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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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1244 A. ( cont.) dark, that is all Q. On that occasion was violence used towards the patient in any way. A. Mr. Stackpole took him to the lodge, that is the last that I know about it. Q. Have you suffered anything else from the patients there? A. I had the ( ? ) of a finger cut by Col. Sweat, I was taking a case knife from him. Q. Did you know Mr. Sampson the engineer when you were there? A. Yes sir, was in the engineer room about every day, at different periods during the day. Q. Did you know Peter Haines and Sweeny who used to work there? A. Yes sir Q. Did you spend some little time in there? A. Not a great while, 5 or 10 minutes, perhaps sometimes, half an hour when it was my day out Q. What was your observation as to the treatment of the two men, during all the times you were in there, by Mr. Sampson? A. I never saw either of them abused by anyone. Q. Was Mr. Sampson's treatment of them kind. A. I never saw anything to the contrary. Q. From your acquaintance with Mr. Sampson, what would you say as to his being a kind or