News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1896-05-14

Y. Where did you 90 alter this ltquOrY A,
Different places.
Q. What kind of plaeesg A. Saloons and
drug stores.
@. How many different plaeesY Al
couldn't remember all Of them, probably,
now.
q. Commence and give the list as well as
you can: A. Crystal pharmacy.
e. Where was that? On the corner OF st.
Paul, across. from the Van Ness.
Q. Who owned that block? A. ] heard iJ
was Gov. Woodbury. owned that block;
don't know If he does; Woodbury. a Walker,
| think il was.
Q. Where was the next place? A. Occa-
sionally at McCarthy's saloon.
q. Where was that? A. On Main stree
right near the American house.
z. How long would It take to 20 over and
get drink for any one! A. Never carried
II in glass.
Q. How long would it take you to 90 there
to get bottle of lager and get back to the
Van Ness house, and get to the mans room
with it? A. Don't know, If didn't hurry
very much, perhaps five minutes.
@ How soon could you do it under stress?
A. That would depend whether busy or not
perhaps five min lIes to get back.
z. How about the Crystal pharmacy, how
long would it take to 20 over there and get
back to the guests room! A. ! don't know
just how long it would take; not less than
five minutes anyway to 20 over and back.
q. Where next did you ever 60? Did you
ever go to Stearns drug store for It? A.
Yes.
Q. Fay Taft's? A. think Ouce.
q. Where are those two places? A. Mr..
Tatrs is on the corner of Church and College
street.
Q. Right across the park In plain view of
the Van Ness house? A. Yes, and Stearns'.
Q. Where else did you go for it-Jim
StnnpflO A h4rl-
the City hotel.
Q. That is about two rods above McCar-
thys saloon, isn't it? A. Yes.
q. That is five places where else did you
go? A. believe that was all there was.
q. Those five places? A. think so.
q. During all the time that you were
there, were any one of these five places
closed up, so you couldn't 90 there and get
things? A. Sundays, l think, they was
closed.
Q. Aside from Sundays. What did you
do on Sundays when you wanted anything
A. Had to 90 without It.
Q. How did you find out they were
closed? A. We would go and try the doors
and see.
Q. There would be guests that wanted to
be served on Sundays A. Yes, occasional
ly.
Q. And when you went to the drug stores,
| you didn't always find them closed on Sum
days? A. They had certain hours when
open.
Q. And when open, they would sell it to
you, would they? A. ! suppose they would,
but can't remember of any selling.
Q. During the two years or year and a
half time that you were there in the employ,
| these five places that were within stones
throw of the center of the park, right in
front of the Van Ness house, was there ever
a time when you couldn't 60 and get liquor
for the guests at the Van Ness house, except
after hours in the evening or on Sundays
was there ever a time when you couldn't 20
and get liquor for the guests at any one OF
these places? A. No time that they was
closed.
O. Yes? A. I guess they was through the
night. after 10 and II O'Clock, | guess al
closed; | never tried to get in after tina
hour.
Q. | mean during business houIs? A
Yes.
Q. You could always get 1t at either o
those five places during that year and half
A. Most all the time; most of the time, yes
sir.
b Cross-examnation by Mr.. FOSTER
Q. You say that in the summer of 1880
Mr.. Clark told you to stop doing that, did he
A.. | won't say think it was in '93;
won't say for sure.
Q. You got through in the fall of 1913
A. Yes.
: Q. And you think that was during the las
summer that you were there? A. Yes,
think 1t was; | won't say for sure.
7 @. On that occasion when Mr. Clark calle'
, your attention to this matter, can you tel u
just what Mr.. Clark did say to you? A.
couldn't repeat the very words he said.
Q. Wasn't the substance of it that tn
governor had found out that money wa
, being used from the desk for this purpos
and that he had forbidden Its being done here
after? A. That is what | uuderstoOd-wI
all understood; he found out and he didn'
want any more of it done.
Q. Whenever you got anything outside TO
the guests, how did you carry it up stairs
A. Usually wrapped up Inf piece of paper
if a small bottle we put it in our back pocket
If pint or half pint.
Q. Did you ever carry anything up on
, waiter, any Intoxicating liquor? A. No
that can recOllect
Q. Did you ever see any of the boys carr
any up on a waiter? A. | wouldn't say tina
did; l don't remember of it.
Redirect examination by MIR. Wilds -
Q. If I understand you when MIR. Clarl
called up this class of young boys and CAV
them this instruction from Gov. Woodbury.
found out, for the frst time, of your gettin
money from the clerk and going and buyinI
liquor? A. No, sir; i didn't say that he jus
found it out, but we thought he had foun
1t out.
Q. Did Mr.. Clark tell you 50? A. No, sill
q. | understood you to say to MIR. FOste
that Mr.. Clark told you go? A. No, sir.
q. Did you stop that kind of business
A. Charging il?
@. Yes. A. | did for one, for a while.
Q. For how long? A. Occasionally if
guest came there that patrOnized the hote
very often and he told us TO 20 down an
have it charged ito his account, we shout
always hate to make demand for the none
from him, and we would go down and get
at the office, if prominent man that wa
used to stopping there very often.
Q. Explain a little more fully than yO
have what was your experience after yo
ha those instructions from Mr.. Clark Thu
you must not charge any more-get an
more money at the till and 60 and get tn
liquor; tell us your experience, tell us lit
/ more fully about that-about certainscai
, of guests that came there, did you or didn
, you have it charged at the desk after that
A. Occasionally we did for some.
Q. What kind of guestsP A. Lcan't +,
member, only remember that it used to |
some drummers that we knew very well
: that we used to see there often; we hated I
tell them mo, we have TO get the cash frol
YOU" and so we would 90 down and hay
, the money charged at the desk.
q. What did Mr.. Clark say when yo
, went down on those occasions? A. | don
remember as he said anything, only he gay
us the money and wouldn't look very we
| pleased. That is what can remember abOl
that part.