Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1896-05-07
COY. WOODBURY. TESTIFIES.
Continued from 18th page)

Ayes he did.
Q-You may state the circumstances
with regard to that?
Am the spring of '94 l was talking
with Mr. Seeley in the hall next to the
dining room with regard to the matters
In his department and | suppose he
thought | was good-natured on that &C.
casion and so he says to me- "Wouldn I
you just as soon l would keep some lager
in my room for guests?" l remember very
distinctly Just the words | used In reply.
said MY dear man, have been running
this hotel for 10 or 13 years; | never have
dealt In Intoxicating liquors and don't
think / shall allow ono of my men to go
into that business now. When anyone
goes into that business, l Will go into it
myself and make the profit out of It,"
Q.-Have you ever been conscious of any
act on your part or of any expression on
your part which would be construed by
any of your employees into any variance
of the instructions which you originally
gave them when you entered upon the
control OF that house?
A-Never never.
Q.-Were those instructions given in
good faith?
A--They were.
Q,-Did you intend in good faith they
Should be carried out?
Ayes I did
Q.-And you have so intended to tho
present day?
Al have.
Q.-Have you heard all of the deposit
lions read that have been read on the
part OF the defense in this case?
Al have
Q.-Have you heard all of the testi-
mony that has been given In court orally
on the part OF the defense in this case?
Al have.
Q.-With the exception of what was said
about the banquets land of your knowl-
edge Of those you have spoken) have you.
previous to the bringing of this suit, had
any knowledge whatever Of any OF
these transactions in connection with in
toxicating liquor which have been testi-
fled to in this case in the oral testimony
and in the dispositions?
Al had none whatever.
THE CROSS EXAMINATION.
amination:
Q.-Didn't you find Mr.. Drew and his
bar to be a pretty serious competitor?
A.-Didn't find his bar to be any COM
petitor whatever, 1t was Mr.. Drew.
OFT occurred to you that IL would bo n
fine thing If you could manage to CONSOLE
date the American House and the Van
Ness House and Mr.. Drew, bar or no bar.
didn't It?
A.-Why, of course. that ought to be
patent to anyone. and to YOU good busi-
ness man you are
Q.-And for the purpose of doing that
You entered into an arrangement with Mr..
Drew by which you proposed to consoli-
date the two establishments; as a part Of
the arrangement. was the bar in the
American House to be discontinued?
A.-Nothing said about It, | had nothing
to do with IL.
Q.-Wasn't there anything said about
the bar?
Ayes, l said ! would not rent it.
Q.-You and Mr. Drew had some talk
about the bar?
Al told him would not rent the bill |
Hard room and bar, | had no use for them
Q.-Mr. Drew thought n bar was pref |
T.. good thing In connection with hotel?
A:-Didn't say anything about It; he
said: II am willing to keep it." 1t wasn't
necessary to have his bar, one right next
to 1t If his had been closed
Q-Then this was he final arrangement |
which was worked out. wasn't it, that the |,
American House and Van Ness House |
were to be consolidated. Mr.. Drew was to
act as manager of the two hotels and |
was to retain his bar in the American |
House as 1t had been before?
Al was not to rent it,
Q.-You testified that Mr.. Drew pro-
posed to you to assign the whole lease to
you, or to allow you to take n lease of the
american House, and that you should re-
lease to him the bar and that you de-
clined to do that and preferred to have II
the other way. Why was that?
A.-Recause | didn't want to have any
thing TO do with the leasing Of the bar to
any one.
Odd YOU conceive that it would be
any worse morally TO make that kind of
an arrangemet allow Mr.. Drew to take
the lease and make the assignment TO you
than II would be for you to take the lease
and make the transfer to Mr.. Drew?
Al can't see what you mean by IL; |
can't understand there was any moral OBJ
inquiry I'm my renting n certain piece of
property, and leaving balance to the
man. whether 1t contained n bar or n
brothel. as far as that Is concerned, ! had
nothing to do with that,-what is the
point?
Q.-The fact was that Mr. Drew as
sumed the management of those two
houses and that the right in the old
American House that bar was left-that Is
the fact, isn't It?
Al couldn't take it out, had nothing
to do with IL.
Q.-lf you had been actuated by these
high, conscientious motives, you might
possibly have taken it out?
Allow SOY
Q.-You could have leased the whole
business and blotted out that bar?
A.--No sir.
Q-Couldn't you have leased that prop
erty-that whole property instead of
adopting this sort of device to leave that
bar there?
A-You must excuse me, sir, don't talk
about device" to me. have done this ,
thing in a conscientious way.
Q.-At the present time, you are a wit
ness and ] am counsel, and | shall exam
Inc you within the rules of examination
as see fit.
AAnd ! shall answer as ! see ut when
you undertake to insult me.
OIL don't want to insult YOU You an
swer my questions.
! shall be Obliged to conduct this eXami-
nation In my own way r
A.-And | shall be obliged to answer you
just as you ask your questions.
Q.-The testimony in this case shows
mat there was free communication be-
tween that room and the American House;
IL that Ia true. there was bar room which
connected with your hotel, wasn't there?
Al understand that It went around
INTO the billiard room, and then from the
billiard room into the bar room.
Q.-You didn't have to go out doors in .
order to get into the bar room from the
American House? r
A.-Not If the doors were open, the 7
house was only occupied about three
months in the summer time.
Q.-Begtnning with this time when Mr.
Drew wentin there, was Mr.. Drew your
partner or was he a manager?
A.-Manager. not a partner
Q'-You published. pretty soon after
this article was written and after your
suit was begun, an interview with the
Burlington Free Press, did you not?
Al did .
Q-And did you say in connection with
that: II am the sole proprietor of the Van Il
Ness. every DprsOn from mann oarc Jo,,,,, n