News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1896-05-14
Ex-GOV. BARsTOw.
Has Been a Great Deal I'm the House
and Seen No Liquor.

Has Been a Great Deal In the House
and Seen No Liquor.
The next witness was ex-Gov. j. L.
Barstow of Charlotte, who said that he had
been at the Van Ness house great deal since
Gov. Woodbury. took it. He knew Scott and
had been to the billiard room for lemonade
many times, but never saw any indication of
liquor selling there. In response to a ques-
ton as to what he had seen indicating the
sale of liquor In the dining room he said -
A. have heard the noise of bottles being
opened In the dining room, whether they
were wine or Apolllnaris water or what,
have no personal knowledge, don't think
ever partook of anything of that kind at the
regular meals. 1t is very rare thing that
have known of bottles being opened on the
| table.
@. You may speak with regard to anything
| you have seen served ut any table at which
| you were, yourself, sitting, as to the nature
of anything you have seen served? A.
couldn't state what have seen served at the
| regular meals in the bottle, l have seen wine
| served there at banquets.
@. How many banquets are YOU able to
| recall that you have attended at which wine
was served? A. l couldn't say that | ever
had more than one.
q. Did you have any means of knowing
the method by which it was furnished at that
timer A. No, sir, no knowledge about it
whatever.
@. Outside of that banquet, what would
you say as to the service of anything In the
nature of Intoxicating liquor at the table at
which you were sitting, or at any other table
IL you feel you have means of stating In re-
gard to 1t! A. / don't know what | could
say more than have said.
Q. If you have seen what was intoxicating
liquor served, how many times would you
say you have seen it during this whole time
A. have no recollection of having seen
bottles opened on the dinner table or tea
more than three or four times during the
entire period have stopped at the Van Ness
house.
Q. Do you mean by those three of four times,
three or four times In which YOU supposed
that what was being served was something
in the nature Of intoxicating liquorS A.
don't think ever had any personal knowl-
edge what was served, whether spring water
or wine or ale.
O. Those three or four times cover those
| occasions on which something has been
served from bottles at your tabeS A. Yes,
| sir.
G.. Have you been given room In different
parts of the house, at different times? A. All
over the house, every room in the house,
probably.
Q. There are good many rooms, are there
not? A. Yes, sir.
Q. During the time that you stayed over
| night there, having been In almost every
room In the house, first in one place and then
In another, would be glad to have you state
all that has TRANSFERRED that was suggestive of
the use. of intoxicating liquor about the
motel; don't ask you to limit yourself to
what might he a matter of strict personal
knowledge, Tut all that transpjred of what
| are the usual indications of the service of in
toxicating liquor? A. have never known
of anything of the kind, never been dis-
turbed at night by any hilarity or noise that
resembled the use Of intoxicating liquors that
hear when am In other hotels.