Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1910-08-04

tees paid a claim to Mr.. Perkins for making
these trips TO Chcagol A. He was paying his
expenses
o. When he bought extra large supplies, he
did make trips TO Chicago and his aife went
with him. did she nOtI A. 1 do not Tec3liect that
they did, but IL is possible they might have.
/ Q. Do you recOllect that detailed statement
Of his expenses was submitted to the Boardf A.
don't know.
o. was a monthly statement made TO the
trustees OF the need OF the Asylum and Home, or
did you leave the purchase of supplies altogether
10 the Superintendent A. 1t vas left entirely TO
| the superintendent.
D. Did you ever ask for bids from the different
wholesale houses, or suggest to him, to secure
| bid from different houscH A. Mr. Perkins was
was always instructed TO make the best deal he
could for the YUM, and we always thought
that he did.
o. Why did you place this extra work of pur
chasing upon the superintendent A. Because
he Is the most proper person TO do it.
! Q. That Is your opinion, Mr.. Spensley? A. Yes.
| 2. Have the trustees been In the habit OF n-
! speeding the store house and learning what was
needed from month to month? A. Yes, especial
/ Is in the clothing department
| .. Would you indicate TO the superintendent
about the price that he was TO pay iOr a man s
1 suit Of clothesf A. Well, should say not. I
have recollection of his showing us clothes
and saying he paid 80 much for them.
| y. A bout how much approximately A. ] don't
| think we ever went as high $1,000.
| q. You authorized him to buy as high priced
/ suit as $1,000; A. ! think that generally
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these poor creatures at as low rate he could.
o. Would there be any intention to discrimi-
nate in favor of different patients there, or in
] your judgement would suit of clothes that
was good enough for one be good enough for
/ auotherT A. We had TO discriminate some.
| There some patients there that IL would not
/ do 10 dress up too we'll.
| o. During your term Of Office, did the trustees
receive extra compensation for services render
| ed the Home in addition to the remuneration
/ received as Trustee for the Asylum A. No sir.
l / TfAsH la "A lflffaf al "A
! year, and during those sessions attended to the
| Asylum business aud the business of the Home.
/ There a portion, think il was one-third, of
! our compensation that was charged to the Home
fund.
| .. Did it appear in the Journal OF the Homer
1 A. / think 50.
1 o. When Mr.. Perkins bought a carload Of
i flour or carload of coal, did he usually appor-
/ ton certain amount TO the Home and a certain
| amount 20 the Asylum, and charge up the
/ amounts to the different institutions A. Yes
I Sir
1 Q. Is It not a fact that you also drew stipend
! from the HOmeI A. II you find a charge there
of ~ % you viii find IL was at the regular session
/ of the Board and you will find that the next
session Is charged to the Asylum. Every third
| one is charged to the Home
/ O. When YOU went claims would YOU foot
/ up al the items the different bills To see n
! they were correct A. Yes sir. In the first place
those bills were submitted to the trustees anc wt
made out the orders ON them. Then we looked
after the discounts. After those orders were
made out, they were put IN the hands Of one
member and carefully gone over and compared
/ to that there was mistake.
/ Q. Was it a rule for the banks to ask exchange
I on rcmittances from the County Home and
Asylum A. My recollection is that there was
an allowance OF 10 cents made for the draft.
/ q. Did you ever interview the banks acting as
county repositories relative to thatl A. | think
| did once when Mr.. Reese, the old gentleman
was in the bank.
! the trustees aud the banks in the matter of ex
change on remittances? A. 1t seems to me thai
| went ia aud talked to Mr.. Reese about it, bu
| have forgotten what the result was.
| Q. You were member of the building com
mittee, were you not2 A. No sir. Mr.. Billing
was appointed ON that committee to obviate the
necessity of calling the rest OF the trustees.
.. just asked If you were member Of tn,
building committee A Only so tar as being
trvstec.
o. The County Board understood that tn,
trustees were the building cOmmitteeY A. II wa
necessary for that building committee TO NEE
often. In order to obviate the necessity Of cali
ing the entire board of trustees, they delegated
| all the authority to Mr.. Billings so that h,
could confer with Mr.. Perkins.
y. SO IN your opinion Mr.. Billings was tn,
building committeeI A. Yes sir We delegated
our power to Mr.. Billings to act for us at al
times and in case there were any complication
or any trouble Ia any way he was instructed I,
call the rest OF the trustees,
/ q. Did you do any work with that building
| committee? A. When the regular meetings %
the trustees were held, OF course Mr.. Billings In
vartaby made verbal report that such ant
SuCh matters nau pccu attended 10.
I Q. But you didn't consider yourself a menbe
OF that building committee A. No sir.
O. You didn't know anything about the worl
OF that commttecf a. Only so far as | stated
Mr.. Billings would make report
.. We're you party 10 any contracts that wer'
made by that Building committee A. Web,
attended one session where the contractors me
the entire board and made tenders.
2. Did you sign the contracts! a. don't re
member.
Q. You stated Ia your early remarks that YOU
were member of the first trustees of the ASy
lum, way back in 1887. Did the trustees at tina
time handle the funds of the Asylum? A. ! thiul
they did. IL seems to me that was treasurer a
that time and the funds passed right into my
hands, and then As Il was so much trouble, thi
Board ordered the funds TO be kept Ia the Coun
" Treasury | was allowed Sioo for acting a
treasurer.
Q. You made final report 10 the Treasurer OF
the county for the money that You handedI ID,
you remember receiving check for Sl04.s3 As
final settlement which You claimedf A. hav,
no recollection of it at all, | don't remember
anything about It,, but il Is possible may have
paid out more money than in my hands
While was acting as treasurer always paid
bills, whether had the money on hand or not
Afterwards the change was made, as | said.
.. But the statement Ia the minute book is
this, That there is no money due him from th,
County, neither any due the County from him.
Do You think 1t is likely for the trustees 10 pay
an amount like that when It states that YOU had
no money due from the County, aud neither wa
any due rom Won? A. Well, | don't know a bou
any money that wasn't coming to me. Wher
the Board made an appropriation for the insti
tuition, the treasurer passed the money over into
my hands. 1t seems to me somebody else acted
as treasurer for while The way | should in
terpret this, gentlemeu is that after that order
was drawn, MI. Coates wanted to make it doubly
strong by saying that there was no more money
due me.
@. viii you please state what the conditions
were when YOU resigned, a. 20 the moral sur
rouudiugs of the help of the institution and III,
superintendent A. | Trunk when l resigned
Mrs Thomas Perkins was matrou, aud think
everything was just as agreeable aud pleasant
aud nice as II could ue,
/ 9, Every thing was satisfactory A. Everything
was satisfactory, The lady acting as matrot
was nice lady You couldn't find better Que
Ina the country.
| Q. Why did an the help leave in the summer
of 1902 VIII You explain thatt A. don't know
/ .. We're YOU q trustee when the help leftg A.
am not sure whether that was before resigned
| think that occurred afterwards aud heard oi
H.
Mr., SpenSley takes the stand.
suppose | might make some explanation
in regard to that item Of S7o4. 81. That oe-
Cured twenty-five years ago and at tina,
time our system of managing the county
funds and county business was different
from what it is toda, The Appropriation
that was made by the County Board for
these two institutions was handed directly
over to the trustees, and the board Of irus-
tees saw tit to appoint me purser. As mat