UNDER SLEEP'S
Remarkable Cases Which Tend to Show That in
Our Slumbers We Employ Senses and Facul-
tips fhf Wliirli Wa Knnw
HIDDEN MYSTERIES OF SOMNAMBULISM.
By Prof, Plerro Janes of tho Paris 8orbonne. ! !
Popularly speaking, a somnambulist Is an Individual who thinks and.
acts whllo he Is asleep. That definition Is not very clear, for we do not',
really know what sleep Is.
There Is a first very Important period at the moment when somnnm-'I
tbullsm begins the change from the
pnenomena in connection wiwi wic urcurn seem enormously inicnsmca. a
The somnambulist has not our dull memory of things, but he sees the ob-J
jecto ho dreams and speaks of. Ho actually hears, feels and touches
them exactly as If they were real. T
X When the somnambulist speaks he has
quenco superior to his normal powers.
A and quickness that are wonderful.
MAOINK for a moment tho
horror of bolng suddenly
roused from a deep but
troubled sleep to bo told
that you had Just shot
dead tho ono person you
loved hotter than till olso on earth.
'Then lirittglno tho rapid rotnm to
consplousncsa to find that tho ronllty
prosonts conditions moro hideous
oven thnn your dreams, Clutched In
your hand Is n rovolvor, tho barrel
warm and smoking. On tho floor,
dead .or dying, Is tho body of your
wife... Half frantic friends, sum
moned by tho revolver shot, nro ask
ing what possessed you to kill her.
Imaglno nil of that, and you may
fool somewhat ns Hugh Ifollls did at
threo o'clock on n recont May morn
ing nl his homo In Washington.
Uollls has slnco boon exonerated by
tho coroner's Jury, which brought In
n verdict that ho wns unconscious nnd
thcrcforo not responBlblo when ho
fired at and killed his young wlfo.
llollln wns accordingly released to bo
taken direct to tho hospital, where
ho' remained for dayB ' In a Btnto of
complete nervous collapse, nt times
showing ovldonco of hysteria that the
physicians fear will lend to sulcido If
ovor an opportunity Is afforded.
Distressing and unusual ns tho Uol
lls tragedy may seem it Is pot with
out parallel In medical records. Uol
lls, who wns prlvnto socrotnry to u
division chief in tho treasury depart
ment, lived with his wlfo, Kvolyn For
sytho Uollls, and her mother, Mrs.
Hinma Fornytho, nt No. 14 1G Nowton
street, N, W.
Uollls wns a somunmbullst, given
to doing quoor things In his sloop.
Ho wns nn expert shot with a re
volver, and Bhortly before tho tragedy
had Joined a target Hhootlug club. I7e
frequently slopt with a rovolvor un
der his pillow, hecnuso, as ho has
Hlnco explained, ho wanted to bo pre
pared lit tho ovont of a visit from
uurglars. As u matter of fact that
part of Washington has been ovorrun
y potty thieves for some thuo past.
Story of the Tragedy.
On tho fntoful night, a low hours
boforo tho tragedy, Uollls and his
wlfo and mother-in-law discussed re
cent burglaries In their neighbor
hood, tho target shooting club, tho ro
volvor under Uollls' pillow nnd tho
ability of Uollls to uso It, tho very
Inst thing hoforo retiring. Mr. and
Mrs. Uollls slopt In one bedroom nnd
tholr 11-months-old biby nnd Mrs.
Forsytho In tho adjoining room.
Tho only connected Mory of tho
shooting nt threo o'clock on tho fol
lowing morning wnB told by Mrs. For
Bythe. First tho baby bognn to cry,
and Mrs. Uollls wont to her mothor'a
room to quiet him. A moment after
Mrs. Uollls roturnod to tho room
vhoro her husband wns, Mrs. For
lytho heard n pistol shot nnd rushing
Into tho adjoining bed-chntnbor foiind
Iter daughter clinging to tho bed In
which Uollls was hnlf sitting up. On
JUio bed was n smoking rovolvor.
Uollls apparently wns sound asleep,
Mrs. Forsytho's scroams nwukened
NnlTnnor When Awake
normal to the second state. All the
a fluency of language and an clo-X
When he acts he has a precision T
X
him. Ho wns unnblo to explain what
had happened, snld ho had no recol
lection of using tho revolver, and tho
only thing ho could recall wna that
ho had been dreaming nbout burglars.
Mrs, Uollls died In a fow minutes.
Tho bnllot had struck her near tho
right collarbono nnd had passed down
ward through tho right lung nnd Into
tho splno.
"It Is ovldcnt," Bald Dr. Wilfred M.
Barton, tho eminent Washington spe
cialist In mental and norvous affec
tions, "that Hollls belongs to a typo
suffering from hystoronourasthcnla.
In such cases tho fcaturon of a dream
will poralst n much longer Mmo than
In tho caso of a normal Individual nnd
mny glvo rise to a vnrloty of acci
dents. For Instanco, porsonB In this
state may havo a convulsive crisis
and may commit acts which represent
tho projection of subconsciousness,
without tho higher faculties of tho
brain partaking In nny way of Its de
velopment. In sonio of thoso cases
thoy Buffer from sleop drunkenness of
somnolentia, In which nets of vlolenco
may bo committed. ' During this fren
zied stnto almost nny net of violence
may bo committed fn a condition of
complcto unconsciousness.
Dreams Lending to Violence.
"Tho Influonco of n terrifying
dream on n hysterical person has
been known to lead up to acts of vio
lence. Cases of this kind havo been
reported in medical literature. Tho
condition Is somewhat rolatod to what
Is known in children ns 'night tor
rors,' from which tho pntlent nwnkea
In vague nnd wild nlnrm from agitated
sloop. In cases reported thoro has
boon comploto absence of momory
concorplng nil of tho nets committed
during this stnto."
Flvo yonrs ago Frnnk Mnnoloy shot
nnd killed his wlfo under almost slm
liar conditions, nt Baltimore Jlo as
sorted that ho had boon dronmlng
that ho was attackod by a burglar
nnd fired his rovolvor In scorning self
defonso. Mnnoloy, who wns only
about 22 years old, was a uomnambul
1st and an Invptornto cigarette smoker
Ills mind had. boon poisoned by read
ing dlmo novolB and other llternturo
dealing with crimes, rceklosB ndven
tures and burglaries.
"1 dreamt that burglars hod entered
the room nnd that they wero up
proachlng me," said Mnnoloy in court
"I saw a dagger uplifted abovo mo In
tho hands or n big, burly nogro. Tho
man stood on my wife's side of tho
bed, and ho seomod to be reaching
ovor to got at mo. I remembered In
my dream having grabbed tho ro
volver from underneath my pillow
raising myself up and resting on ono
olbow, and thou shooting.
"I do not know how many shots
fired. Tho polleo say thoro wero four,
but I know nothing about them.
simply know that I waB suffering
from a terrible nightmare. Whou
nwoko 1 was dnzed. I then realized
wuni i una uono ana mat tno man
with a dnggor wub only a dream.
shook my wlfo, and called out: Joslo
Oh, my God! what havo 1 dono?"
Man othor cases, of a somewhat
similar naturo may bo cited, all equal
ly distressing and nil attributed to
dreams, hallucinations and to nom
nambullsm. One of tho saddest Is
that of Simon Frazer, who was tried
In Scotland In 1878 for tho murder of
his own child. It was proved that
Frazcr lifted the child from tho bed
and dashed Its brains out against the
wall. Tho defense was that tho deed
Has dono whllo Frazer was In a Btnto
of somnambulism. He dreamed that
ho had fceen a wild beast jump In his
bed, and ho seized the supposed ani
mal and killed It. Tho court Instruct
ed tliu Jury to find that ho had killed
his child while unconscious of his ac
tions, by reason of his condition ns a
somnambulist and that ho was not re
sponsible for the deed, and conse
quently ho was acquitted.
Sam Appleby, n Baltimore editor,
went with the crew of tho Baltimore
Athletic club to Saratoga In 1890. Ho
slept with Prof, Doyle, athletic In
structor of tho club. Ah thoy went
to bed Doylo said: "Say, Sam, what
would you do If a bear or ti cata-
AO)V WILLIAM C.mU'M WA3 KIU.C0 WIHLC
mount should conic through that win
dow?"
"Crawl under tho bed nnd lot you
got a hammo'r-lock on him," was tho
reply. Prof. Doylo laughed and both
dropped off to sloop.
Suddenly thoro was. n commotion.
Doylo leaped up In bed, planted his
knees on Appleby's chest, got a vIbo
liko grip on both nrms nnd, with his
oxtrnordlnnry strongth, wns on lio
vorgo of bronklng tho nowspapor
man's arm.
Thought Bear Had Broken In.
"John, John, wnko upl" screnmod
Appleby. Doylo lenped from tho bed
to tnko n Armor grip. Apploby dlsen
gngod ono nrm and struck Doylo.
This awakened tho lnttor. Ho said ho
had gono to sleop with tho Idea of a
boar coming through tho open win
dow. Ho fancied ho had romalned
awake to catch tho bear if It camo.
Suddenly ho saw tho bear qulto plain
ly, as ho afterward insisted and at
tacked It.
Tho particulars of an extraordinary
caso of somnambulism havo recently
boon communicated to tho Hrlttah
Medical Journal by Dr. James Russell.
assistant physlclnn at tho nirmlngham
hospital. It rolates to a young woman
of 21 years who is a teacher of tho
typewriter and a student of music.
She ontorod the hospital to bo cured
of sleep-walking. Whllo under obser
vation thoro Bho habitually loft her
hod aftor threo or four hours Bleep
and busied herself In various ways.
Including descending into tho music
room and playing the piano, tuning a
violin and luting now strlngB to It nnd
crocheting.
llcr most romarkablo feats, how-
over, woro reading and writing In tho
dnrk. If thoro was oven a faint arti
ficial light In tho room sho would
nvold It and go to tho darkest corner,
Whoro sho would read various books,
study tho theory of harmony and wrlto
loiters. Ono of her lottorB wna nd-
dressed to hor music tencher. It con
tained n abort ossny on "Tho Sonntn
Form," which was nccurnto In sonso
nnd construction. Another letter sho
wroto wiib In Germnn.
When sho was awake ahe did not In
the least romember writing or read
ing. An examination of her oyes did
not rovoal tho reason for hor bolng
ablo to see In tho dark. She has now
left tho hospital, hor condition hnvhrg
Improved, but sho still occasionally
walks In hor sleop.
Wrote" Sermons Durlnn Sleeo.
Tho archbishop of Bordeaux attests
tho caso of a young prlost who wus In
tho habit of getting up during tho
night in a state of somnambulism,
taking pen, Ink and paper and writing
original sermons. When ho hnd fin
ished a ingo ho would rend aloud
what ho had written nnd correct It.
In order to nscortnln whother the som
nambulist nuulo U80 of his eyes, tho
nrchblshop hold n piece of cardboard
under his chin to prevent his Feeing
tho paper. Ho continued to wrlto
without being In tho slightest degree
Incommoded.
Ono of tho most recent pnlnful
cases of somnambulism Is that of Wil
liam ti. McLean, n graduate of Prince
ton last year nnd n momber of the
buBoball and basketball teams, who
wns found dead enrly on tho morning
of March 21 on tho railroad tracks J
near tho North Philadelphia station,
McLean had developed somnambulistic
traits whllo at college nnd had fre
quently been found walking In his
sleep. It Is believed that ho was walk
ing along tho track In his sleep when
a train struck nnd killed hlra. Mctoan
was 22 years old, nnd a 1 rothct el
John R. McLean, Jr fornur inciabtrt
of the Pennsylvania stnto legislature
nnd n lending lawyer of Philadelphia.
LESSON FOR THE FIRE HORSE,
One Dose of "Pie Plate Alarm" Cured
Him of Loafing When Alarm
, Was Sounded.
"The funniest kind of an alarm that
I ovor saw In n flro station was a plo
plate nlnrm," remarked tho dean of
tho flro "buffs' to tho others who wero
seated around waiting to hear an
alarm "hit In" at the englno houso
across tho way.
"It wns In tho old days when every
compnny that raced to a flro was
anxloty to got first water not ns It
Is now when tho order of prcccdcnco
MLMW Y ttt& CLEtP
is printed In a book. Woll, the cap
tain of this particular company had
a horso assigned to him that turned
out to bo a 'goat' slow nt getting
away, from his stall when tho boll
rang and his halter waB untrlppod,"
ho ndded for tho benefit of a novlct
who wns in tho group. "Now, this
cnptnln had n gronter regnrd for the
ofllclency of his company thnn ho had
for nnythlng olso ho enred llttlo foi
his fninlly, by wny of compnrlEon. Sc
ho studied for n long tlmo nnd llnnllv
sonds over to a houno furnishing store
for half n dozen of theso big tin pie
plntos. Then ho spent tho best part
of tho forenoon rigging up his ma
chlno ovor tho stall of tho slow horse.
Ho hung tho plo plates by means of
a cord run through tho center of each,
about four feet abovo tho horse's hind
quarters; thon ho ran ri line through
a pulley down to tho trip. As soon
ns tho nlnrm hits the trip brenka nnd
roienBes mo norso. no lixea It so
that tho pans would como down on tho
horso at tho sanio tlmo nnd send hlro
out of his atall on the Jump. Wo
waited around all afternoon for an
alarm to hit In. I nover auw bucIi a
dull day. Finally It came nbout bIx
ociock. Tho plo plates worked to
perfection. Tho horso gavo one Jump
out of tho stall, almost ran down tho
man on wntch, and was out In tho
center of tho streot before thoy caught
him. Ono lesson was enough for that
horso, and always after that ho would
run out of his stall with ono eyo
cocked ovor his shouldor on tho look
out for those pie tins,"
Had No Common Language.
"I met a gontloman on tho train bo
tweon Momphls nnd St. Louis tho oth
or day who was nccompanlcd by his
llttlo son, n bright juvenile of six
yonrs, but between tho pair no con'
vorsaiion was possiuio neyond n very
fow words," sold H. D. Paul of Nash
vllle.
"Tho roason was that tho father
I could speak only English, whllo tho
boy could prnttlo lluontly In Fronch
and Spanish, Tho gentleman told mo
that ho had not been with his fnmlly
In tho City of Mexico oxcopt at long
Intorvala for tho last two years, bo-
cnuao or biiBlness ongngemonta, nnd
tho child hnd not been thrown with
nnyono thnt apoko English. Its moth
or, n Fronch lndy, who' had recently
died, conversed only In her nntlvo
tongue, but tho Moxlcnn nurso had
taught tho llttlo ono a first rato Span-
lah vocabulary and ho thon hnd tho
vernnculnr of two countrlea down
lino. The father was taking tho lad
to St. IouIb to put him In a school
whoro ho will not bo long beforo get
ting a working knowlcdgo of English,
as that Is tho only speech ho will
henr." Daltlmoro American.
A Penurious Crowd,
"This now collection box," nrgued
tho Inventor, "has soma unique nd
vnntnges. When you drop In n qunrter
or moro It doesn't mnko a sound; drop
In a dlmo nnd It tinkles liko n bell; a
nickel blows a whistle nnd a penny
fires n shot. And whon you don't
drop In nnythlng tho box tnkes your
picture." .
"No, thanks," said tho pastor woar
lly; "1 nlroady' hnvo pictures oi ny
ontiro congregation."
WHILt
A Diplomat from Chicago
By CAROLINE
(Copyright, 1909, by J.
Something was wronc with Lllv:
tho was not happy, and It crept out In
ho sorrowful tono of her letters. So
nothcr camo on from Chicago to seo
ibout It. When mother started out
.o "sco about anyuung, somotmng
vas bound to happen,
Mother was n majestic lady, with a
tlgh whlto pompadour and Impressive
unbonpolnt. Sho had great oxccutlvo
iblllty and prided hersolf upon her
vlll power. Lily wna tlj applo of her
tye, nnd Lily waB unhappy, alio meant
o know tho reason why and
)fomptly, too.
Whipple, who was small and nerv
als, to his own great disgust, always
ound himself cowed by tho cold, pen-
itratlng oyes und bland voico of his
nothor-ln-law. Thcroforo ho waB not
razed with Joy when tho telegram an-
lounclng her coming reached him;
nit ho mot her nt tho station nnd
tlssed her on tho cheek that sho of
'cred him with all tho warmth that
10 could muster.
Mother, after laying nsldo her wraps
tnd without stopping to unpack her
npaclous trunk, mndo n tour of tho
joubo from garret to collar.
Sho was not long In arriving nt a
oncluslon, Whipple was growing
stingy In fact, ho was stingy. Tho
dicots wero patched, tho Btocklngs
,vcrc darned oftcner than should be,
fly needed now clothes, and thoro
vas nothing In her purso but small
iiango. For theso and othor reasons
tho was convinced that her surmlso
vas correct.
Sho confronted Lily with tho ovi-
lenco sho had secured, but4 Lily, liko
i dutiful wlfo, insisted that "poor,
lcar Gaspard had a strugglo to got
tlong.
On ?5,000 a year," replied mother,
vlth a haughty anlff.
Mother probed like a congressional
nvestlgatlng committee, and under
roBs cxnmlnatlon Lily finally broko
lown nnd confessed thnt Gnspnrd's
jcneroslty had been chiefly confined to
Sho Was Not Long in Arriving at
Conclusion.
;ho days of their engagement, and
.hat his natural parsimony Incroased,
'ather than diminished, with his pros
perity.
"Ho doesn't know that ho Is mean,"
.vept Lily; "ho thinks ho is gonerous,
nd I always try to keep up appear
inccs, so ho docB not renllzo what n
llttlo ho gives mo."
'Ho will renllzo It boforo I'm
through with him," said mother,
srlmly.
"Oh! Don't say anything to him,
pleaso don't," pleaded Lily.
"Do not worry, my lovo. Your moth
er never committed a faux pas of that
sort.
Tho telophono boll rang, and Whip
plo at tho othor end announced thnt
Sterling would dlno with them thnt
svenlng. Sterling wns tho Junior mom
ber of tho rich firm thnt omployed
laapard.
"Got up n nlco dinner nnd hnvo
things look nlco," said Whlpplo, as ho
ang off.
"Now, my love," said mother, "Just
et mo tako this right off your hands.
you are worn out, so put on your
:htngs an go out somowherc, I'll nr-
-ange with Mary nbout tho dinner,
and dress the children myself. Don't
let It trouble you In tho least. You
can tniBt your own mother, can't you,
ienr?"
So Lily, with a sigh of relief, obeyed.
3ho wont to a matinee with money
furnished by her mother, and enjoyed
hnrnolf fni- Mm flraf Hmn In ... , l,
. w. .u IHUl V.I. IV III IlllfllllJO,
' .Sow, Mnry," snld mother, bustling
lbout, aftor Lily had gono, "wo will
Uavo fresh groen-turtlo aoup, Penob
scot river salmon, diamond-back tor
rupln and a fow hot-house luxuries.
Hut thero! I'll mako out a list and you
jnn go to tho market whoro Mrs.
Whlpplo hnB hor account and got theso
Milngs for dinner.
Mary's oyes woro staring. "Sho don't
havo no 'count, mum. Mr. Whipple
Jon't liko fer her to run up bills, so
sho pays for things."
"Ah," snld mother with a slgnlfl
rnuco that meant troyjilo for Whipple,
'no money and no account. Whnt Is
In tho house, Mary?"
"Thero's a soup-bono with some
meat on It and somo pertaters nnd
some turnips nnd somo onlona," re
plied Mnry, tnbulntlng them off on her
lingers.
"So much n8 thnt?" nsked mother
sarcastically.
"Yus, mum, wo'ro pretty woll
stocked up now," replied Mary Innocently.
LOCKHART
D. Llpplncott Co.) i
Lily nrrlved only n fow minutes bo-
foro Gaspard and Sterling. Tho fleet
ing glimpse sho caught of tho dining
room tablo was most satisfactory. All
tho wedding silver waB displayed to
tho greatest advantage, and tho ferns
mndo a pretty center piece. Mothor,
In her black satin nnd point lnco, wns
a credit to nny daughter. Tho children
wero up In the nursery, said mother.
Whlpplo looked forward to showing
off his houso to Sterling, who waB un
married.
"Nothing liko It," ho was often
hoard to remark. "A man can Hvo so
much bettor and have so mnny moro
comforts in a homo of his own thnn
when knocking nround In hotols by
himself," nnd ho Invnrlably ndded, "It
doesn't cost bo much."
"Whipple, liko mnny others, desired
to mnko n good nppoarnnce and onjoy
every comfort, whllo begrudging tho
ruonoy It took to pay for It.
Tho comforts that ho talked of woro
duo to Lily's Ingenuity, thrift and self
sacrifice, und not to his liberality, no
ho so fondly Imagined.
"Sit hero, Mr. Sterling," said Lily,
when dinner was nnnounced.
As Sterling seated himself ho felt
tho chnlr swny under him. Some
thing wns evidently wrong with Us
underpinning. By slyly experimenting,
ho discovered that the chnlr was liable
to collapse with any sudden move
ment, so ho sat stiff and orect, scarce
ly daring to reach for his napkin.
Tho napkin had a hole in It, through
which he put his hand nnd regarded It
contemplntlvcly. Whipple had one In
as bad condition, If not worso; so had
mother nnd Lily. They quickly
dropped them from sight nnd begnn
to talk with embarrassed hasto, all
oxcept mothor; sho was as serono us
n dny in June.
Mnry brought on tho soup. Whlpplo
passed tho crackers, and discovered
that tho cracker jar-concealed a largo
patch on tho tablecloth.
I Tho cut-glass carafo stood over n
I hole, nnd Whlpplo dnrcd not move tho
butter dish for fenr of what ho might
expose.
Mary removed tho soup plates and
brought In tho covered vogotablo
dlslies.
I toll you, Sterling, nothing liko
homo cooking," Bald Whlpplo In his
boastful voice, pleasantly anticipating
tho plcco do resistance for which Mnry
had gono to the kitchen.
Tho corners of mother's mouth
twitched, and Sterling remarked po
litely that "ho supposed not."
Mary camo In bearing a platter upon
which rolled, ilko so many marbles,
nix hard balls of chopped moat, tho
soup meat In disguise.
"What's this wo . havo?" Inquired
Whipple blankly.
"Meat balls," replied mothor In hor
sweetest and suavest tones.
Sterling pinched htmsolf under tho
tablo to kcop back tho fiendish deslro
ho had to yell when Whipple, after
pursuing ono of the llttlo hnrd balls
around and around tho platter with a
spoon, finally enptured It on the aldo
and tried to mash It. It flow from
under thospoon liko quicksilver, and
nnother exciting chnso ensued boforo
ho flnnlly got It on Sterling's plato.
In tho covered dlshea were boiled
turnips, onions and potatoes.
Tho conversation during tho menl
wns forced, oxcopt by mothor. It was
hard to bo gay on turnips, but mother'
bubbled ovor with good humor, and
Whipple's silent prnyor wns thnt tho
meat bnll would choice her to death.
Every tlmo Sterling thought of tho
"comforts of homo" ho hnd n fit of
coughing thnt made his chnlr swny to
nnd fro till the chills cropt up and
down his spine.
"Pnss the coffco, Mnry,"' said Lily,
with a sigh of relief that tho end wus
In sight. A hectic flush had risen on
Whlpplo's cheek bones. As ho raised
tho after-dinner cup to his Hps, looking
fearfully about, as If wondering If
thoro was anything moro that could
happen, tho cup dropped off tho han
dle. Lily gavo a cry nnd Whipple oxo
cuted n wnr-dnnco ns tho scalding cof
fee burned him. Sterling stnrted vio
lently ns ho heard tho crash. His
chnlr collapsed and ho fell in a heap,
striking his head against tho side
board with a forco that mado him boo
stars.
Mother rushed around to seo If ho
fciad "hurt his spine," whllo Lily wiped
coffee from the wrathful Whlpplo's
waistcoat.
"Why, that must have' boen tho cup
that I noticed had the handle glued
on," said mother lnnocontly, nnd
Whipple glnred at her with dark Buspl
clon. That night, while Sterling was
wending his wny to IiIb hotel, ponder
ing upon tho "whlchnoss of tho what
nesa" of Bomo pcoplo, nnd of Whlpplo
In particular, that person was search
ing his pocketB for greenbacks, which
ho turned ovor to Lily with an air of
righteous indignation nnd tho em
phatic remark that if sho didn't open
nn account with the butcher and baker
nnd buy somo new tnble-llnen, dishes,
and chairs, and whatever sho needod,
thoy'd shut up tho whole "shooting
match" and board.
Lily, who was a wlso woman, said
nothing, but slipped upstairs later nnd
hugged her mother.
Not In That Line.
"That young photographer has pro
posed to Noll again. Ho won't take
'no ' for an answor."
"That's odd, since ho'a so used to
taking negatives."
