The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1896-05-14

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IS hsi Hasrltr uHHtd Hf 4 NJ. tuntr Vas
ihf owner ~ be- beer
q How 3a H come iuJa lbe house, A.
lig tfou Do 90 quantity.
q no NaH rvHtmhtr some HtIr time ago
FafH - gentlemen being down hrrs from
eNaa'eu Who claimed thai lhtY aUft here ia
aifUa go nn The Ms4aam ou afipf A.
mfmirr yes, sIf.
q hp sou remember hUW msuf there were
TOO Soc party A. There VS. one table fuB
iaink can't ssy positively bot there was
one
z Atwhat mcal A. Dinner.
q ha Nou nHnsii aloHt 10. time they came
'u ia Aiuutr, whether earIf or late, who Was
.u ibt dining rpomF A ! should consider Il
eas aie. We close AZ O'Clock. J think this
was I'D O'Clock they gsme 10. along there
anyway,
/ q Mans 0u the dining room at that time
A. Nui msuy perhaps half dozen people
q. Did you procure SOY Intoxicating liquor
ef soy Kind Tor thai party A. 1 did, yes.
q Hos WHchf UUe bottle Of ctHrrl.
q It.t tHeif honor. whether sen received
/ th' money 20 advance. A, ! nld.
y llaw dld Nou procure the cisre A.
I sent lhr youug man in thr dining. room
lhat was working for M out after IT,
q Gave him tbe moue' A. los, sir.
z uld you on that occasion procure any
vhntcy for lhemf A. No. sir.
q Was any whi,key asked for. A. Not
90 ms know edge. Il seems 10 mc that thera
was wa some askel for but still ] wouldn't
-av positive.
/ q ioudiIut serve any or get any A,
/ Nc. SIR.
q Was Goy. Woodbury. in the room when
/ you served that " iuCt A, No, ,tr.
q. Whist do You SAY, Mr.. seelcy as TO
| whether You ever served wine In the dining
! room when GOV Woodbury. was lhere' A.
/ never served any wine when Gov. Wood |
/ bury was IN The dining room,
/ q. DO You remember two YEAR ago last |
/ tau some college students having a banquet |
| there; A. | do
! .. WHIST time In the night did they come |
| there Tor that bauquetr 4. | cant give the |
exact time, bat, II remember, the supper |
was called for 10 o elock-half past or 10 |
something Of that sort / think it was called
for 10 O'Clock.
Q. Wa, it considerably later than that
when they came IN! A. don't remember; |
/ think not
q Did you procure any intoxicating
liquor for them A. did.
q Did y0u do SO after they came to the
banquet A. Yes, sir.
q. Did YOU ever do such a thing as that be-
fore or since: A. No, sir,
q. In connection with Il banquet \. No
sir
q. DO You recall what was procured on
that occasion, what he wrote on the paper he
wanted A. ! know there was some
Claret aud some beer; the exact quantity /
can't tell you.
q 30 YOU remember how many there
were IN the party; A. There were between
% and 30.
Q DO you remember the occasion last
summer when Mr., Stone came to the Van
Ness house and took dinner there with Mr..
Dodge; A. do.
q. When did they come In with respect to
the dinner hour A. Just as bad closed at
O'Clock.
q. Go on, If you please, and tell what Oc-
CURED between you and Mr.. Stone and Mr..
Dodge on that occasion; tell II rs briefly as
you can, A. After | seated them / closed
the door, went out In the kitchen and told
the people there was two more dinners,
came through the dining room to 90 away.
MIR. Dodge called me down there aud intro
duced me to Mr. Stone and about that time
the waitress was appearing with the first
part, the first course Of dinner, and they
asked me II could get them some wine;
told them that had gotten entirely through
serving any wine for anybody. If they
would 90 and get 1t | would serve II for
them that was the only way | would furnish |
any vine Mr.. Stone introduced himself .
through a certain secret society and said that I
he would like me TO step out and get him
something ,
Q. Tell what he did, and what he referred
to. A. He referred to the charm had a {
Free Masonry charm he took hold Of it and
asked me If through that | couldn't get him /
something. /
@ Did he wear charm OF the same So \
cielyI A. lie did that is actual facts. | re- I
lated to him that In my possession, | had ,
lDr, Woodland either the night before or the
might before but one had sent out and bought /
some caret, two pints OF claret-on the
sideboard, II remember right, possibly In d
the cupboard, | won't say whether In the a
cupboard or sidebOard. | told him Dr. a
Woodard had one pint Of cIaret left, Under 4
the circumstances would give him that bot Y
Tie of claret and Immediately replace it, | a
did SO, took his money and replaced the bottle A
of claret.
Cross-examination by Mr.. Prouty;-
Q. suppose that you, as head waiter, are !,
in the dining room during all the time,
practically, that the meals are being a
>eryedf A. Intended to be. i
q. And you must necessarily see what >
ever is going on IN that dining room, must :,
YOU not? A. Yes, sir. q
q, 1t would not be possible for anybody :,
to serve wine or to drink wine during meal /
times without your knowing H A. No, sr. I
q, II | understand you right, it was
very ordinary thing to have wine Of different \
kinds and aes and beer served in the dining /,
room, but that was usually brought in by u
.hc guests; A. Well Every ordinary what II
10 mean by that -"
o. used about the term that you did, II -
VA. done frequently A. Quite frequently; "
,cs. sir, u
Q. think you said IN your direct exam II
nation, in response to Brother Fosters sug- h
scsliou. II was done very frequently, Is that :,
rue A. | dou't know rs | said very fire. N
lucnly: | might have said frequently. "
., How many times should sou say since h.
you have been head waiter there that wine ~
,r beer or other Intoxicating liquor has been ~
eryed 10y YOU in the dining roomF A. !
.ouidn't tell you the times. -
Y, ItdNu II tttu N'lg blNlHdl tlihE | 81
4. In the summer season quite ordinary. | n
" hat mean by that, possibly two or three ,r
lines Wcck-three or four times week "
not more than that. u
q Is it not true that through the summer a,
eason since you have been there as head .,
s waiter liquor Of some kind, and in That IN. ~
Jude wine and beers, has been served in that ~
lining room every day. No, ! couldn't "a
make It as strong a. TINT. ~
Q, And isn'l il true that II very often hap d,
zen. that wines Of various kinds are served T.
o several different parties the same day. A. v
SO. III
q. That never happens A, It has hap.
,cBed. bat not ordinary, NJ
q. How h. II now about these doctors, you
amed % half dozen Of doctors who brought
heir wine there and had 1t served 10 the d,
lining room 4, Yes, sir
q W0uldut Il be served 10 them every 4.
ay2 A. They weren't there all al the same
lme. te
q Wouldn't il be served 10 a doctor every 81
al when he WAS herei A, No, SIR.
q Take Dr.. Phelp. for instance, do you en-