The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-05-24
ADJOURN TILL JUNE
The Commissioners Make the Smith
Interview q Matter of Record
AUDITOR WINTERS AGENT
Minor Matters Disposed OF Some
Charges Whose Pensions Are
Smaller About the Blind Or
phan-SubJect with Two Sons.

4ntg VIII HOl Ilttl III cGSolOu dEdil
until the first Monday in June.
During the day they passed upon a
number Of minor matters, among them
that of making the c. L. Smith inter
view a matter of record and drawing
their salaries.
The names of Mrs. Tucker and Mrs.
Odds were stricken from the roll OF
the needy. and the allowance of Mrs.
Bluett reduced to IS. and that of Mrs.
Bray to $40.
The county attorney was directed 10
take such steps as he deems necessary
TO determine the right of Charles Eric
son, a blind infant, to become an in
mate of the Orphans home at Twin
Bridges. The child was sent there
with others a short time ago. but on ac-
count of its inability to see the official
in charge of the home, refused to ac-
cept IL. 1t is now being cared for by
the matron at the poor farm.
John and Thomas Casey called at the
Standard office yesterday and stated
that they knew nothing about their
mother receiving aid from the county
They deny having been notified by the
board OF commissioners to care for
their mother. They said they were
willing to take care of her and there
was no necessity for her to seek aid
elsewhere.
The testimony OF c. l.. Smith taken
by the board yesterday in connection
with the house renting business OF Au-
ditor Winters. is as follows:
Q. (By Mr.. Charles)-What is the
name of the Mrs. Williams occupying
a certain house. that you are collecting
rent from the county for? A. 1 do not
know.
q. Where is the house situated? A.
j don't know exactly where IL is. Mr..
Winters gave me list Of houses to col
lect rent therefor.
g. DO you know who owns said
houses? A. Three houses in South
Butte belong to Henry Nickel; the
houses on Montana street, / don't know
who owns them; the houses were put
into my hands by Mr.. Winters; / am
agent for Mr.. Winters; l collect rent
from the county and turn said rent
over to Mr.. Winters less my commits
sion
Q. Does Mr.. Winters receipt to you
Tor said rents? A. / take no receipts;
simply turn the money over to him
q. Then you do not know where the
house that you collect $40 per month
for is located? A. i do not
q. Do you know whether Mrs. Will
iams occupied the house that you re-
ceived the rent for. for the month Of
March? A. ! don't know; somebody
was in the house.
Q. (By Mr.. Lloyd)-Do you know
whether Mrs. Williams occupied that
house you collected the rent for. during
the month of March? A. When this
list was given me
Q. (By Mr.. Charles)-By whom? A.
BY Mr.. Winters
.. What we want TO know is who are
we doing business with? A. / sup
pose this was all done through Mr.. Win
tiers; j wanted to find out where these
M RITZ n
Mr. Wynne gave the list TO me: / sup
pose he got II from the books there i'm
the office; that Is where he got Il: he
had list anyhow of their location but
i am not satisfied whether he gave Il
me from the books or from memory,
and he gave me the location of each
one of these parties and the houses
they were occupying; some of the
houses were not numbered so he gave
me the description so ] would know
where to find IL, what sort of a house IL
was.
Q. He wasn't acting in the capacity
OF member OF the firms at that time?
"A. j don't know that he was
q. You say you recognized this com
pany as Walter Wynne and w. II. Win
ters? \. Mr.. Winters told me to go 70
Wynne and get the location OF the
houses; ! think l met Winters at the
court house. and l asked him the exact
location OF these people. where they
were, and so i got that list from Mr..
Wynne; he told me about IL; l didn't
think IL was necessary TO go TO the |
houses and ask the peoples names, and
10 get the numbers: Mr. Wynne gave
me the numbers; l thought Mr.. Wynne
was telling me the truth. and / sup
pose he did; / didn't think IL was nee |
essary TO go to the houses and verify |
II by seeing the people and asking |
their names, and asking the number OF |
the rooms, etc; Winters said they had |
been occupying those houses. and that |
Is the list that had been made. the |
rent the county had been paying for |
them and the bills would be audited |
when II was put in. l didn't suppose |
there was going TO be any trouble be- |
tween you and Winters about the |
houses. or / would have gone and asked |
the peoples names and got the pedl- |
gree and that sort OF thing. II there |
Is any mistake, the houses are not To- |
Gated where l was told they We're; II |
their names are not as Mr.. Winters |
gave them, suppose IL is just simply |
a case Of misplaced confidence on NV |
part OF Mr.. Winters word: / supposed |
he was telling me the truth. and 1 |
guess he did.
Q. You are simply working for Whit |
ers a Co., Is that IL: you are not the |
the county; you haven't rented those /
houses from the owners OF the proper /
ty2 A. No; i am an agent of Winters |
& Co.
Q. Who is Winters & Co? You are
working for a firm. and who are they? /
A. i think it's Winters; think l saw /
a card with wynne's name in one cor /
ner and Winters on the other: IL may /
be only Winters himself
Q. You are just simply working for |
Winters a Coz a. Yes; ! am acting
as agent OF Winters 4 Co, and turned /
the money over TO them. OF course. 10 /
Winters himself; he is the head of the /
firm.
Q. The houses that are being rented /
through you as c. i. Smith, agent, is /
really Winters a. Co. is II not? a. /
Well j suppose so: I suppose that 1
Winters settles with those other peo- i
pie.
q. You don't pay the money over to /