News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1896-05-14

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other hotels. l hadn't very much money at
that time and was told that no one could
run hotel without obtaining the
profits from the sale Of liquor.
The question Of whether
should or should not sell liquor was not |
seriously considered; the only question was
whether | could make the property pay and
not sell it; although / may have done other
things equally as bad-no doubt / have-l
had conscientious scruples against dealing In
liquor at that time and have continued to
have them until the present moment. How
ever. after consulting with Mr.. Bowman, a
friend of mine who was an
experienced hotel man, concluded
to make the venture, and did pur-
chase the property, and entered into partner |
ship with Mr.. Bowman to run the hotel. |
| Mr. Bowman was quite In accord with my |
views relative to dealing In intoxicating |
| liquors. so we commenced operations there |
| in April, l think, 1881. | was very much
| immersed in business, being the manager of
| the large business Of j. r. Booth, and
could pay but little attention to
| the business of hotel. didn't know much
about the business-in fact, nothing about
| the business. So we ran the hotel for
two years. think made an addition that
| year upon the hotel-the last year he was
ihere-upon half of the west wing, called the
west wing 1 left the management Of the
hotel entirely to Mr.. Bowman; he hired and
|
about the details. We talked, of course,
relative to the business and some discourage
| mcnts that arose on account of not dealing
in liquor, but the discouragements
were not enough to overcome our views
relative to the traffic so that
we changed our course at all during the time
that he was there. We had pretty warm
competition across the street in the Ameri-
can house; Mr.. Drew was a very popular
landlord and conceived the idea near the
close of the two years that it would be
good thing for both of us II we could con-
solidate, as any one would know that the
expenses, especially in the winter time, of
one hotel would only be about half what 1t
would for two. So / finally made trade
with Mr.. Drew that was to buy out the
furniture.
Q. (By Mr.. Wilds.) Was that trade in
writing? A. Yes, 1 think l have 1t up at
the house.
Q. (By Mr.. Wilds.) Will YOU let us see il?
A. / will bring it down If you want to see
1t; think have all the papers and will
be very glad to furnish it. Mr.. Drew was to
be manager of the Van Ness and his wife the
housekeeper, and was to rent the American
house of him. When we talked about the
portion that / should rent / told him
should not want the billiard room and the
barroom. He told me that he would trans
fer the lease to me, and then | could release
, the billiard room and barroom to him. l
|
| that | simply would take the transfer of the
lease except the barroom and the billiard
| room, which was done. When we made
this trade | told Mr.. Drew that he
d.. understood, of course, my ideas of
| dealing in liquor were different from
3 his, aud that he went over there with the
n understanding that we were not to deal In
n Intoxicating liquors. He said that he under
stood it thoroughly, and he took charge OF
the house. / had the same confidence in him
= and always had during the nine years thai
e he was there, that had In Mr.. Bowman
f which was implicit confidence in his honesty
n and ability and that he would dc
:. what directed, especially in re
gard to the traffic of dealing
l. in liquors mentioned. I had nothing to de
n with the hiring or discharging the help anC
o had nothing to do with giving orders to tn
n help, except perhaps l would talk TO Mr.
| Clark; but l don't think l ever gave al
order-I don't know-if so, it is a rare thin
y that ever gave an order to an employee
N my talk was always with my managers witt
1T regard to the conduct of the house; from tn
time Mr.. Bowman went in there to tn
at present time have no knowledge of dealing
at in Intoxicating liquors. We never ha!
United States license. 1t
at possible the first year although have n
ar particular remembrance of it) the regenu
officer might have asked us If we were no
e.? going to take out a license. / think he did
TO but il so, think told him we had no us
l for one.
m @. One or two questions-it may not
ne / of any particular cOnsequence-but at som
&. time after Mr.. Drew came In did you lear
al ANYTHING that you took notice of with regar
Of to the door between that part Of the Amer
he can house which you had rented and tn
Id billiard room and barroom! A. Yes.
he think some two or three months afte
1u Mr.. Drew came over to the Van Mes
Nl.,N H. i haNE
re billiard room, which connected with tn
he barroom and with the baggage room
of ! which was a portion of the house tbs
ee | rented, was open. told Mr.. Drew of tn
/ fact and he said that he thought it was, an
told him that | wanted 1t closed, that
es would occasion talk and would have a rigt
ee to occasion talk as long as | was keepin
rk house on the principles that | wa
that thought there should not be any con
munication between his part and my part {
the house, and as far as | know 1t was close
during the time that / rented the American
One year of the time that Irented the Amer
'" can the baggage room was rented and o.
cupied by another party, SO 1t would be yer
mo- difficult TO have communication, as that rool
- was occupied by another party.
ne O. believe that billiard room and ba
* room were In the extreme easterly end of u
old American, anyway? A. Yes, and | wi
- saw | never was in either one of them viii
- rented the Householder billiard or BARRON
,o5 @. Was that billiard room where IL
'0' store of G. Il. Pease & Co. Is now, eXtren
-, eastery end? A. Yes.
~, @. Was your attention at any tin
~ called to the fact that cider had been put @
'o' the table at dinner? A. Yes; few yea
80, after Mr.. Drew came there some one aske
"s me II knew that Mr.. Drew had brought u
10 some cider from his farm and put it on Il
oe table. told them didn't know it, and the
,oy said he had and l thought you would like
Jo know 1t. | went to Mr.. Drew and aske
vs. him If he had. He said, 'Yes, it was swe
80 cider;" | told him, at was very kind of yo
&c, Mr.. Drew, to do It, there is no harm,
IT, course, when you made no charge for it.,
ny know, but don't want to have you do
,ds any more; understand it is against the la
US to do IL and don't want to have you do 1t.
"a He says, "All right, WON'T"
0'' o. You have reason to suppose that TIL
80 Injunction of yours was obeyed? A. hay
}! no reason to think otherwise.
Q. Was there ever transactiOn-wh
appeared to be a transaCtiOn-at the DIES
that you took notice of? A. Last fall, 70
some time in 1913, | was standing
"g the desk in front and MIR. Clark tire
out % cents on to the little side dot
,at window there and heard something sa
-, about ale. | asked Mr. Clark what that Wi
7"V for. He said, "a man Is sending out for
- bottle of Bass alo." | said to him. aye
in must not do that, Mr.. Clark. l don't wal
he my money used for That purpose" lie sa.
l "Very WELL"
,r. @. Have you any reason to suppose bl
wv that your injunction at that time WI
OIL obeyed? A. | have not He didn't say
that time either that he had ever done II b
wv fore.
or Q. Who was standing at the window
ny II any one, when the money was thrown OF
on that little shelf? A. My impression is
OF was boy.
l Q. Did you ever see anything that a
1t peared to be Intoxicating liquor in the dinlr
wv room, other than at the banquetsy A. Ye
or sir, have.
!" Q. State the facts and circumstances?
- have sometimes taken my dinners In Il
W. summer time at the Van Ness house whe
up our house has been closed, and durir
a. the summer school OF languages DR.. Seyie
a. professor of that school, boarded at Il
oe Van Ness and think he always had wine
"S dinner-he was a Frenchman.
80 @. Do you remember the time when yC
e' first saw wine at his table, don't know
m you saw 1t more than oncei A. l saw
ne several times.
az Q. What course did you take when yC
~ first saw 1t? A. The first time, | eth,
,is asked the head waiter or MIR. Clark whei
that wine came from, He said that