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

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trustees, Was there any time any authouzatio
tor Mr., Perkins aud Mrs Perkins to 20 to ca
eago aud make purchases A, No sir.
9, Nou audited the expense bills that wer
incurred in going 10 ChicagoP A. | don't ID
member. know he has been down there an
bought clothing.
9, After YOU trustees have siguvd the order,
] left in the book.
! @. For his disposition A. TO be sent /,
| those that they are drawn in favor OF.
/ @ Do You know if these orders am sent {,
/ the people they are drawn tof a. know som,
/ OF them are.
/ Q. Bur you do not know If all of them are.
A, No sir.
/ Q. Did you ever lear that these foreign or
I ders we're presented 70 the county treasurer by
the superintendent aud cashcd and he then
seuds a draft for themif A Yes sir.
g. Did you ever hear whether he gave his
personal check or sent draf2 A. No sir.
@ What was the appearance ct these orders
that sou had g that timer | mean were they
drawn out 10 MARSHALL Field and bearer or Mae
shall Field or order DO You remember, A.
do not remember
g.. 20 yourmeuter the issuing of ncw
KIND OF order within the lASt $50 tanuths} A
don know as 20 form, think we got INV
order book but dont know about the form of
the order.
Q. Suppose thar the order was made out
Marshall Field OF order would 1t bc rWht for
the superintendent 90 sign that order and get
check on the local depository trom the county
treasurer a. No, / don't know as ID would
.. In ease such a check, was signcd 10y such
q firm aud that firm later reported that they
did not receive their money, who would be re-
spouSthicf A. don't know. / suppose liktly
the trustees would and Perkins to thCW Prob
ably 1t is not safe way or a right way of doing
business.
Q, The trustees ave uudrr boud9 A. Yes
o, How muchf a. Three thousand
q. Individuality a, Yes
Q, Nou go over am ,hc claims presented ad.
ding up the various invoices Go ascertain II the
various ioounrs are gorecU A. Not all the
time, NsIN nearly though.
@, Do YOU compute the discount A, Yves.
9, on does the superintendent do thatf A..
He does IL now and again.
Q. DO TIN trustees purruase auy supplies
Tor the Asylum A, No sir
Q. Dc you purchase the carriages, horses
feed, oats aud everything like that3 A. no Sir
. Does Mr.. Perkins ever 20 over those mat.
ters with YOU at the monthly sittiuus and iudt
cate to tile trustees what viii be- needed for the
Asylum aud homie Tor the next month"; a, very
Q, DO You examine the stores ia the home
aud asylum aud satisfy yourself as 60 the sup
plies on handg A. No sir, not always. He
has taken as into the store roum aud showed as
what he has on hand.
o. 10 Won know how many barrels of sugar
airs used a yeara - the Asylum a. No sir,
Q, You dom know whether IL has Increased
or decreased d. tiug the past yc.H A. No sir.
O. Have you any idea what the average price
paid for snit OF clothes tor pltient would bef
q. Can you tell approximately what tile aver
age would be-
a. No cannot They would be over Eve and
don't know 4 as much as ten.
q, Would thrS in any case be over hftveuf
o, The clothing is purchased at wholesale,
is Il uoty a. Yes sir; as Tar as know il Is.
know whenever hc gets the clothes lie shows
them 20 W. what they cost, aud hats,
@. Did Mr. Perkins ever buy anything for
his personal USE ont of any Of these bills that
he bought from ChicagoY a. He docs for ct.
Ears. l don't remember that he has ordered
any thing else. But the cigars, you eau see on
the bills
@. In Your opinion lie hasn't stated to the
trustees that he bought anything Tor his own
personal use outside of thr cigars aud had any
included IN The bills rendered ca the Asylum
A, don't remember any,
@. DO you l,uow where there Is q list contain
ing names aud addresses OF the private paticuts
aud the amount paid by them each YEAR, a.
No sir.
Q, Did YOU ever see LIST A. No sir
Q. DO you know how much they paw A.
Three dollars per week
@. How much do they get from the state for
Iowa County patcntsf A. one nifty
O. Why Is il that you reported for the two
years i007-1qOs that YOU received $500 according
To your accounting A. Not from the state,
O. The reason bring up these two years Is
because IL is three dollars a week and after that
time II Is 81 80 per week,
o. Was thcfc any purpose In bringing that
$500 wccl, la that report on the part OF the
trustees a. No sir, not that know Of.
Q. II there was no purpose, II evidently was
on the part of tho superintendent. A. Certain
~ know nothing about Il. II there is any
thing know Ia this investigation YOU gentle
men should know, but there is nothing that /
hide.
Q. Do some ofth private patients that pay
500 per week perform any manual labor. A,
o. Are any excused from paying regularly II
they are able to work. a. No sir, Some Of
them objected "a paying as soon as We raised TO
$500.
0. Did you ever deposit with the county
treasurer any receipts from that institution. A.
No sir,
o. Did YOU ever receive ANY money for that
institution No sir.
O. Have you ever checked up each year with
the treasurer to ascertain whether the supcriu
teudent put into the county all the sums which
you trustees accounted for each year Ia your
annual fcporif A. No sir. ! thought the com
mittec Of the county board did that. They e..
ported each year aud always the report was
correct.
from the A-ylum2 A. / receive $40. $40
mileage and $500 per day.
o DO you receive mileage and per diem from
the Comfy Homer A. We are supposed 10
take ouc-thrd from the home aud twu-thrds
from the Asylum.
o. How do YOU regulate this1 A. WcrePr
latc IL that way, take it part of the time from
one fund and part OF the time from the other.
o. You never draw from both funds al the
same umct a. No sir.
q. Have yOu ever inspected the food served
al the County homer a. Yes sir, WU very
often see n there on the table
%. Have you eyer gone into the store room
there 40 lutN Keep a HItdl VubhliN OF ll'Nu
beet or homeless beef A. ! think that is kept
az the refrigerator up above.
.. Have you gone iuto the refrigerator aud
iusp, ctCd these meats and satisfied yourself
that they are in ht condition to serve the people
thcrcy Have you ever discovered any meats o.
provision. Of any kind that In your opinion are
uutit for use thcref A. 40 sir, ] always saw
things in tirstclass shape. have been la the
refrigerator many times and saw meat hanging
there
.. The superintendent generally buys a
pretty good class of foods for that Institution.
does he uoty a. Yes sir.
o. You were trustee during 1907 A. Yes
D. Were you appraised Of the fact that the
hello lelt the superintendent last summer a,
Yes sir
o. Did the trustees meet Ia regard to this fact1
A. No sir, we met the day they left. I was
here ia Dodgcyillc when they came In. ! was
on my way when they came In. Mr.. Graham
told me here ia town.
o. II was your regular monthly meetingf A,
Yes sir
D. viii you please state 90 this committee
the conditions surrounding the moral environ
nieut Of the institution and superintendent al
that timer What was the reason for the help
icavingI A. I do not know.
.. You never inquired into ~ You never
Investigated that tsoublcl A. No ,ir.
2. You did not think il Sas your duty 70 do
sof a No sir.
o. Isn't it true that more than two or three
left at that timer a. There were seven left,
i think
D. Would not that naturally leave the In.
stitution ia "a ther "A helpless condition. A.
Well, he appeared % have help there, He said
ne had two / think coming.
O. ! might ask, Mr.. Murphy, " you gentle
men ever consider how many people are ueces-
a4ry "a tffgurFIV do the WDft and serve sF.