He sprang at the beast and
dashed it to the ground, and when awakened, to his horror and
overwhelming grief he found that he had killed his beloved baby.
A similar record has been reported of a student who attempted
during the night to stab his teacher; the man was disarmed and
locked up in another portion of the building; but he had not the
slightest remembrance of the events of the night.
Yellowlees speaks of homicide by a somnambulist. According to a
prominent New York paper, one of the most singular and at the
same time sad cases of somnambulism occurred a few years ago near
Bakersville, N.C. A young man there named Garland had been in the
habit of walking in his sleep since childhood. Like most other
sleep-walkers when unmolested, his ramblings had been without
harm to himself or others. Consequently his wife paid little
attention to them. But finally he began to stay away from the
house longer than usual and always returned soaking wet. His wife
followed him one night. Leaving his home he followed the highway
until he came to a rough, narrow pig-trail leading to the Tow
River. His wife followed with difficulty, as he picked his way
through the tangled forest, over stones and fallen trees and
along the sides of precipitous cliffs.
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