The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1920-02-27

nightmare. Some Of US walk or have walked in
our sleep; most " ~ know people who do. And
a few 0f us have Lad experiences 80 similar 10
that ~ James Sapienza that re shiyer at the
remembrance " them.
Those ~ us who have had such experiences can
readily understand why J. s. Plumb, a rnanufac-
turing chemist % Jersey City, vas inpeIled TO
write the following letter 10 the prosecutor Of
Newark:
Il am ~strikingI: reminded OF a painful expe-
rence Of mine many years ago, and ! relate IL
To you FOR what IL may be worth as bearing some
what corroboratively upon the Sapienza case.
Early in my married life / vas In the habit N
sleeping with a revolver under the mattress al
the head OF my bed. ! Kept IL there because IL
was equally as accessible but much less in danger
of accidental discharge az when under my pillow.
zone night ! had a Wild dream ~ graphing
With a burglar, and VAS awakened b. my wife's
scream, OF by my own action. or both. 20 find, 10
ny horror. that / had my wife's head under my
left arm while / 7as digging for my revolver ~!th
my -;ght.
1t Tas all over in q minute. with no serious
damage being rnmiti but X vas a dreadful
thing. as ! had naturally grabbed my wife rough
ly. II made he realize that I Nigh, have killed
my beloved wife had ] secured the weapon before
fully awaking. - would have been quite probable
had IL been 3 1.-THE handler under the pillow.
Never again ] said, and the revolver has been
banihhed 10 81 eren less accessible place"
TIE Literature " dreams is yolunlnoug, az IL
70 Re expected from mans interest 10 these rnys-
teres Of that mystery ~e call sleep. Science.
attempting 70 classify dreams, leg set aside .
class which il calls Nightmares or lncabuses.
TO those which 20 beyond the limits ~ the ordf-
nsrT nightmare j. has applied the name SON
nsmt-lig-Sc autOrDatigu." IN this class are ln.
GUIDED the nocturnal adventures in which persons
commit violent acts ~ which they retain no wax.
-ng Enowfe1ge- Apparently the pers0n ~ sleep
ing lie appears 70 have entered . state which
II sbDgt Of total Oblivion yet beyond the dividing
Cine q CONSCIOUSNESS. Evidently 20 them he
real and the unreal are confused the unreal
il 70 tnern * real az real itself Dream re-
suits I'D physical serioD-
Certain IL r. that Xe have little pxscf know1.
edge q the essential nafure ~ Consciousness.
eTer IN our waking hours. We d0 know. how.
ever. rhar merely q portion Of The mental life IN
represented in clear cOnsci0UsnesS. Many com.
Taex train progresses are carried on IN the pres.
eDre ~ a ocGlselOur'1ess 50 slight as ~ BE prsc-
rcallT abserr. end Sc organic functions o. he
hUusn machine ere performed withou, any c0n-
s5eus0ess whsrer@r-
There lk a thao-y that dreams are frequently
merely rbe working oUt u suppressed Desires
Several Of TIE er3rDtDologlsts. somewhat IN c0r-
roborat5@n OF tbs theory. hold that the eornrnis-
sion u crimes during sleep is entirely possible
under certain eoDoit10ns. They express he be-
- AAoA LIZ FShtI ~ ELEE-N2ADls ~ ~ hgpIY fr1y
II sorDe cases 81 kgUnnarnbuiistge sut0ras,lErn the
s~1eFTs@r il the victim ~ se1fbypnosis and carries
aur the i6ea NhScb III his waking roosen.s had
nhsessed h-n-
Says D~. smith Fly Jelllre Of View Yorh au.
thor 81 a work which 5erOtes considerable STAGE
20 GisDr6Rred dreams Without io aDs way
Judging the facts iu The rsraenza ease. y f8uss
he admitrsss THAT e crlrDe axe hts under suef cir-
curnsrancex ~ alleged bF tie defendant is entirety
possiiAs.~
Assuming Thar James har5erza has told the
1ht0e frutt- Ia the unfortunate naan snSwersbss
10 lie Lw 10r Al4Ay Lis sasf