native village in Bavaria, and after arrival in this country his
only schooling was such as he could obtain at night schools in New York
during 3 or 4 years.

Up to this time no peculiarity had been observed in him, from any
evidence available. We note the fact that he was most especially
interested in history and government, as illustrated by political
writings and by the Bible. He speaks frequently of his very great
admiration for the character of George Washington.

At 15 or 16 years of age he became greatly interested in poetry. This
perhaps corresponds to the period of development at which
eccentricities are wont to appear.

He represents that in the saloon in which he worked he was chiefly
engaged in supplying beer to residents of neighboring tenements; that
there was no gambling or other immoral conduct practiced or encouraged
in this business place. He went on for over 12 years as barkeeper. His
uncle and aunt had during this time accumulated means for the purchase
of a small tenement. At the death of the uncle and aunt in 1910 and
1911 the defendant came into possession of this property.

In the last year and a half has not been in any regular business or
employment, and spent his time in long walks about New York and
Brooklyn, during which he meditated upon poetical compositions, and
political and historical questions, jotting down ideas upon loose slips
of paper as they came to him, night or day, forming the basis of his
poems. He spent his evenings in a saloon, retiring early. The average
daily quantity of stimulants or beer taken by him was insufficient to
produce intoxication. He also states that in 1902 and 1903, for a
period of nearly 2 years, he drank no intoxicants at all.

He states that in 1901, between 1 and 2 o'clock in the morning of the
day after President McKinley's death he experienced a vivid dream, in
which he appeared to be in a room with many flowers and a casket, and
saw a figure sit up in the casket, which he says was the form and
figure of the assassinated President McKinley, who then pointed to a
corner of the room, and said, "Avenge my death." He then looked where
the finger pointed and saw a form clad in a Monkish garb, and
recognized the form and face of this individual as the form and face of
Theodore Roosevelt.

At the time this made a strong impression, but was not dwelt upon
especially except in the light of later events.

Prior to the nomination of Colonel Roosevelt for