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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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1221 A.(cont.) was not a day but what I saw him. Q. Was Palmer an immense man? A. He was a very large, very strong man, hard to handle, as bad a patient as I ever saw. He had to be put in the lodge frequently. Q. Were you familiar with the lodges? A. Yes, One winter I was attendant upon the lodges. Q. Did you frequently see your brother in-law in the lodge? A. Yes sir, He was never put in without clothing that I know of Q. State as to the temperature of the lodges? A. There was no time that I had charge of the lodge but what it as plenty warm enough. Q. Did you ever feel the temperature of the lodge rooms when it was at or anywhere near the point of freezing? A. I never did Q. Did you ever see a man put into the lodges that suffered from cold by reason of the temperature of the lodge room? A. No sir Q. Could your brother in-law been put into the lodge room and suffered from cold without your learning of it? A. I do not think he could Q. Were you in the habit of taking with him freely? A.Yes sir