The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-01-28

SlumDer5 While standing and Even
While neutrality-suspicious. Say He
Will Sleep himself to Death.
From the Nep York World.
Charles Gillick, aged so years. a peddler,
who lives with his wife and family in
Eighth avenue, between Sixty-third and
Sixty-fourth streets, is suffering from a
peculiar disease, which the doctors say will
cause his death in a few days. The fact is,
so say the physicians, that if he is left alone
for certain length of time ne will sleep
himself to death. Last Thursday night a
policeman attached to the West Forty
seventh street station found Gillick sitting
on the curbstone 18th his back against tel
egraph pole at Forty-sixth street and Eighth
avenue. Gillick was TO all appearances in a
drunken stupor and did not bulge when the
officer shook him up and told him that he
was liable to catch the grip if he continued
to sleep his drunk off there.
The policeman worked himself into per-
spirati II rubbing Gillick's ears and shaking
him before he showed any signs of vitality.
Then Gillick slowly opened his ewes and
asked what the trouble was about The po-
iceman lif ed him to his feet and held him
up against the telegraph pole while he
raped for assistance. When another off
Ger came up Gillick was sound asleep again,
upTIHnU against UI6 pOl6. Inc
officers agreed that it was the worst case of
Sleeping drunk" that they had ever en-
counter ed, and after once more shaking up
Gillick until he showed slight signs of life
they started with him to the station-h house,
whe he was locked up.
Gillick was sleepi g sound1y in his cell in
the morning, and was awakened only after
heroic treatment. When arraigned at
Yorkville police court he acted stupidity.
and al foil oS1aoT1 tuhila cfonJiror at no
bar before Justice Ford. He was in too
dazed condition to give any account of
himself, and was committed for examine
ton He fell off in a trance-like sleep as
soon as he vas placed in cell in the York
vile prison, and when Keeper William
Cover tried to awaken him to give him his
rations, Gillick did not respond. After two
or three more unsuccessful attempts to
rouse him, Cover became alarmed and sum-
moned an ambulance from Bellevue hospital
and had Giilick removed there.
Gllllck was again arraigned in court
yesterday afternoon, having been returned
to the police by the hospital authorities,
who claim that they can do nothing for
aim. Gillick was Just as sleepy as ever,
and the policeman who had HIM in charge
presented a certificate from tile doctors at
the hosl ital which said that Gillick was
afflicted with a peculiar brain trouble and
would probably sleep himself to death, ard
they could do nothing for him. A, his wife
wa ted him home so that she could care for
nm herself. the hospital authorities turned
MIN over to the police.
The uufortu ate mans vito was in court
ana had coach outside tc take her husband
nome IN case the court do ided to turn him
over to her. She wept bitterly when asked
FOout the matter. and said she was unable
70 account for her husbands strange affec-
fon. lie las not drinking III IN, she said,
"a always attended to his business. He
aver showed signs of such a disease before.
9e court discharged Gillick and his wife
.lK MN home. His case Is said TO be in
cnable, and the only way to keep him
aye . to keep waking him at certain