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[page 156] on the matter. The committee are men who do not need to hear a witness badgered in this sort of way; and I submit that he should dispense with this unnecessary- Mr. Pettangall: Allow me to say that the committee ought to be the parties to judge whether any light is thrown upon the matter. Mr. Baker: The fact that I have asked many questions to get a single answer is not due to me, but to the perversity with which the witness has refused to answer simple questions. Q. Were these lodge rooms heated at all? A. No, sir. Q. Heated indirectly? A. Yes, sir, from the hall, over transoms, and a hole over the door. Q. They were what they used to confine violent patients in? A. Yes, sir. They were not always violent there; but if they were violent that is where they went Q. Do you know at what temperature the lodge rooms were ordinarily kept? What was the average temperature? I dont mean some extremely cold day when the whole house might be all cold? A. I have seen it at 70; from down to 60.