News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1896-05-14
MICHAEL DUFFY.
Another Bell Boy Tells His Experience.

Another Bell Boy Tells His Experience
Michael Duffy of Burlington said that he
worked as bell boy in the Van Ness house
from 1888 to 1892. His examination pro-
ceeded -
Q. What did you have to do with the en-
terIalnment of guests in the matter OF intoX-
icating beverages. A. | would serve them.
Q. What was the process? A. Ring the
bell and / would 90 up and take the order.
Q. What about the pay? A. Always got
It previously. .
0. Always? A. Always, or else sent
down to the Office and have it charged.
Q. And would you report it to the office
for the charger A. l wouldn't report
liquors.
Q. You wouldn't? A. No, sir.
Q. Did you always get the pay for liquors
from the guests! A. Most always.
@. How about the other times: A. Have
it charged.
@. You would report that to the office? A.
report the charge to the office.
@. And when you reported it what would
you say to the clerk? A. | would tell in the
room, when they gave me the order, 1t
wasn't allowed to be charged on the books
and as a rule they would give me the money,
or else go to Herb, or Mr.. Clark rather, to
give me couple of dollars and charge it to
so and so.
Q. How would they tell Mr.. Clarke A.
Through me.
Q. You would go down and tell Mr.. Clark?
A. Yes.
@. Tell him what? A. Such man wanted
a couple of dollars.
@. What for? A. He didn't ask me that.
q. You told Mr.. Clark what you wanted
this money for, to go out? A. No, sir.
Q. Wouldn't you tell him where you were
going with it? A. No, sir.
@. Didn't tell him what it was for? A. No,
sir.
@. Didn't tell him you were going. out
after liquor for those guests? A. No, sir.
Q. Never? A. Never.
O. Did Mr.. Clark know where You were
going? A. Sometimes he would ask me. and
l told him, "going to the drug store"
@. You had to get leave from him, didn't
you, to go out? A. Not always-if very busy
we did.
G. That was the practice, wasn't it? A..
That was the rule.
Q. And tell him where you were going {?
@, Where did you go to get these liquors?
A. Oh, went several different places.
Q. Name them? A. Stearns', La FOun-
taine's, over to the Crystal drug store !;
sometimes 90 to Mr.. McCarthy's.
@. Any other place? A. All / can think
@. How frequently did YOU have occasion
to walt on guests In this way, getting them
Intoxicating beverages? A. Well, l couldn't
say. -.
@. Can you tell about how often you had
to go? A. Sometimes three or four times a
week; sometimes more previous.
Q. More frequently, you mean? A. Yes.
Q. And sometimes three or four times a
day? A. Sometimes, yes.
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Cross-examination by Mr.. FOSTER
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@. You say that when you first went
there you were told by Mr.. Clark that the
money must not be charged to the guests
that was used to get intoxicating liquor
must not be charged on the bOokY A. Yes,
l believe that isl was told that the in
toxicants were not allowed to be charged on
the book.
@. Who told you that? A. Mr.. Clark.
@. Did you have any idea that you had got
to furnish intoxicants to the guests when
you went there? A. 1t was on the first oc-
casion that had occasion to go out for 1t.
@. Tell US about that; what did you do?
A. | went down and told Mr.. Clark wanted
some money to go out and get some whiskey,
and he told me that whlskey was not al
lowed to be charged on the books, and l
went back and told the guest, and got the
money and went out and got it.
@. After that, you say you didn't report
to Mr.. Clark what it was for, but you got
the money? A. Well, l didn't report even
then what it was for.
Q. say, you didn't report to Mr.. Clark
what it was for, but you would go and get
the money? A. Yes.
Q. And have 1t charged on the book. A..
Yes.
Q. Why didn't you tell Mr.. Clark what it
was for? A. 1t wasn't necessary.