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


get chairs for the chapel.
Q. About how much furniture has been pur-
chased for that A. | could not tell you.
., Who did you get tile furniture from! A.
could not tell YOU now.
0. Mr.. Perkins did not 20 20 Chicago to buy
the furniture that yoH know of A. He was 20
90, He talked of going 10 pick the furniture at
Janesvile or some place, which have forgotten.
know he purchased supplies but have forgot
ten now whether he went not.
q, Did you charge this new building mp with
the Interest on the borrowed money that was
borrowed to build IL! A. | don't think so.
y. To what funds did You charge thatE A.
don't know hardly where that would go.
.. wouldn't it really go inlo that building
fund.- A. Yes probably.
2. Have you any idea how much tea or coffee
or sugar 1t takes TO supply those two institutions
for year! A. | have never computed the
amount.
Q. Have YOU ever compared from year to
year the amount paid for such suppiiesE A. No
, | never did.
Q. Is there any limit to the amount OF such
article. as tobacco or supplieSy A. They are
allowed SO much tobacco.
.. Then there should not be any noticeable
difference IN the amount required from year 20
YEAR, A. No, only as the population increases
Q. Is there any increase IN the population
there over year ago. A. Not over a year 70
Y. Over two years ago, any apprecidble diff
ference! A. Not much difference. We have
lost some some have been transferred and We
have added a few.
Q. How much room have YOU now for extra
patientsf How many more could you keep.
A. About twenty. guess.
o Do you know If a patient dies, for in
stance in case where the friends of the patient
pay for his maintenance when death comes.
do his friends pay for the funeral expenses in
any ease! A. Sometimes they do aud some
times they do not.
Q. Are there any cases where the patients
are supplied from outside with their needs, such
as wearing apparel? a. Not that am aware
0. Do you know if in former years such
practice prevailed, relative to supplying their
clothing? A. | could not say.
2. What form Of amusement do the inmates
have out thereF A. don't know They play
cards.
Q. Do you know what brand of cards they
play with! a. | have seen them.
Q. Pretty good cards, they! A. ! can.
not tell because never examined them.
9. Do they play billiards out therey A. Yes
9. Does the county own that table! A. No
Mr. Perkins owns il.
Q. Do YOU know of any reason why bills
should be paid prior to their being passed by the
trusteesE A. No sir.
q, DID YOU ever meet with any instance OF
that kind since YOU have been trusteel A. Not
to my knowledge.
Q. Can you account for an invoice being
paid at $500 aud receipt attached 90 that invoice
tor 500! You do not know why that receipt
should be attached or why larger sum should
be paid than the voucher calls for? A. No sir.
Q. You think all these orders were paid inn
mediatey after they were ISSUED? A. l think
they were. That IS the impression with the trus-
tees
Q. In the instance that just noted to you,
where the amount paid was larger than the in
voice, probably II = accounted for by previous
invoice that was allowed not being paid at the
time Il was presented A. | could not say
.. Don't YOU think that ii the se orders were ac-
kuowledged by the trustees As soon as they were
made out and sent by the clerk of the trustees to
the several parties that il would be better plan
for Us than we are using today? A. | believe it
would.
Q. Do you believe in sending these orders in
and round about two or three different times be-
fore they are sent out? A. No, don't.
Q. Do You feel As though you wanted to be
responsible tor any other partyE A. No.
o. Do you realize that YOU are being rcSpons.
ible for another partyE A. do now.
Q. You are under bond trustee, are you.
A. For two thousand think.
Q. Mr.. Perkins is not under bond is lie? A
Not that know Of
o. Did YOU ever hear a trustee demand the
handling of the funds or orders? A. No sir
9. What Is the object of appointing a treas
urer when you organize each Year, A. We have
no treasurer.
Q. Do you not elect or choose among the mem
beers of the trustees a chairman. secretary and
treasurer? A. No sir, not since have been on
Q. Does the clerk receive any remuneration
for his servceSI A. Yes
Q. | understand you to say that Mr. Perkins
acted as CLERK most of the time? A. He does part
of the time aud that remuneration, don't know
where il goes, but the clerk in some way allowed
Perkins part of that salary for doing the work.
The deposition of Mr.. E. J, Perkins was
read by Mr.. Penhallegon.
E. j. Perkins, being duly sworn, under
oath deposes and says that to the best of
his knowledge and belief, he will truthful
ly answer all questions put to him by the
members OF the Auditing Committee especi-
ally appointed by the County Board of
Iowa County to audit the condition and af-
fairs of the Iowa County Asylum and Poor
Home. Taken in the Library Room of the
County Court House at Dodgeville, Wis.
Tuesday, February 22nd, 1910, at 1870
P. NJ.
Deposition of E J. Perkins.
q. You are the superintendent of the
Iowa County Asylum and overseer of the
Poor Home? A. Yes sir.
q. How long have you been actively en-
gagged rs superintendent OF both institutions?
A, started In the old Poor House Febru-
AIRY eth, 1881.
q. You have been superintendent there
ever since up TO this writing? A. Yes sir,
q, Who has been the matron during the
time you nave been superintendent? A.
My wife was matron until her death Sep
tember ., 1895. For about three months af-
ter that Mrs. Elliott, ana then my brother
Tom and his wife, Tom as attendant and his
wife rs mntrOn,
Q. That was until when? A. Until was
married last April.
Y. since thNt Mrs. Perkins has been con-
sidcred rs matron" A. Yes
q. As superintendent of that institution
you had the duties devoyod upon you to
see that the management was taking care of
those inmates, also or the farm? A. Yes sir.
q. How many acres are there in that
farm? A. 800.
Q. That is the farm proper? A. Four
hundred acres and eighty acres OF timber
land out North OF Edmund. There is still
enough timber there TO pay for the land as
we bought It,
q. When the trustees held their month
~ meetings were You present? A. Yes sir.
q. Invariably We're you there? A. Always.
q, Al the end OF the fiscal year were you
engaged Tor the next year at stipulated
salary2 A, Yes sir.
Q. What was your salary per year when
the Asylum was built? A. In 1887. il was
twelve hundred dollars.
q. Did you ever receive an increase in
salary? A. Yes sir They increased me to
fourteen hundred couldn't say Just when
four or i've years before my wife died. They
then raised 1t To 500, that is for my wife
and me.
q. I mean Just your own. What Is vour
salary now A. get $500. she gets $40 n
month, thHt IS $3.50. Waukesha County
made me proposition OF SHOO and N thnt
wanted.
q. You do not receive any salary for ba.
ing oNerseer or the home? A. No sir, not n
cent. ''0''
q. When tho trustees met IN their month.
~ meetings ala they Keep an account hook
stltuHohy A. They kept an account of
the expenditures.
q. Did you check these over As clerk ~
the trustees generality A. One OF rho trusl
tees used to be clerk. The president Wa
d That WINS haf,ra 81, -. t.,.