Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Wayne County, Ind.) 1831-1837, 1836-09-17

father, in terms that brought tears from Il
hardest hearts,"
sk DEATHS HEAD
We can vouch for the truth, in substance
Of the following anecdote, as we had it fror
the lips Of the gentleman concerned, who wa
then, and is now, an eminent physician, nc
given to the marvellous, nor addicted to tn
establishment of facts.
1t will be recoliected that. in the summe
Of 1928, the yellow fever appeared in Match
CT and its vicinity in its most terrific malig
nifty. The last stage of this disease is invari
ably attended with de!irium, during which
sometimes at least, suffers all that we can con
ceive Of the torrents Of the damned-not sc
much from the consciousness Of bodily pain.
but from burning fever Of the brain, which
cOnjures up scenes the most horrible. 1t
was a case like this, at the hospital to which
.he medical aid Of Dr.-was called in re-
QUESTION. Before he arrived, however, the
individual was dead. He had died, like ma
ny others during the panic usually attending
even Of a nurse. From the distorted appear
ance Of the face, the mouth and eyes widely
distended like those Of maniac, it was evil
dent that the disease (six or seven hours du-
fatiOn) had been of tie most malignant type.
and had terminated with high stage Of in
nammation Of the brain. The doctor then
young in practice, and who has since spared
no excrtion in collecting professional nforma-
ton, commenced at once an examination of
the body. Before he had concluded the dis.
section, however, his services were required
at the house Of a planter near Natclcz. De- /
termined 10 examine the brain on the subject
the doctor severed the head from the trunk. i
enveloped il in his handkerchief. and took i'll.
with him. II was now dark, and as he ap- (
pyoached the house This patient he was at a Il
loss to determine what to do with the head. t
His eyes were attracted by a hencoop in the I
vurd, and there he made the depositc.-No,l Is
many minutes had elapsed before another id
messenger arrived to beg his immediate aid in (
another direction. The doctor, leaving the Il
house in much haste, and being naturally a !;
little distracted, forgot the head. The next Il
morning, however, the doctor. on visiting the Ie
patient. was discovered by one of the servants II
somewhat superstitiously peeping into the in
aforesaid. This led Of course TO an $.
inquiry for the bundle, which the doctor sta T
ted he had deposited there the night before. Ell
and that II had been removed. The negro til
smiling somewhat significantly at the idea la
that the doctor had made free with his ma g. til
Icrs hencoop, replied that he knew nothing
IF the bundle, but added that two turkeys had tn
been stolen the night before. And SO it en-
turned out. The same day the bundle and to
ne turkeys were found side by side in the of
:orncr OF the fence about a quarter Of mile ice
rom the house. In consequence Of rain Gel
ew hours before the robbery Of the coop. gin
he ground was soft, and the negro concern tro
d in the theft was easily tracked 20 4 neigh. exi
oring plantation. Inquiry being Immediate cal
7 made in relation to the circumstances. the VIII
egTo, not having vet recovered from his to
1ght, came forward and confessed himself try
'e thief.-lt appears that in taking the tur- lsh
eys, ne added the bundle in question to the
under, but had not proceeded far before his the
,rlosity induced HIM to ascertain its con- the
nts. Tying the legs Of the turkeys toceth- Of Il
, ne laid them upon the ground, and seated gen
mseif he commenced the examination. He Gus
rev open the folds Of the handkerchief. the of !
ad stood erect upon the stump Of the neck vari
q the moon just then breaking from the Me!
'uds revealed to the almost petrified negro on (
ghast'y countenance, as if still struggling olut
the agOnies Of death. The negro. in do, and
riding hts terrcrs. said all he could recol. thes
{ at the moment was that he thourht the won
VI had thrust his head up through the earth wer,
that he distinctly saw fire and sme,t b-;m A
me: and he thinks so to this day, if he ba also
u living. One good effect at least attended to N
: circumstances above described. The L.
'ry Of the head having received MANY ev- chief
ssagant additions from the fruitful magma after
NJ o. the negroes. naturally superstitioas. my q
came current IN the neighborhood. and the the ,
1:tery OF ITS appearance never having been befo,
planned 70 them, the hencoop has never mess
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