Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-08-03
7 he hungarian sleeper Awake

John Gyunbrr the man in tae I.thiyh jo..
pital, Reading Pa, who hiss been in a t,s,bliL,
trance for 1:9 consecutiSn days. has q, I.s.
| come back to lie, ard broken his silcncs ,ys;,
His Case has attracted tina wild e; attention l,o.,
the doctors sii over tho United States, and D..
Erdman. the resident physician, has been r..
slegsd with letters s;kirg for full desc,u,ic,
| Of the case.
Gyumber was first discovered in the bar ,oo,o
OF village inn no; far from tho hospital VIII
he now is. This was in February las, 10
tered the tavern apparently il The bas. o! ke,,.S
SOUn stter~srd he was discovered ssia.n on
chair Iehr the s!ore. Btioits we're m ,ds ',,nn.a
him. without avail. Al! the force of thu LA.
lord and his friends could not waken him ia
WAS taken 10 the county hospital and csr.d f.,
Days, weeks sad mouths passed. snd tho yornr
for i2ner gave no evidences of te Tie u.T.!.
Clans tried many experiments With p pow.:.ul
EsivanIc battery, but the supposed cs,sl,r,Ir
cou net be resu ctssec. Hi. eyes were .'sai
shd Ee wss apparently entirely urconsc;nn.
Strange to say. ha loEt but little hssh. On r,;
day, april 2 he opened his eyes fer The a.,
lime since he weLt into the lranco Y. ..,r
!aem open IN vacant stare but ssh! ,nth,r.
& careful attendant fed HIM milk and o,m-i
through tube. On Saturday. Arri! q =,
jumped from e window nesriy IS tees from, ne
lround, but was not Injured. On Anil t6 no
s2ain closed hs eyes. AID did cot opeu tim,
unt'l hay 70. Ihs next day be- closed them
and did Lot open them urtil Junel One tsy
sitoiW.rd he spoke one word when \ vs!,o,
hed = q rHer under hi! rose Ths, WAS thu ifs.
word LIS hcd spoken during his long trance
From june until July 81 be ctosed his ewes y,
night and opened i&en By dsy. but .!vsys rc
manah perfectly durb.
Franz lo;kowisLi tae Poie wen. on Monday
nlSn: W to his ced;de ana spoke to him i, tlo
ociavouIc iaisusga which produced instantly
the electrical ctac! Of making hun star. 10 and
reply. hf!erHsrd ia made the following state
msnt: Il 1&me 10 America about two yearsAg.
Let Hhs!!9 t1arden ior Yrscis, aud was Li!e.
te msn nanlet Porter, Lear Charlottesville
WhEe there $ lat negro woman nu! red perre-
IN 10y c@tae. which nearly killed me t,:hsr
people r!ed t. potion me. | becstna alstuis,!,
aid lett fer Balt@urc. There back me xpd1y,
and wandered ialo Prnns; ivsnia | gest into
As'een, End ths1s al l Know Uutii few weeks
sgo. l did not fsal anything during ny sleop,
aud did no! know anything that was gcing OIL.
don't know The. fell Out OF wi.daW.
DOM Know tbHs an abscsss WAS cut out of nv
ue:n. Never heard anything or kEew anything
uut! tour weeks sgn, ahd then | aWcSs JUS, IS II
~ss gal!ing over sleep. l sm very ga! -
Know That am net in jail as fret thought I
Wss. I'm gate Wcss, snd wait to 70 to work
WHEN I'M sir1ng. ID? fa!h ar .ud sis:er live in
the Cid country. Ny two brolhs,s died Of brain
fever. GOu't know what get over me, unless
II Was the big q, So Ct red pepper that para!yz-o
my brain. The lsot four weeks | could 20 spou.
AID est without help, bat could not ts,x Ny
tongue WAS too weas. think will soon be all
right sgsin."