The record-union., 1895-04-17
publish it, as had satisfied myself it was
STEMART M,KAY.


was due at 1920. l sent two bottles of
Shasta water TO the parlors, but nothing
else. About 10 o'clock Mrs. Taylor and
Miss DaDtorth came to the Office and re-
quested another room, stating that their
rooms were adjoining Mr.. Moody's par
lors, and as the train was late the playing
would likely be kept up to late hour
and they could not sleep. l sent my
clerk up to request them to stop singing,
which they did, and came down into my
parlors. do not know what they did
alter that, as | went to bed. | saw moth
ing wrong with the register and have no
idea who took the leaves out. l should
never thought of these parties again if L
had not seen the article in the paper.
There have been many parties at my ho-
tel who attracted far more attention than
they did"
Mrs. Taylor (who complained of noise):
Il VIII not answer any questions until the
article IN the Sacramento Bee is cleared
up. have been wronged by it. l will
not talk until l am advised by lawyer
IN San Francisco. | can say that | made
no complaint against these parties, and 1
do not wish TO injure them. l did not
see them that night" CThe committee in
sisted upon her TO make statement, but
she remarked, Il positively refuse until
that newspaper matter is cleared up"
J. F. MOODY.
II reside in this hotel; have known
Miss Bernard and Mrs. robin from child
hood l met them on their arrival here
on March 22d. | saw MIR. Farnham reg
lister for all the parties. and it was done
correctly. The next morning they were
all up early and after breakfast they had
some fun snow balling. l procured a
team and sleigh forthem and they started
out about 10 A. NJ, and returned about 3
P. NJ. l entertained them that evening in
my parlors. There were eight in the
party that night, including my nephew
and myself They sang and played and
had a good time. They went out during
the evening for about twenty minutes,
and all came back chewing gum. The
only drink brought to my rooms was
Shasta Water; that was not good enOug h
for me, so | went downstairs and got q
drink of whisky. About 10 o'clock the
hotel clerk came up and asked the party
to stop singing and playing, saying that
it annoyed those who roomed near. Then
they stopped and went down to the hotel
parlOrs. There was no one drunk, and
all acted like ladies and gentlemen, and
think great wrong has been done
them by accusing them differently"
Mr.. CALKINs.
81 do not desire to max statement. l
published the article TO which you refer
l would not have published it if it had
not been true. l would rather you would
get your information from someone else.
] will not tell who my authority is. 1t
was not Mrs. Taylor. | saw them drunk
O'Clock. The tall, light-complexioned
one-the teacher-was the worst off.
There was gentleman on either side Of
her. They were making a lot of noise;
everybody knew they were drunk. l
did not see them drinking. l could not
hear what they said, except the tail,
Ight-complexioned one was calling
they were drunk is because they were
noisy. Personally 1 know nothing
about the hotel register" The committee
insisted that he give his authority for the
rumOrs, and he said: go and see Mr.
Rutherford, the Principal of our school;
Miss Danforth, one OF our teachers: Mr..
Doyle, manager OF a dry goods store, ana
Harry, the clerk of the Truckee Hotel.
Professor Rutherford is my authority
about the hotel register, and Harry, the
hotel clerk, told me the ladies drank at
Ire bar"
PROFESSOR RUTHERFORD.
Mr.. Driver explained TO Mr. Ruther-
ford thai Editor Calkins had referred the
committee to him and that we desired a
full statement from him.
81 know but little about the matter"
i heard
some talk about the matter, but per
sonally know but little about it. I
heard playing and singing in Mr..
Moody's parlors, but it did not disturb
me much. My room is not near Mr..
Moody's rooms. | never saw the way
they registered and know nothing about
it. l did not see them drinking | did
not meet them on the street. I heard
some noise, and saw them only from my
window, and cannot say whether they
were drunk or not. Saw them do moth
ing out of the way"
MISS DANFoRTH.
Mr.. Driver explained to Miss Danforth
that Editor Calkins referred the commit
tee 10 her Tor information. She said: II
saw the ladies on the street, but l cannot
say whether they were drunk or not. [
was not close 10 them. L saw them in
the dining-room, but they did
were drinking in Mr.. Moody's
rooms. They were singing, playing
and making good deal of noise.
l do not think they acted much like
ladies. Mrs. Taylor and l went to Mir.
Mckay and asked to have another room.
l heard the train was late, and we could
not sleep for them. Mr.. Mckay re-
is all L know about it."
Mr.. DOYLE.
p. NJ. Doyle, manager of Lewson's
drygoods store, TO whom Editor Calkins
had referred the committee for informa-
ton, said: Il remember seeing the par
ties on the street about P. VI. that night.
There was nothing in their conduct thLt
caused me to think that they were drunk.
They were walking toward the hotel on
a slippery trail and appeared to be slip
ping. l heard them laughing"
THE CLERKS STATEMENT.
Harry Upham, night clerk at hotel
when the parties you referred to arrived
al the hotel on the I'D of March. one man
registered for Oh the party. assigned
Mr.. Porter to room 80. Mr.. Faruham to
room IS, Mrs. Tobin and Miss Bernard to
room /, and Fred Relnele, who arrived
next evening, to room Gl. l saw no
changes made on the register. Mr.
Remele spent the evening with the
party in Mr.. MoOdy's parlors. / took
TWO bottles of Shasta water to Mr.
Moody's room, and nothing else. Mr.
Moody came down stairs aud got drink
OF WHISKY. l remember taking two bot
Ties OF beer into the dining-room when
the parties had tamales. 1 do not know
VINO TOOK the leaves from the register, nor
why they were taken. do not think any
one was drunk. l gave the ladies no
drinks at the bar. ! saw nothing wrong
with the ladies'; they conducted them
selves well. When they found out that the
tram would not come in until / O'Clock
they all went to bed. Mr.. Renele went
to bed at the same time the others did.
Il am willing to make oath to my stste-
meut."
In conclusion. your committee will
say, that in conducting this investiration
1t proceeded upon the assumption that
the accused was innocent, and sought
only for evidence to prove her guilt, And