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The Remarkable Adventures of a Monongalia
Job Lawlis, a citizen of Cass district, Monongalia county, made a very narrow escape from death on Monday morning last, while wandering in the woods in a state of delirium. He had been considered dangerously ill for some time, but on Sunday night last seemed better, and was more quiet than usual. About midnight on Sunday he sprang from his bed, hastily seized his pantaloons, and before anything could be done to prevent, he disappeared in the darkness and ran away to the woods. His wife aroused the family and they scoured the vicinity of the home but failed to find any trace of him. When daylight came assistance was procured at Cassville, and in a few hours the unfortunate man was found unconscious in the woods, about a half mile from his house with a terrible wound in his head. The scalp was laid open from the crown of his head to the forehead, and it is feared the skull is also fractured. He was carried home and was attended by Dr. T.M. Hood who soon restored him to consciousness. During his illness he was delirious and had been violent at times, but gave no indication of any such freak as above indicated until too late to be prevented. In his delirium he had been climbing trees and doing other things that ordinarily he would have been incapable of doing. At one place the rescuing party discovered where he had climbed a tree about 60 feet, tracing his course by the blood that flowed from his head. While he cannot give an intelligent account of his wanderings in the woods through Sunday night, it is thought he fell from a tree and received the wound on his head. There is a probability of his recovery, but he is in a very precarious condition.
[A Terrible Experience. - July 11, 1885 - Submitted by persodb]
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