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[page 562] Q. State it short. A. It will be a short story. This happened 11 years ago next May. That is the first case of that kind I ever saw, being some 2 months after I moved onto my place. I saw 3 or 4 ladies walking- I was going to the city one day- on a plank side walk. I saw this attendant push this patient off the plank walk, and in the mean time slapped her face. That is the first thing of that kind. Q. That is all there is of that? A. Yes, sir By Mr. Baker: Q. That was in 1870 was it, this last case? A. The first case I mentioned? Q. The very last case? A. Yes, sir. Q. Pushed the patient off the sidewalk? A. When the lady struck would be 11 years. This occurred some 2 months from the time I moved onto my place Q. It was a female attendant and a female patient was it? A. Yes, sir Q. What was the name of either of them? A. I could not state the name Q. Cannot give us the name of either? A. No; I being a stranger at that time to most of them, I could not state.