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Thomas H. Bates, Cross Examination. 1007
Q. Did you ever look at the mechanism of it at all? A. No, sir.
Q. You never took any interest in that? A. No, sir, not in the machine.
Q. You were satisfied when a clear-cut picture was put upon the screen? A. Yes, sir.
Q. Who was the operator who made these picture? A. Mr. Bosworth.
Q. How do you spell it? A. (spelling) : B-o-s-w-o-r-t-h. Bosworth.
Q. Where does he live? A. He had his place on Bloomfield Street in the Wesylan Building'.
Q. Did you happen to know, Mr. Bates, what sort of camera he was using? A. I did not.
Q. You didn't pay any attention to that either? A. Well the only thing I know about that was he told me he had bought it from Mr. Keith.
Q. Is he the amusement Keith, you mean by that? A. Yes, sir, the amusement Keith, theatre man.
Q. Now, you were sure that this picture was taken in June, of 1911? A. Well, we took it at different times, We couldn't take it all at the same time ; we had several sittings because sometimes the temperature was not right, and the conditions were not favorable for the taking of a picture, so we took a little at a time, and would go on that way until finally we perfected the picture.
Q. Prior to the taking of the picture, had you ever exhibited the boy without the picture? A. Never.
Q. Had you ever lectured upon him without the picture? A. No, sir.
Q. After taking the picture, did you lecture upon the boy in connection with the motion picture? A. Yes, I did.
Q. When these pictures were exhibited at the theatre you received how much per week, on an average? A. Well, never less than fifty dollars a week.
Q. And sometimes as high as seventy-five dollars, you stated? A. Yes, sir; as high as seventy-five dollars.
Q. Now, when you made an engagement with a theatre the price paid included the use of the moving picture, including the services of the boy and of yourself? A. Well, no, not the services of the boy, because the boy could not be put in service, for the reason that there is a child labor law in Massachusetts that prohibits that.