not kill him.

May, 1907:--Still delusional, hypochondriacal; paralysis very much
improved. Complains at times of quiverings in the right extremities
and a numbness of the left side.

August, 1907:--Has been again in a stuporous state for four days.
Still entertains paranoid ideas, hypochondriacal. This was followed by
a lucid period which lasted until November 25th, when he again went
into a profound stupor and became totally oblivious to everything
about him.

April, 1909:--Very much disturbed for about a week. Complained that
the physicians and attendants were torturing him in order to drive
him insane. Called them brutes and threatened to starve himself to
death.

December, 1909:--Neurological Examination--Hemiplegia almost entirely
disappeared, but numerous physical stigmata still persist. Has been
uninterruptedly clear mentally since his last stuporous state, in
November, 1908.

January, 1911:--Clear mentally. Answers questions coherently and
readily. Attention easily gained and held without difficulty. Memory,
for both recent and remote events, fair, with complete amnestic gaps
for the stuporous periods. He shows the characteristic hysterical
make-up. He is morbidly suggestible and suspicious. He is markedly
egotistical; becomes easily irritated at the least provocation. Is
extremely hypochondriacal and shows a marked tendency to exaggeration
of actual ills. Constantly laments his fate of being compelled to stay
in a place of this sort, which is a thousand times worse than a
prison. Is certain that his trial was crooked and irregular and that
he had not been given a fair chance. His sentence is inhuman and
unjust, as he was not responsible for the crime he committed; he
remembers nothing of the occurrence and consequently must have been
insane at the time. He is inclined to a great deal of fantastical
day-dreaming, writes poetry and religious dissertations. He is
constantly bewailing his unfortunate lot in letters to people of high
station, imploring their compassion on the poor, down-trodden martyr.
Is clear mentally throughout and no definite delusions nor
hallucinations can be elicited. His morbid suspiciousness, however,
leads him to interpret various occurrences in his environment in a
more or less delusional manner.

August, 1911:--No change from the above note except that the physical
stigmata have almost completely disap