The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1896-05-15

Mr.. Lamb said thatihe was..a teacher. in New
York, but went through the regular course
IN the university and during all four years
did some service as clerk In the Van Ness
house lS90.lS93. His examination, con-
Quoted by Mr., Wilds, proceeded thus;-
Q. While you were acting in the capacity OF
clerk in that hotel how did the guests of the
hotel obtain entertainment In, respect.of in-
toxicating beverages, il they did, and II you |
know A. could not say positively that |
the guests received any liquors; the only
way | could guess at such thing was the
fact that the bell boy would get permission
to go on an errand, and when questioned
where they We're going they would say TO
the drug store; they would go to any drug
store they wished, sometimes boy would
20 to La Fountaines or Stems, according 10
his choice.
o. What was the process by which those
boys could be sent out on those errandsE A.
When call was made from the enunclator
a boy would be sent up, and the guest would
want him to go on an errand Tor I'm, ne
would come to the Office and say he wanted
to 20 out for the guest
8, What followed? A. He would say he
was going to drug store or perhaps to
clothing store, a man wanted collar, ana
perform his errand or message and come
back.
o. Did the bell boy always have to make
known to YOU, as the clerk, where he was
going! A. He would make II known, per-
haps, occasionally know occasionally
boy was allowed to go out without my know
ing precisely where he was going, just simply
on an errand.
o. But generally he made known to you
where he was going? A. Yes. generally.
Q. And did you furnish him with funds
to 90 on his errand? A. In case he had not
enough money; occasionally he would not
have any money; very often | suppose the
guest would give him the money if there was
any purchase to be made, and at other times
when the boy hadn't money he would bor-
row the money of me.
Q. Where did you get the money from? A..
| | would borrow the money of the till and
4 make an account of 1t.
Q. Where did you make the account! A.
| memorandum as a reminder; would some
times, always in fact, put the amount loaned
| the boy, calling it cash on the ledger, ON the
register rather In lead pencil, so that 1t could
| be erased as soon as the boy paid, and that is
/ the only record of the account that was kept.
| @. Was the entry on the register made OPP
| posite the name of the guest from whose
| room the call came? A. Yes; on the regis
| ter the same line that the name was of the
man occupying that room.
| O. And how was the house reimbursed for
| that money? A. In different ways; at times
the guest would pay the charge with his bill
! at other times, and as was preferred and the
boys directed, he would collect the money
| himself from the guest and pay me back
| what | had loaned him.
@. When guest paid his bill at the Office
If it had not been paid before, the none!
that was furnished at the Office was then paiC
by he guest? A. 1t was paid by the guest
@. Paid at the office by the guest? A
That was the only place he could pay; yes
Q. Some of the time the boy collected thu
money of the guest and returned it to The
office, and some of the time the guest pa1it
directly at the desk: A. Sometimes hi
would get the money from the guest and pa.
me the money had loaned him.
| Q. But did it happen not infrequenlly tina
the guest paid himself at the office! A.
don't know exactly boutinfrequently; NOR,
frequently it was paid the other way
@. Less frequently it was paid at the Office
by the guest? A. Yes. less frequently.
Mr.. Lamb went on testifying about thu
packages brought in by boys after the.
returned from these errands, saying tina
they were of various sorts and sizes, AM
said that he thought boy went out to drul
store at least once day. He continued
@. Did you ascertain what these boy
went to the drug stores for? A. Never
O. Did you try to? A. 1t was none o
: nv business what they brought into III
house, if they didn't bring explosives or any
l thing of that kind, | didn't care what the
; brought in.
@. Did you try to ascertain what thei
errands were A. Never that | can reca
did ask boy what he was going to buy; b
would get so much money, perhaps as niue
| I take that hack
think what | said about asking the boy
| when he would ask for large amount &
] | money, say a matter of dollar and half,
would ask him what he was going to &c
F; and he said he would have to get bottle {
claret or a bottle of champagne, then | woul
l know it was all right to let him have ii
. money.
O. And when the amount of money TIL
the boy applied for was above tritir
IL amount that is above half dollar, was
e your custom to inquire of them what the
), wanted it for? A. If it was up to th
amount, if 1t was in that vicinity, / shou
always ask the boy, because | would want
- know what it was for.
h After some questions as to card partie
ETC., in rooms evenings the examination co
j! tinued in regard to bell boy errands:-
@. Was there any reason why you didr
care to know what their errands wer
~ A. Well, from my first experience | kne
IL IL the proprietor's feelings in the matter of pr
: hibition, and while l have never been spok
~ to directly about it, was little fraid of
my time being called upon to explain why
A. let the boys go out for liquor by G.
a Woodbury.; he was colonel then.
y Q. Did you ever have any instructio
20 from any one in tn management of the ho
- with reference to the furnishing of intoXic
20 ing liquors to the guests, with reference
ID your duties as clerk in that respect? A.
40 think my knowledge of the proceeding W
II from observation; | noticed what Mr.. Cha
~ did when boy came down and don't rec
:" that he ever told me what to do, but f
lowed his example.
Cross-examined by Mr.. Foster the witnt
said that there was never any liquor in t
,e house owned by the house to which serval
could 90, but that guests sometimes had wi
80 loi, !,