The Nevada Democrat., 1860-10-11
A strange story.

The New York Leader is positive OF the
fact that Hicks, the pirate, recently hung
in New York. has been resuscita'ed ana
still lives. The Leader says:
There is now no further use in conceal
inc that Albert W. Hicks, who was 0sten'
sibly executed for piracy on Bedloe's islanu
on the 18th July, is still living, though IN
dangerous state, but likely to recover I'D Tue
full use -of bis faculties and limbs: inc
sight of his left eye is gone. and his ielt
arm and. left leg continue paralyzed; Dut
apart from these injuries be would appear
to have suffered nothing, and his residence
at his sisters house in Poughkeepsie has
proyed every way beneficial.
II will be remembered that much COM
ment was excited by the utterly fearless
manner in which Hicks conducted himself
Drevious to bis execution. He laughed at
The idea of the gallows, and was anxious, as
he repeatedly said. ''to have things con-
Quoted according to agreement" In TINS
agreement it is now believed that promi-
nent federal officer had part; and 1t is on
record in the daily papers, that be was pres
ent at the execution, wearing his deputy
marshaI's badge, although no longer In the
marshal's force.
II 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 al
lowed to remain thirteen minutes hanging.
He was then cut down and pronounced
dead, after which his body We- imediately
handed over to the care 6, { ors i. j..
Bull and Henry d. O'Reilly. of 'rooklyn.
These gentlemen were respu sit for his
resurrection, and the electro-ci nmical bath,
invented by Professor Vergnes, was the
immediate instrument.
The body of the pirate was wrapped In
warm blankets and removed at once to the
house of DR.. O'Reilly. The pulse was found
to be wholly quiet, but after various expe-
riments the medical men came to the con-
clusion that 1t was only case OF suspend
ed animation. The body was therefore at
once placed In the electFo-chemical bath,
and while subjected to the charges of the
battery and the action of the acids, DR..
Crane commenced series of experiments
for the initiation of the lungs.
In the course of about two hours these
we're partially successful, the pirate begin
uluV W ktNG iutut thdtN0tlOhp VI ASSPh NNtVHt
and these cheering signs animated the med
ical men in attendance to redouble their
exertions. A cautery was applied to the
right foot and received an answer by the
Immediate contraction of the leg, the same
experiment was repeated under the right
ear, taking care not to injure the juglar
vein, and the heart at once commenced to
roll In manner indicating acute feeling.
Very slowly but steadily Albert W.
Hicks regained consciousness, though for
several days he was 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 paralyzed. In this
condition he was conveyed to Poughkeep-
sic, 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 publicity to the fact.