Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1896-05-16

he did, he paid 1t out of bis own pocket,
or had 1t charged It Is possible the boys
would get II from their own pocket.
o. But when they came to the desk for
money, didn't they sometimes have to have
more than dollar for these visits to the |
drug store: A..Yes, cannot say but what |
they did.
o. And on these occasions, didn't you |
want to find out what they were goingi.to |
purchaser A. Not necessarily.
Q. Did you ever have any Instructions
from any one in reference TO the sale ana
furnishing of intoxicating liquor In the hotel
for guests. A. cannot say that did.
q. No one In the management never SAID
anything about it! A. No, but ! Will say
that understood it to be against the rules OF
the house.
Q. You acted In the capacity of bell boy for
o. In that service, did you wait upon
guests when they wanted Intoxicating lid
lOrs. A. did.
Q. And what was the process then; what
did you do, show us what the TRANSACTIONS
were. A. went to the room, and II was
asked to go for anything of that kind, went
to the office and told them that was going
out for such number; asked II l might
go; sometimes of course we could not so,
because there were only u few boys there,
and We could not leave the house without
any boys, aud sometimes l went and got 1t.
@. Where did you 20 and get 1t! "A. !
went all around; Twas not catering to any OF
the druggists.
o. Tell us some of the names! A. went
to Sterns' for liquor; have been to McCar-
thy's saloon for liquor, in fact that was the
place used to go to II great deal, because IT
was more convenient.
Q. Any other place that you recall? A.
The place across the street was not open In
my time and cannot say that l got any
| there; II ] was ever brought up TO prove 1t,
| could not prove 1t, but l know very well
that got it al these places.
Q. While you were acting In the capacity
of bell boy, how many other bell BOYS We're
there at the Van Ness house! "A. About four,
possibly only three. j,
@. And did they render the same sort OF
| services that you did A. Yes, l presume
they did.
q. Your general duties were the same?
A. Our general duties were the same.
Q. Do you know as q matter of fact wheth-
err they went out Oh such errands as you did?
A. | presume they did; am led to believe
that they did.
cason to go out for the guests, In that way?
| A. don't know how to answer that.
| @. You can state some limits, whether 1t
was daily or monthly! A. 1t happened at
least once day perhaps perhaps one day
1t didn't happen and then another day three
| or four times.
| o. When you performed those errands,
did you obtain the money from the office to
| to do that at times! A. No, 1t was not my
custom, because felt like this; il should
20 to the Office to get IL, they had to make an
entry of the cash when 1t goes out and when
| came back they had to make another entry,
and that is why used to go and get it my
Golf rN, ..,An u
II he didn't, 1t was my custom to go down to
the Office and say "Charge so much money to
such a number" and it was charged on the
register. 1t was in the summer months and
we didn't keep any ledger, any transfer
ledger, ut all during my time,
Q. And how would you be compensated,
would the office pay you for the disburse-
paid.
Q. When you got permission togo out that
way on such errands for the guests, did the
clerks of whom you got permission to go
out know what you were going out for? "A.
would not say that they did.
Q. After you became clerk yourself, how
were these charges for moneys furnished to
the boys for! such errands entered upon the
books, what sort of bookkeeping vast it! A.
A lead pencil item on the register In the sum-
mer months and on the register In the winter
months when we didn't have these transfer
ledgers.
Q. What WAS the. transfer ledger? A.
Simply a memorandum book containing the
arrivals and the number of room and the
rate, and then u space set aside for the extra
charges, baths, and so forth, and orders and
extra meals and all that.
q. During all the time that you were there,
was there any interruption or change in re-
spect 10 these errands that were done for
guests In this way! A. No.
n Vac - ,o.,x
during the latter years as in the former years?
A. To the best of my belief, it was.
@. Were Intoxicating beverages served to
the guests on the dining room table while
you were there! A. Well, | would not
swear that 1t was; of course generally there
is no question but what it was, but l would
not swear to any particular time when it was
done, and perhaps have seen bottles, some
of the waters serving it ut another table,
might believe it was intoxicating liquor, but
| could not swear to it.
Q. Were such bottles in appearance ale
bottles? A. Possibly.
@. Did they appear to you to be so? A.
Yes, sir.
@. Wine bottles? A. Yes, sir
q. Champagne bottles! A. won't say as
to the regular meals, but to Il banquet.
q. You mean some light wines like claret!
A. Possibly, yes.
Q. And was that frequent ,Or an infre-
quent occurrence with guests, that the guests
were SO entertained in the dining room! A.
Iwould say comparatively not frequently,
might be considered frequently. 1t was not
like il you 90 into New York dining room
and you see the small number served up
there as compared with New York, you
would see 1t was small.
q. DO you know how the guests were pro-
vided with that wine in the dining room, did
you have anything to do with that! A. No,
not directly.
Q. Did it become matter of charge on the
books sometimes. A. Undoubtedly as in
the same way with the business, still would
not swear to any case when it was done.
q, But you would know whether the head
waiter made a memorandum for you to
charger A. Yes, sir.
q. Was there anything else that the head
waiter did charge for excepting intoxicating
liquor? A. ! cannot name anything, but you
see cannot swear that he did even that.
q. Did the employees or any one else keep
any wine there for the convenience of the
guests, to your knowledge! A.. Not to my
knowledge they didn't.
Q. Did you ever observe anything that
looked like that! A. No, l never observed
it; | heard that it was done, | never saw it
done. | have no personal knowledge of its
being done.
Cross.eXamined by Mr.. Foster. Witness
Flynn said that bell boys had to so out of the
house to get the liquor he"never knew of their
being able to procure it in any other way"
He also said that he often told guests that he
must 90 out of the house. Statements of
similar purport were drawn out by MIR.
Foster in cross-eXamination many times In
the course of the taking of the dispositions.
A. j. BOYNTON.