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Investigation of the Committee of the Legislature of 1881 Concerning the Management of the Maine Insane Hospital Part 2

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1133 Q. Were they two patients? A. No sir Q. Patient and attendant? A. It was not an attendant, it was a man that worked in the kitchen Q. Were you in the kitchen? A. Yes sir, I took his place in the kitchen Q. What was the cause of it? A. He merely did it thinking he was showing off, doing some smart thing Q. Choked him bad just for you? A. Yes sir? Q. Did it hurt him? A. I don't knw how much it hurt him Q. Was he in sport? A. No sir, he didn't do it for sport Q. Deviltry? A. You may call it what you are a mind to Q. Puts his hand under his throat and goes to choking him without any provocation or anything? A. Yes sir Q. What was the patients name? A. Richardson Q. What was the attendants, the man who did it? A. His name was Merchant, Merchant was not an attendant. He was in the kitchen at that time but left a few days afterwards. I took his place in the kitchen