302 FUR-SEAL FISHERIES OF ALASKA. 



Q. In whose employ are you? — A. The Alaska Commercial Com- 

 pany. 



Q. Are yon still in their service ? — A. No, sir ; I resigned when I left 

 this last time. 



Q. As a matter of fact, yon are not now in their service ? — A. No, 

 sir. 



Q. When did you say you left St. George Island ?— A. I left the 

 island on the 3d of June, 1888, and traveled on the company's steamer, 

 arriving- in San Francisco August 29. 



Q. Do yon know Mr. Webster? — A. Yes, sir ; right well. 



Q. Wliat sort of a man is he ! — A. Vory excellent, so far as I know. 



Q. What were his habits "? — A. Very good, so far as I could see. 



Q. What were his habits as to temperance while on the island ? — A. 

 Well, he never could have gotten any liquor except from me, and I 

 kuow that many times during this last winter he refused liquor when 

 I thought it was uecessary for him to have it. 



Q. You, as a physician, thought he ought to have it, and he refused 

 to take it '? — A. Yes, sir. 



Q. Who has charge of the liquor on St. George Island ? — A. I have 

 charge of it. 



Q. Could Mr. Webster or anybody else get any liquor unless he got 

 it froQi you? — A. I think that would have been almost impossible. 



Q. Unless he took it by force? — A. Yes, sir. 



Q. Have you ever seen Mr. Webster intoxicated on St. George 

 Island? — A. No, sir. 



Q. Do you know a gentleman by the name of Gavitt? — A. Yes, sir. 



Q. Mr. Gavitt, as a witness here, testified that you attempted to strike 

 him with a poker on one occasion. Is that true ? — A. No, sir ; I never 

 struck him or threatened him by word of mouth or in any other way. 



Q. Then his statement is not true ? — A. No, sir. 



Q. He also stated that the whole island was a Government house of 

 prostitution. What do you say as to that statement? — A. So far as 

 the company's people are concerned, I should say that is untrue. 



Q. So far as they participated in the business, you never heard that 

 statement made except by Mr. Gavitt!— A. That is all. 



Q. Was Mrs. Gavitt with him during the time of his stay ?— A. Y"es, 

 sir. 



Q. How was she treated by the employes of the company, so far as 

 you observed ? — A. Always with marked respect. 



Q. Was there a man there by the name of Hall, who was the cook ? — 

 A. Yes, sir. 



Q. Did you ever see anything in his conduct in the presence of Mrs. 

 Gavitt that was wrong?— A. I always thought that Mr. Hall treated 

 both Mr. and Mrs. Gavitt with extraordinary respect on all occasions. 



Q. Did you all eat together at the same table? — A. Yes, sir. 



Q. Did you ever hear Mr. Gavitt raise any objection to his or his wife's 

 treatment at the table ? — A. No, sir. 



Q. He made no complaint that you heard? — A. No, sir. 



Q. Do you happen to know whether he applied to the company's 

 agents for a stove? — A. I only heard it at the time. I was not present. 



Q. Dill the company have an assortment of stoves on hand at the 

 time ? — A. J believe not. 



Q. What did they have ? — A. I do not remember that they had any 

 stoves. I remember that there ,/as a range there. It would not have 

 been suitable. 



Q. Do you know whether or not Mr Webster told Mr. Gavitt that 



