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[page 615] since I mentioned it that she said something to him about it; but that she was not then right here (Witness touching his head); as I understood it, she went there as a patient and was after wards put in charge of the dry goods room. I said to Dr. Harlow at that time that if Miss Caruthers was insane she certainly was not fit to have charge of the business she had, and if she was not insane when she made the statement that there had been between two and three hundred dollars worth of property stolen from the state and could be ascertained in one hour, it was worth investigating. I had reason to believe that Dr. Harlow did know of it, and I asked him if he hadn't had any reason to be suspicious He said he had not. I asked him if Miss. Caruthers didn't tell him in 1871 about the shortage in the treasurers account, and then he said he believed she did. And he says, "you know she is not just right here (witness touching his head) Q. Is that all you remember of being