true; but, as the Company demanded the whole of my time
off duty, as well as on, and as I was expected to resume work any
day, I do not see why I should not be regarded as their property,
and as much entitled to protection as any other until I was
dismissed.

"Mr. Selby's statements are also misleading. It was months after
he entered my office before I allowed him to have the combination
of the safe (outside door), and this was with the knowledge and
consent of Route Agent Bowen, or he would never have had even the
combination of the outer door. Mr. Bowen checked up my office
with Mr. Selby two or three times, and was satisfied. Mr. Selby's
statement that the inner door of the safe was not used from
October, 1893, to June, 1894, is not true, and cannot be
substantiated, as he was away from my office for weeks during
that time.

"As to my changing work with Mr. O'Regan, I did, and such things
are quite customary with agents and operators, as well as
Assistant Superintendents; and this custom prevails at the
present time all along the line. I may add that there was a
distinct understanding between Mr. Brady and myself that I could
drive out or walk out whenever I saw fit, without communicating
with him.

"Some explanation ought to be made concerning the manner in which
these complaints from Mr. Selby and Mr. O'Regan were secured by
Mr. Brady, when it was found necessary to produce before Mr. Tait
other evidence against me. I have seen both Mr. Selby and Mr.
O'Regan in company with a witness I took with me, and questioned
them as to how they came to make such charges. I found that Mr.
Brady had taken the fast express from Farnham, which does not
stop at Sutton Junction; it, however, slowed up enough to allow
him to jump off. He walked to the station and remained nearly
three hours endeavoring to obtain incriminating evidence against
me. Mr. Selby informed me he did not think his letters would come
to light, as Mr. Brady told him it would be personal, and he
thought as I was dismissed from the Company's service, the
statements would not hurt me, and it might help him to a
situation at some future time. He said the statements were first
drawn from him by adroit questioning, and he was then asked to
put them in writing.

"When