The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1881-08-06
nrenIsIna a Long SILENCE.

After death-like trance of 16g consecu-
tive days, John GyumberJthe widely known
inmate of our Dehigh County Poor House,
has at last broken silence, and in a connect
ed and intelligent manner recited the story
of his strangely afflicted life. His case has
been commented on all oyer the country,
and hundreds Of physicians, from Maine to
California, haye written to DR.. Brdman, the
attending physician, for u full history Of the
remarkable case. Gyumber has been called
the "IIungatian Sleeper" but his communi-
cation is in the slavonic language; and the
person with whoti he conversed on Monday
for the first time ih nearly six rhonthsj is
Polander, Frank Iaskowski, Of this city.
Gyumber was first discovered in the bar
room Of Brobsts's Hotel; at Fogelsvile, In
February last He entered the tavern ap;
parently in the bsst of health. Soon aftet-
ward he was discovered asleep on a chat
near the stote. Efforts we're made to arouse
him without avail. All the force of thH
landlord and his friends could not waken
him. lie was taken to the COUNTY hospital
and cared for. Days, weeks, and months
passed and the young foreigner gave no evil
denres of life, The physicians tried many
experiments 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 open in u vacant stare, but said
nothing. A careful attendant fed him milk
and Cruel through tube. On Saturday,
April 2S, he jumped from a window nearly
twenty six feet from the ground but was not
injured. On April 28 he again closed his
eyes, and did not open them until May 90.
The next day he closed them, aud did not
open them until June |. One day afterward
he spoke one word when visitor held a
flower under his nose. That was the first
word he had spoken during his long trance.
From June l until July 81 he closed his
eyes at night and opened them by day, but
always perfectly dumb
On Sunday evening Laskowski, the Pol
underwent to Gyumbers bedside and salut-
ed him in slavonic. Gyumber sat up and
replied. The nurse and attendant were
startled and amazed. Gyumber's statement
translated is as follows
al came to America about two years ago.
Left Castle Garden for Virginia, and was
hired to man named Porter near Chariot
tesville. While there a fat negro woman
put red pepper in my coffee, which nearly
killed me. Other people tried TO poison me.
| | became alarmed and left for Baltimore.
There became giddy, and wandered into
Pennsylvania. ] went into a country hotel
sat down in the bar room, fell asleep, and
that's all know until few weeks ago.
did not feel anything during my sleep, and
did not know anything that was going on.
don't know that fell out of window
don't know that an abcess 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 first thought l was. am quite
weak, and want to go to work when Pm
strong. My father and sister live in the old
conntry. My two brothers died of brain
fever. | don't know what got over me, un-
less it was the big dose of led pepper that
paralyzed my brain. The last four weeks
could go about and eat without help, but
could not talk. My tongue was too weak
l think l will soon be all right again"