Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1910-08-04
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marked home might have beer mistake =, IN
charging IL to the home, that II YEAS meant Tor
the Ayslum. The tables up home are nine feet
long. ,,
with between eight or nine sets. J nat piece
there should have been charged TO the A3ylnm'
II takes 81 or yards for the tables.
O. Do you recollcct ever purchasing as many
as four or five pieces year for the Asylum a.
purchased damask, but don't know about
q You stated some time ago that you were
authorized by the trustees to make purchases
A Yes sir
o. Did they authorize you to pay any certain
amount for any certain article Tor the inmdtes'
A. No sir,
o. Did they ever authorize you to pay more
tfan e. Q, or 10 dollars for suit A. lhe{
never dictated to me at all what price suits
should buy.
q. They never went over the TENS? A. have
showed them the goods.
have told them 90 call my attention TO any they
did not understand.
0. wouldn't YOU go over these matters from
time 20 time relative to the amount that should
be paid for certain supplc-, such as suits
clothes, ctc.P A. No sir.
o. They never asked any questions; A. No
O, Doy remember In 1900 purchasing some
sheep and q horse for the farmy A. ! guess So
yes. From Mr.. Jewell.
o. Do YOU remember how many head were
purchased A. / don't remember.
o. Dpyou remember about the horse DO you
remember what was paid for HIM A. >i4O
That was the horse that died last spring
Q, You don't remember anything about the
price OF the sheep! A. No sir.
%. The price as given in the journal would be
correct, would II noH A. supposed 70 be- YES
Q. II ought not vary from that price; a. Not
o. How do you account for 43 sheep az sSo2
and horse Al $40 costing s495f He got the or
der! A. ] SuppOtc 80.
o. Did Won sign the orderY A. do not recall
9. Isn't h fact that YOU paid him the money
A, he was paid, yes certainly.
O. The trustees didn't pay himf A. No.
.. The order was drawn for s49s for the sheep
and horses a. That was an error
20, How do you account for so many crrur-f
a. don't know. am as innocent OF them as a
newborn babe.
o. How many horses have. you bought the
last five year~I A. ] bought span OF mules
from man mp by RidReway.
Q, Did YOU buy any other tcamst
a. Yes, bought team from Billy Guye for
5000
o. Did you buy any othc,sY a. Yes, / bought
other teams bought gray team from Amos
Vivian and black mare from Chris Whit-.
Q. Did you ever buy team from George
LampeY 4. Yes, for f2On. | bought a pair Of
mules from George and paid him 500
Q. That s the only thing you ever bought of
L8mpc2 A, Yes,
O. did you buy a team from Fred Burke2 A.
Yes, for $3.50 OF S3Ss cannot say which.
Q, Don't YOU think IL would be more profitable
aud that IL can be- done, to raise your own horses
at least ia place of buying with an the barns
you have aud the help to take care of themt A.
I have one horse there that Is four years old aud
one that Is three years old that we raised We
were never successful In raising colts. our
horses work too hard TO raise colts
Q. How many horses did Won say that yuu
have out there of your own. A. have pair of
drivers old Bin that will be y years In the
spring, saddle horse aud another colt Five
head.
o. Did the trustees give YOU permission to keep
that mauyy A I have always kept them.
Q. Isn't that too many a. For days / have
run my own team for 90 miles day to look after
runaway patients.
O. You sometimes hire a livery toos Some
times when my team has been played out.
Q. When you hire team 20 hunt up runaway
patients from the Asylum, why do YOU charge
Il TO the County Home account A. That ought
TO be charged tu the l~ylum.
q. Did you ever have any teams or any men
doing personal work for you outside the tlTms
A, ] have this summer
O. How much did they duy A. They helped la
fixing up around the house this summer,
Q. Did they do any work iu the bail park A.
Nes sir. They did some work over at Mineral
Point aud got paid for IL.
Q. Did you turn IN any money for this worl,
done httet A. haven't yet
@, How much is due you from thi, ball park
association for work. A. bout $50
Q, on don't work up any of your stock la
this association with this help A, No SIR
Q. Then there Is that much due the County
from the association A. Yes sir.
9, II will 20 IN next years rcporty A. Yes sir,
9. Do you expect 60 turn in any money for the
work that they did for you personally A. / do,
yes sir.
O. How much did they do for your A. thought
would turn In about twenty-five dollars prob
ably.
puyiug this help TO do your work. 4, No .ir.
Q, Do the friends of these inmates know that
you are taking them away FROM the asylum to
work Tor yuut A. They probably do.
Q. Did they object to yous doing az A. /
never had anybody object Co any patient doing
any work.
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