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[page 51] Dr. Butler: I think if the Chairman will follow out the line of questioning he will see the bearing of this question that I have put. But I will put in evidence this law, and I desire to call the attention of the Committee to it Mr. Morrill: Certainly, that will be very proper, and let it pass now. Q. Did you take the reports, and pass through the hospital unknown and unattended by the attendants? A. I have a great many times. Q. Did you ever find any serious neglect of patients? A. I have found what I thought was neglect at different times- yes, sir. Q. Can you state any particular case? A. I can state a case, but I cannot state the time. Q. No matter about the time. A. I went on one afternoon visit, all the afternoon through the halls, and stopped to tea; went in in the evening when the patients and friends at the hospital were collected in the chapel for amusement. I took my keys and went down alone into the lower hall, and found a patient, found two attendants sitting in one of the attendants rooms together; and they seemed to be