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


nything to Gov Woodbury. about this little d
collision or friction you had with Mr.. Drew Q
\, Only one time when came back, In AL
ew words. | said | was going away. IL n
hink Mr.. Drew used me a little cold" and /
Mr.. Drew had never done anything in the II
world to me, only had 50 many friends
lmong the commercial travellers, and also G
hat had not held up his place of business t
Is u barroom, but that | thought | could
make dollar for myself and he objected to
my doing so.
Q. Are you telling now some interview /
you had with GOV, Woodbury. A. Only a ,
few words had with him at one time, and
when | got through Mr.. Woodbury. said
''Really | cannot say anything about 1t.
cannot say but what you conducted yourself
and are smart enough and have been very
good young man here indeed"
g. Did GOV. woodbury. ever tell you any
thing while you were there about your connec-
zion with this service to guests of intoXicat-
Ing beverages; did he ever tell you anything?I
A. Gov Woodbury. has been at times at The
counter when | would come up and ask for
Mr.. Clark and ask Mr.. Clark to give me the
money, for such one wanted half pint of
whiskey or a bottle Of beer, and heard him
turn and say, "Who is that for?r
Q. Well, | don't know whether you can
state definitely how frequently Mr.. Wood
bury visited the hotel, and how frequently he |
was at the hotel during these periods? A.
Most of the time he was there; he generally
got down in the morning and then would |
stop on his way up in the afternoon; some-
times he would be there at the noon hour;
he had no regular hour, but mostly he was
there In the morning and nights.
q. After supper IN the evening? 4. Yes,
he would remain sometimes until even /; |
sometimes going home and coming back from
his residence. |
O. Do Won know some of the clerks of |
whom YOU purchased liquor for guests at the |
hotel who worked for these drug stores? A. |
| do not remember them very well, but there |
has been so many changes that | could not
exactly recall the names but am sure there
are some of them there now.
Q. What do you say about the clerks at
Fay Tafts store: do you recollect with any
certainty who the clerks were there that
you had liquor of? A. Yes, ut Mr. Tafts,
many time, from Doc Carpenter or George
La toun'alhe, ana u reu-heaueu leiio" .neie;
| don't remember his name; he was in the
| employment there for quite while at Tafts
drug store, tall fellow; he tried to buy
that place of viii Mccarthy at one time,
John Cook.
Q. Does he live in Burlington now! a. l
cannot say; his father died heard little
while ago.
! Q. Did you deal with him: a. did.
| q. To any considerable extent, that Is,
quite while? n. lie was
Q. MIR. lsham OF whom you spoke, Is ne
clerk in the postolllce now IN burlington!
A. l cannot say whether he Is al the present
time.
Q. BY way OF conVenlences ior furnishing
such entertainment, was the motel equipped
with VINE glasses ale glasses ana liquor
lassesi a. NV i nsu iyara "in1 e.
that special occasion on which they were
nsed. but we had champagne glasses In the
house and we had beer classes in the house.
n Dmring vour whole time of service
Tiara did any one in the management of the
bntaI aver c.ution Won ahont furnishing
iio 70 tho ,snestS ~ forbid won to do If :
i4uT, net,er cot forhiddenl from anv one from
h n mari &C. whatsoever II has AWAY.
hoan aarenohIe, tool NV autboritv from
NJ NV and from Mr. clark was only
n mi nv Mr. Clark that I onoht TO he
oamsfune'' ~
o' n NJ, With roforeroo ,o tho entertain
Mt az tb,ss "', VARIES aid if ever hannen' il
anoT mo w fro"uentIv that Mr. lark himse
~, nom ,,har Of ;he narty who was enter
FAMED nv Won with those Intoxicating bever
, ouous 4 YeS sir
@. Iufreuuently or frequently? A. Quit,
frenuently.
@. on those occasions how was the com
, pensa,iop for the intoxicating beverages pro
, yidedy A. There was not any objection t,
, nv getting ahead If il was after hours
o. To YOUR getting ahead, what do vol
: mean by that! A. The supply.
; O. You mean providing a supply in al
: vance: A. told him | could not get an,
, sf rertain hours afterwards, and that | wouI,
have to get some in ahead, and he never oil
iected to nv doing so.
C..u,, o,,n,,,;,o.;o,, b,, Mr. EoOtor
-.
I q. DO you know now long you Worke
: there while Mr.; Bowman was IN the employ
t ment OF the mouse; A. 1 worked rlsh
through. DereVe ne was !here TWO years
n Q. TWO years! A. Yes, SIT.
q; Ana suppose Una, ,he f was r,o pa
tlcuiar cnan!e III .ie a.oei nn yout iut
inS the Sussss Hi'H N.Y.. uui NJ De- P w
II after he lett! A. 40 cnange; MI bo"ma
n was stricter IMAM Mr. Drew was.
e Y. buI sun you nau auh opportuinr' /,
g practicaiIy you nau tne saiiie oppor.1nI'S
n supply tne Suests WIZ i,'lurI un t NJ
- Bowman sliaV s1u Iau aisei ne w " neh ~ ~
V were uiluer WI NJ" ~ wv "' II
!? quently as would Mr.. Drew.
d e. But MT: BoWmah OF course sa" yo
| frequently bringing 1t lh' a. ies' sir'
|
Q. And during the time that you We're en-
1T ployed at the Van Ness house, aside fro
e, this quantity of liquor. that you state yo
,r have taken over sometimes so as to have
rs on hand after hours, there was no liquor
it any kind kept at the Van Ness house, WI
II there? A. Only in this light; on Sunda
h afternoons we used to bring it.
@. Who! A. / brought it and the 9TH
re boys would bring it.
re Q. Leaving out what you say the 9TH
ID bell boys brought over from Drew's or hi
j. on hand, was there any intoxicating liqu,
kept at the Van Ness house? a. Only VIII
o. | myself have kept there.
Q. | say aside from what you have
III ready told US you have done, and what W
/. have told us that Mr.. Drew brought son
ly over once or twice, and what you had, al
n what the other boys brought in, was the
- any other Intoxicating liquor kept there? !
ra | am sure that Newton Stewart kept many
Is bottle there.
0. Did you see him keep it there? :
" Newton Stewart colored man, they call,
in him Newt, that is his first name.
es Q. Where did he keep it? A. He us,
to keep it at times in his closets.
@. Where were his closets? A. On the
way down stairs.
III q, What was Newton Stewards bushes
ny A. As hall boy and also, mostly, assista
OF porter of Mr.. Mccarthy.
II | n III DC N onlorad man Ia hpp He is