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Ques. State the specific things that you thought out to
be done and that you could not do. Ans. I thought
that the attendants ought to give more care to the
patients. Ques. Your attendants. Ans. All attendants.
Ques. Why could you not have your attendants give
more care to them. Ans. I could not enforce it. They
would not do it to suit me. I was not superintendent,
I was merely there to do things to suit him, not to
suit myself.
Ques. Did an attendant over disobey your orders.
Ans. No sir.
Ques. Could you not without any great risk have ordered
them to do what you wanted. Ans. I would not carry
out anything that suited myself, if I knew it was not
the wishes of the superintendent.
Ques. You were placed there in an official position under
personal responsibility. Ans. Yes sir.
Ques. Would you allow the interests of that institution
to suffer because the attendants whom you
had a right to command did not do their duty.
Ans. Dr. Harlow thought the attendants did.
Ques. Will you answer the question directly.
Ans. I will answer the truth.
Ques. Did you treat the patients under your charge