his wife,
who at the time was staying with her child at his sister's house, that
she should watch this sister, as he feared she might try to poison the
child. Sometime in 1910, he came to his home town, had an interview
with the Judge of the Probate Court, and left town without visiting
any of his relatives, although they lived only four squares distant.
At that time this Judge told the patient's father that he thought the
patient was mentally unbalanced. He was always considered by his
relatives as being of a morose disposition, vindictive and selfish. On
a later visit to his parental home he acted very strangely about the
house, disarranged things, kept the rooms in disorder, and was busy
writing constantly. At this time he left home suddenly without taking
leave of anyone. A few years ago, while home on a visit, he declared
that his father was incompetent to manage his own affairs, instituted
legal proceedings to have himself appointed committee for his father,
petitioning the court on the ground of his father's insanity. In this,
of course, he was defeated.

The patient himself states that he graduated from Annapolis in 1878,
between which year and 1883 he traveled in Europe and South
America as midshipman. In 1883 he entered the Cincinnati Law School,
where he remained one year. After this he states he acted in the
capacity of Judge Advocate General for a short time while on shore
duty. He then went to sea again and finally resigned from the Navy in
1887, with the grade of ensign. (As has already been indicated above,
the patient was dismissed from the Navy for disobedience and
disrespect.) He then entered the practice of law in Cincinnati, at
which he continued until his appointment to the Department of the
Interior on June 1, 1904, at a salary of $1,000 per annum. Here he
remained until 1908 in the capacity of clerk, when he resigned,
receiving at that time the same salary. He says he was moderately
successful financially as a lawyer, and did a good deal of literary
work. He is especially proud of a case which he conducted in the Court
of Appeals, where he obtained a decision setting aside a Naval
court-martial. He says that this is the only decision of its kind ever
rendered, and on that account he is very proud of this. According to
his own story, he was always moderate in his habits, and prior to his
marriage in November, 1902, he had neve