Do you remember when that was, Mr. Fowler?
Mr. Fowler. I think perhaps that would be a month ago, Dr. Beavers, or somewhere thereabouts.
Dr. Beavers. Well, it was after I came back from vacation. At any rate, between 2 weeks and a month ago, I believe, and his view was that this man was mentally ill, and further than that, that he was pretty much as I have described him here.
Mr. Tonahill. And there have been instances where he rammed his head into the wall and then tried to get his finger up in the light socket, and then tried to rip the seam out of his trousers to kill himself, you felt he was suicidal and should be protected from that effort, and all of you agreed on that, I believe?
Dr. Beavers. Yes. It really wasn’t based on those actions as much as, I think, the depression that I saw initially, which has cleared up somewhat as he has gotten more delusionary.
Mr. Tonahill. You all felt that he should be out of jail and in a mental hospital where he could get adequate mental care and mental treatment, from psychiatric care and therapy medications?
Dr. Beavers. Yes; I thought this and this was the recommendation of the other doctors that saw him.
Mr. Tonahill. That would be Dr. Stubblefield, Dr. Holbrook, Dr. West, and Dr. Tanay?
Dr. Beavers. I’m not sure about Dr. Tanay. I don’t know that I heard him state that specific thing. I do know that the recommendation of Dr. Holbrook and Dr. Stubblefield and myself, and further that Dr. West, made the same recommendation. I do feel that we had two problems. One was security as well as medical care. I feel like maybe I was perhaps a little bit more concerned about this than maybe some of the other specialists; I don’t know. This just happened to be my own view, that I was not only concerned about this man, hopefully finding a place for hospitalization, but that it would have to be a place where he had adequate security from without as well as any idea of suicide.
Mr. Tonahill. Is there anything unusual about a person who is mentally ill and of unsound mind, still possessing keen memory faculties and being able to recall things accurately and clearly as well as being able to give responsive answers and to be in touch with reality?