gov. John Trumbu'l NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, :u.oDAY, APRIL l NEA New York Burcau timetable schedule, now link New the inauguration of the new service, Connecticut, smashed a bottle of motored Colonial Air J.. airport. Governor Trumbull 1s and furnishings which had been in her home. Egan stepped off the stand and appeared greatly relieved and exchanged smiles with many in the court room. Frank E. Hecaly, the last witne said he had been a lawyer since 1893 and a partner of Kgan sinc 1925. He first saw Watkins in No- | vember, 1927, when the latter him to become his attorr ness said that he did legal work for Watkins and tried to get him a banking license. He gave him no ad- vice, however, but did go to see the bank commissioner, J. B. Byrns. Witness said he knew nothing of the preparation of the $200.000 note. Did Not Like Situation Witness tried to g trusteeship for the A. 1. Healy aid e didn't like the fact that Watkins controlled all the voting stock of the N. A. I. He said Watkins came to him a long time ago and asked for advice if it would be all right to take Mrs. Maud Keator into part- nershi H y said he advised against it. (Mrs. Keator is a board of health employe who invested $40,000 and lost it by collapse of the N. A. 1.) Mr. Healy said he told Commis- sioner Shippee that the books would be in proper condition for second examination. ‘i he commissioner told him that he didn't like th $200,000 note as it was not properly secured. The state of the hooks in- dicated the concern was insolvent Healy said he didn’t make up the final statement but advised Watkin. that something of that sort shou!d be made and Watkins brought in th: statement within 48 hours, ‘Watkins said that it was o true statement of the finances of the company. Healy testified that at this time and prior to this time Egan had had nothing to do with th preparation of the statement. In December, 1927, Watkins gave him |a check for $1.349.80 and told him that one thousand shares had been placed in a secret account for him. A motion to separate Herbert R. Mayers, of the National Associated Investors, Inc.. Roger W. Watkins' investment trust scheme, from the other de- fendants in the $900,000 negligence suit brought against officers and directors of the company, by the receiver, was filed today with the clerk of the superior court. Mexicans Expel Yankees Suspected of Spying | Nogales, Ariz., April American residents Ariz., who were arrested in Nogal Sonora, Sunday night and held as 16 (R—Two Mexican federal spies, have been re- | leased by the rebels and sent back | into the United States, it was learn- ed this morning. The men are Joe Ohensorgen. an oil company em- ploye, and Rafael Berejarano, dairy owner. A report was circulated here last night that Ohensorgen had beea executed by a firing squad. The re- port, which became current after a detachment of soldiers was scen to draw up in formation across the in- ternational line and firc a volley of shots, could not be verified for some time becguse the border had been closed for the night. = -—— u former secretary-treasurer | 'MURDERER IDENTIFIED ' ASKIDNAPER OF GIRL Mother of Grace Budd, Missing Nearly Year, Says Campbell Took Child. New York, April 16 () — Henry Colin Campbell, confessed torch | yer of Mrs. Mildred Mowry, his igamist wite, was tentatively iden- | [tificd from photographs at police headquarters today by Mrs. Delia { Budd as the “Frank Howard” who | Kidnaped her 10 year old daughter (Grace on June 3. 1928, | After Mrs. Buad had studied photographs of Campbell and said |she was positive he was the man | who took her liitle girl. two detec- tives left with her for Elizabeth, N. whe npbell is in jail. Mrs. | Budd said that relatives who had [seen photographs of Campbell and | who had scen “Howard” agreed | that they are the same man. | “Howard” appeared at the Budd home last year, saying that he was | rmingdale, L. 1. farmer, and »d to employ Grace Budd's r oold brother. After making ; intanee of the family in this | manner he said that he was going | to a birthday party at the uptown home of his sister and offercd to take Grace Budd with him. He was | permitted to do so and from that moment the Bude no more of their daughter. Three girls living in the neighborhood of the Budd home said they saw her enter an auto- mobile bearing a Pennsylvania li- cense. is saw . MERIDEN MAN DIES AT 101 John Nicholas Melster, Native of | Saxony, Germany, Came to 1 United States in 1887 !‘ Meriden, April 16 (®—John Nich- | olus Meister, centenarian, died her today at the of 101 years. He | was born in Saxony, Germany | came to Stockbridge, , in 1887, | then to Meriden in 1898, | He is survived by four chidren, | sixteen grandchildren, seven grandchildren and a sister, Dorothy Frazer of Greenfield, ) BEAN COUNTERS WIN Announcement of winners in the Rackliffe Bros.. Inc.. bean counting contest we announced today as | follows: First, Ebon Strong; secc- | ond, August Matsen; third, Carl| Splettstoesz fourth, Ernest Snel!; | fifth. Arnold Heinas; sixth, Frank | | Ritoli. | D HERALD CL. CAPITOL STARTS SUNDAY “IN OLD ARIZONA” AN ALL TALKI With MUND LOWE WARNER BAXTER N\ ~, : %0//1 ) \\\\\\§ Perfect Optical Service By Our Registered Optometrist Eyeglasses 50c Weekly —_—— 334 MAIN ST. PHONE 3077 For Appointment 354 MAIN ST. William C. ) Stout Engineering Laboratories, who the airplane crash at the Ford Air- | port in which H. Kreider of Hager: ttown, Md., and Captain Alan died today at the Henry Ford hos- Gilbert City National bank, $672 a few minutes after President Hoo- | 16, 1929. gine is sought by the Nutional musc- crude, noisy internal combustion en- um for & power exhibit to trace how |science has developed the automio- I bile engine of tod It was the first practical and com- | mercially successtul gas engine. A producer of noisc, rather than pow- er, it nevertheless w orted from Germany after 1567 and for nine years held sway until supplant- cd by quieter and morc efficient types. Dr. Carl W. Mitman, curator in charge of developing the exhibit f which a great hall has been madc available, believes that such a ma- chine may be retired in an out-of- way corner of some American ma- chine shop. The museum has a model of the machine st original engine for is a four-cycle machine by A. Otto. which true beginning of today's autoniobile engine. | This old machine luntil 1928 in Princeton university and was secured several months ago las the actual fore-runner of ern powcer The noisy engine sought was produced by Otto a Bugen Langen in 1866, It cd of one piston which was hurticd upwards by explosion of gasoline At the top of its stroke it zed u toothed and inits descent turned a crank shaft It was six fect high and looked like a heavy eylinder on which were mounted several cogged wheels and A a small fiywheel. Although a crude | Sought by Museum ylor, Enginecr at Stout Laboratories, Succumbs to Injur- ics Received Last Saturday. Detroit, April 16 (A—William C. Naylor, 29, chief engineer of the was injured Saturday afternoon in Bruce of Akron. Ohio, were killed, pital patent office but its old- the exhibit developed marks the ATE TOTALS $15,804 T! cstate of the late Edward Smith is valued at $15,504.49, ac- cording to an inventory filed today in probate court by the administra- tor, Thomas I*. Smith. The follow- ing items are included: Property on street, $5,500; deposit in the deposit in the Savings bank of New Britain, $2.326 90 shares of Landers, Frary & Clark, $6,210.16; 16 shares | Stanley Works. $1.0 nd wages due from L., F. & C.. $36. had been in us mod- which is consist- CON Washington, April 16 (P—Within| The first commercially successful 0- gas engine (patent office model ver today forwarded the nomination | chown) is sought by the National of Charles Gates Dawes, former vice | museam in tracing the developmtne president, to be ambassador to Eng- | of the automobile engine. land, the senate confirmed it without a roll call. rack Washington, April 16 (1 White Tar Napthalene MOTH BALLS nd package WAX PAPER 8c r0il —These coats were purchased at a special price and could not be duplicated anywhere for less than $15.00. and —New Fabries Tweeds. Sports —New Scarfs, New Sleeves, New Furs and of course man- nish styles. 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