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1185 A. (cont.) Then Mr. Leighton used perhaps $1500 more or less of the hospitals money and his excuse was that he had money in the savings bank covering that, and he did not want to draw it out till after the next dividend, consequently he used some money in his hands, and when the dividend came round he paid that up. There was no loss to the hospital, all paid by Mr. Leighton. Q. Did you make a special investigation of that? A. As a member of the trustees I did. I wrote the report and at the time I was president, it was signed by my predecessor as president. A committee of the council made a report, I saw that report. The committee was Mr. Dave Martin, U.B. Chase, and Mr. Thompson. I was in conference with that committee, especially Mr. Chase while drawing up my report. Q. At that time did you find any evidence that Dr. Harlow had any knowledge of the irregularities of the treasurer or tried to conceal those irregularities? A. I did not discover any of that kind as far as I can remember, do not think I did. Q. Was it charged at that time by Mr. Chase that Dr. Harlow had guilty knowledge of the treasurers irregularities