The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1866-04-20
Death by Uanying-strnnve Narrative
of kesuscitated FeIop.

Death by Uanying-strnnge Narrative
| "i kesuscitated FeIon.
Wait till you hear it
len years ago was elected sber;F
OF this county. This was nv fra,
election, and 1 have been retained
regularly ever since. My first at
tempt TO open court was during an
important trial. The criminal was a
depraved. desperate wretch, who had
been indicted for an atrocious and
brutal murder. He was greatly hard
ienad, and saen'ad To eeve but- Nt,l~
now the trial went--the evidence was
strong against him, and when the case
was submitted to the jury, they re.
turned verdict of guilty without
leaving their seats. -
The execution was fixed for n day
two weeks after trial OF course il
was my duty to put the rope around
hisneck and launch him into eterni.
ty. 1t was distasteful duty, | as.
sure you, for though l knew full well
the man deserved his death, did not
relish the idea Of hanging him. l
got through with it, however, and set
him dancing in the air. He did not
struggle much, and l thought died
an easy death. After hanging the
usual time, he was cut down and his
body given to his friends for inter
ment. l thought had seen the last
OF the man, as the wagon containing
the body drove out of the Jail yard,
but / was mistaken.
About four months after the exc
cution, | happened to be passing my
barn, when saw man sitting in the
Ioo"""p with hi La.i .oc,:,o %,
his hands. l did not like his looks,
so | approached him, and asked him
what he wanted. lie Iaised his head
and looked at me in silence. | am
not given to superstition, and / dom,
think I'm very timid, but i felt my
blood grow icy chill as recognized
in the man before me the man whose
execution had conducted. His face
showed no trace of his violent end,
and the only indications of it, now
visible, was slight Disagreement oi
the neck. ] scarcely knew what tc
say or think, for / had seen him hung
and heard him pronounced dead, and
had delivered his body to his friends
for burial, and yet, after lapse OF
four months, there he sat, looking of
me with a face as white as q sheet. -
The terror that was exhibited in his
countenance convinced me that he
was no ghost, so asked him, will
rs much GOODNESS rs ] could com.
mand:
"Sack Larkins, do you know me p
"lou're the man that hung me-"
he replied, doggedly, at the same
time moving away . .f
"Before you go, Larltins," said 1,
II would like TO hear how you cheat
ed the gallows."
"iou won't peach on any OF them
folks as helped me, will you p he
asked.
NO." replied, will not get
, .neni 'hlo trouble: l SIMPLY wisi 10
nS MY INV you iei1 wnile hanging
'''u now you were resuscitatea'
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neck, and lett him on the gallows, he
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