The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-02-08

o'clock Sunday morning was taken back
to the hospital 1t is believed that Mya
spent most of Sunday night in the hay
In Whites barn, wrapped in a couple of
horse blankets. It is feared that the
exposure will cause his DEATH
Dr. q. ]. Mulvane, who has attended
the East Indian, said this morning:
Myas chances for recovery are GER
talniy slim at the present. We will not
be able to tell how the exposure will
affect him before "a hours more have
passed, but it is only reasonable to SUD-
pose that the exposure will iniure his
chances of recovery seriously. He was
out of the hospital nearly six hours and
can't help thinking it will be a miracle
II we pull him through"
Both of the juggler's lungs are affect
ed by the fever and his case was a
serious one before his Sunday morning
escapade- 1t is hoped that his high tenn
perature saved him from all the serious
effects which the cold would have had
upon his case otherwise.
Inc little Burmese juggler has been
a very sick man for five days and ever
since last Wednesday has been in the
hospital under careful watch because it
was anticipated that the pneumonia
would go exceptionally hard with his
oriental physique. AS the fever had
been taken in good time there were
O'Clock Saturday night the delirium
Which grew upon him with his rising
fever became much worse. Springing
from his cot he commenced Juggling
feats with his water pitcher and drink
ing cup. The combined efforts of three
nurses were required to get the man
into bed and he had to be tied there.
For two hours he fought and struggled
IN the grip of the delirium but along
toward midnight he quoted The three
nurses spent most of the night near him
but at 2 o'clock two of them went aWay
for their lunch. A few minutes later the
tnird nurse left the room. for a few
minutes only.
1t was then that the Burmese made
his escape. An open window showed
where he had escaped-it is but a short
leap to the ground. He had taken no
clothing with him. Mya had been lying
quietly, apparently asleep when the
last nurse left the room. During the
worst of his delirium Mya had been
calling for DeMora, the generous Ger
man who had befriended him De
Mora is a vaudeville artist who ap-
peared on the MidWinter exposition
stage with Mya. The Burmese could
not talk English and the two men had
never seen each other before they met
| in Topeka. But when Mya, came down
with an attack of grip, which after
ward turned into pneumonia, DeMora
sat up with him and gave him his med
lcine at the hotel He visited him every
day and sent a letter for him to his
mother in Rangoon in Lower Bur1naTl.
Mya had come to look upon DeMora
as his principal protector although
Manager r. S. Brigham of the exposi-
ton had been qnsparing in his atten-
! tons to the sick man. Mya probably
| knew that DeMora had closed his en-
gagement in Topeka and feared that
| his friend would go away and leave
him. That is supposed to have been his
motive in leaving the hospital.
| Less than half an hour after Mya
left the hospital Mr.. White was aroused
| from sleep by some one pounding upon
the door of his house He raised a
window and asked what the row was
all about. The man at the door replied:
Dead man, dead man. When Mr.
/ White went below to see what the
dead man" wanted, he had vanished
| in the darkness.
| family were arising they heard move
| ments on the back porch, and opening
| the door, admitted the half frozen Bur
! mese juggler. The wind was bowling
| around the house and the mercury
stood down near the zero point Mya
| had wrapped himself in horse blankets
| which had been left upon the porch but
! he was manifestly glad to get in to the
| warmth. Members of the White family
| had seen Mya at the exposition and
knew of his illness which had sent him
! to the hospital so they lost no time in
| telephoning to the hospital to see if he
| had escaped from there. An ambulance
| was sent for the fever patient and
| within a short time he was taken back
Mya's flight from the hospital had been
| rapid and he had gotten himself under
cover within short time afterward
| for the hospital attendants had invoked
the aid of the police in their search for
him and the whole neighborhood had
been searched carefully for him. The
| White home on Arch street is but three
| or four blocks from the hospital.
Mr.. and Mrs DeMora- who have look
ed after Nya since his illness, will leave
| this afternoon for the east. Had Mya' s