The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-10-08
ASLEEP AS SHE WALKS,
An Unusually Pronounced Case OF Som.
nambuliSm in Denver,

eoM
nambulism in Denver.
Anna Rossman, a beautiful woman
about % years Did, was found walking
the streets of Denver in a somnambu.
listic condition on a recent afternoon.
says the Rocky Mountain News. Ar
Italian fruit vender noticed the strange
conduct of the young lady near the.
corner of 18th and Arapahoe streets.
She walked into the drug store at the
mining exchange, the police We're mott.
fled and the patient was taken to her
home. The case is a very peculiar one,
and has before been brought to the at.
tent1on of the police department during
the past w months. On account of the
family, all mention of the m ter has,
until this time, been suppressed. It is
evident, however, that the somnambu-
listic tendencies of the unfortunate
woman have become chronic and the
peculiar eatures 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 and totally unconscious
or where she was going. Removing to
Denver, the same conduct was contin-
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
attention were it not for the fact that
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 g she
was found at the union depot, and
Yardmaster Pierce discovered that She
was not aVare of where she was. A
carriage was called, she was taken to
the police station, and afterward to her
home. Again or the 7th of March she
was found in a similar condition at the
Glenarm hotel. One day when DR.. john
son, the police surgeon, was in a res
taurant, Hiss Rossman walked in and
the waiter thought hat she was intox-
1cated. Grasping the situation, DR..
n left his meal, took the patients
arm, and quietly walked with her to
her home. Miss Rossman being all the
While utterly oblivious Of the notice she
was occasioning from ~bystanders. The
young lady had come from Cheyenne
just before her latest sleep-walking ex-
and walked from the depot to
the place where it was found that she
was still asleep. No information could
De gained as to what she had been do
Ing at Cheyenne or whether she had
made thai trip in a somnambulistio
state. When the ambulance came to
the mining exchange Miss Rossman was
taken quietly to the conveyance and
realized nothing of the situation until
ner home was reached. She then
out Of the deep sleep, but
gave no particulars as to her sudden
visit north. She is a beautiful blond,
has The sympathy of all who know her
IN the unusual afHiction which has be-
fallen a woman who Is said to be DOS
sessed OF a bright mind. When these
fits have passed away she knows MOTH
Ing OF wha has t~ranspired.