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[page 893] and I told him. He told me I could go to the office and got my pay, discharged me. Ques. You afterwards applied to be taken back again. Ans. I did. I did not want to go away from the institution under such circumstances. I had the matter investigated before the trustees. I appeared before them and stated the whole affair. I think the trustees were all present. I was re-employed at their request. Ques. Did they exact of you any promises or pledges as to the future. Ans. I promised not to do so any more, I think. Ques. Was that the first time you ever had in any way used violence towards a patient. Ans. Yes sir. Ques. Was it the last time. Ans. Yes sir. Ques. Whether you have endeavored to discharge your duties faithfully ever since. Ans. I have. Ques. Were you one of the attendants on the middle floor in 1879 with the two Kimballs, Farrington and Chadwick Ans. Yes sir. Ques. Were you familiar with the man there ^on that floor who used to walk in the bakeshop. Ans. Yes sir; he was a man subject to fits of violence. Ques. Whether in the latter part of 1879 you with the other