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'' „ ' „ ,., ; , . , ; ¦ ¦ , ,, *. ¦ , ' ' ¦- Grit Graft Charge Against Edwards - Dismissed; Ju dge Says \Weird\ Deal Superintendent Davis Says He Accepted Delivery of Roaa? Material , No Checkup—Evidenc e Includes Defendant ' s Offer of Restitution Previous to Indictment The grand larceny indictment against . Carleton Edwards of Middle Island based on his alleged' charg ing the Brookhaven Town Highway de- partment for grit he never delivered •was dismissed following the close of the People ' s ease in the County court trial , at Riverhead Wednesday morn- ing. A brief dispatch on the case re- ceive d as the Mid-Island Mail was go- ing to press , was published in last ¦week' s issue. The dismissal came on motion of Stephen Callaghan , defense counsel , a former Supreme court justice. Judge L. Barron Hill , presiding, called the dealings ' involved . \A very strange and weird transaction. \ The trial began on Monday and the prosecu- tion rested Tuesday afternoon. Grit is small stuff formerly thrown away by gravel dredgers , now sold for certain covering and filling uses, In this case it appeared that Edwards got it for 40 cents a cubic yard at Northport and resold it to the town for $2.50 a yard. Assistant District Attorney Harry Brenner , in charge of the prosecu - tion , sought to show that Edwards charged for 1 , 400 yards in one trans- action , for which he was paid $3 , 50C on approval of Hi ghway Superinten- dent Harold F. Davi s , but that he could oiot have delivered more than 950 yards. The hauling involved a deal witl Judson \Davis , son of Superintenden t Davis , and a sp lit of tlie pr ofits , in accordance to the evidence. i Took Edwards ' Word T . Superintendent Davis , called as a witness , testified that he knew the 1 , 400 yards of grit had been delivered but pn further questioning admitted that he merely took E dwards ' word for it as he Lad nobody checking up on the grit p iles. On a follow- up question he said \Everything is ch e cked now, \ In granting the motion to dismiss , Judge Hill told the jury of 12 men that regardless of what their personal opinion might be in rega rds to tbe transaction \ as far as the law goes I can see no cause but to dismiss the indictment. \ ¦ He added that the court was \ not trying anybody for a weird book- keeping transaction , but for larceny, \ and \ so far as the testimony goes the town is shown to hav e received all of the ' grit' . \ Adam Schwab of Northport , a gravel dealer , testified that Edward s had' purchased 664 yards of grit from him at 40 cents a yard and had paid $265.«0 for the material. According to the testimon y of Roy Moon , a clerk in Schwab' s office , Edwards usually purchased three or four yards of grit at a time , but an extra yard or so was thrown onto the truck with out charge. Allowing dor the extra grit the State contended that Edwards did not purchase over 950 yard s of grit from Mr. Schwab , wh i eli left 450 yards to be accounte d for. Over, the objection \ of Attorney Callaghan , the court permitted a statement made by Edwards to Dis- trict Attorney ' Fred X. Munder on March 26 , 1940 , before Edwards was indicted , to be read into the , court record. In this statement Edwards said, lie received $3 , 500 from the town as payment for the 1 . 40C yards of grit delivered early in this year and that he cashed the check at the Peoyles Na tional Bank in Patchogue. t Divided With Davis ' Son | < - > __: : <s> ILc sai d he sent S chwab a cashier ' s check for $265.60 to pay for the grit and\ gave Judson Davis $100 to pay for . gasoline which the latter had sup- plied in trucking the grit. The re- mainder of the inoney was split be- tween Edwards and Judson Davis with each getting¦ $1 , 600 , according to the statement. Im questioning- Edwards about the yards of grit bon g lit from Mr. Schwab , Lloyd Record , district at- torney ' s stenographer testified that Mr. Munder followed this line of inquiry. Q. On that computation the bill is at least 500 yards excessive? A. Yes. Q. You understand it was wrong to charge that? A. I knew it was wrong. Tes. . Q. You said to me a while age that you wanted to make restitu- tion. Is that correct ? A. If I can possibly get the money, yes. If it is possible to get it in any way. Q. You were in partnershi p with somebody weren ' t you !? A. Indirectly yes. Q. And that was Judson Davis. A. Yes. Later in questioning Edwards about the number of yards delivered Mr. Munder asked , according to the testi- mony : Q. He (Judson Davis) knew you were short too, didn 't he? A. Yes , but not how much. During the trial John Payne , who is a partner in the firm of William Winters Co. of Setauket , testified that he had sold grit to the town at $2.75 a yard and that the town owed the company about §7 , 000 as of last January 1. Mr. Payne testified that Edwards came to him in March , 1940 , and said that Payne had delivered grit to a town pile which sliould have been delivered to him (Edwards)- and that he credited Edwards with the 450 yards on the books of the William Winters company. He said that in stra i ghtening this out he assigned to Edwards a claim against the Town of Brookhaven for 450 yards which had been on the Winter company ' s book s , uncollected , since 1939: Mr. Brenner attempted to have the ledger of the transaction entered as court evidence , but Judge Hill upheld the objection of Attorney Callaghan . Town South Area Made Into Zones 01 Civil Defense At a meeting of the South shore committee of the Suffolk Civil De- fense council Friday afternoon in the Brookhaven Town hall , Patchogue , tli e southern half of the town , of whieli James R. Skinner of Patchogue is chairman , was divided into three zones. Planning Consultant John M. Mud- deman was present and marked off on maps the area which would be covered in each of the zones. The chairmen will be: August H. Stout , Jr., of Center Moriches for Zone 1 , covering- Bellport to East- port; James Gaffney of Medford , Zone 2 , from Medford to Yaphank; Floyd Houston of Blue Point , Zone 3 , Pat- chogue to Blue Point , including North Patchogue. 8. S. Democratic Club Officers Are Installed Major Dalmasse President—Assistant District Attorney Rooney of Kings County Tells of Crime Detection Officers of the newly-organized South Shore Regular Democratic club , of which Major E. P. Dalmasse of Bellport is president , were installed Thursday at a meeting in the K. of C. clubhouse on Academy street , Pat- chogue. The officers , installed by Assistant District Attorney John J. Rooney of Kings county, also included Carl \VV. Jamer of Manorvill e , vice-president , William B. Sinn of Patchogue , secre- tary, and Gustave Neuss of Yap hank , treasurer. Timothy J. Morrissey of Lak e Grove , the sergeant -at-arnis, was unable to he present. Brookhaven Town D emoeratic Lead- er Joseph F. O'Brien read a letter from County Chairman John R. Vunk , who had to attend a Huntington Town Democratic county committee meet- ing. Mr. O'Brien introduced Mr. Rooney, wlio gave a talk about crime in the United States and particularly in Brooklyn. He praised the work of Kings County District Attorney O'Dwyer , and told oi methods used in crime detection and prosecution. Each of the new officers also ad- dressed the meeting. The club voted to sen d a resolution of support and approval to President Roosevelt and to County Leader Vunk, and it was decided to hold regular meetings on the third Thursday of each month in the K. of C. clubhouse in Patchogue. Mrs. Gallagher Made Gran d Regent , C.D.A. Of Lake Ronkonkoma Election of officers was held Mon- day ni gh t by Court St. Joseph , C. D. A., at St. Joseph' s parish hall on Church street , Ronkonkoma. Mrs. Lillian Bigler , who had served as grand regent for . three years , re- signed , and Mrs. Anna Gallagher was unanimously elected in her p lace for the coming year. Other officers are: Mrs, Frances Moldashel , re-elected vice-grand re- gent; Mrs. Delia Lutz , re-elected pro- phetess; Mrs. Marie Mooney, lectur- er , filling the position vacated by Mrs . Gallagher; Mrs. Teresa Burmann , re- elected historian ; Miss Marie Erny, re-elected financial secretary ; Miss Celia Burmann , re-elected treasurer; Mrs, Ann Bartik , monitor; Mrs. -Cal- lan sentinel , \Tilling vacancy left by Mrs. Louise Lyons. Trustees elected are Mrs. Lillian Bigler and Mrs. Lena Cipp, both for three years ; Mrs. Knob - loch and Mrs. Keenan , for two years and Mrs. Kraics and Mrs . Rafferty, one year. There ' were no contests. Installation of officers will be held on May 28 at the hall. Plans also were made for a retreat at the Cen- acle convent on Monday, May 26, W. G. STRAUB OPENING MEAT MARKET. LAKE RONKONKOMA William G. Straub , former manager of the meat department in the Lake Ronkonkoma A & P store for the past 12 years , will open his own market directly across the street front the A ¦ &. P shop within the coming week. Mr. Straub left the A & P because the meat department in the Lake Ron- konkoma store has been discontinued. Centra! Brookfeaven Rep ublicans Meet , Nominate Officers At a meeting of the Central Brookhaven Republican club -at the Nature ' s Gardens clubhouse last Wednesday evening, the following officers were nominated for the com- ing- year: Arthur M urray, presi- dent; Mrs. Foster Overton , vice- president , from the 12th district; Charles Bech , vice-president , from the 13 district ; Airs. Jacob Baczen- sky, vice-president , from the 33rd district ; William Cunneen , vice-pres- ident , from the 34th distri ct; R ich- ard Henry, vice-president , from the 36th district; Mrs. Albert Quattlan- der , secretary; Mrs. Leslie Hough , corresponding secretary, and Alfred Steiger , treasurer. The directors are Harold Soren- scn and Albert Campbell from the 1 2th district , Arthur Cavargn ' a and George Pears-all from the 13th dis- trict , Gikb Plate and Bert Brower from the 33rd district , James Wetsell and Elmer Fogarty from the 34th district and Mrs. \William Haspel , Jr., and Clarence Keefer from the new 36th district. Richard Newton was chosen director-ut-large. Plans were complet ed for the card party to be held at the Centereach fi r eball next Wednesday evening, for which Mrs. James Wetsell is chair- man . G. L. F. EGG AUCTION The Long Island Co-operative G. L. F. Egg Auction , Inc., of Centr al Islip lists these recent prices: Extra large over 64 pounds 27-32 , large white 25-29 , medium white 21- 24V£ , pullet white 19-22 , large brown 21-26 , * medium brown 17-21 y 2 ; auc- tion May 6 , 255 cases. The above prices are for Quality. Empire and Blue Chief only. Specials are selling at three to five cents lower. • \~ - \ m ' m ' m \ I REM EMBER -f , tJS t J MEMORIAL DAY «= ^ - . i T? Two letters settle where * ^ j -r* ^ \^ ~. P.M.. — Pocooo Manor. ¦\\ \\ \ - N AJ$-**C \ * \ Bring your tennis rac- y—a iv/ f bi quet ot golf clubs. Get kji ^C^ \JL rea 'dy for % trot or hike. •tv-r-l tWw3?7 Vooi is -farm-fresh and I .\RiC'n/* SO e0od - BrinB lhe I /*<2. > > V | Vy\ Y l yft famil y. Bring your appe- 1 \ ^ '1 1 ^ 'the Remember P. M. I g teCONO —— ' V~-- ^ANOR HERMAN V. YEAGER. Cenera f Manager POCONO MANOR, E»A» ' *m**%*%\****~*i*wt*%*****-**tmm***%%*%m
