Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1910-08-04
T. Perkins called.
Mp = !. PERKINS takes the stand.


,h;s sIoo. 90, this payment that was made on
Oc, 9Th. The books show that you paid
,be County Treasurer 500 90 Can you
,euember anythng about where that came
.rom2 Whether that was money that came
n before Iune 3oth1 A. Taken in after
Tuue goth.
O Can you explain anything about this
money that came in Nov. 3rdi Was that
money from private patients1 A. The vouch
ars are in the hands of this committee.
n Did this account, any of il, run back
nro, to Iune 3oth2 A. No, not as re-
ported there.
q What mean to say, is there any of
This money, of this sIo74 10 that care from
PATIENTS from board or maintenance before
lime 7oth? A. Well, II was due but it had
rot been collected 1t was all due June 3oth,
fMr Roethe Nor had it been reported.
mir Perkins The bills had been sent
fNr Fgan We have a little bill here,
sol. Perhaps that wasn't for keeping pa
tents
A. That was from a patient who died
there,
O. November nth, $500 Is, was that
from private patients2 A. Yes
o. December 10th, there was $40 20
tur0ep in. Was that from private patients?
A. Yes.
O. Can YOU tell M about what amount
of This money that has been paid by you TO
the County Treasurer during this period that
we have taken up from June goth until and
including Defender 10Th, was due to the
County, If 1t had been collected, to June 80,
Iaoo2 Do you know about what the
amount would have been if you had col
lected it? A. Yes it was all due June so.
Winter before last | turned in S24 TO the
County Treasury for seed corn that havn
collected yet.
o. How did you turn it in2 A. Turned
i'm my own money SO as to make the report
O Isn't there some of this money that
was due to the County June goth, that you
ave not in your report? A Certainly.
O. Can YOU tell me about what that
amount would be? A. OF course can tell
YOU the exact amount due from private pa
tents during the year 1909.
rMr Roethe Did YOU report in your
last report ether it was 1908 on Iqo92
A. Upio June 80, 1908, and had not been
collected.
O. Can you explain 20 this board, Mr.
Perkins, any reason for this shortage of
sI235,Io for 1909 that we have inserted
here2 A. | can explain this much. This
report is made up June 80, 1900. We
skipped June 80, 1908, for private patients
because we could not make the collections
@ Have you reported 1909? A. No
sir.
MIR Eagan:) DO you mean to tel me-
that you have collected this money an that
it is in the County Treasurer's Office but the
report was not made because you hadn't col
lected the money? A. BECAUSE | hadn't
time TO make the report. didn't rush
around to make the report because was
building, That was the reason that it was
LETT last year; because didn't have time to
make the report.
@ / would infer from what you said that
this money perhaps was deposited there
about November grid when this $Io74 10
was deposited? A. Yes sir.
Q. And then there was 500 90 October
9TH Was that part of it2 A. That was
ice money probably. | can't say just wha,
it was Some | collected along as could
see parties; maybe for seed corn or for stock
: q TOT a17 TTT1g q that kind that had been
4 sold.
Q So you are satisfied. Mr. Perkins,
tha, there has been enough deposited there
from these funds that you speak of 10 take
! care of this sr23s.Io shortage2 A. Yes sir
Q And this would have been there had
YOU had time to collect it and get II in your
report? A. Yes sir
Mr. Cody:l Instead of shortage then,
Mr.. Perkins. you would have surplus.
would You not? A Yes sir.
Nr, Roethe;l Up until 1906 how did
YOU report your private patient money as
being received? A. Turned it in there
and got vouchers from the Treasurer and
Pnt it in our report
Q. You don't understand my meaning.
Probably | dinn't make it clear to you.
When you accounted for the private patient
money up to the year 1906, did you report
for the fiscal year ending 1906? A. No
sir, Our report has never been made up to
June 80 OF the me year that we make the
report was never completed up TO June
90 because | never could make the colec
lions.
9 have here the animal proceedings
OF 1905. That comes prior to 1906 In
that year you reported private patient money
received invariably in every instance up to
ana including June Snth, 1905. That is con-
lrary to your statement. You said the pre-
Setuing year. A. That is the end of the
fiscal year.
Q, You report your private patient money
sir.
q. How did you report your private pa
Heut money received in 1897 A. In the
same way. They are all up to the 30th OF
w month so as to satisfy the guardians OF
these patients
y. Did you make that report in the re-
port OF he trusteesy A. Yes sir.
=. You are sure about that2 A. Yes sir.
u. VIII you look in that report and see
where you can find that? A. 1t is TO June
<h, 1897.
9. How did you report IT in 1908? A. We
alitdn report that year. We skipped June
9. SO in 1909 you reported it for 1905? A.
Yes sir.
g. How much did you report I'm 1902 A.
MlhleNer those reports called for.
~ you claim that since June Both, 1903,
tuat this money that you have paid is mon
ty you received I'm the year 1919? A. IT was
MOI received. The bills were not collected
X But you reported It ig 1909 A. Yes.
w. I'M your testimony before this commit
ty,, you remember your testimony! A. ]
cannot recall il.
y. lhr question was asked II " hat you
turned Nm since June 3uth Will come Ia the
report OF 1893, or Is 80 coming In this rcportf
port.
A. Yes. .ecause have vouchers in my
pocket now for twenty-five hundred and
some odd dollars that / have put I'm since
II June @th, 1909.
n 2. You have deposited In the County
treasury t222H4iy a. That ! have collected
from private patients and sales and VIII go
INTO our 1910 report, This really should
nave been collected and gone into 1919 and
b Hr. IA nfEF