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[page 39] Q. What is the length of the wings or halls, whatever you call them? A. They vary some what, having been built at different times and after slightly different models. But they will be from 125 to 150 ft. long I think, as near as I now remember. Q. Now take a patient in what is called the "upper private", where Miss. Bean once was; how many doors would have to be unlocked to get a patient out of the hospital, supposing she was locked in her room? A. On the ground? Q. Yes, down onto the ground? A. That would depend a little upon which floor the person was on. Q. I said the upper? A. If the doors were all locked- which they are not very frequently during day times; but supposing they were all locked- Q. Do you mean to say the doors are not usually locked from that upper part, through and out by the officers quarters, and down? A. A part of them are not. As a general rule there is but one. Q. Proceed, please. A. That is, during the day time. There would be four doors by the shortest route that I think of, using doors all the way, But by using another route the patient might get our by opening three. Q. The patients are frequently locked in the room in