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Show STRANGER HAS EPILEPTIC Ell It would be bard to convince Desk Sergeant John Lambert that a dead man can nut ilse from his bier and walk. Ho witnessed n near-demonstration of this parable last evening, when he was called out on the case of John Jack.con, a man who, to all intents and purposes, seemed Incapable of motion under his own nowvr. While walking along Twenty-fourth street, near Washington, last evening, Jackson fell to the sidewalk in an epileptic fit and was carried into the Lone Star barber shop. To the police the man was reported as dead, and Officer Lambert was detailed on the case. His charge seemed to be In serious condition and consequently Sergeant Lambert called the patrol wagon. Jackson was placed on the stretcher and conveyed ti the police headquarters, headquar-ters, where the officer and patrol driver carried their human burden in aDd placed him on the table. Jackson was apparently unconscious uncon-scious of anything that was taking place, but when Officer Lambert returned re-turned to the room, after calling the doctor, his patient had disappeared as completely as If swallowed up by tho earth. A search of the room revealed the erstwhile dead man hiding behind the door. In a few minutes the man had completely recovered and was able to leave the police station unassisted. |