entally; that this physician came to
this conclusion after a thorough examination of X----, etc., etc. Upon
the physician's return to the Hospital X---- was asked concerning this
by him, but he stolidly maintained that it was genuine and given him
by the questioner. This famous litigant has reached a stage where
things simply are as he wants them to be. Whether this poor derelict
will be permitted by his deluded or unscrupulous attorneys to end his
days in peace at the Hospital, time alone will tell. Thus far his
lunacy case has been carried by them to the Court of Appeals.

CASE II.--Y. was found guilty of libel in the Criminal Court of the
District of Columbia, and while awaiting sentence was adjudged insane
by a jury and admitted to the Government Hospital for the Insane,
June 22, 1911, at the age of 56. Y. is an attorney by profession,
comes from a prominent family in Ohio, and has received an excellent
education. According to information obtained from his father and
sister, it appears that one sister and a nephew are insane; that the
patient himself has been considered insane by members of his immediate
family since 1889, when, as the result of a court-martial for
disobedience, he was discharged from the Navy, where he then held the
grade of ensign. Immediately following this discharge he took up the
study of law and began to specialize in maritime affairs, handling
almost exclusively sailors' grievances against the Navy Department. He
spent a great deal of time working up these cases, occasionally
writing contributions to the Maritime Register, for which publication
he was a regular correspondent for several years. In these papers he
would constantly harp on the irregularities and illegalities of many
of the government affairs. At home he always acted in a peculiar
manner, never had much to say to anyone, was unreasonable,
fault-finding and complaining; he always wanted things his own way.
Several years ago he came to live with his sister, accompanied by his
wife and child. Although he paid nothing for board and lodging for the
three, he complained about the food and had something to say in
criticism for every little inconvenience. He would frequently leave
town without saying a word to any member of his family, and would
reappear just as suddenly. He kept to his room almost constantly,
leaving same only for his meals. On one occasion he wrote