Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1905-07-21
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witness knew. however, thc sun"
duty was required.
months OF his service Mr. Oakes was
on duty constantly and also when
Woodfin and Albee became directors
things became more strict. BEFORE
that, however. he spent much OF his
time down street and riding. He had
a private carriage owned by the state
which his brother and sometimes wit
ness used, the latter when Cakes
was away. 1t was also used for state
purposes I'm going to and from the sta
ton and In the fall going about the
country after potatoes.
Mr.. Harpin stated that he and Cakes
disagreed as to guard for Mrs. Rogers.
Frank Flint was finally appointed dav
guard and George Perkins night Wit
ness thought a woman or man ana
woman should guard her. as Is gen
orally the custom at other institutions
in a similar case. Cakes said 1t was
not necessary and there was no wo-
man when Mrs. Meeker was there.
witness, however, thought the two
cases were not to be compared, since
the latter was old and infirm ana
deaf and the like Mr. Harpin SAID ne
did not circulate stories to secure ms
own appointment as superintendent
a.. II,
and said he expected to lose MS Jop
II he told all he knew.
Atty. Fits asked witness II ne
thought he was doing his duty by the
state as an officer of the state to Keep
secret these things. Witness answer
ed not altogether, but 1t would be his
finish il he did. Looking out for
yourself were you?" asked Atty. Fits.
was the answer OF the
witness. In regard to his dismissal
last March by Cakes, Mr.. Harpin said
that he was called to the superintend-
ent's office and the latter told him
he thought they had better dissolve.
Cakes said he did not want his ser.
vices any longer and witness testineu
he had not received his pay. He then
went and got his belongings and gave
UP the keys. His son. Harold W. Har-
pin, left then also. The latter was
employed but short time as night
guard Mr.. Harpin told of the things
he had taken from the state or bought
lat discount. made possible by MS
connection with the state. Sometimes
he bought fresh fish and Holsters. pay
Ing Mr.. Cakes for them once In three
or four months. At the time OF the
coal famine he also bought a ton OF
soft coal, paying the regular price
Several times the officers ordered =
carload of coal. which was unloaded
by convicts under state officer as
guard and conveyed to their homes in
state teams.
S. S. Palmer, attorney for Cakes,
then undertook to convince the wit
ness that the policy of the superin-
tendent was that when the convicts
were sick for a short time officers TOOK
their places, and they in turn USED
convicts for their own use. Mr.. Har-
pin also said that DR.. Burbage has
often had his auto filled at the state
kerosene tanks, which to his knowl-
edge, has not been paid for Al an
other time, when the wife of J. G.
Cakes died. some of his furniture was
bought by the state and stored for a
long time in the barn, after which it
was placed in different parts of the
prison. The farm, he also said, he
thought showed lack of judgment in
the way ii was managed. This ended
Mr.. Harpin's testimony for the time
being.
Mr.. Cakes took the stand for a short
time. He said he had no knowl-
edge that his brother used state
kerosene in quantity or at all, or that
his son fed chickens on the state gram.
He bought and paid for all he used.
and then sold to the state. Neither
did he remember of DR.. Burbage stay
ing there for half of the summer. He
said he had regular boarding place
in the village. In regard to Craven
he said he was perfectly satisfied with
the latter's explanation that he need
ed the butter and was unable to buy
any elsewhere Mr.. Cakes said that
in their discussion as to the guard for
Mrs. Rogers he never said anything
about Mrs. Meeker or compared the
two. He did not think there was any
jealousy over the friendship of DR..
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