The Washington times. (Washington, D.C.) 1894-1895, 1895-06-12
ASLEEP AS SHE WALKS.

An Unusually Pronounced Case of
SOmna m ulism in Denver.
Anna Rossman, a beautiful woman about
twenty-five years old, was found walking
the streets of Denver in somnambulistic
condition on a recent afterno Don. An
Italian fruit yender noticed the strange
conduct of the young lady near the corner OF
Fifteenth and Arapahoestreets. Shewalked
into the drug store at the mining exchange,
the police were notified and the patient
was taken to her home.
The case is very peculiar one, and has
before been brought TO the attention of
the police department during the past two
months. On account of the family, all
mention of the matter has, until this time,
been suppressed 1t Is evident, however,
that the somnambulistic tendencies of the
unfortunate woman have become chronic,
and the peculiar features of the attack are
attracting the attention of physicians.
Miss Rossman formerly lived in Pueblo,
There she attracted attention by her
strange performances, walking about the
streets apparently awake, but really asleep
and totally unconscious of where she was
going. Removing to Denver, the same
conduct was continued, and the family
then went to Cheyenne. They again came
10 this city and settled at the place where
they now reside.
1t is claimed by the friends of the af-
flicted woman that she is possessed of SUI
pernatural powers, is gifted with second
sight, and that other strange phenomena
are within her control. In these spells
she would attract but little attention Were
1t not for the fact that she is utterly OBJ
iivious of passing objects, aud walks be-
fore carriages, street cars and other We
hicles with reclIlessness. Otherwise her
appearance is that OF a person in posses
sion of her normal senses.
little over u month ago she was found
at the union depot, and Yardmaster Pierce
discovered that she was not aware or
where she was. A carriage was called,
she was taken to the police station, and
afterward 10 her home Again on the 9TH
of March she was found in a similar con
dition at the GleuaTIn Hotel One day
when DR.. johnson, the police surgeon. was
in restaurant, Miss Rossman walked in
and the waiter thought that she was intoxt-
Gated. Grasping the situation, DR.. john
Sun left his meal, took the patients arm,
and quietly walked her tO her home. Miss
Rossman being all the while utterly OBJ
viuus OF the notice she was occas ioDing
from bystanders.
The young lady had come from Cheyenne
just before her latest sleep walking expe-
rgsnce, aud walked from the depot TO the
place where it was found that she was still
asleep. No information os>-lld be gained as
To what she had been doing at Cheyenne or
whether she had made the trip iu a SOM
uambulistic state.
When the ambulance came To the mining
exchange Miss RUsSman was taken quietly
To the conveyance aud realized nothing
uf the situation until her home was reached.
She then awakened out OF the deep sleep,
but gave 90 particulars as 10 her sudden
visit north She is a beautiful Lloude, has
the sympathy OF ali who know her 10 the
unusual affIiCtiOn which has befaIleu a
woman who is said to be possessed OF a
bright mind When these fits have pass ed
way she knows nothing Of what las
tranSpired Rocky Mountain News