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

@, Where did you 20 after this liquor, A.
DIFFERENT places,
Q, What kind of placesy A. Saloons and
drug stores.
@, How many different placesY Al
couldn't remember all Of them, probably,
now.
O. Commence and give the list as well as
you can. A. Crystal pharmacy.
Q, Where was that? On the corner OF ST.
Paul, across from the Van Ness,
q, Who owned that blockP A. heard IL
was GOV. Woodbury. owned that block; |
don't know II he does; Woodbury. Il Walker,
| think II was,
Q, Where was the next placer A. occa-
sloually at McCarthy's saloon,
q. Where was that? A. On Main stree.
right near the American house.
g. How long would 1t take to go over and
get drink for any one: A. Never carried
II In glass.
O. How long would It take you to go there
to get bottle of lager and get back to the
Van Ness house, and get to the mans room
with IL? A. Don't know, II didn't hurry
very much, perhaps five minutes.
a How soon could you do IL under stresss
A. That would depend whether busy or not;
perhaps five minutes to get back.
Q. How about the Crystal pharmacy, how
long would 1t take to 20 over there and get
| back to the guests ro0my A. don't know
| just how long it would take; not less than
| five minutes anyway to go over and back
|
ever go to Stearns drug store for II? A.
| Yes.
| Q. Fay Tafts? A. think once.
q. Where are those two places? a. Mr..
Tatt's 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
Stones? A. think Stone, that was keeping
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.
O. During all the time that you were
there, were any one of these i've 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.
, O. There would be guests that wanted ito
be served on SundaysP a. Yes, occasional
Q. And when you went to the drug stores,
YOU didn't always find them closed on sun
days? A. They had certain hours when
OPEN
Q. And when open, they would sell it to
you, would theyP a. suppose tneg WOulu,
but can't remember of any selling.
Q. During the two years or year and
| hall time that you were there in the employ,
these five places that were within a stones
e throw of the center of the park, right In
, front of the Van Ness house, was there ever
: a time when you couldn't go and get liquor
e for the guests at the Van Ness house, except
after hours in the evening or on Sundays
k was there ever time when you couldn't 20
d and get liquor for the guests at any one OF
5 these places? A. No time that they was
closed.
=, o. Yes? A. | guess they was through the
1t night after 10 and II O'Clock, guess all
Is closed; | never tried to get in after that
| hour.
e Q. mean during business houls? A.
III Yes.
lie O. You could always get 1t at either of
,r those five places during that year and half?
ID A. Most all the time; most of the time yes
sir.
it Characterization by Mr.. FOSTER
O. You say that in the summer of 1898
Mr. Clark told you to stop doing that, did he |!
A. | won't say-l think 1t was IN 10; L
won't say for sure. 1000
Q. You got through in the fall of '95?
A. Yes.
he Q. And you think that was during the last
- summer that you were there? A. Yes,
% think 1t was; won't say for sure.
ly Q. On that occasion when Mr.. Clark called
IS your attention to this matter, can you tie US
no lust what Mr.. Clark did say to you? a.
~ couldn't repeat the very words he said.
Q. Wasn't the substance of it that the
of governor had found out that money vas
NJ being used from the desk for this purpose
ut and that he had forbidden its being done here
lie, after? A. That is what l uuderstood-we
it all understood; he found out and he didn't
as want any more of it done. '''.' j'.'
If Q. Whenever you got anything outside for
| .tofrS
A. Usually wrapped up in piece of paper,
list if small bottle we put it in our back pocket,
,e- il a pint or half pint.
ny Q. Did you ever carry anything up on a
he waiter, any intoxicating liquor! A. Not
nd that can recOllect.
lid O. Did YOU ever see any of the boys carry
if any up on a waiter? A. | wouldn't say that
lot did | don't remember of it. ..'
ey Redirect examination by Mr., Wilds:-
"a - @. If l understand you when Mr.. Clark
, ew called up this class of young boys and gave
ia them this instruction from Gov. Woodbury.
~ he told you that Gov. Woodbury. had just then
81 found out, for the irsJ time, of your getting
=, money from the clerk and going and buying
a. liquor? A. No, sir; l didn't say thathe just
found it out, but we thought he had fount
ym it out.
vi Q. Did Mr.. Clark tell you so? A. No, sir
NV Q. understood you to say to Mr. Foster
asa that Mr.. Clark told you so? A. No, sir
W.. @. Did you stop that kind of business
~ A. Charging it?
sh' @. Yes. A. did for one, for while.
-. 9. For how long? A. Occasionally if ;
'p- guest came there that patronized the hote
a., yery often and be told us to go down ant
lne have it charged ito his account, we shoul
eGs always hate to make demand for the none
IL from him. and we would 90 down and get /
,o+ at the office, if prominent man that wa
,ba used to stopping there very often.
1ch @. Explain little more fully than yol
,er. have what was your experience after 20
ted ha those instructions from Mr.. Clark tha
i'm. you must not charge any more-get an
more money at the till and 50 and getth
rise liquor; tell lis your experience, tell us ttl
ron more fully about that-about certainsclas
ere of guests that came there, did you or didn
ice YOU have it charged at the desk after that
aIy. A. Occasionally we did for some.
we Q. What kind of guests? A. | cant n
member, only | remember that it used to |
red some drummers that we knew very we'll
her that we used to see there often; we hated I
INT tell them mo. we have to get the cash trOl
YOU" and so we would go down and haN
the the money charged at the desk.
hat Q. What did Mr.. Clark say when 20
the | went down on those occasions? A. | don
!, | remember as he said anything, only he CAV
us the money and wouldn't look very we
Won pleased. That is what | can remember abol
re- that part.
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