Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-07-11
A REMARKABLY SAD CASE.
STRANGE AFFLIcTIoN OF A GIN
clNNATi MERCHANTS SON.

covers Completely
One Monday afternoon boy, hand
some and well dressed. suddenly fell to I
the floor of the postofflce corridor and I
lay as if dead. Several persons FASTENED |
to carry him into Postmaster RiIey's pri- |
vate Office, where he was stretched upon
a table near the door. The postmaster |
at once sent for the nearest physician, |
DR.. Heron, and while awaiting his com
ing directed and assisted in the work OF
restoring the lad to consciousness. All
efforts were in vain, and the boy lay with
his eyes closed and his breath coming
family and spasmodically through his
parted lips.
The postmaster found in the lads in
side pocket card, on which was writ
ten: "If / am taken sick send for my
father, - -, No. Sycamore
street." The boy is the son of very
wealthy merchant, and the grandson of
one of the pioneer citizens of Cincinnati.
The beautiful family homestead is near
Latonia, KY. Postmaster Riley at once
sent for the father, who arrived stimuli
taneously with the doctors.
The father looked at his boy sadly,
and shook his head, while the tears
coursed down his cheeks. The boy was
still in the same peculiar state Of uncon-
seriousness. DIR. Heron was preparing
to supplement the simple restoratives
already applied, but the father told him
it was of no use. Said he:
my boy has within the past year be-
come subject to fits of very remark
able character. He is about to have one
of these fits, and it will last an hour"
/ HISTORY OF THE BOY.
! The character of the boys attack is in
/ deed strange. He is now about II years
/ old. About four years ago he was stu
dent in the preparatory department OF
Kenyon college, at Gambler, o. At tiiat
time he had quarrel with one Of his
fellow students, older than himself. The
quarrel resulted in a fight which wa;
bitterly contested, and during which his
boy strained himself and overwrought
his entire nervous system. Shortly after
ward he was sent to Colorado on visit
One day he was out hunting with {
friend and was shot through the lef
IuuZ. Iflt SlOOlAIH ID oo1ll " lietf 2 O[N4
accidental, but there has always beei
a mystery about it, and the boy woulC
; never tell what happened.
His nervous system, impaired by tn
terrible fight, was completely unstrunl
by the wound. Some months afterwar'
, the boy was seized with an epileptic at
i tack, during which he acted over agai
in detail the two great and unfortunat
events of his life.
; About ten persons were standing abor
the unconscious lad, who lay upon ii
floor where his father had directed theI
to put him. The father took away h
watch and his knife and left him b
handkerchief In a few moments tt
! boy began to writhe, and then followe
a scene which has probably never bee
duplicated in the history of medicine.
THE TERRIBLE SCENE.
The boy proceeded to act out the fig
+. at Gambler. First he thrust out bo
!, fists and struck several blows at Il
I empty air. Then came the grappiin
The lad seemed to be straining to thro
: or shake off his unseen and mythical a
:! tagonist. The muscles of his neck swel
ed out, his hands twitched, his face b
came dark red from the rush Of bloc
Now and then he would strike out wi
;, all his might, and grit his teeth savagel
Finally he seemed to writhe and stra
more vigorously, but with less succe
;, against his adversary. At last his ba'
- was arched high from the floor up
= which he was lying, and then he SUI
. back as if exhausted and overcome. /
- had given a perfect picture of terri
, athletic contest of a weak man against
. stronger.
For a few moments he lay very sti
- and then began to act out the shootn
- in Colorado Suddenly he threw hims'
- - along the floor. while his face with
- with agony. He then clutched at
breast in the left side, and his face gre
deathly white. His lips murmnred, a
he was heard to say in low, hoai
"a voice: Don't telegraph father that
No shot. nt-don't-don' t. Then
"a muttered: 1T is bleeding. l must ST
70 the blood" and ceasirg to clutch at
10 place where only a scar now remains
~ a once terrible wound, he began TO 10
n through his pockets. He soon found
,n handkerchief, and raising himself up
If his elbow pressed the cloth against
-. breast, while his closed eyes seemed bf
oy upon it,
n TOO large, too large, he muttert
and, putting the end of the handkerch
in his mouth, he twisted it until ne
made a sharp point. This he thr'
va against his breast. His features relax
St. satisfied smile came over his face, a
of he sank back into what seemed aim
lie as natural as sleep.
During all this time the father
vs. stood by with blanched face and e
eg streaming tears, watching every mo
le- ment Of the writhing body Of his chi
When the last act of the shooting TRACE
was over he gave a sigh Of relief. Il
=. few minutes the boy eyes opened,
i9 five minutes more he was sitting MP,
in fifteen minutes he walked from
~ office with his father apparently not
~ least exhausted from what he had
-. been through. CONNER
-, Gazette.
.ed Language of the Umbrella.
,on We all know that there Is |;
The Cuage of nature. Every sentlmen
on girl without being bOtaniSt Is
px. duainted with the language Of tiowC
,an But it has remained for a rec
ted writer to indicate the language