News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1896-05-14

II he did, he paid 1t out of his own pocket,
or had il charged; 1t is possible the boys
would get 1t 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 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 l will say
that understood it to be against the rules Of
the house. '-
Q. You acted In the capacity of bell boy for
some time! \. did.
Q. In that service, did you wait upon
guests when they wanted intoxicating liq-
uors? A. | did.
Q. And what was the process then; what
did you do, show us what the transactions
werey \. went to THO room, and if was
asked to 60 for anything of that kind, went
to the office and told them that was going
out for such number; | asked If | might
60; sometimes of course we could not go,
because there were only few boys there,
uuu VIC tbulu uON ltdNG Jnb uOuoC NlAhOhh
any boys, and sometimes | went and got II.
Q. Where did you 90 and get it! A. |
went all around; / was not catering to any OF
the druggists.
Q. Tell us some of the names? A. went
to Sterns' for liquor; l have been TO McCar-
thy's saloon for liquor. in fact that was the
place used to go to a great deal, because 1t
| 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 It,,
| could not prove it, but | know very well
that got it at these places.
Q. While you were acting in the capacity
of bell boy, how many other bell boys were
there at the Van Ness house! A. About four,
possibly only three.
@. And did they render the same sort of
services that you did? A. Yes, l presume
they did.
! Q. Your general duties were the same2
| 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.
Q. How frequent was 1t that you had oc-
casOn to go out for the guests In that way?
| A. | don't know how to answer that.
Q. You can state some limits, whether 1t
was daily or monthly A. 1t happened at
least once day perhaps; perhaps one day
it didn't happen and then another day three
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, it was not my
custom, because | felt like this; if ! should
go to the Office to get ii, 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 90 and get it my.
self, and if party paid for it, very well, and
if he didn't, it was my custom to go down tC
the Office and say ''Charge so much money tC
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, at all during my time.
Q. And how would you be compensated
would the office pay you for the disburse
ment? A. Yes, of course it was always
paid.
! Q. When you got permission tOgo out tina
way on such errands for the guests, did thu
clerks of whom you got permission to q
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 Il
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
mer months and on the register in the white
months when we didn't have these transfe
ledgers.
G. What twas the transfer ledger? A
Simply a memorandum book containing tn
arrivals and the number of room and tn
rate, and then a space set aside for the extr
charges, baths, and so forth, and orders AM
extra meals and all that.
Q. During all the time that You were there
was there any interruption or change in re
spect to these errands that were done TO
guests in this way? A. No.
| Noe, In Nft lat,,
during the latter years as in the former years
A. To the best of my belief, 1t was.
@. Were Intoxicating beverages served t
the guests on the dining room table Will
you were there? A. Well, ! would no
swear that it was; of course generally thel
is no question but what it was, but | wOul
not swear to any particular time when it wa
done, and perhaps ! have seen bottles, som
of the walters serving it at another table
might believe it was intoxicating liquor, bu
| could not swear to it,
@. Were such bottles in appearance al
bottles! A, Possibly.
Q. Did they appear to you to be SO? A
Yes, sir.
@. Wine bottles? A. Yes, sir.
! Q. Champagne bottles? A. won't say
to the regular meals, but to banquet.
Q. You mean some light wines like caret
= A. Possibly, yes.
Q. And was that frequent or an infre
quent occurrence with guests, that the guest
were so entertained in the dining room? A
: would say comparatively not frequently
but at the same time in your case
might be considered frequently. 1t was nc
like if you go into New York dining room
and you see the small number served u
, there as compared with New York, 20
would see 1t was small.
@. Do you know how the guests were pre-
: vided with that wine in the dining room, di
you have anything to do with that2 A. NJ
not directly.
@. Did 1t become a matter of charge on til
S books sometimes? A. Undoubtedly as
q the same way with the business, still woul
not swear to any case when it was done.
Q, But you would know whether the hea
g waiter made memorandum for you I
charge? A. Yes, sir.
Q. Was there anything else that the hea
waiter did charge for excepting intoXicatin
liquor? A. ! cannot name anything, but yo
see cannot swear that he did even that
q, Did the employees or any one else kee
1 any wine there for the convenience of til
y guests, to your knowledge A. Not to m
' knowledge they didn't.
q. Did you ever observe anything tht
: looked like that? A. No, / never observe
e it; heard that it was done, never saw
r done. | have no personal knowledge of i
being done.
=, Cross-eXamined by Mr.. Foster, Witne
Flynn said that bell boys had to go out of IL
house to get the liquor he"never knew of the
being able to procure it in any other way
He also said that he often told guests that /
must 90 out of the house. Statements
similar purport were drawn out by NJ
Foster in cross-eXamination many times
: the course of the taking of the deposition
r A. j. BOYNTON.
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