The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-06-27
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hereinafter stated.
On June was given by said Dickey a list OF
800 names and directed to transcrlbe them upon
Later said Stevens informed me that said
list was composed of the names of per-
sons whom the associated cnarlIies had
they were then living. I was directed by
said Stevens simply to copy the names
(and addresses when given) into said Ex-
hibit 3. There were several of these
lists containing a large number OF names
Obtained from various employing mt
agencies, lumbermen and Iumbermen's
camps and various other large employers
of laborers.
The other persons employed in said room 48
were engaged in copying names from these lists
into blanks of the form of exhibit during the
time that was SO employed.
On June z ! saw one Gus Plummer filling said
blanks OF the form OF exhibit 3, into which had
such other information as is called for by said
blanks He was not copying it from any
list or paper, but filling 1T in from his
own imagination.
On June S said Stevens, after INQUIRE of men
ae to my previous residence and occupation,
said: ''Thcse lists you are now copying,
and which have been furnished from i'm
telligence Offices, lumbermen, etc.-yo u
gre able to draw your own conclusions.
and you understand it is confidential. -
replied; II understand aa sir: it its is yDpc
people furnishing these lists have not their ad-
dresses, the names are on their books but
where they are now we don't know. We copy
these names from these lists and then add such
particulars necessary into these blanks
(being Elk. 3)and then distribute them pro rata
among the various enumeration districts SO
mind, this is confidential" 1 replied: "Of
course" Stevens then said:
''Well, 1 will see you later and explain
this" Stevens thee left me and shortly
returned with eighty-eight sheets, of
which Elk. 4. hereto attached, is one. To-
gether with these he brought large number Of
eight sheets contained only male names. and
five names to a sheet Said Stevens directed
me to fill in answers to the various questions as
called for on said Ex 3. excepting as to the
blanks; that was to use only the names of the
states for the birthplace, as these blanks were
to represent persons born in this country; in
and mothers birth, in other instances
he 1.-THE person whose name was in
serted in the blank might be sup
father but not of his mother, in some instances
of the mother but not OF the father; i'll others
should specify simply the state in which the man
himself was born, in other instances 1 should
use simply "U S." for the man and nothing for
the parents, and in other instances ~. S." for
the parents with the state named for the man.
And to use variations as to the states, remem
bering that there was a preponderance of
Maine people in Mime apolis, but not to
make too many from Maine and mono
hs% enon9s those 'hsy d t9
the older states in preference to those lately ad
united; and, for example. he pencied on six of
the blanks OF the form of Elk. 8
papers, containing the pencied instruction,
in said Stevens handwriting, are now in my
possession. Said Stevens then informed me that
as soon as had gone through said entire eighty
eight Sheets of which Elk. 4 is a sample, that I
should go back and begin over again, repeating
the process, as it was not at all unusual for two
persons of different names to give the same all
inoa Of
etc. and that no one would ever detect the non
existence OF such persons from those fictitious
lists. continued on this work until had filled
etc., and that no one would ever detect the
nOn-existence of such persons from those
fictitious lists. l continued on this work until
had filled in about twelve hundred of the
blanks OF the form Of Elk. 3. This l did di-
rected. and when completed returned the lists,
with the exception of one retained by me, to-
gether with the blanks filed out in the form Of
Elk 3. to said Stevens
On the evening of June z, said Stevens told me
that he had some special work for me to do;
that there was q certain district which was
mostly Scandinavian in which there one
block that last May canvassed 8S7 persons, and
the janitor had taken the census and returned
only 446 names, leaving over 400 persons to be
accounted for, and said that he wanted me to
make up the shortage, and in making the
changes as hereinafter stated. to initiate as
closely as possible the writing on the lists. In
order to make up, this deficiency, on the morn
ing following said Stevens handed me large
number OF lists OF the form of the paper hereto
attached, marked Exhibit 5, in which the ques-
tons were answered and a uame or names
given, the same purporting to be returns made
by the janitor of said block. and directed
me by alterations. raising ages. in
creasing the number Of children or
of single men, and where already married
and with a family. adding boarders. l per-
formed this work, adding 3G9 names to said
June 9. When finished returned them to Mr..
Stevens, who expressed satisfaction with the
work and said. II will see that the enumer-
atOr gets them."
named Frachette and Baudet, who were in said
room 4S, working at separate tables and copy
ing the names and information from the
fictitious lists similar to Elk on the regular
government schedules. They were working at
this tho entire day of June 8, and when
said enumerators left at night they took
ment schedule blanks and and fictitious
lists of the form of Eek. 4 wrapped up
in packages. Said Stevens told them to be
careful and not to let any one see them or the
color OF them. On June 10 Baudet brought
back the fictitious lists taken by him and said
he had got through with them and wanted to
see Stevens and return the said lists.
On June said Stevens gave a number of
lists OF the form of Elk. S, and said that he
wished me to fill up those lists, furnishing him
thirty families of from three to five members
each and OF various natiOnalities With these
lists he gave me six sets of cards. representing
as many nationalites. These cards were about
eighteen by twenty -four inches in size and con-
tanned the surnames and Christian names appli-
cable to each nationality as named upon each
separate card, and told me to use the names
and natlonalities from these cards in
making up the thirty or more families
that he required, filling in the balance OF the
information called for by said Elk. 8, excepting
the address, as saw fit. In this way man
featured thirty-two families; ten Swedish
composed of thirty-four persons; six Hungarian
families comprising twenty-three persons five
Austrian families comprising twenty-one per-
sons. three Russian families comprising twelve
persons, five Polish families comprising twenty
persons, and three Danish families comprising
twelve persons, making total of 122 per-
sons.
On the morning Of the 18th of June said Stew
ems dictated to me addresses for the thirty-two
families last above described, which added to
the lists. and after doing SO handed said list to
said Stevens. Soon after commencing the man.
ufacture of these last described families
said Dickey came to the room where was work
ing and said he wanted some Swede
names badly, every Swede name they
had had been used, and he would have
to switch me on to that work. In accord
ance with this request I furnished Dickey with
about a thousand names. copied from lists
with which had been previously furnished.
On the afternoon of June 10 Stevens furnished
me with large numher Of lists m tha form of