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


article wa. written and after your suit wa,
begun al interview with the Burlington FREQ
Fress, did you not! A. did.
Y. And did you say in connection with
that, 81 am the sole proprietor Of the Van
Ness house; every person from manager
responsibility Of proprietor" A. I did.
q And do you say that now! A. Yes, I
do. lwill tell you the reason why rub
lished that.
q. Just answer my questions, II you
please. As the proprietor Of that hotel, has
there been any time when every order that
you saw iit to give in good faith couldn't.
and probably wouldn't, have been carried
out therey A. l can't say. have given my
orders to the manager.
q. You say at one time that you dis
covered MIR. Seeley had stock Of lager bier
use In that dining room. A. l heard so.
q. You ascertained that II was 80; you
said that Mr.. Clark went and looked! A.
He said II was there, didn't learn what use
he had made Of II, and don't know today.
O., At that time II you had said TO Mr..
Will have any liquor served In that dining
room," have you an idea Il would ever have
been served there again! A. don't know.
II might not.
Q. DO you think 1t ever would: A. Ican't
tell you. l should say It might be.
self and from what you know about Mr..
Clark, do you think II you had said that to
MIR. CLARK that liquor would have continued
to be served In that dining rooms A. l don't
know whether Mr.. Clark could prevent It, or
any one else, perhaps.
there that runs itself? A. mean 1t would be
pretty hard thing to prevent 1t.
q. DO you seriously mean to tell me that
II would be difficult thing for you to sto'
the service of liquor In that dining room
utterly and absolutely A. Yes, because
have known Of Its being done there In til
case without authority.
Q. When did YOU first learn that bell hoy"
brought liquor into the hotel and served It TO
guests therey A. never learned It.
Q. When were You first Informed that that
after this suit was brought.
Q. When was this interview between
yourself and the committee with reference
to Mr.. Howe-before or after this VA
broughtY A. Before.
Q. And I understand you to say init
never until after this suit was brought were
you informed that bell boys had nro'slt
liquor into the hotel and served It there! a.
Not to my remembrance; no.
@. So that when Mr.. Bates and Or. III"
and the rest Of them that testified tina, you
did so state upon that occasion they mis-.
stately A. Yes, they mlsstated what said
entirely.
Q. And you never had known previous to
that time of that factS A. Not from my
actual knowledge.
Q. am talking or asking about your
Information. Had you received any tnforma.
tion to that effect before that timsY A. Not
that remember.
Q. You would be apt to remember It 7 A.
don't know. There are great many things
| that occur In IA years. -
O. When you had that interview with
A. haA ~ inf0rma.
| tion9 A. Not that know Of
@. You know that Oh one occasion q
bell boy was arrested and prosecuted Tor
furnishing liquor in your hotel theref A.
never heard Of 1t.
O. Never did hear of 1t? A. No. .
Q. Referring to these banquets, yo.,
you thought It was wrong to serve
@. What did you allow them to serva
forS A. didn't allow them.
@. They served 1t against your protesty
A. Against my protest, that Is 1t, didn't
Q. You were not proprietor Of the house
at that time, were your A. was.
Q. II you had said to Mr.. Clark or Mr.:
Booth or anybody else, you can't serve that
champagne, do you think ,e It would ", nave
@. Tell me why you allowed It to be
servedP A. Because thought they. had
| right to do It, had legal right to do 1t.
o. Not because you thought It was
right, but because you thought they had the
legal s'ght iv 4; Yea that Is IT, T. rsne.t
question and be certain that you understood
| it. He wants me to ask you II you swear
that you supposed they had the legal right to
serve this champagne In public placer A.
| did suppose so, and do now.
q. And suppose SO nows A: Yes; under
| same circumstances ! suppose they have.
@. You haven't consulted your attorneys
on that branch of the case, have your A.
| 1 have. yea, sir; and that is their opinion.
Q. Their opinion, infer from the ex.
animation of the witness, that as long as you
time being, they might do what they saw O,
therep A. Within proper bounds, yes.
Q. Is the service OF Intoxicating liquor
within proper bounds In Vermont A: BY
an association think II Is. understand so.
@. Did you ever read the act Of 1S94i A.
Yes, and I think that signed that act my
Q. Did you ever hear Of this statute,
(reading) '"Every building and cree ion Of
whatever kind or the ground itself upon
which intoxicating liquor is unlawfully sold,
furnished or given away shall be held to be
l think the Supreme court is now consider.
| ing whether it Is constitutional or not.
| O. Is the trouble with you or the
Supreme court I read you another ex-
tract from that section. "And .
person keeping the same shall be adjudgeo
shall be fined not more than 800 and not
less than $50, or he shall be fined not more
than $40 and imprisoned not more than three
months and not less than one month, IN the
discretion of the court" You signed that
also? A. Yes, think did.
@. So you can't plead ignorance OF the law
A. I had forgotten all about It.
@. You think you were powerless 10
prevent the service of champagne at that
banquet? A. No, not powerless. -
@. You were not powerless to have
stayed away yourselt' A. No; sir:
go there and lend the force Of your exsmpi,
to wrong thing? A. think you want
little good to leaven the loaf.
@. That was what you got the minister
there for? A. Yes.
@. As l understand, you knew when
| they rented that room that they proposed To-
put 1t to that use? A. No, l didn't know it
| then.
@. They told you they were going to-:
| A. I didn't rent 1t. Mr.. Clark made Il =
| arrangement for the room. was In Moht-
pelier at the time, and asked the presiGt n.
| Of the society not to have any wine. ,A
down and asked him.
@. When did you find out they wsre
going to have itf A. found out day or
two before.
@. You knew, then, before they were
permitted to 60 into the room that they in.
tended to use 1t for that purposef A.
| did so.
| @. You have said that on one occasion
| you stood at the desk and saw % cents paid
to boy for the purpose of going out AMI
obtaining some Bass aley A. Yes.
@. Did 1t occur to you how that boy
was going to get the ale to the guestf A. /
supposed be was going after 1t and carry IL
| to him.
@. Did it occur to you to ask Mr.. Clark
| whether that had ever been done beforef A.
| didn't ask him.
@. Do you know whether 1t had or had
| not been done before? A. ! do not; never
! saw It done.
@. Have you the slightest doubt II upon
| that occasion you had told Mr.. Clark that
under no circumstances should an employee