Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1897-02-08

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exception taken.
A. I did.
@. How large a bill was it? A.
About $1,000.
@. Didn't you purchase at that time
50, 200 worth of goods? A. I didn't
know that I did.
@. How long have you been deal
ing with the Standard Clothing Co.?
A. From the fall of 1894. @. Of
whom did you make the purchase
from the Standard Colothing Co.? A..
OF Mr.. Bridgman.
@. Did you always buy of Mr..
Bridgman? A. Yes, except perhaps
once. @. Did you tell Mr.. Bridg-
man that you were dealing with
Gushing, Olmstead & Snow? A. No
sir. @. Did you not know that if you
had told the Standard @. 90. that you
we're buying of Cushing, Olmstead &
Snow, that you could not have bought
large bill of goods there? A. No
sir.
@. Did you employ Mr.. Annis of
No. Troy to write circulatory letter
for you? A. No sir.
@. Who kept the books of the firm
of Hammond & Buck? A. did part
of the time and Mr.. Hammond part
of the time.
@. Who kept them most of the
time. A. did.
@. You had not seen any one 60
ing over your books with the purpose
of making statement? A. No sir.
@. When was such a statement
made? A. If it was made it was
while was away at Hyde Park.
@. Did you find it necessary to
borrow money before July, 1895? A.
I did. O.. How much did you borrow?
A. $4,000.
@. Whom did you borrow it from?
A. Childs & Wait Co. @. Is there
any entry on the book of Hammond
& Buck showing that this or any part
of it was paid out? A. No sir. @.
Did you see a check of $40, 900? A.
Yes sir. @. Whose check was it?
A. Childs & Wait Co. @. Did you
indorse this check? A. Yes sir, I
think SO.
@. You knew that you owed the
bank $4,000, when you went to Bos-
ton to the store of Cushing, Olmstead
& Snow? A. Yes sir.
@. Did you owe the bank any be-
sides $4,000? A. Not directly. @. I
don't care whether directly or in
directly, did you owe them any mon
ey beside the $4,000? A. Yes sir.
O.. How much? A. I don't know.
@. Several thousand dollars? A.
Yes sir.
@. Did you know that your in
debtedness to the bank was greater in
1895 than in 1898? A. Yes sir. @. Did
you tell Gushing, Olmstead & Snow
this? A. No sir. @. Were not your
goods mortgaged for $4,000? A. Yes.
@. Did you tell Mr.. Gushing that you
had been having good business? A.
I don't know.
@. Did you tell Mr.. Bridgman of
the Standard Clothing Co. that you
/ don't know.
@. Did your firm buy about 100
coffins while you were in Boston? A.
I don't know how. many. @. Didn't
you buy at least 100. A Perhaps SO. @.
Now didn't you have about 100 coffins
in stock when the sheriff took pos
session? A. We always had about
75 or 100.
@. Did you buy bill of goods of
the A. III. Berry Shoe Co.? A. Yes
sir. Q. You were placed in insol-
vency the 18th of Oct? A. Yes sir.
@. Did you then make schedule of
your creditors and swear to it? A.
Yes sir. @. Did you know that this
Indebtedness amounted to SIC, 900? A.
No sir.
@. Did you also file a schedule of
the property of Hammond & Buck?
A. Yes sir. @. This was afterwards
sold for about how much? A. About
$4,000.
@. You knew when you went to
Boston that you owed $50, 900 or S4O,
600 that you could not pay? A. No
sir. @. Well, don't you now know
it? A. Yes sir, if you take all our
liabilities
The next witness was Mr.. Ham
mond of the firm of Hammond &
Buck. He was shown statement, of
the firm and said that he made it.
@. Did you tell Mr.. Annis to write
these circulating letters-what to
say in those circulating letters? A.
Not in substance, that is, not in de-
tail. @, Did you bring to Mr.. An