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

my knowledge, but Mr.. Boynton of Rutlan,
says did sell him one, think. 10 '95-le
nun have a ticket, but can explain-'94,
think ii was.
Q. II you did, what were the eIreum
stances. A. II did-and believe Mr.. Bovn
ton-the circumstances were that Mr.. Fergu
son, who was secretary Of the association
atter the people had gone in TO dinner, cam,
TO me and remarked, 81 want TO get NV din
ner." lie was there quite a long while aftei
lhe rest went in, so that II any one came
late, and so he saws to me, .sClark. will vol
take these tickets and il any one comes in lei
Them have one" / told him would accom-.
m0dafe him, and il Mr.. BoyntOn says lei
MIN have ticket, / probably did, but
wouldn't say / did, but the money that
received for that ticket was passed right over
to MIR. Ferguson.
Q. What was the price of the tickets. A.
l think "a, S3 / would say, | know ouT
supper was S1.50, and didn't pay anv at.
teniion to the rest of 1t; that was our trade.
q. And MIR. Ferguson had table. A. Yes,
set right there in the corridor to wait and
see II some late ones would come in.
q, Has all the stuff which Mr.. Scott has
hau Tor sale down 10 his premises there been
charged up to him In the office. A. Charged
up TO him, all charged 10 him on the books at
the Office.
q, And he accounts A. He accounts
for the money that is taken In there.
| 2. Has he ever had charged to him any in
to&icatiDg liquor of any kind. A. He never
has; no, sir.
Q. Do you know Of guests of the house
having intoxicating liquors of any kind
sent TO the house, which were sent down
there and left in his charge. A. couldn't
| say; know there was packages esme there
| for doctors and professors which supposed
contained claret-marked to the doctors in
IN care OF the Van Ness house and sent
down to Mr. Scott to keep for them, and
| planned between the doctors and Mr.. Scott
that they should be kept down there for
them. l never examined into them.
2. Have you ever been asked by the guests
OF the house for liquor. A. | have; yes,
sir.
Q. Many times or few. A. Quite a good
many times, not as many late years as / was
first, when they first started the house.
| Q. What have you told them. A. | told
them we kept no intoxicating liquor what
ever, and late years the commercial travellers
| have understood it and wouldn't ask me !;
| once in a while, there would be a stranger,
perhaps, but it wouldn't he anybody that had
| stopped at The house before, because they
! Gel tainly knew It.
@. And in the earlier years, when they
| asked, what did you tell them. A. | told
them the house didn't keep anything, or
possibly told them some place where they
| could 90 and get it, like Shattucks, or Mr.,
| Cfaven's or the City hotel, aud | have sent
| them over to Mr.. Delaney's where thought
perhaps they could get it.
Q. Do you know Mr.. Bailey of st 4.
| Albans. A. L do.
Q. Do you recall his being here at some
gathering of the EpiscOpallans. A. l do
recall his being here at that time, at the Van
Ness house, think 1t was at the time of the
conservation of Bishop Hall.
Q. Have you been shown what he swore
to IN his deposition. A. don't think l have ;
no. sir.
g. Wasn't 1t shown to you. A. Possibly;
l don't remember; perhaps | did see 1t;
don't recall exactly now just what it was.
e. 1t was something to the effect that at
that gathering some one came up to the desk
aud asked you where he could get some
thing to drink, and that you told him the
house didn't keep it, but he could go up
stairs to bis room and call bell boy-ring
the bell. A. No, | have no recollection of
ever saying that in the presence of Judge
Bailey; no, sir.
Q. What is your Judgment you speak of
your recollection. In addition to that, what
Is your Judgment as to whether you ever did
say that on that occasion. A. ] should say
never did say that to him or anybody else,
that they could go up and get what they
liked.
@. In that connection, will ask you IL YOU
guests to their rooms, or tell them that they
could go to their rooms and call up bell
boy. A. No, sir, | have not, because the
gentlemen generally know what they want
And ] have never told them to go to their
rooms and ring their bell, and If they went
send boy. | never gave them such direc-
tons.
Q. If you found out that man wanted
Intoxicating liquor, what did you tell him.
A. | told him we didn't have 1t at the house
| might have told him, perhaps, he could
have bell boy; l don't know as told him
that; | won't say | did.
Q. Did you tell him of any place, in that
connection, where he could go and get It.
A. Yes, that is what / said before, | would
tell him-pOssibly where he might get it,
Q. will ask you If you know DR.. Good
win-if you knew him when ne was a
student here in the university in the medical
department. A. think | remember. That is
quite long time ago, seeing as many people
as do. | remember Goodwin as being a
lame fellow, smallsh man. / can remember
his being at the house there different times,
but not particularly about him.
z. Do you know of his having any lager
beer or other intoxicating liquor to drink in
any room back of the office on the occasion of
his graduating or at any other time. A. No,
sir. never; no knowledge of 1t.
Q. Did you ever know of any one else hay
luS any IuJuAlCdlluS IquOT W uGInh any
where around the house. A. Not him or
any one else.
Q. And what is your judgment as to
whether YOU would have found out II such
an affair occurred in your absence. A. My
judgment is | would have been told of 1t or
heard of it afterwards, II it had happened
there.
Q. wish to ask You whether you have
made examination of the register for the
period covered by the time during which he
says he was student In the university.
A. Covering the two years.
@. Yes. A. / have, sir.
Q. And noted the times when he was
there. A. Yes.
Mr.. Clark testified at some length in re-
gard to entries of DR.. Goodwin's name on
the register, saying that in only one ease was
there anything except meals and rooms
charged and that was % cents, worth of
cigars. He added that a charge for "cigars" !
on the register always meant just what it |
said.
Mr.. Clark also testified in regard TO the |
appearance on the registers of p. w. |
Clements name, going over them in detail |
on the registers themselves and saying that |
no extra charges appeared which could |
cover liquor. There were extra meals and |
livery and the like, only.l
Q. Do you know Mr.. MacCammon.
A. Yes, do.
@. Did you ever charge anything up to
him under the head of ''cigars" or ''eXtras," |
OF anything of that kind that was not indi- |
Gated by the charge itself. A. Never to Mr.. |
McCammOn or anybody else; no, sir.
Q. Do you remember of ever giving money |
to any one to send out for intoxicating liquor |
for Mr. McCanmon, which money he re-
funded TO you at the desk. A. No recollec-
ton oft.
Q. What is your judgment as to whether
you did or not. A. My judgment Is 1t never |
my Judgment is that
Q, You didn't examine the register with |
reference to Mr.. Clement, so you are not able |
to testify-you are not able to tell what time |
was covered by the examination. A. No.
Q, During the time that you have been
there has the Van Ness house bad any. /
glasses, whiskey, wine, champagne glasses /
or any except the ordinary table water
glasses. A. No, sir, not to my knowledge.
q. During the time that you have been
there, have you had or have there been any. |
poker chips about the hotel to your knowl-
edge. A. Yes, there was a box of poker
chips found up Ia room one day, and the
have orders to return what
ever they find in the rooms after the guests
have gone away, and the chips were sent
down. | never saw them before; they may
be there now, ] don't know.
Q. Have you ever played poker. A. L
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