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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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1257 A. (cont.) that people there have to contend with. Q. Has you know Perkins ever since his childhood A. Yes sir Q. Was he in the habit of going up to the windows and taking out screws, the attendant would speak to him, he would stop and as quick as his back was turned would he go at it again? A. Something in that way. Q. As a practical man do you think it is practical for an institution to go on with the number of insane patients that this has any better than this institution has for the last 20 years? A. My idea is and always has been that Dr. Harlow is a man of a great deal of executive ability, and so far forth as any of those things come to his knowledge that it could not be better. Q. As a rule do the attendants seem to be well selected and attentive to their duties. A. They are compelled to take what they can get at times, al they can do is when they get one that does not suit to let them go, in doing that the class of attendants has been very good. Q. Whether during these 20 years Dr. Harlow has