Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1927-09-23
EIgin Cafe in the LimeIight

A. They came about-one came at six o'clock
in the morning, and worked until sometime near
noon; then she was off shift for the afternoon and
came back at supper time.
@. Then how long did they work when they
came back at supper time?
A. l couldn't say; not very definite about them.
Q. Do you know if they worked more than
eight hours any one day?
A. No, l couldn't say whether they did or not.
e.. Well, was anybody else around the restau-
rant working more than eight hours a day-wom
an?
A. Mrs. Gunderson.
O.. How long did she work?
A. She came to work at six O'Clock in the
morning, sometimes seven, and worked until two
O'Clock in the afternoon and then she came back
about four or five and worked until late in the eve
ming.
@. How late?
A.. Sometimes eight o'clock and sometimes
nine o'clock. All depends on how much work she
had to do.
@. Well, what regulated her employment
A. How?
@. What regulated the amount of work she
used to do?
A. I imagine Jim Popescu did; that is, he told
her when to come to work.
@. Yes, but | mean-You say sometimes she
worked eight and sometimes to nine. What made
the difference in time?
A.. Some days she had more work than others.
@. The more work there was the later she
would have to work, is that true?
A. Yes.
@. Well, was this very often?
A. Well, that was all the time. That is, she
worked believe her hours were until eight o'clock
at night and practically all the time she worked I'M
til nine-eight-thirty.
@. You haven't been around there lately?
A. No. That is, | haven't been employed
around there.
MR.. ERICKSON: That is all.
CROSS EXAMINATION:
BY MR.. BABCOCK: @. Youspoke about two
young ladies working there, Miss Collins and Lila
Carlson?
A. I believe that was her name.
@. They were attending school here?
A. Not during the summer, that is.
& &. ! Y say' they were school s'''''
@. And when they weren't at the Elgin Cafe,
they attended school? That is, they worked in the
Elgin Cafe except during such hours they weren't
in school?
A. / didn't work there during school time; |
worked there during the summer.
@. You weren't there during the school sea-
A. No.
@. Of course you had no particular interest to
keep track of the hours the girls worked and what
hours they didn't work?
A. Not exactly, no.
4 4. A # Ta ss's was some 'nfss years ago.
@. l say, this was about three years ago that
you are t~estifying about?
A.. 1t was.
". ana no particular reason Oh Keeping III
mind just what hours those two girls were employ
ed at the restaurant.
A. Not exactly any reason except | heard them
talking about it. There was always a lot of argu-
ment about it.
@. Heard the girls talking about it?
A. low?
@. You heard the girls talking about 1t?
A. Yes.
@. Didn't make any memorandum of what
hours they came to work and what hours they left
or anything like that?
A. No.
O.. Had no reason at all to keep it in mind for
three or four years?
A. Not any more than you would remember
anything that happens.
@. How long did you work at the Elgin?
A. | couldn't just exactly say how long it was.
1t was probably two months.
@. Probably two months. And you can't re-
member how long you worked at the Elgin and still
you want to go on the stand and testify under oath
how many hours each of those girls worked there,
is that right?
A. Wel,-
@. Now, answer the question.
A. Repeat it, will you.
@. The stenographer will read it to you if you
can't remember it that long. | just got through
asking it of you. You were trying to testify to
something you remembered three or four years ago.
Question Repeated). A. L
@. Just say Yes or No.
A. No.
Mr.. BABCOCK: That is all.
Mr.. ERICKSON: That is all. Call Irwin Sach-
OW.