Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-06-04
WALKS WHILE ASLEEP.
A Woman Who WanderS About in
Her Night Clothes.
Mrs. Quintal Worries Good Citizens
Who Mistake Her for Ghost.
Though Chained to Her Bed, She
Gets Free in a Mysterious Manner
While in Her SOmnambulistic
State

San Francisco, June 3.-Mrs. p. "A.
Quintal a dressmaker living at $50
Tenth street, got up in her sleep, and,
dressed only in her night robes. wan
dered about the city, and finally lay
down in The wet grass Of the park at
Seventh and Jefferson, where. still
asleep, she was found shortly before
midnight by Policeman Cariin. AT
nrSt ne thought she WIS dead. Her
body was cold and she seemed lifelass.
When he found that she was breathing
the carried her in his arms 10 the near
est police locker and rang for the
patrol. Mrs. Quintal was taken to the
Receiving Hospital by Policeman Mac
kay. Through all this she slept. Nor
could Steward Victory, OF the Receiv-
Ing Hospital, Waken her. and it was
not until The matrOn spoke TO the sleep
Ing woman that she aw0ke. Then she
realized Immediately where she was
9Dd what had happened. and bczepd
TO be taken nome az once. she would
not give her name, for she did not want
her two children TO know that She
waiks in her sleep. Mrs Quiutal was
very much exhausted, and it was some
time before she could be aiken home.
Although she declined 10 give her
name, Mrs. Quintal explained that She
is a s0mnambuiist. About q year ago
asleep and ia her night robes. She
walked across The Eighth street bridge
at midnight several times. and this
gave rise to the rumor that the Eiebtb
street bridge was haunted.
People saw the White-robed figure
glideing over the bridge. but the mvs-
terry remained insoubla until last
night, when MIS- Cuiual told the story
Of her sOmnambulism.
Some nights ago Mrs. Quintal was
missing from her home and notice was
sent TO the police. Policemen all over
the city were notified, and Mrs. Quinn
tai was found walking around I'm the
wooded park surrounding ST. Johns
Episcopal Church, ON Grove street. be-
tween Seventh and Eighth. This
church yard dark with pine and exp
ress, has been often frequen-ed by MIA
Quintal i'm her sleep Policeman Sill
found her there She answered some
of his questions. but did not wake.
Even I'm her unconsciousness She care
fully guarded her name. but she
agreed to 80 home, and the policeman
escorted her to the house at Tenth and
Clay streets, where she walked UP the
steps and opened the door, and went
into ,he house. That was at 1 o'clock
i'm the morning Capt. Fletcher de-
tailed policeman to watch The house
until morning, but the somnambuList
did not appear again.
Mrs. Quntals affection does not arise
from invalidism. for i'm spite Of the fact
that uuclad she has walked about
asleep in the chilling night air. she is
well and strong. Nor is her mind in
any way affected She is an educated
and a refined woman.
So fearful is she Of leaving her homo
at night i'm her sleep, that she has had
q conuivance made whereby she chains
her ankle to the bedpost. An iron ring
is clasped about her ankle and locked
and the key hidden, but IN spite Of
this Mrs. Ouinta gets away. is her
walking moments she cannot remember
what takes place during her somnambu-
listic state. but she believes that She
has duplicate key hidden i'm some plac4
and with this unlocks the chain that
binds her TO the bedpost
Although Mrs. QUintal cannot re
member the incidents that occur i'm the
strange sleep that oyertakes her, and
knows about her strange adventures
only by being awakened far from homo
al night she does remember in one
gomnambulistic state all tnat has
transDired in another One night when
she wandered On her sleep g1a lost. of