St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-06-22

papers, containing the penoiled instruction,
in said Stevens handwriting, are now in my
possession. Said Stevens then informed me me
said entire eighty eight sheets, Of which
Ex. is q sample, that l 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 answers as 10 age, occupation, time Of
working, etc.. and that no one would ever
detect the non-existence Of such persons
from those fictitious lists Icontinued on
this work until / had filed in about twelve
hundred Of the blanks OF the form of Ex 3.
This did as directed. and when completed
returned the lists with the exception or one
retained by me, together with the blanks
filled out in the form Of Ex. 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 certain district which
was mostly Scandinavian in which there was
one block that last May canyassed 9o7 per
sons, and the janitor had taken the census
and returned only 446 nemes, 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 morning following id
Stevens handed me large number of lists of
the form of the paper hereto attached,
marked Exhibit 5. In which the questions
were answered and q name or names given,
the same purpOrt1ng to be returns made
by the janitor of said block. and directed me
by alterations, raising ages, increasing the
number Of children, or
Adding a Wife
and children, in cases Of single men, and
where already married and with family,
adding boarders. 1 performed this work,
adding 369 names to said lists by the above
process, finishing the work on June 9. When
finished returned them to Mr.. Stevens who
expressed satisfaction with the work, and
said, 81 will see that the enumerator gets
them.''
On June I saw two census enumerators
named Frachette aud Baudet, who were in
copying the names and information from the
fictitious lists similar to E4. on the regular
government schedules. They were working
at this the entire day Of June 8, and when
said enqmerrtors leffa night they took With
blanks and fictitious lists of the
ages ages. Said s Stevens M'AtS told them n to p' be
careful and not to let any one see them or
the colcr Of them. On June 10 Baudet
and said he had got through with them and
wanted to see Stevens and return the said
lists.
On June 9 said Stevens gave me a number
VI lletS VI buc 1OIlu VI G4. y, duQ otlQ tlld5 uc
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 national1ties. These
cards were about eighteen by twenty-four
inches in size. and contained the surnames
tionality as named upon each separate card,
and told me 10 use the names and national
tiles from these cards in making up the
thirty or more families that he required, fill
ing in the balance of the information called
for by said Ex. 5, excepting the address, as
saw fit. In this way I manufactured thirty
two families, ten Swedish families, com posed
Of thirty four persons; sig Hungarian
families comprising twenty three persons,
five Australian families comprising twenty
ing 5sive .sefEsnss fydc sa families COM
prisii7g twenty t,Srgouy sdnu three Danish
families comprising twelve persons, making
total of 122 persons.
the thirty-two families last above de-
scribed, which I added to the lists,
and after doing so handed said list to
manufacture of these last described families
said D1ckey came to the room where / was
working and said he
Wanted Some Swede Names
badly; every Swede name they had had been
used, and he would have to switch me onto
that work. In accordance with this re-
quest l furnished Dickey with about
thousand names, copied from ni.iat Lists with
On the afternoon OF June 10 Stevens fur
nished me with 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-
opd f1rniShipp ma with a rIIbhnr eraser in.
structed me to replace the names on said lists
with names taken from the card, and by that
means alter the whole character Of the lists.
This did, and kept at that work till the 11th
of June, when at 80 p. N. of that day I
left the postoffice building for dinner. I
was gone about fifty minutes, and upon
my return found that all the furniture
had been taken from said Room 4S and all
its contents except pile OF lists IN the cor
ner. On making inquiry. was Informed by
one of the enumerators who had been work
ing in one Of the
Secret Rooms
That the removal was in consequence Of a
telegram which had been received, stating
that a government 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 II to
% inclusive. on the third floor of the Van
deIburgh block, corner OF Fourth street and
Hennepin avenue, some three blocks dis
tant from the government building.
The same manner OF secrecy was main
tanned tn the rooms of the Vanderburgh
block as was maintained In the government
building, and entrance was gained in the
sBme way.
After removing to the vanderburgh block,
notwithstanding there, / saw there The follow
ing persons most Of the time, working under
the direction of said Stevens: Pulford, Emu
meration Districts 324 and 408; Hagerman,
No. 346; Lewis, No. BAL; Keyes. No. 422;
with the name OF oo Maxon on t9e poTtfo1o: M
R. S. Pearse, No. 363; Mitchell, No. 337;
Ed Jones, No. 1876: Orrin Plummer, No. 395;
james Wood, No. 401; Knapp, No. 319;
Montgomery, No. 34S; Webber, No; 316;
Joseph Kerzman Pat Callighan and Floren.
All Of the foregoing persons
Represented Themselves
as enumerators, and many of them wore the
enumerator's badge saw each .ansoa,,ihs Of the
names and information from the above-de-
scribed fictitious lists and blanks Of the
forms of Exs. 8, 4 and into the official
schedules.
In addition to the abovenamed persons,
there were also working there the following:
Gus Plummer Fred Mead, Worth, Hutchings,
Harry Stevens and r. Pearse. The last above
described persons were engaged IN copying
fictitious names and information into lists
and information in the same manner
as myself had done and was doing,
under the direction Of said Stevens
and said Dickey. During this time
thousands of fictitious names were fabricated
and copied by these different persons into
various lists, cards and blanks of the form
of Exhibits 3, and 5. all Of which were de-
livered to, or put under the control OF said
Stevens, who furnished the said enumerators
with the lists and blanks from which they
transcribed the names and information into
the official schedules as above stated.
On the night Of the 18th Of June, on re-
turning from supper, said Dickey handed to
me. in the presence Of said Stevens, a check
for $34. being for services rendered by me
up to and inclusive of the 18th Of June.
This check was not numbered but was
drawn on the First National Bank OF
Minneapolis and signed by A. T. Apkeny,
treasurer Of the census fund Said Stevens
asked me if was satisfied with this amount,
and I told him was. also saw another
check made payable to my order by mistake,
1t being intended for man named Mitchell,
the father of the enumerator By that name.
The check was signed in the same way, and
was for $3.50, and drawn upon the same
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