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

II he did, he paid 1t out Of his own pocket,
or had Il charged; It is possible the boys
would get II from their own pocket
q, But when they came TO the desk Tor
money, didn't they sometimes have to have
more than dollar for these visits to The
drug storey A.. Yes, cannot say. but what
they did.
q, And on these occasions, didn't you
want TO find out what they We're going, to
purchaser A, Not necessarily.
q. Did you ever have any Instructions
from any one in reference to the sale and
furnishing of intoxicating liquor IN the hotel
for guestsg A, | cannot say that did.
q. No one in the management never said |
anything about ity A. No, but ! viii say |
that understood ii to be against the rules OF
the house.
@. You acted In the capacity of bell boy for
some timer A., did.
Q. In that service, did you walt upon
guests when they wanted Intoxicating M
uors; A, | did.
Q. And what was the process then; what
did you do, show us what the transactions
We're! A, | went to the room, ana II was
asked to 20 for anything Of that KIND, went
| TO the Office and told them that was gong
| out for such number; | asked II might
90; sometimes of course we could not go,
because there were only n few boys there,
| and we could not leave the house without
any boys, and sometimes went and got IT,
o. Where did you 20 and get it! n. |
went all around; was 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 80 to 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 got any
there; If was ever brought up to prove II,
| | could not prove it, but | know very wen
that got il at these places.
o. While you We're acting in the capacity
of bell boy, how many other bell BOYS We're
there at the Van Ness houseg a. About four,
possibly only three.
Q. And did they render the same sort OF
services that you did! A. Yes presume
they did.
q. Your general duties were the sameg
A. Our general duties were the same.
Q. Do you know as a matter of fact wheth-
er they went out on such errands as you did!
A. presume they did; | am led to believe
that they did.
@. How frequent was it that you had oc-
casion to go out for the guests in that way?
A. don't know how to answer that.
o. You can state some limits whether it
was daily or monthly! A. 1t happened at
least once day perhaps; perhaps one day
| IL ulun'J happen anu Inen duolhcl ia. tHioO
; or four times.
Q. 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
7 90 to the office to get IT, they had to make an
entry of the cash when it goes out and when
| came back they had to make another entry
. and that is why | used to go and get It my,
self, and if party paid for it, very well, and
Q if he didn't, it was my custom to go down tC
Q | the Office and say "Charge so much money tt
such number" and it was charged on The
2 register. 1t was in the summer months ant
J we didn't keep any ledger, any transfer
ledger, at all during my time.
| Q. And how would you be compensated
would the office pay you for the disburse
e ment? A. Yes, of course it was Away
paid.
G @. When you got permission to go out tina
way on such errands for the guests, did tn
e clerks of whom you got permission to g
y out know what you were going out forg
] would not say that they did.
@. After you became clerk yourself, hoV
i were these charges for moneys furnished +
q the boys for such errands entered upon tn
books, what sort of bookkeeping vast it! "A
| A lead pencil item on the register in the sum
5 mer months and on the register in the white
months when we didn't have these transfe
i ledgers.
e @. What was the transfer ledger? \
= Simply a memorandum book containing tn
y arrivals and the number of room and th
rate, and then space set aside for the eXtr
r charges, baths, and so forth, and orders an
IL extra meals and all that.
e Q. During all the time that you were there
h was there any interruption or change In r.
| spect to these errands that were done &c
=; guests in this way! A. No.
II Q. Was the frequency of them as gre;
| during the latter years as in the former year:
t, A. To the best of my belief, il was.
u
u Q. Were intoxicating beverages served
le the guests on the dining room table viii
YOU were there? A. Well, | would m
al swear that it was; of course generally the
\ is no question but what it was, but l won
IL not swear to any particular time when it WI
:! done, and perhaps | have seen bottles, son
a., a, of the walters serving it ut another table
~ might believe it was intoxicating liquor, b
" | could not swear to it.
Q. Were such bottles in appearance a
IS, bottles? A. Possibly.
n O. Did they appear to you to be so?
Yes, sir.
O. Wine bottles? A. Yes, sir.
~ Q. Champagne bottles! A. | won't say
e! to the regular meals, but to a banquet.
w Q. You mean some light wines like clare
O. A. Possibly, yes.
en- Q. And was that frequent or an mfr
at quent occurrence with guests, that the CUES
L were so entertained in the dining room!
Of. would say comparatively not frequent
but at the same time In your case
ms might be considered frequently. 1t was n
TEL like if you 60 into a New York dining room
at and you see the small number served
10 there as compared with New York, y
would see 1t was small.
'as @. Do you know how the guests were pl
TX vided with that wine in the dining room, d
al you have anything to do with that? A. n
Oh not directly.
q. Did it become a matter of charge on
ess books sometimes? A. Undoubtedly as
he the same way with the business, still | wou
not swear to any case when it was done.
nus @, But you would know whether the he
ne waiter made memorandum for you
I'd. charge? A. Yes, sir
@. Was there anything else that the he
waiter did charge for excepting intoXicati
liquor? A. | cannot name anything, but y
=. see l cannot swear that he did even that.
@. Did the employees or any one else Ike
OF any wine there for the convenience of
yay guests, to your knowledge A. Not to
ow knowledge they didn't.
Wv Q. Did you ever observe anything Il
ny looked like that? A. No, / never obsery
the it; heard that it was done, never saw
or done. | have no personal knowledge of
i,o being done.
T.. Cross-examined by Mr.. Foster. With
ro Flynn said that bell boys had to go out of
-, house to get the liquor he''never knew of th
,ou being able to procure it in any other wa
- He also said that he often told guests that
must 90 out of the house. Statements
similar purport were drawn out by
Foster in cross-eXaminaton many times
a;t the course of the taking of the depositio
lass -
for A. d. BofNToN.
of
got Still Another Van Ness House CT.
Testifies.