Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1856-11-12
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The following singular creumstan is reeaf-
acd by Dr. Plot. in hi. Natural History of Ok
forlshire:
In he wear 1854 Anne Groen. servant #
Sir Thomas Read. tried for the murder of her
new born child.nnd found guilty. She wa. execu
ted in the court yard nj Oxford, where she hung
nhoni hnf an hour. Being cut down. sh" wns pot
into coffin and bronnght away 10 a house Ia be
dissccfpd where when they opened the coffin,
misunderstanding tie rope RENAME unloosed
and strniEb, about her neck. they perceived her
hreasi To ri.e wherenpon one Mason, u tailor.
intending only an net of charity. set his foot up
on her. and. NJ some say. one Drum soldier,
struck her again with the butt end Of his mus
ket. Notwithstanding all which. when the learn
cd and eminent Sir William Perry, ancestor 81
the present Marquis Of Landsdowne, then Ana
tony Professor Of The University, DR.. Wallis and
Dr. Clark. then President Of the Tag1aen Gu
lcgp and Vice Chancellor of the University came
To- pr pare the body Tor dissection, they pcrceiv-
ed some small rafting in her throat they pres
emily usen means for her recovery by opening
vein. laying her in "A warm bed, and also using
diver, rem dies respecting her sensele-ness, in
-unuoh TINT within fourteen hours Sue began 10
speak, and the neat day talked HLd prayed very
hoarilv.-During the timo Of TIL, her recovering
the officers concerned II her execution would
needs have had her away again to have cDmple.
ted it on her. bn bv the mediation of the worthy
doctors aud other ffi.nls with the then governor
of III" city. Col. ke>y. therv guard put up
on her from NIL further disturbance until they
bal rued out her rtrdfn from the government.
Much doubt indeed arose as Ia her actual guilt
Crwd- OF pealle in IL meantime cane Ia $50
her AMI many asserted il must be the Provi.
dencr of God, who would thus assert her limo.
crucr.
After some time DR. Petty, hearing she dis.
cour-cd with those about her, aud suspecting
that the womcn might suggest unto her to relate
something If strange Visions and HppnitlonS size
had -een during the time she seemed to be dead,
(which they Ind already bepru 10 do, telling that
sh" mid -he had been IN fine green meadow,
having river running round II. and all things
there e.itteted Ike silver aud gold he caused nil
t. depart from the room but the gentlemen of
the faculty WHO were to have been nj the disseo
ton, aud asked Of her sense and npprchensioHs
during the time she was hanged. To which she
answered. TINT she neither remembered how the
irrtcrs were knocked of how she went out of the
prison; whom she turned of the ladder,
whether any psalm was sung or not; nor was she
sensible If any pans that she could remember.
She came To herself n if she awakened "Gt Of
sleep. mol recovering the use Of her speech by
slow degrees h 1t in II manner altogether. begin.
ming to SPEAK nst where she left off on the gal
lows.
Being thusa at length perfectly recovered, after
thanks given 10 God. aud the persons in.trumen.
iul in bringing her To life and procuring her an
immunity from further pan shment. She retired
in the country to her friends nj Steeple Barton,
whore She Wa. afterwards married and lived In
good rrpute amongst her neighhors having three
children, aud not lying I'LL 1850.
The faowiGg account of the case of girl wl,o
was wrongfuliy executed in l77G. il given by
celebrated French auihor, as an instance Of the
mi1stice which WINS often committed by tho
qn,vocol mode ri trinl then uscd in France.
About seventeen years since Il young peasant
girl was Ilueed nj pnrl- in the service Of man,
who smitjen with her beauty. tried TO nveiele
her; hnt she wns virlnous and resisted. The
prudence OF this girl initiated the master aud he
dctcrmincd on revenge. He secretly conveyed
ulo her box nany things belonging to hm,mark
ed with his name. He ,hen exclaimed that be
wasrobhcd called in oomrni,sair" "a minlote-
rial officer of instice) and nude his deposition. -
The gitls box WAS searched md the things were
discovered. The unhappy servant was impr's.
onrd.
She defeudeo herself only by her tenrs' she
had evidence to prove TINT abe dill not put the
property in har box; and her only answer To the
heterogeneous was that she was innocent. HE
Judges bad no suspicion of the deprnvity Of the
nccuser, whose station was respectable, and
they administered The law in its rgur, the
innocent gill was condemned to be hanged. The
dreadful office inttfectaally performed rs
ccutioney. 4 surgeon kad purchased the body
for dissection, and il was conveyed to his house.
Ga that evening, heing about To open the head
he perceived a gentle warmth about the body
The disscotng knife fell from his hand, and he
placed in u bed her whom he waB about - dis
sect.
His efforts to restore her TO life were citectual
and ut the same time ha sent for Clergyman,
on whose discretion aud experience he could de-
pend in order 10 consult with him on this strange
event wed IA 10 have kim for witness to his
conduct. The moment the unfortunate girl open
ed her eyes abe believed herself in fhe other
world and seeing the figure of the priest, who
had marked and maj 'slio countenauoe she
joined her hands trembling and exclaimed, f
ternnl Father, ynu know my innocence, have
pity GA me IN tbs manner she continued 10
invoke tho eoele sia-iie, helicviug, in ler >impG
city, that she hehehl her God. They were long
IN pcr-uadinC her That she was not dend--so much
had the idea of the punishment and death pos
sessed her Imagination.
The girl having returned to life and alth,>he
retired tn hide herself in distant village. fear
ing Ia meet TIE Judges or the officers, who, with
the dreadful tree, incrs-antli haunted her mng
nation. The aeeuarr remained uupuni>hrd, hr-
oau~" HI crime, althoreh manifested by two in
diyi1nal witnesses. was not clear to- the eye of
tn" law. The people subsequently, became uo
qunntrd with iEe resurrection ol thi- girl ami
loaded with reproaches tho author If her misery
GitofEomnncr.
The following aa Of r,blaAcc occurred AT one
of the mining villages IT the Coal nui Iron Com
panv Abou. two Years aGo a ,nau VIVA had been
married for manY year-. departed for the West,
leaving behind him ii wife aud one child, n bov
perhaps sixvenrs Of age. About three months
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