became short; voice weak and lungs
rotting. Early in December, 1909, he believed that he had been
chloroformed by the prison officials for five days; he was not certain
how this was done but believed that it might have been poured through
the keyhole. During this period he sang like a graphophone; voices
said "move his head", and his head would move itself. When his eyes
were open he saw nothing unusual but when they were shut he could hear
them operating a machine on his body; they were pumping his stomach,
and he became a skeleton. This was done to him through prejudice; did
not know who was prejudiced against him, but at the prison they know
all about it. Said he had not slept a wink since his admission to the
Hospital; his breath is short; he has pains around his heart, but
thinks he is getting better now.

He was a negro of limited mental capacity and possessed very little
acquired knowledge. He was clean and tidy in his habits, keenly
interested in his environment, and well oriented in all spheres. He
lacked insight into the nature of his trouble. Attention could be
easily gained and held; he comprehended well and readily, and showed
no memory defect. There was a very marked tendency to hypochondriasis
and exaggeration of actual ills. Soon after admission the active
symptoms of his disorder disappeared, and he gradually acquired an
adequate amount of insight, realizing that he had been insane. His
conduct, at first orderly, now assumed the same character as that at
prison. He frequently became involved in altercations with other
patients and on several occasions manifested decidedly vicious
tendencies. He was almost absolutely unamenable to the Hospital
regulations and on that account had to be frequently reprimanded. He
incited the other patients in his ward to all sorts of misdemeanors,
and when not having any complaints himself, would fight the other
patients' battles. He remained clearly oriented throughout. He was
decidedly deficient morally--could not see where his life had been an
unsocial one, and did not even promise to lead a better one in the
future.

Here, again, we see disease and crime rampant in the family history of
a man who himself began to manifest criminal tendencies at a very
early age. His school career is characterized by truancy, and he never
made an effort at an industrial career. At the age of eleven or
twelve, we