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


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vU.or ., L. On June 10 Baudet Drought
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 9 said Stevens gave me number OF
lists of the form of Ex. 5, 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 nationaties. With these
lists he gave me six sets of cards, representing
as many natiOnalities 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 natIonalities 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 EX. 5, excepting
factured 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
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 l 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 a large number of lists i'll the form of
Exhibit 4, containing two, three, five and six
names each, together with the large caro- OF
me with q rubber eraser, instructed me to
replace the names on said lists with
names taken from the card, and by that
alter the whole character OF the
lists. This did and kept at that
work until the 18th of JUNE, when at
1:2O p. IN. 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 Room 4S and all its
contents except 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 was in
consequence of u 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 ~ to 22
inclusive on the third floor ot the Vanderburgh
block corner of Fourth street aud Hennepin
avenue, some three blocks distant from the
government building
The same manner of secrecy was main
tanned in the rooms of the Vanderburgh block
as was maintained in the government building,
and entrance was gained in the same way.
After removing to the Vanderburgh block,
ing persons most of the time working under the
direction of said Stevens: Pplford,
enumeration districts 324 and 4Os; Hagerman,
No: 346; Lewis. No. 341; Keyes, No. 422;
with the name of Maxon on the portfolio; Ben
Aarons, No. 300; s. Z. Crapdall, No. All; r. S.
Pearse, No. 1858; Mitchell, No. 337; Ed Jones,
No. 401; Knapp, No. $40; Montgomery, No.
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-named enumerators trans
cribing names and information from the above
described fictitious lists and blanks of the forms
OF Exs. 8, 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,
Harry Stevens and R. Pearse. The last above
described persons were ra engaged R soPyiag
lists and blanks and erIatina fictitious
names and Information IN the same manner as
! myself had dope and was doing, under the d.
rectian OF said Stevens, and said DiCkey.
| buring 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
g. and 8, all OF WHICH were delivered to. or put
under the control, al said Stevens who fur
psned fhe said en eenHefEa1ors eEan WITH the lists and
names and information into the official
schedules as above stated.
| On the night of the 18th of June, on returning
| from supper, said Dickey handed to me, in the
! presence of said Stevens, check for $34, being
| for services rendered by me up to and inclusive
| OF the 11th of june This check was not num-
| beped but was drawn ON the First Ma
| tionRl Bank of Minneapolis and
A. \. Ankeny, treasurer of the
/ census fund. Said Stevens asked me II
! was satisfied with this amount and l
/ told him / was. l also saw another check
| made payable to my order by mistake, 1t being
| intened for a 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 bank and was endorsed
| by me to Mitchell's order, and by me delivered
i to said Dickey, he explaining the error.
This affidavit does not contain all the facts In
my possession, nor does it refer to all the docu-
| Ments In my possession.
| Subscribed and sworn to before me, John T..
/ Townley, this 21st day OF June, A. D, 1890.