The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-07-17
OUT OF A THIRD STORY
4 South Carolina SOmllmbalid'S
Terrible Fall.

A. B. Gonzales Walks Out a window
at the Hotel Tybe5 and Drops Forty
Feet on a Plank Walk Thoroughly
Shaken, But No Bones Broken.
Tybee furnished a most unusual scnsa-
ton early yesterday morning in the shape
OF o somnambulist who walked out of
third-story window, falling forty fee,
onto a plank-walk, and who was picked
up thoroughly conscious, not a bone in
his body having been broken.
The unfortunate victim OF the accident
was Mr.. A. B. Gonzales. Of Pom Pom, $.
c., a brother Of Editor Gonzales of the
Columbia State. While not dangerously
hurt, he will be laid up at ST. Joseph In
Urinary, where he was carried yesterday
morning, for ten days or two weeks.
Mr.. Gonzales with a friend Mr. A.
Beck, also Of Pom Pom, s. c., came down
on the Nancy Hanks Saturday night and
took the late train for Tybce They
stopped at the Hotel Tybee and spent the
evening socially and pleasantly. Mr.
Gonzales retired TO his room about II
O'Clock or shortly thereafter, and Mr.
Beck followed him not quite an hour
later
TERRIBLE FALL.
When Mr. Beck went up TO the room
occupied by the two gentlemen it was y
O'Clock. Mr. Gonzales, he said, was sleep
ing easily and sOundly.
The room was No on the third floor
in the wing running back from the body
of the hotel, east toward the railroad
track, and IL being a corner room on the
northeast corner of the wing, one of its
windows overlooks the plank walk run
ming from the railroad track up TO the no
tel Office. and the other overlooks a SINH
lar plank walk running back of the wing
and parallel with the railroad track Il
was out of this window that Mr.. Gonzales
took his terrible plunge, falling from the
height of three stories, a distance OF forty
feet to the plank walk.
Mr., Beck retired shortly after -
O'Clock and he knew nothing Of the acct
dent until he was awakened and told
what had happened
About ! 80 o'clock one of the guests of
the house who was Just going TO his room
In that part of the building. heard a dull
thud on the plank walk and looking out
to see what was the matter. saw dark
object lying across the walk aud heard
man grOan. He notified MIR Bohan at
once of what had happened and several
gentlemen hurried out.
HE WAS A soMNAMBULIsT.
They found Mr. Gonzales lying across
the walk just under his window, in per
fectly conscious condition but apparently
very badly hurt He was taken up and
carried TO room in the hotel and some
opiates administered TO quiet his nerves
In speaking Ofhls unfortunate accident,
Mr.. Gonzales said that he was a somnam-
bulist and was accustomed 10 walking in
his sleep. How he managed TO walk out
of the window, or how the affair occurred
he did not know as, he was sound asleep
iii he GFrnrF tho o.,
say instead Of rendering him uncon-
scious, the fall had reversed matters and
had awakened him to consciousness.
he was taken care Of at the hotel until
the $50 train yesterday morning, when
he was brought up to the city by Mr. BO-
han and Mr. Beck and taken 20 the ST.
JoSeph's intirmary, where a private room
was secured and he was given all the care
and attention possible.
COMPARATIVELY UNHURT.
Mr.. Gonzales is a man of 81 or 30 wears
of age He was attended by DR. Dunn at
the intirmary, and Mr. Beck, his friend.
remained with him and gave him all the
attention possible
Strange to say the fall had not broken
a bone in his body. So far as that was
concerned he was sound and all right. as
was found by the examination. 1t was
feared that he might be injured internal
ly, buta careful examination failed TO
disclose that he was hurt in that way.
He complained of pains in his back during
the morning, but in the afternoon was
resting easily and appeared to be doing
well. He was considerably bruised and
hurt by the fail, but his only injuries APP
peared 70 be external and they only
slight He will be confined to the hos
pital for a couple of weeks.
Editor Gonzales of Columbia. was tele-
graphed by Mr. Beck and arrived in
the city last night. At a late hour last
night Mr.. Gonzales was doing well.