The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1858-02-03
LANCASTER H. SOUTH CAROLINA

anu Ililed the Sca'pcl. lie paused an IN.
stan:. We sssed, all earnestness, upon
the body. The scapel descended.-
Scarcely had it touched the lean, lauk,
scraggy aud miserable rehc Of immorlaIi.
~, ero there wa teartu change. The
most perfect silence reigned IN the room.
ihc scapci second time touched the
body, aud then, rs # the instrument had
tcem gaivanIc battery, the supposed
corpse, with II Couutenaucc most horribly
co"torted, sprang up and Seized the Pro-
lessor 10y tue gown; and then fell back
qmeNcent. glance OF horror and recog-
ui;lon seemed 10 pass between q e subject
aud tho Professor. He, Ms # struck by
lightning, staggered back, with a loud
cry, or Gather shrek, and stood IN an at.
utude OF despair and wild terror, gazing
rscantIy into the AIR.
Before we could recover from our ter.
ror aud despair, We had tainted.
We looked At the body, the muscles
OF the face were workIug-those Of the
limbs were twltching convu;siveiv, and
yet. IS after Investigation proved it ,CuS
de"d. Why it should have made tins
strange manifestation is not 10 he resolv.
eel lutoa matter of certainty. One Of the
physIcianS connected with the institution
says that he has Witnessed the same phe
nomena among the bodies Of those who
died suddenly Of hts, rs well as OF those
VINO were Slam by cholera beaven on
Iy knows tue reGsou Of the terrific aud
curious demonstration But the slran
Sest part OF my story remains to lie told.
We naturally supposed that the Prutes.
sor S"""Hed from fright. We applied
rest"ratIveS, and finally ne exhibited midi
cations ot Consciousness. We explained
TO HIM that the show OF life given bv the
poor, faded form upon the table WAS pure
~ spasmod!c, And tsiiac,ous {; bu. he cred
ulouSiy ShOuk his head, muttered 1T was
the hand ui Goh, and reInpsed into inseu-
sin,uty. y second time We restored him
10 his senses, aud his first worjs were:
'Erlnove the subject HIDE 1t from
my Sightf and then, as ii ngain horror
stricken he tcll INTO couvulsions.
We i"lr hned hear hun unit lie seem
eel 10 have recovered from the effects Of
the srem" enough 10 he left IN charge o.
one watcher. Before we retired, h"wev.
er, the explanation Of tho Professors ex-
ucne albright ut the scene of horror Was
made. Tne revelation (ur such It was)
WAS gwen u"dcr pledge oi secresy-a
p'edGe cTtorted from me 10y the surround
lnS circumstances. The corpse into which
the Professor WAS about to plunge the
scaIp pei WAS dat Of hia brother.
L., 1. -. 1.
try Is not known. But it is known that
after earning al unenviable noloriety
among horse jockeys, gamblers, and the
vctIms OF proilIgacy generally, he gradu.
ally sank INTO the mrrc Of DEGRADATION
nLul he became dweIer in den uf
thieves we'll known To the police. Here
he Was seized with disease, aud deprived
"t h's accustomed p"tations, deIirru,n tre
mems WAS the consequence. He was
kicked INTO the s'reet-attempted to com
mt Il highway robbcrv-was arrested,
tired and condemned 10 the States prison.
Before reaching there, however. he WAS
TO all aPpesramce dead. and WAS in that
condition conveyed to the pIrvevor Of
'SuhJects, and 50 brought to our dssect.
InG room.
The college Gn which we did no, re.
side) IS for he present ,loSr,. The re.
mans which greeted the hoIritird vision
OF the l'r tcsSor-whicl sprang from the
same IONS rs his own budv-whrch h,
had often embodied ia his arms-and in
the heart that animated which he had
once placed the tirnest reIlamce-weres 81.
ientiy placed IN u neat coffin, aud dcpos.
tied, not 10 he disturbed again, hope,
until the day Of resurrection, in IA secluded
spot III - cemetery.
send you my name as pledyc OF
She truth Of What ! have written; but
You must not disclose it. ! have no ex.
cuse - "iirr for making his awful sff.ir
pmbI'c, ether than that the terrible impress
sloE | received haunted me continually.
and this seems To he good way of par.
TALLY relieving NV mind Of it. ! intend
to quit the profession or rather to abNn-
don my STUDIES Tue shock have ex.
Perienced wonIG forever disquaIify me for
successiuI practice.
The cause Ct the Professors dangerous
Illness, which has been guar,ledIy alluded
TO by the press is hereby explained.
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