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comfortably down? A. That is the third hall? Q. Taking them generally all through, expecting the front? A. The stairways as a rule leading down from the halls are narrow stairways rather; rather too narrow for two but quite wide enough for one. Q. There were several attendants discharged some thing like a year ago, more or less; among them was the supervisor and one or two other. Is it proper for you to state why they were discharged? A. The superintendent is present. Q. Did you know why they were discharged? A. I was informed by the Superintendent. Q. Will you please state? A. For breaking the rules of the hospital Q. And what were those rules? A. I think they were in reference to leaving the halls ungarded [unguarded]. Q. You mean by that that they were away themselves? A. Yes, sir. Q. Had you known that to occur before, frequently? A. That is a matter with which I am not charged in any way. I may have thought that at times people were away when they need not be