The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-10-30
HOLES IN HIS SKULL.
Oscar Hooker, Who Has Been
an Epileptic Is Years,
Is Undergoing Treatment at
Christ Hospital.
Attended by a Faithful Sister Whose
Life Has Been Devoted to Caring
for Him.

Oscar Hooker, a patient at Christ
hospital in this city, has four holes in
his skull at the forehead, and he is not
the victim of some terrible shooting
affray. The holes are the work of a
surgeon, and they were made as a
means of releasing Hooker from con-
dition which in time would mean insan-
ity and eventually death. Z
Hooker has been an epileptic for 10
years. If the operation proves success
full and he is freed from his affection 1t
will be a remarkable demonstration OF
the surgeons skill.
In the same room in which the man is
lying can be seen daily young lady
with bright blue eyes and brown hair,
and a face whose habitual expression
is one of cheerfulness. The two are
brother and sister, and in caring for the
man stretched upon the bed the girl is
doing exactly what she has done for the
past Is years.
Her name is Molly Hooker, and she
is a living demonstration of sisterly de
VOtiOn. Oscar Hooker is now a man of
% years of age, but he was but a child
eight years old when he received the
injuries which wrecked his life and
made him an object of pity and compass
sion, and during the Is years he has
lived a supposedly hopeless epileptic,
his sister has been his constant at
tendant. She was but six years old
when her brother was injured, but
since that time he has known no care
but that bestowed by her
While playing at school one day OS-
car Hooker was struck in the forehead
by a companion, and he is now at the
hospital as a result of the blow. The
skull was indented and pressed IN upon
the brain, and on the same day he had
his first epiIeptic fit From that time
he has been an epileptic, unable to
work to any extent, and continually
suffering from his affection, and he
was brought to the hospital by his sis
ter as a last resort for obtaining relief.
At the hospital the bone was raised
from the brain, and it is now believed
that he will leave that institution en-
tirely cured.
The home of the Hooker family is in
Morris county, and there Oscar Hooker
has lived during the 10 years of his af-
Fiction. People in the vicinity OF the
home became accustomed to seeing
young Hooker running along the road
and over the fields as though pursued
by some terrible monster, and would
simply remark that the boy had anOth-
er fit This was a characteristic
of his affection. When the eplleptic
fit would come upon him it would al
ways be accompanied by the hallucina-
ton that he must escape from an inn
pending danger, and some times he
would run for miles before the halluci-
nation left him.
But there was always a sequel to OS-
car Rockers mad runs along the road
and over the fields of Morris county.
Indeed when the neighbOrS saw him
rush by them would generally remark,
molly Will be along after while.
After her unfortunate brother the girl
would trudge as often as the hallu-
cination took possession of him, and
often she had to walk for miles before
finding him. After each attack Hook
er would lose all consciousness of his
surroundings, and was generally found