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

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,ranbie A. | guess now that IL is fixed.
~ There would have been no occasion for this
~ continue year after year this practice OF buy
10 fresh meat A. No, don't think so, SO long
as Won have something TO XIII.
n Have YOU noticed that these invoices call
Tor steer meat? A. No don't think So | guess
that IS the highest price dressed beef you can
~ Did YOU ever deposit any money in The
county treasury for receipts from the institu-
lion? A. No.
- MD YOU ever check up each year the amount
az money claimed by the superintendent 10 have
been placed in the County treasury A. No.
he repO. ted has been placed 20 the credit OF tue
Asylum in the Asylum fund.- A. No, don't
know personally.
belp leitI A. No. That was the day OF the
monthly meeting that some of the help left
o. Did he speak about il during the meeting!
Yes sir.
| suppose they had some rules that they worked
Under and there was some disagreement about
The rules There were part of them that he
never had any trouble with, who had not dis
obeyed the rules, but others that had been do
ing some things that were wrong, but they were
All governed By the ones that were wrong and
they all left.
during the last two or three years been salts
factory to the trusteesy A. Yes, don't think
the trustees have found any fault.
O. mean regarding the moral surroundings
OF the help and superintendent A. We haven't
heard any fault except this matter you Just
spoke Of. Occasionally one or two viii leave,
but | have never heard that there was any
trouble.
o. Have YOU ever interviewed any OF the help
OF attendants there regarding these m ittersI A.
I know this Graham. He was the one that left
and when l asked him what the trouble was
that he left, all the answer thdl ne made me
was because he guessed he was foolish.
Q. Has any recent trouble at the Asylum come
10 your attention. A. No sir.
.. Have you heard any criticisms as to Mr.
Perkins conduct recently? A. have not.
Q. What salary does Mr. Perkins gctf A.
o. What does the matron get? A. She gets
o. Are there any extras to that salary for
experimenting the Home? A don't think so.
O. Do YOU know how many buggies or carri-
ages Mr. Perkins owns A. 50 far as know ne
owns all of them unless it is that surrey.
Q. Didn't the County buy that buggy al the
Fairl A. That belongs 10 the County.
o. Did | understand you to say that the trust
tees have taken an inventory of the personal
property? A. We are calculating TO take Que Of
everything that belongs to the County. We
calculate to take an inventory, but we have not
set the time. krA-..
O. What is the general condition of health of
the inmates far yOu know A. There are
some of course, that look ia bad shape. | don't
know whether there are more in the insane de-
partment Those that have got to know there
appear to be about the same all the time, so
think 1t is probably more mental ailment than
physical
o. Do you know whether they give stimulants
to the inmates or not? A. dou't hardly think
so unless il is for medicine.
Q. Did you ever notice any whiskey on any
bills that have come under your audlE A.
think did notice little.
Q. How muchI A | could not say. II might
have been gallon, or might have been more.
We spoke about that and he said lie ought to
keep a little on hand in case a physician came
there aud needed a little
Q, You wouldn't think ten or twelve gallons
-. F..,
a YEAR, A. 1t would look to me like good deal
of whiskey.
Q. Do you remember where this whskey was
purchased. that YOU noticed on the bill! A, |
could not say.
o. You don't remember the price per galloul
A No. | don't recolleCt that il was such
great big lot, but it was stated II was used Tor
medicine and thought II would be pretty high
priced, but don't recollect just what il was.
Q. Were You member of the building COM
mlttee! A. No.
0. Did YOU have anything TO do with the clos
ing up the affairs on the building committee! A.
Yes, passed some bills of the building
committee TWAS practically all through when
| went in.
Q. Did yOu assist in purchasing furniture for
the additiouI a. We talked that over, what il
would cost for the beds and such as that, be
cause know were pretty anxious to stop the
expense as much as we could.
Q. Did you indicate to the superintendent
about the amount he was to pay for a bed for
iustancey
bedsteads, mattresses aud such as that.
.. Were these articles of furniture incorpora-
ted in the statement YOU made last fall to the
County Board in your final reportl A. / cannot
say for sure as to that.
(Mr. Jacksou) / want to speak about one or
things you asked me yesterday. wasn't
clear on them. The question was in regard 10
the making up of the annual report. You asked
me If saw that report befort II was printed,
and whether signed that report and whether
had anything to do with the making of 1t up.
got TO thinking about this and 1t came back TO
me that we had that report up out there and
that we talked about it, and there was some
difference of opinion as TO what things ought to
20 in there and what should not. One thing /
know was in regard to that Sl.S0 per week that is
rebated back to the County. We always 90 into
the earniugs of the institution, and We are not
all of one mind in regard to this item but 1t was
left in the report. So as not TO make false I'M
preston that | had not seen that before and did
not know anything about 1t, | want to correct
that for after refreshed my memory In regard
"a il, know had seen it,
Q. You had a meeting as | understand IT. at
which all these matters we're discussed before
this report was cOmpletedt A. This matter was
discussed at the regular monthly meeting.
Q. Had any part of this report been made up
at that timer A. Our monthly statements as We
had them had been put together TO make the
full report
Q. Ina YOU see the report after il was com
pleted and signed before being printed! A. Yes
out there, bat wasn't clear on that last night
until thought it over. We had that item mp
with regard o that mistake IN that report about
the money that was appropriated by the Board.
9, At the regular monthly meeting! A. That
was talked of. One said II was one IL ny and
one said II was another and there appeared TO
be mix up, II wasn't fixed until we met here.
II was lust simply this. that there was 5000
charged over more than the appropriation.
.. You didn't go into the County Treasurer
Office TO ascertain what the amount was, did
your A. No, we did not.
.. You didn't look into the records OF the
County Board proceedings TO what was
really sltowedl A. No, IL was talked over,
guess they had the records out there, but we
didn't get that far along, aud then when we
found ont II was in the printed bill that was to
come up before you, knew that wasn't right
because had gone TO work and got copy Of
the proceedings OF the County Board aud looked
10 see how much the appropriation was.
y. That would be a result from not knowing
exactly what the receipts and from not
keeping account of the receipts of the iusttu-
ton. A. No, don't think So l think II was an
Over-ight that it had not been investigated TAR
enough. That was in the November session.
They asked the member of the committee nav
ing that in charge for an appropriation OF
$4,000 and they thought they got Il. II appeared
when the committee reported back to the tull
Board that instead of $4,000 they appropriated
$4,000
~ md you ever know of any teams or inmates
being at work here In Dodgeville on a home
that Mr.. Perkins owns, doing personal work Tor
hmy A. No, do not.
q. Did YOU ever hear OF teams and inmates do
ing work al a ball park here in Dodgevllle that
they say Mr.. Perkins owns stock uy a. No,
g. Ia case this is true that they did work tor
Mr. Perkins. both az his home and the ball park
would 1t not be right to render bill to Mr..
Perkins for these services. and turn this money
over to the County Treasurer A. Well, should