SLEEPING MAN.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 144147, 17 July 1913, Page 5

SLEEPING MAN.

GOES FINALLY TO SLEEP. An inquest was held at Bakewell, Derbyshire, recently on tho b«dy of Arthur Fitzgerald Mann, aged 46, sen of tho lat© Mr. Lucius Edward Maim, of Hazlebrook Hall, * Duffield, Derbyshire. Mr. Mann was known as tho “sleeping man.” He left tho United States last April, and on arriving in Derbysliire he fell asleep, and did not wake for a week. After recovering he stalled for Bakewell, but fell asleep on the road, and. did not wake for five days. In America and Canada lie had frequent sleeping attacks which lasted for a week, and the doctors’ efforts to rouse him were-futile. He was lately found on tho bank of the River Lathldl in a wet and unconscious condition and taken to the Bakewell workhouse infirmary, where he died without recovering consciousness. The medical officer was of opinion that when sitting on tho bank or the Lathldl R iver he was seized .with of his sleeping attacks, and that he fell into the water. The shock would produce sufficient stimulus for him to get out, but when he reached the bank there would be a With' his clothing saturated he remained on the hank for four or five hours before being removed to tho infirmary. The doctor attributed death to shock produced by cold and exposure, and the Jury returned a verdict accordingly. . Miss Mann, who identified the body, stated that American doctors said her brother was subject to attacks of coma, resulting.in sleep, which lasted several days.