Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1896-05-16

| q. Gave him the money! A. Yes, cir.
@. Did you on that occasion procure any
whiskey for themf A. No, sir.
@. Was any whiskey asked for? A. Not
to my knowledge. 1t seems to me that Their
was was some asked for, but still wouldn't
Q. You didn't serve any or get anys A.
No, sir.
you served that wine? A. No, sir.
@, What do you say, Mr.. Seeley, as to
whether you ever served wine In the dining
room when Gov. Woodbury. was thereI A.
lnever served any wine when Gov. Wood
bury was in the dining room.
@. Do you remember two years ago last
fall some college students having banquet
there? A. do.
Q. What time In the night did they come
there for that banquet A. can't give the
exact time, but, II l remember, the supper
was called for 10 o'clock-half past or 10
for 10 O'Clock.
Q. Was It considerably later than that
when they came tns A. don't remember
Q. Did you procure any intoxicating
liquor for themP A. did.
Q. Did you do so after they came to the
banquet A. Yes, sir.
Q. Did you ever do such thing as that be-
| lore or since! "A. NO, Sir.
@. In connection with banquet A. No
sir.
Q. Do you recall what was procured on
that occasion, what he wrote on the paper he
wantedf A. know there was some
claret and some beer; the exact quantity I
@ DO YOU remember how many there
were In the partys A. There were between
@. Do you remember the occasion last
summer when Mr.. Stone came to the Van
Ness house and took dinner there with Mr..
Dodge? A. l do.
@. When did they come in with respect to
2 O'Clock.
@. Go ON, If you please, and tell what oc-
Cured between you and Mr.. Stone and Mr..
Dodge on that occasion; tell It as briefly as
you can. A. After I 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 60 away.
Mr.. Dodge called me down there aud intro
duced me to Mr.. Stone and about that time
the waitress was appearing with the fret
part, the first course Of dinner, and they
asked me II could get them some wine;
serving any wine for anybody. II they
would go and get 1t would serve 1t for
them; that was the only way would furnish
any wine. Mr.. Stone introduced himself
through certain secret society and said that
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 bad,
Free Masonry charm; he took hold Of 1t and
asked me If through that couldn't get him
something.
@. Did he wear charm Of the same so
cieiyY A. He did that is actual facts. re-
lated to him that In my possession, had
| OR. Woodland either the night before or the
night before but one had sent out and bought
some claret, two pints of clsret)-on the
the cupboard, I won't say whether In the
cupboard or sideboard. I told him DR..
Woodland had one pint Of claret left. Under
the circumstances would give him that bot
! tie of claret and Immediately replace 1t. !
did SO, took bis money and replaced the bottle
of claret.
Characterization by Mr.. Prouty:-
|
Q. suppose that you, as head waiter, are
In the dining room during all the time,
practically that the 70 IN meals are being
| Q. And you must necessarily see what
ever is going on In that dining room, must
you notp A. Yes, sir.
Q. 1t would not be possible for anybody
to serve wine or to drink wine during meal
times without your knowing itf A. No, sir.
|
very ordinary thing 10 have wine Of different
kinds and ales and beer served In the dining
room, but that was usually brought In by
the guestsY A. Well every ordinary" what
do mean by thatf
Q. used about the term that you did, It
was done frequently9 A. Quite frequently !;
@. think you said in your direct exam
| inaIiou In response to Brother Fosters sug-
gestion. IL was done very frequently, Is that
truer A. 1 don't know as l said very fire.
quently; might have said frequently.
| you have been head waiter there that wine
or beer or other intoxicating liquor has been
served by you In the dining room? A. /
couldn't tell you the times.
@. Hasn't It been very ordinary thing :
| A. In the summer season quite ordinary.
What mean by that, possibly two or three
times week-three or four times Q week
not NOR g than that.
@ Is It not true that through the summer
| season since you have been there a. head
waiter liquor Of some kind, and In that In.
clude wine and beers, has been served in that
dining room every day! No, l couldn't
make 1t as strong as that.
Q. And isn't it true that Il very often hap,
pens that wines of various kinds are served
to several different parties the same dayS A.
| No.
@. That never happensf A. It has hap
| pened, but not ordinary.
Q. How Is 1t now about these doctors, you
named half dozen of doctors who brought
their wine there and had It served In the
| dining room! A. Yes, sir.
| O. Wouldn't It be served 10 them every
day? A. They weren't there all at the same
O. wouldn't it be served to doctor every
| dav when he was herer A. No, sir.
Q. Take DR.. Phelps for instance, do you
| think he would eat his dinner without he
had his wine along with 1T A. Yes, great
many times.
o And how is It with witthaus and the
other doctorss A. Witthaus usually-I say
casually" the most Of the time had beer
q. You say you did say to . man, "If It 10
an accommodation to you and you will give
| me the money, will send out and get the
wine and serve it to YOUR A. Yes, sir.
| @. You said that 10 those tourists, didn't
your A. Some Of them, did.
@. How did II happen that when you were
willing to take the money and send boy
out after the liquor, that the tourists went
| out themselves to the drug store and bought
. bottle Of wine and lugged Il into the
dining room for you to server A. Well, q
great many times It wasn't convenient TO
send over anywhere, to send out and get It.
Q. The tourist went out and got his wine
and brought It In there. bottle at time,
because It wasn't convenient for you to send
q boy for It; that IL the reason, II itS A.
Not that, because would refuse TO get It to
| him.
Q. But you say you did tell them II Y
would be any accommodation, you would
take their money and send boy out for the
wine and serve IL to themS A. have In
| some cases; yes, str.
! Q. But they seemed TO prefer to look up
their own wine and bring Il there bottle at
time for you to server A. Al rule, they
did that.
Q. BY "touIistsn I suppose You mean
| theeo summnr trnyolofS that ee0p y the hotel