The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1881-08-25
ASLEEP lsa DAYS.
Recovering from the Longest Trance
on Record.

READING, Pa, August 3.-After
death-like trance of 159 consecutive
days, John Gyum Der, the widely known
inmate of the Lehigh County Hospital,
has at last broken silence, and in con-
nected and intelligent manner recited
the story OF his strangely afflicted life.
His case has been commented on all
over the country, and hundreds of ply
sicians, from Main to California, have
written to DR.. Erdman, the attending
physician, for a full history of the re-
markable;case. Gyumber has been call
ed the "Hungarian Sleeper" but his
communication is in the Slavonic Ian
guage, and the person with whom he
conversed to-day for the first time in
nearly six months is a Polander, Frank
Loskowiski.
Gyumber was first discovered in the
barroom of village inn not far from
hospital where he now is. This was in
February last. He entered the tavern
apparently in the best of health. Soon
atterward he was discovered asleep on
chair near the stove. Efforts were
made to arouse him without avail. All
the force of the landlord and his friends
could not awaken him. He was taken to
the county hospital and cared for
Days, weeks and months passed and the
young foreigner gave no evidences of
life. The physicians tried many expe-
riments with powerful galvanic bat
terry, but the supposed cataleptic could
not be resuscitated. His eyes were
closed, and he was apparently entirely
unconscious. Strange to say, he lost
but little flesh. On Friday, April 22, he
opened his eyes for the first time since
he went into the trance. He kept them
1.r,k fI h nfvafV
A careful attendant fed him milk and
cruel through q tube. On Saturday,
April %, he jumped from a window
nearly twenty-six feet from the ground,
but was not injured. On April 26 he
again closed his eyes, and did not open
them until May 20. The next day he
closed them, and did not open them un-
til Junel. One day afterward he spoke
one word when a visitor held a flower
under his nose. That was the first word
he had spoken during his long trance.
From June until July 81 he closed his
eyes by night and opened them by day,
but always remained perfectly dumb.
Late last night Loskowiski, the Po-
lander, went to Gyumber's bedside and
saluted him in Slavonic. Gyumber sat
up and replied. The nurse and attend
AIT were startled and amazed. Gyum-
Der statement IrdnSlaCeQ Is as lOllOWS'
81 came to America about two years
ago. Left Castle Garden for Virginia,
and was hired to man named Porter
near Charlottesville. While there fat
negro woman put red pepper in my COT
fee, which nearly killed me. Other
people tried to poison me. l became
alarmed and left for Baltimore. Then
became giddy, and wandered into
Pennsylvania. l went into q country
hotel, sat down in the barroom, fell
asleep and that's all know until few
weeks ago. 1 did not feel anything
during my sleep, and did not know any
thing that was going on. l don't know
that y fell out of 8 window. l don't
know that an abscess was cut out of my
flesh. Never heard anything or knew
anything until four weeks ago, and then
/ awoke just as if was getting over a
sleep. L am very glad to know that L
am not in jail, as l first thought was.
[ am quite weak, and want to go to
work as soon as I'm strong. My father
and sister live in the old country. MY
TWO brothers ui6d of brain fever. l
don't know what got over me, unless it
was the big dose of red pepper that par
alyzed my brain. The last four weeks
l could go about and eat without help,
but could not talk. My tongue was
too weak. l think | will soon be all
right again.