The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-11-05
ASLEEP AS SHE WALKS.
An Unusually Pronounced Case ct Sou,
namhuli<n IN Denver.

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Anna RosSnen. = hsauIitut woman
about - years old. was found walking
the streets OF Denver IL r sorrnamoG.
lisIic condition on q recent afternoon
says the Rocky Mountain News. Al
Italian fruit vanier noticed the srrans=
conduct OF the young lady ear tbs
corner OF 18th and Arapahoe streets,
She walked into the drug store at tbs
mining exchange, the police were mott
fed and the patient was taken 10 hel
home. The case is 6 very peculiar I
and has before been brought to the al.
tention Of the police department during
the past two months. On accoun OF the
family. all mention OF the III ter has,
until this time. been suppressed, II IS
evident. however, that the ~Somnarnhu,
listic tendencies OF the unfortunate
woman have become chronic and the
peculiar features OF the attack are at
tracing the attention Of physicians.
Miss Rossman formerly lived in Pueb-
10. There she attracted attention by
her strange performances. walking
about the streets apparently awake. but
really asleep ana totally unconscious
OF where n was going. Removing to
- N-\ -iiN 80 SAS " oS :
ued, and the family then went to Chey-
enne They again came to this city and
settled at the place where they now re-
side. 1t is claimed by the friends of the
afflicted woman that she is possessed Of
supernatural powers, is gifted with
second sight. and that other strange
phenomena are within her control. In
these spells she would attract but little
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she is utterly oblivious OF passing OBJ
jects and walks before carriages, street
cars and other vehicles with reckless
ness. Otherwise her appearance is that
of a person in possession of her normal
senses. a little Over a month ago she
was found at the union depot, and
4ardmaster Pierce discovered that she
was not aware OF where she was. A
carriage was called, she was taken to
the police station, and afterward to her
home. Again on the It'll OF March she
was found in a similar condition at the
Glenarm hote.. One day when DR.. John
son. the police surgeon. was in a res
taurant, Hiss Rossman walked in and
the waiter t1CuSht that she was intoN-
icatc1. Creeping the situation, DR..
Johnson left his meal, tool the patients
arm, and quietly walked with her to
her home, Miss Rossman being all the
while utterly obIivious Of the notice she
was occasioning from b~ystanders. The
young lady had come from Cheyenne
just before her latest s~Ieep-walking ex.
perience, and walked from the depot tC
the place where it was found hat she
was still asleep. No information could
be gained as to what she had been DO.
ing at Cheyenne or whether she hat
made that trip in a somnambulistic
state. When the ambulance came tt
the mining exchange Miss Rossman wa:
taken quietly to the conveyance ant
realized nothing of the situation unit
her home was reached. She the.
awakened out of the deep sleep, bu
gave no particulars as to her suddel
visit north. She is a beautiful blond
has the sympathy of al who know he
in the unusual affliction which has be
fallen a m who is said to be pos
sessed Of a bright mind. When thes
fits have passed away she knows moth
ing of what has TRANSFERRED.