Daily Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1854-1855, 1855-01-25
petrieed Human Bodies a Veritabls Won
ier

NJ G>,rgr Lane, who has charg> Of ''Wooalani
Cemetery, near his city was chttsd upon INC otaef
,iay bv Mr. (sts, p lazy Who TS>t0s ato three mtlGs
soath.ea, OF German town, IN this county, 70 remove
the Telhuu. Of his FIRST vie grand enid, and ocr
bodies. from mily hurs ground upon ms s2fm,
and inter them his lot III thc 'Gsflai-ohA lefhc
teysn Tts bark ~ ground WAS made many years
ago. upon The side Of a little hill IN Held, SONG dts
tame. from the residence Of Ir, l.. IN 3ccordanc"
We ~, rps,aI, it the Miami Valley, at that DAY +,
when alnost every properly -Loiief haa eoFs'i's
plaec uponh his firm.
Vre Who I, - nt srrea about twenty -fouf wears ago
On reaching tn, colin, it was found t. be perftei-at
least 30 all fpearance and the men rf"teedt1 |" soA
pleisiy gncart IT, and raise Il - NJ month eI w
'rrax,, Th. thsN soon ascertains III u be aiaeull
ask and tho small forcs cnsabed al u was compelled
Ia ,,ro,-n;e assistance The earth Al t5s time WAS
coFlctely taken from around TIVE eoG.n and reA9' ed
from under the cufiu, ~ fdr n y c1u1 10
reached, bat sIiii was found diasai - even move
The a,sistaree Of six men was al length obtained.
aud II required al the strength they ere IN possession
Otto raise the coffin froa IL bed ana Place u upon
te Ground "a Ae SIDE ai taie grave ~ IVES supposed
hy tho 10 engaged IN the at. that NE conn
was III "a wih water, account OF rs extreme hRaN-
eSs bat afr Il a- "a Ken from t grave il was meas.
arablp dry and signs Of water could bi discovered
The III va, thea, with dliieulty, removed, when II
was ascegtgiaed ll,t the body Naf "a an cAtt ielt
state ef prescrration. Upon c'ose examinations "
Was found that The remains wodi not cave va! Under
the p.s.tIr4 Of piece of board wlieh one oi Tue gen
tcneu placed apon the corpse; aud ihls strange ar
cam.tance leh To stu further Investigation. ic
slraua and ISL tsi, all th- covering "alch Was IN
on the body the time Of intertneni twenty tour ear,
ago, had dsaFpearcd--no Sest-e OF them febhuhrH
The body perfect, except the rlst leg rom tHe
kte 20 In, k ialHt, " here the flesh seemed 20 have
wasted away. aud lay II In ho,t"H 81 me conn ~
substance resembling ashes mixed IS III saEd with
rhi.eNeeptjoH II decay, ise hady and libs eNahtru
the same perIcetcs. ofeNterior tc. DID when lIl"and
uHiiatiun were 10 HE body.
Th. body. indeed. had been retnncd u was by
some ,trlngs quality of th3 etrts, ana alhr "auss ol
which We can form conjecture, turned INTO s'oEa
of drai Or more Lr2pery 'l'ar ,,t cn,'I @
aka. 80 close resemblance tn human iorn ahlhc
The ,ne Which lighted ~ her cpanlcnahce ~ ""
moment when death geuti. united me cora watch
hound the soul 10 clay siisceMed - thger uon the
face OF stone, The light Of The eyes was gone ati
they were sun Ecu--but from the sshiltss "rBs, lht
soul seemed Ia hook out upon ihosr Who "cfo
viewing, with aslopishment, that hamah fHim "i
The grave Of til, graud-eh,!d Of MIR. Lor was neat
entered. aud tla toiu examined. II mSs also ioAEd
to D. heavy, aud when oPened,i cgrP,t pres nte,
much tue same appr8 rance as that Of SrS. 10y,
..s not as perfect however, altouGh petriNad. The
,ndv aud !irHbs had ab0at tar same appearance thHY
did ia tie bot the cNt.for mad lost lie Ike c9n-
tour.
mains OF The child was, thai The ,air upon the per,icd
ku!l was to an appearance TIE same NJ ia HE Mr
Lane Clipped small nhgiet from tie crown aAd utd
il INTO Knot; the other Jadies which were cAu4thed
zone or two ~ uuiDbcr@ere oal! partially peflAed
ard were mostly dcoaycd-
great many persons, attracted oy 50 remarkable a
gathered around these remains "itl won
defIng eyes The like Rad been rcId aboHt' blt never
seuH ll them bgtarc; jEdeeq, W. very nuch doubt
wbcthtras great curiosiiies. IA human patrieaton,
were e. before although We haze strange ac-
counts coming dow through MISTY ages. These
bodies of stone in human shape, were reinforced IA
the Cemetery, at Germantown, where iheN WIZ prob
ably remain until the "Great I'ay- when hes VIII
be transformed INTO reeeptacles for Immortal soals.
DGgt0R Empire.