The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1890-06-26


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Lo2 1 y. O1 June ~ Dau ! pI9u eHs
pch te iLst ,4. W nm = % s "a
he nS1o soI tnrousn WIN I.SAn anu msaliUeu "
see stevens anu Eesurn tne sttiu nsts: -
:, On . uue = salu Stevens gave me IuuLper VI
LisIs " ene Iorhl ei vi E4; anu stilI Gnas e
Wlsneu me 70 III up tnoSe Lsts, IurnIsnlus nun
tnrty 1amlnes OF from !hree TO nve members
eaen ana Oh various natlonantles. with tnese
asts ne gave me SIX sets 0I CARDS, represehtlng
as many nat1onallties. These cards were about
eighteen oy tWentyfour lnches IN size ana con-
tanned the surnames and Christian names appli-
cable to each nationality as named upon each
and natIonal1ties from these cards in
making up the thirty or more families
fhar ne lure +, ng tRe balance OF inc
the address, as | saw fit In this way man
featured thirty-two families; ten Swedish
composed of thirty-four persons; six Hungarian
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 a total of 122 per-
sons
On the morning of the 18th OF June said Stew
families last above described, which added to
the lists, and after doing SO handed said list to
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
to switch me on to that work. In accord
ance with this request / furnished Diekey with
about thousand names, copied from lists
with which had been previously furnished.
On the afternoon of June 10 Stevens furnished
me with a large number of lists in the form of
Exhibit 4, containing two, three, five and six
names each, together with the large card of
Swedish names above referred to, and furnishing
me with a rubber eraser, instructed me to
replace the names on said lists with
means alter the whole character OF the
lists. This did and kept at that
work until the 18th OF June, when at
1:20 p. m. of that day left the postoffice build
ing for dinner. was gone about fifty minutes,
and upon my return found that all the furniture
had been taken from said Ro9m 4s and all its
contents except a pile of lists In the corner. On
making inquiry, was informed by one OF the
enumerators who had been working in one OF
the secret rooms that the removal n,c was In IN
been received stating that governments
inspector would arrive in the city
that afternoon. We removed from the
secret rooms seven large gunny -sacks of
schedules and documents, and took them.
together with the furniture, to rooms IL to %
inclusive on the third hooroi the Vanderburgh
block corner of Fourth street and Hennepin
avenue, some three blocks distant from the
government building
The same manner of secrecy was main
as was maintained ID the government building,
and entrance was gained in the same way.
After removing to the Vanderburgh block,
and while working there, saw there the follow
ing persons most Of the time working under the
direction of said Stevens: Pplford,
enumeration districts 324 and 40s; Hagerman,
No BAG; Lewis, No. 341; Reyes, No. 422;
with the name of Maxon on the portfolio; Ben
Aarons, No. 309 s. Z. Crapdall, No. Al: r. 8.
Pearse, No. 1853; Mitchell, No. 337, Ed Jones,
No. 426; Orrin Plummer No. 395; James Wood,
No. 401: Knapp, No. $780, Montgomery, No.
343; Webber. No. 3l5; Joseph Kerzman, Pat
Callighan and Floren. AN of the foregoing
named PERSONS represented themselves AS
enumerators, and many of them
wore the enumerator's badge. saw
each Of the above-na1ned enumerators trans
cribing names and information from the above
described fictitious lists and blanks of the forms
OF Exs. 3, 4 and into the official schedules.
In addition to the above named persons,
there were also working there the following:
Gus Plummer. Fred Mead, Worth, Hutchings,