Los Angeles herald., 1910-02-02
WOMAN TALKS IN
HER SLEEP, REVEALS
NAME OF AFFINITY
Former Divorce Defendant Says
Dream Scene Did Not Reveal
Love Pirate-Denies
Disclosures

ST. LOUIS, Feb. 1.--Robert M. Ger
ichs, 5O54 Ridge avenue, who named
MIR. Perry in his divorce petition
against his wife, Annie, declared Tues
day that hfs wife was accustomed to
walk and talk in her sleep. and that
he had learned from her during pc
riods of somnambulism of her alleged
association with "Mr. Perry"
Furthermore, he says, she described
Perry's wife to him in such a way that
he Immediately recognized Mrs. Perry
when they met. Each time she had q
sleep-walking spell, Mr.. Gerichs as
serted, he would confront his wife the
next day with the statement she had
made to him in her subconscious state,
and she would admit them in whole or
in part.
Recent Investigations of psycholo'
gists have demonstrated that persons
| during somnambulistic periods are
likely to converse intelligently about
the ordinary affairs Of their everyday
life.
Give Dream Rehearsals
Victims of this strange condition of
the mind often rehearse conversations
and react the incidents that worried
| them during their waking hours. Oc-
currences of weeks or months before
which were impressed on their sub
conscious mind will appear to them in
their dreams as realities, according to
eminent authorities
"One night" said Mr.. Gerichs, my
wife arose. lit the gas and walked to a
bureau in the room. | thought she
was awake and paid no attention to
her.
without a moments warning, while
I lay on the bed with my eyes closed,
she grasped a souvenir plate from the
bureau and hurled it at me. The dish
struck me on the face, cutting a cash
an inch long.
"'What's the matter with you, An
nie?' 1 shouted.
She Called Him Perry
You can't choke me like that Mr..
Perry she replied hotly.
Il was surprised at her reply and de-
cided to follow up the investigation. I
asked her who she was talking to and
she replied, I'm talking to you, Mr.
Perry. I'll show you whether you can
talk to me that way"
That night Mr.. Gerichs said he de-
cided his wife had become deranged
and started to the police station. He
says she followed him into the street.
Under a light a block away from the
house she again addressed him as Mr..
Perry. whereupon he shook her violent
ly. She awoke, he says, and immedi-
ately went in search of policeman to
have him arrested.
Mr.. Gerichs was taken to the Page
boulevard station, but released. That
was the beginning of the end. In a few
days the separation took place, accord
ing to Mr.. Gerichs
Perry Is Identified
The "Mr Perry" referred to was de-
clared by Mrs. Gerichs, Mrs Dollie
Perry, Perry's wife and Mr. Gerichs, is
John II. Perry, a wealthy westerner.
Mr. Perry shot and seriously wounded
Joseph Heine, a chauffeur, at Vande-
venter avenue and Olive street Janu-
airy 4.
Mr.. Perry is wealthy His home is
in Victor, Idaho, where he owns large
ranch. He also possesses some st.
Louis realty, according to his wife.
Mrs. Gerichs, who separated from
Robert NJ. Gerichs after living with
him six weeks, admitted to a reporter
that she had been a housekeeper for
Mr.. Perry before she wed Gerichs and
that Mr.. Gerichs had probably been
jealous of Perry.
She said that Perry had sent her
daughter by a former marriage, Pearl
Ruby. 10 years old, to a fashionable
boarding school, maintaining her Law
ishly. She said Mr.. Perry intended mar
rying Pearl later.
When a reporter called to see Mrs.
Gerichs at her home, 2S41 KeokulI
street, she made a complete denial of
her husbands story.
"I never told him anything of the
kind In my sleep" she said.