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[page 170] one of the other officers was to be removed upon my coming. And I spoke to Mr. Richards about it and told him I thought it was a very wrong thing to do there; that the hospital needed three physicians, and I would not consent to have one removed on that account. Mr. Richards will tell you that himself. It was while he was a member of the visiting committee. Q. Have you taken considerable interest in investigating and making up your statement in reference to the management at the insane asylum? A. No more interest than anybody would take in doing anything of that sort. I have made no attempt of anything until I saw, as I told you, the statement made up a given before the trustees by various officers of the institution, and I immediately wrote on to the chairman on the part of the House committee and told him I would come, and that is all the statement I made. Q. Have you at any time made or had written any other statement of the matter? A. No. I wrote one piece for the Portland Press, and never have written any other piece about the hospital or caused to be written, or