Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1866-01-11
Buried Alive.

garthy which follows disease, ane
only op.n your eyes in a coffin! t.
die of the choking sensation OF
bitter reflection and foul air
This has been! alas !! the lot OF
many. The pallor and facial al
terations of the honored corpse art
received as proofs of his death
But all these are not conclusive
evidence that the body is bloodless
and that the soul has left it. A
visit to the hospitals or to the prl
vate homes of the sick will discOv
er many who, in sleep, present
more indications Of death than
these just about to be removed tc
the tomb. We have seen such
cases, and we can attest the facts
When the supposed dead looks un'
changed except that the eyes
have been closed and the face bears
the hue OF death 1T is criminal IN
the physician to certify to his de.
mise till he makes an examination
OF the body.
The following facts showing the
numerous instances in which per-
sons have been buried alive, have
been collected for many years by
French gentleman, from medi.
cal history.
At Toulouse, a lady having heen
buried in the Church of the Ca
pucllin Friars, with a diamond ring
on her finger, a servant entered
the vault to steal the ring and, Is
the finger was elled, and the ring
would not come off, he began cut
ting the finger. On hearing a
loud shrek from the deceased, the
thief fell senseless. At the time
of morning prayers, the monks
having heard some groans, found
the body alive and the servant
dead. Thus death had its prey ;
there was but change of victims.
This is the true origin of the sto-
ry which has had such variations.
A street porter in Paris, having
died at the Hotel Dieu, was carried
with the other dead, into the grave
Recovering his senses toward elev-
Ell at night, he tore open his wind
ing-sheet, made his way to bis
house; knocked at the door, which
was not opened to him without
some difficulty, and took new pos
session of his lodgings.
At the close of the last century,
a woman in Paris was thought to
be dead, and the body was put on
some straw with taper at the
feet. Some young men who sat
up with the corpse, in a frulic
overturned the taper. This set
the straw on fire. The deceased
whose body the flames now reach
ed, uttered a piercing shriek.--
Timely assistance was rendered
and she so we'll recovered, that af
ter her resurrection she became the
mother of several children.
On the 2lst of November, 1853
the Able Eveot. well known fol
his literary productions, was taken
with an apoplectic fit as he was
travelling through the forests of
Chantilly. Being supposed dead
he was carried to the house Of tho
Mayor ofthe village, and the mag
istrate directed postmortem ex
animation to be commenced. A
piercing shrek uttered by the un
fortunate man proved that he wa
alive. He died under the scalpel
DIR. DeyeuX, a surgeon OF 81
Come Hospital, Paris, had a maid
a servant, who had been brough
to burial. She did not recove
her senses the la time till the,
were lowering her coffin into tn
grave. That woman having dice
anew. the body was kept SIX days
lest they should have taken he
back a fourth time.
A Mr.. Rousseau, of Rouen, hae
married lady of fourteen, whom
he left in perfect health, after start
ing on short journey. After I
few days he heard that unless n
returned Immediately he woult
find his wife buried. On reaching
home he saw the funeral ali ready
Ia an agony of grief he had tn
coffin removed to his room ant
unscrewed He placed the bod,
on a bed, and ordered twenty-five