d and he would be gone before I got there and I
thought I would go and get him at Atlanta.
Q. What hotel did Mr. Roosevelt stop at in Charleston?
A. Sir?
Q. What hotel?
A. He hasn't been at Charleston; I went to Augusta and from Augusta to
Atlanta.
Q. What hotel did he stop at at Atlanta?
A. I really could not tell you, I don't know; I think I left the
memorandum downstairs where I stopped, but I don't think I could tell
you where he stopped.
Q. What hotel did he stop at at Chicago?
A. At Chicago, at Chicago he stopped, stopped at La Salle.
Q. Where did you stop?
A. I stopped at Jackson, Hotel Jackson.
Q. Where is he going to after he leaves here?
A. The way I read in the paper this morning he is going back to Chicago
and from there to Indianapolis and from there to Louisville.
Q. What name did you register under at Augusta?
A. Walter Ross.
Q. What name at Atlanta?
A. All the way except Charleston I give my real name; the only time I
give the right name is in Charleston where I left my grip; I saw it was
a respectable house and I didn't have to stay away more than a week and
now I have been away more than three weeks.
Q. Have you a check for it?
A. No, sir; I have no check; it is not a hotel, it is a boarding-house.
Q. What street is it on?
A. It is I believe on Meading street near Main.
Q. What place did you stop at since you have been in this city?
A. In this city I stopped here, let me see, what do they call that
hotel again, right here on Wabash, small hotel.
Q. Blatz?
A. No, sir.
Q. St. Charles?
A. No, sir; small place, Argyle, that's on Third street.
Q. Did you have any baggage when you came here?
A. No, sir; I left all the baggage at Charleston.
Q. When you registered did they ask you whether you had any baggage?
A. No, sir; nobody asked me.
Q. Did you pay in advance?
A. I generally never stayed any longer than one or two nights and for
every night I pay a dollar for my room; nobody asked me about baggage.
Q. You paid that after you registered at the Argyle?
A. Yes, sir.
Q. What room did you occupy?
A. In the Argyle I guess it was number one, right toward the Wabash
River.
Q. Why do you call it the Wabash River?
A. Because the man told me it was; he said, "the only room I have left
is the one facing the Wabash River."
Q. What is the name of this city?
A. This city, it's supposed to be Milwaukee; I feel very sorry that t
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