▁special ▁treatment ; ▁the ▁samples ▁were ▁se aled ▁and ▁conf isc ated . ▁H ess ' s ▁di aries ▁indicate ▁that ▁he ▁did ▁not ▁acknow ledge ▁the ▁valid ity ▁of ▁the ▁court ▁and ▁felt ▁the ▁outcome ▁was ▁a ▁for eg one ▁conclusion . ▁He ▁was ▁thin ▁when ▁he ▁arrived , ▁we igh ing ▁, ▁and ▁had ▁a ▁poor ▁app et ite , ▁but ▁was ▁de emed ▁to ▁be ▁in ▁good ▁health . ▁As ▁one ▁def endant , ▁Robert ▁Ley , ▁had ▁managed ▁to ▁hang ▁himself ▁in ▁his ▁cell ▁on ▁ 2 4 ▁October , ▁the ▁remaining ▁prisoners ▁were ▁monitor ed ▁around ▁the ▁clock . ▁Because ▁of ▁his ▁previous ▁suic ide ▁attempts , ▁H ess ▁was ▁hand c uff ed ▁to ▁a ▁guard ▁whenever ▁he ▁was ▁out ▁of ▁his ▁cell . ▁ ▁Al most ▁immediately ▁after ▁his ▁arrival , ▁H ess ▁began ▁exhib iting ▁am nes ia , ▁which ▁may ▁have ▁been ▁fe igned ▁in ▁the ▁hope ▁of ▁avoid ing ▁the ▁death ▁sentence . ▁The ▁chief ▁psych iat rist ▁at ▁N ure m berg , ▁Douglas ▁K elle y ▁of ▁the ▁US ▁Military , ▁gave ▁the ▁opinion ▁that ▁the ▁def endant ▁suffered ▁from ▁" a ▁true ▁psych one u ros is , ▁primarily ▁of ▁the ▁h yst er ical ▁type , ▁eng raft ed ▁on ▁a ▁basic ▁par ano id ▁and ▁sch iz oid ▁person ality , ▁with ▁am nes ia , ▁partly ▁genu ine ▁and ▁partly ▁fe igned ", ▁but ▁found ▁him ▁fit ▁to ▁stand ▁trial . ▁E ff ort s ▁were ▁made