Red Wing sentinel. [volume] (Red Wing, M.T. [i.e. Minn.]) 1855-1861, 1860-09-05
RUMORED REsUSClTATlON OF
HICKS THE PIRATE.

The New York Leader of Saturday pub
fishes the following article which is ''in-
portant if true" and any way is calculated
10, make a. sensation: y T.. a.,-8., 60.
There is now no further use in conceal
ing that Albert w. Hicks, who was ostensi.
bly, executed for piracy on Bedloe's Island,
o2 the 18th ofiast July is still living, though
lin dangerous ss:::stc: but likely to recover
the full use of his faculties an: 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 Poughkeepsle has proved
every way beneficial.
1t will be remembered that much COM
ment 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 agtceme Mt. {"
In this agreement it is now believed that a
prominent federal officer had part; and it is
on record, in the daily papers, that lie was
present at the execution wearing his deputy
marshal's badge, although no longer in the
marshals force. .ft.,2 a,;i IN, scre l.s. /:
1t is also remarked at the time that Hicks
was only pulled up distance of two and a
half feet--utterly insufficient TO break his
lneck k; and that he was; only allowed to; re
main thirteen minutes hanging lie was
then cut down and pronounced dead, after
which his body was: Immediately handed over
to the care Of Doctors j. Z. Bull and Henry
D. O'Reily, Of Brooklyn. These gentlemen
are responsible for his resurrection, and the
electro chemical bath, invented by Professor
Yergues, was the immediate instrument. :
The body Of the pirate was wrapped in
warm blankets and removed at once to. the
house OF. DR.: O.Rielly, in Brooklyn, g. where
Doctors 0'Rielly and Mclllery, oft this city,
wero in attendancc.si The pulse was found
to be wholly quiet, but after various experi-
ments the medical men came to the conc,u.
sion that it was only q case Of ssuspended
animation. The body was therefore. at once
placed in the electro chemical bath, and
while subjected to the charges ofthe battery.
and the action Of the acids, Dr.. Crane. com.
mcnceda series Of experiments! for the infla.
ton Of the lungs. as.ai'l esi3 ~ 9iid Il
In the course Of about. two hours these
We're partially successful, the pirate beginning
to give faint Indications of resperations; and
these cheering signs animated the medical
men IN attendance to redoubled exertions,-
A cautery was applied to he right foot and
received anWer In an immediate contraction
of the leg;the same experiment was repeat
cd under the right ear, taking care not 10 in
jure the jugular vein, and the head at once
TO roll ina manner indicating &C..
ute feeling. 4: .a3i..a.i 3l'e.E ,as.. aasar'y'I
b. Very slowly, but seadily, Albert w.
Hicks regained conciousuess,., though for
several days unable to speak, his threat
being too seyerelyiinjurcd. 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 his left leg were utter
w paralysed. In this condition he was con-
yeyedz to Pooghkeepsie, where his sister,
Mrs. Gavan, lives; and under her. roof he is
now sheltered, though the friends Of the fam
lily DO not desire to give too much publicity
20 we slact. > se yai .af,o ;uo q az4.s{
rDr !Carnechan, though p<eyeModofrom, per
sonal attendance by the severe indisposition
which. has Iprostrated him.. took great inter
est IN the case; and was On adviser,iu all,its
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