The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1860-08-27
ALBERT w. HICKS ALIVE.
His REsUSCITATIoN BY THE ELECrRc O. CHEMICAL BATH
-THoUsANDs SEE HIM DAILY PoUGHKEEPsE-
DRs. CRANE, BELL, AND 0'REILLY IMPLICATED.
From the ". T. Leader of Sattrdag.l

ALBERT w. HICKS ALIVE.
His REsUSCITArIoN BY THE ELECTRO CHEMICAL BATl
-THoUsANDS SEE HIM DAILY AT PoUGHKEEPsIE-
DRs CRANE, BELL, AND 0'REILLY IMPLICATED.
From the N. Y. Leader of Sat,rdayl
There is now no further use in concealing the fac
that Albert W. Hicks, who was ostensibly executed
for piracy, on Bedloes Island, on the 18th of las
July, is still living, though in a dangerous state
but likely to recover the full use ofhs faculties an(
limbs. The sight of his left eye is gone. and hi:
left arm and left leg continue paravzed: but apart
from these injuries, he would appear to have suc
fered nothing, and his residence at his sister.
house, IN Poughkeepsie, has proved every way be
nehcial.
1t will be remembered that much comment was
excited by the utterly fearless manner in which
Hicks conducted himself previous to his execution
lie laughed at the idea of the gallows and was
only anxious, as he repeatedly said to have 'things
conducted according to agreement" In this agree.
ment it is now believed that prominent federal
officer had part; and it is record, in the daily
papers, that he was present at the execution wear
ing his Deputy-M -Marshas badge, although no longer
in the Marshars force.
1t was also remarked at the time, that Hicks was
only pulled up distance of two and a half feet
utterly insufficient to break his neck, and that he
was only allowed to remain thirteen minutes hang
ing. He was then cut down and pronounced dead,
to the care of Doctors j. T.. Bell and Henry D.
O'Reiy, of Brooklyn. These gentlemen are re-
sponsble for his resurrection, and the eectro-chemi
cal bath invented by Prof Vergnes, was the imme
diate instrument.
The body of the pirate was wrapped in warm
blankets and removed at once to the house of DR..
O'Reiliy, in Brooklyn, where Doctors OReilly and
Mclllery, of this city, were in attendance. The
pulse was found to be wholly quiet, but after vari-
GUS experiments, the medical men came to the con-
cusion that it was only case of suspended anima-
tion. The body therefore at once placed in the
mic tReet and Y YRs d ffe % %aeIdg &
DR.. Crane commenced a series of experiments for
the initiation of the lungs.
In the course of about two hours, these were par
TALLY successful, the pirate beginning to give faint
indications of respration and these cheering signs
animated the medical men in attendance to redou-
bled eXertions. cautery was applied to the right
foot and received answer in an immediate contrac.
ton OF the leg; the same experiment was repeated
under the right ear, taking not to iujure the
iugular vein, and the head at once commenced to
roll in manner indicating acute feeling.
Very slowly but steadily, Albert W. Hicks re-
gained consciousness, though for several days
unable to speak-his throat being too severely in.
iured. 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 and left leg
were utterly paralyZed. In this condition he was
conveyed to Poughkeepsie, where his sister, Mrs.
Gavan, lives; and under her roof he is shelter
ed, though the friends of the family do not desire
to give too much publicity to the fact.
Dr. Carnochan, though prevented from personal
prostraed him. took great interest in the case, and
adviser in all its stages. We also learn that
MIR. Stephen G. Massett is visiting Pough-
keepsie, and will shortly issue supplement to the
confession of Hicks-describing the sensation of
being hung. The resuscitated pirate expresses
himself sincerely sorry to hear of the calamity
which has overtaken, or is said to have overtaken
Mr. Da Costa, and another poem from him is possible
Though still unable to leave his bed, Mr. Hicks
manitests eager desire to see Mr.. Gaylor, the
dramatist, who was the author of his alleged
biography and confession. Hicks now denOunces
that whole document as lie, and will entrust hi:
true confession only to the of 5. G. Massett
Further particulars next week.
The Express of Saturday evening says:
One of our reporters visited the Marsha's Office
this Saturday morning to see what thought
there of this extraordinary statement. Marsha
Rynders was absent; he had just returned from
Troy, and gone to his residence. The officials il
the MarshaPs office, with the exception of Deputy
Marshals DeAngeis and Thompson, were quite ig
nOrant Of the rumors about Hicks, aloat this morn
ing. Everyone seemed to dscredt the Lcdder'
story. Mr.. DeAngelis expressed great doubt oftht
statement and said,!,, ever man was dead, it wa
Hicks; | lowered him myself into the coffin
At the same time he was inclined to think tha
the names of the doctors mentioned were in
correct.
While the probability Of Hicks actually having
escaped the extreme penalty of the law dis
cussed by the few persons present in the Marshal
office, young woman, dressed in mourning, will
little bright boy at her side was noticed standin.
at the outer window. Upon being informed tina
she was the widow Hicks, our reporter natural,
inquired what business she had at the Marshal's of
! flee. The reply "that she there to ge
some money" 1t was then said that she knew no
| thing of the rumor about her husband. Marshal d
! Angels showed her the Leader which contained thu
intelligence but, either Mrs. Hicks must be devuic
of all feeling, or she must already have been awar
of the fact, for wife, villalnous as her nuSbant
might have been, could have so composedy and un
concernedly looked upon the tale that her husband
once the scorn of humanity, and whom everybod
thought was long buried, was alive again.
She listened to Marshal De Angels when he tolC
much nonchdtonce as it AZ "e newspaper with a
She further, upon inquiry, stated she neuer hdt
seen the dead body of Albert w. Hicks She wanted
to see the grave once, and wrong grave was showi
to her. This fully tallies with the statement pub
lished at the time of the execution. 1t will be
collected that Mrs. Hicks and the priest she ha,
engaged to bury the pirate were left waiting at th
! barge office the Battery for several hours, Will
the parties who had the body in charge took i
ashore at another pier, and according to their owl
statement afterwards made public, nottinding Mrs
| Hicks, conveyed the coffin to Calvary Cemetery
where it was buried. All the parties mentioned b.
the Leader in connection with this matter owe it t
| the public and themselves to make full statement
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