Dreaming, Crawled Out Window, Fell Two Stories

Fort Wayne, Indiana, 1909
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IN DREAM CRAWLED THROUGH SECOND FLOOR WINDOW

George Huber Hurt About Hips While in Somnambulistic State.

Dreaming that he was caught under some hogs and endeavoring to escape from them, George Huber, an employe of the Eckart Packing company, crawled out of a second-story window and was only aroused from his somnambulistic state when he struck the ground, alighting full upon his back and hips. His injuries are also internal, but it is the opinion that he will recover. The unfortunate occurrence took place at the man's home, 1717 South Harrison street, about 2 o'clock Tuesday morning.

Huber's fall was twelve feet. In lifting the curtain pulled down over the window, Huber thought he was pulling aside the burlap used in rooms at the Eckart plant. He was crawling on his hands and knees, when he emerged into the empty air.

Mr. Huber was kept in his home Until late Tuesday afternoon, when the matter was reported to Trustee Branning, and he was removed to St. Joseph's hospital. That branch of the Huber family has been very unfortunate recently, one of its afflictions being the critical illness from typhoid fever of a daughter.

--Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel, Fort Wayne, Indiana, September 15, 1909, page 9.



Sacramento, California, 1922
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Mother Fails to Die In Eighth Attempt

BY INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE BY UNITED PRESS

SACRAMENTO, Aug. 4. -- Mrs. Antoinette Harlan, young matron of this city, shot herself here today in the eighth attempt she has made to commit suicide in the past six months. She will recover. Mrs. Harlan is the mother of an 18-months-old baby and is said to have been depressed as a result of a destitute condition.

--The Oakland Tribune, Oakland, California, August 4, 1922, page 1.



Battle Creek, Michigan, 1907
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STRANGLES SELF WITH STRAP.

Tennessee Banker, Fearing Associates Would Rob Him, Suicides.

Charles W. Shulte, a wealthy banker of Memphis, Tenn., committed suicide by putting a strap around his neck and tightening it notch by notch until he strangled himself. His wife found the body in a bath tub where it had lain for several hours. Shulte came to Battle Creek, Mich., two months ago to rest in a sanitarium. He believed his bank associates were plotting to secure his wealth, and that the bank faced a failure. Though not ill, Shulte brooded so continually at home that it was thought a change would do him good. His suicide came without warning. Shulte was 63 years old. His wife is much younger.

--Daily Herald, Chicago, February 1, 1907, page 2.