Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 4, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 April 1919 — Two Die of Sleeping Sickness. [ARTICLE]

Two Die of Sleeping Sickness.

Indianapolis, April 11. —Two deaths from sleeping sickness have been reported to the local board of health, both victims being colored men and death in each case followed a slight attack of influenza. John Gunn, thirtyfive, one of the victims, was in a state of coma for ten days, while James Pettrie, fifty, was unconscious for only three days. Several other cases of the malady have heen reported to the board of health.