Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-08-29

The Latest New York Sensntion-R reported
Hesuscitation OF Hicks, the Pirate-COm-
plicity Of Public Onlcers aud Physicians.
Saturdays New York Leader publishes,
and vouches for the truth Of, the following
article, which is calculated to make sensa-
ton:
There is now no further use in concealing
that Albert w. Hicks, who was ostensibly
executed for piracy on Bedloe's Island, on
the 18th of last July, is still living, though
in dangerous state, but likely to recover
the full use of his faculties and limbs. The
sight of his left eye is gone, and his left arm
and left leg continue paralyzed but apart
from these injuries he would appear to have
suffered nothing, and his residence at his
sisters house in Poughkeepsie has proved
every way beneficial.
II will be remembered that much comment
was excited by the utterly fearless manner
in which Hicks conducted himself previous
to his execution. He laughed at the idea Of
the gallows, and was only anxious as he re-
peatedly said, @to have things conducted
according to agreement" In this agreement
it is now believed that prominent Federal
officer had part and it is on record, in the
daily papers, that he was present at the ex-
ecution, wearing his deputy-marshals badge,
although no longer in the marshaps force.
Hicks was only pulled up a distance of two
and half feet-utterly insufficient to break
his neck-and that he was only allowed to
remain thirteen minutes hanging. He was
then cut down and pronounced dead, after
which his body was Immediately handed
over to the care of Doctors J. 7. Bull and
Henry D. O'Reilly, of Brooklyn. These
gentlemen are responsible for his resurrec-
tion, and the electro-chemical bath, invented
Nv Alo a..
instrument.
The body of the pirate was wrapped in
warm blankets and removed at once to the
house of DR.. OReilly, in Brooklyn, where
Doctors O'Reilly and McIllery, of this city,
were in attendance. The pulse was found to
be wholly quiet, but after various expert
ments the medical men came to the conclu-
sion that it was only case of suspended
animation. The body was therefore at once
placed in the electro-chemical bath, and
while subjected to the charges of the battery
and the action of the acids, DR.. Crane COM
menced series of ofexperiments for the infla-
tion of the lungs
In the course of about two hours these
were partially successful the pirate begin
ming to give faint indications of respiration;
and these cheering signs animated the med
ical men in attendance to redoubled exer-
tions. A cautery was applied to the right
| iOObj uhu lSSClfOu uuoWcI ltlf1tuldtt
contraction of the leg; the same experiment
was repeated under the right ear, taking
care not to injure the jugular vein, and the
| head at once commenced to roll in manner
indicating acute feeling.
Very slowly but steadily Albert W. Hicks
regained consciousness, though for several
days unable to speak, his throat being too
severely injured. 1t was then found that
his left eye-the side on which the moose
had been-had lost all power of sight, and
that his left arm and left leg were utterly
paralysed. In this condition he was con-
veyed to Poughkeepsie, where his sister,
Mrs. Gavan, lives and under her roof he is
now sheltered, though the friends of the
family do not desire TO give too much pub
! lieity to the fact. ~ .---.,4i az
| DR.. Carnochan, though prevented from
I personal attendance by the severe indisposi-
| tion which has Frustrated him, took great
interest in the case, and was an adviser in
all its stages. rl
The New York papers of Monday morning
seem to be divided with regard to the truth
of this story, especially as there were certain
mysterious circumstances attending Hicks'l
execution; but the general opinion in that
city appears to be that the reported resurrec-
tion Of the pirate is hoax, gotten up
perhaps, merely for the purpose of creating
a sensation, of which the Gothamites hap.
| nened to be in need.