that they would see him in
hell first before they would make him behave himself; that he is not
here to please anybody except himself; that he recognizes no
superiority other than Jesus Christ, etc. Conversely, the granting of
a privilege served to bring him to a perfect calm, when he would talk
in a rational and coherent manner, and be free from psychotic
manifestations. The granting of the privilege of seeing his wife
served to get him to submit himself to a thorough examination, which
could not be attempted before. The objective examination revealed no
intelligence defect. His reasoning and judgment were unimpaired,
memory good, and aside from his paranoid ideas, which consisted in his
belief that the officials were persecuting him, and that they were
trying to operate on his head, no psychotic manifestations could be
determined. Hallucinations had not been evidenced at any time and he
possessed no insight. Recently he requested the physician to
administer him a dose of 606, for which he was very grateful. He also
entered of late into an active correspondence with some attorneys in
town with a view to having something done for his case. On July 15,
1911, he appeared before the staff conference of the medical officers
of the Hospital for the purpose of determining whether his condition
was such as to warrant his transfer back to the penitentiary. Although
having been tranquil and normal for several weeks prior to this, upon
entering the examining room he at once became highly emotional,
abusive and threatening, and everyone who saw him at that time was
impressed with the great affective lability which the patient
possessed. For a day or so following this experience he continued to
be very emotional, irritable and boisterous. Later on his privileges
were again returned to him and he resumed a tranquil state of mind,
which existed until the time of his transfer to the prison on
August 10, 1911. He told the supervisor who accompanied him to the
depot that he intended to behave himself when he returned to prison,
so that he might enjoy the benefit of his good term allowance and thus
have his sentence shortened. Upon his return to the penitentiary he
was immediately placed under observation on account of his peculiar
behavior.

The records of that institution show the following:--

August 16:--Became very profane during the afternoon and evening,