The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1866-10-31
4 CHOLERA INCIDENT.
Woman Supposed Dead, Comes ~ Life and
Demands Her Money Of n Terrified Hus-
band.

A Woman Supposed Dead, Comes ~ Life and
Demands Her Money Of Terrified Elus-
hand.
from the st. Louis Times Oct col
On one Of the streets running parallel with broadway
lived q married couple who had not Travelled together
very smoothly since they had bsen mae flesh Tho
HI sband, though bad man. occasionally took drop
too much and such occasions happiness the
cepton In the household The wife had 81 900 in
backs which she had saved and always carried with her
and being the master spirit OF the frm she would NOT
allow to be encroached upon, but on the contrary,
The wife took the cholera and the husband, oh
tanning permit, had her sent TO the city hospital
IL Is not known that he accompanied her thiiber,
though he must have visited her One morning. the
nurse being ont Of the ro0mDior some time. he
turned 10 the bedside N tho poor and disccv-
~ No
heart breathing, nothing 70 disspate tho Illusion aud
assertion that the patient was dead was discovered and
forthwith disrobed placed in the rough oon fur
nshed by the city AMI conveyed to tho dead house. For
& Ar s Shadows o. ~ n ss ~.
closed in The watchman took look into the sse
that all right From tho inside OF of the collins
perceptibe knocking heard. Superstition seized
him. he slammed the door aftcr him and went TO notify
other parties Of the mysterious rppng, and several
companied the to the temporary receptacle Of the
dead. When the door was opened sight met the gaze
OF the party which made the roots Of their hair tinge
and caused them to feel weakness about tho knecs
sitting bolt upright in il "where am Is'' says She The
matter was explained 20 her briefly. Filled with
anger, Alnes1 having seemingly departed, she let
loose the hoodgate Of her nj the idea of being
enclosed In such contemplate receptacle. She had
81 600 when she 20 the hospital she said and she
demanded to know where 1t had gone--thas amount
would have given her dc ent putars The attendants
unable 20 explain the whereabouts OF tina missing
money, and tho woman demanded be restored 70
hersf that she might pursue the thief who
had robbed hor and 10 body, she we're 10
die, decent burial Tho 'rvsurrccted" was helped
out or her prison house and taken 10 more
genial chamber But hero another difficulty aSose-her
Clothes had been destroyed. Suitable apparel however,
furnished, ard finding herself more OF the
flesh and blood she insistod farng n In search
of her husband, who rho thought perhaps cor
recty--wns consoing himself with her 1000, and tho
idea that ether daughter OF Eve would console his
lonely hours The surgeon, observing that Madam
comparatively well, and thinking that Il nigh, do her
harm retain her than permit her departure, had
tho iron gate opened for her exit Darkness had set in
she reached her husbands place OF domlcilieion
She knocked at the door, and her husband opened H.
hh cyo~ fairly starting from their sockets he gszsd
words failed him; he paralyzed with fear az the sup
poesf sppartion. A. length the wife demanded why be
had robbed her insisting at the same smo that she
hcme-he would md harder than that 10 get nd
Of her. The husband asionshed horriaed, 10
believe his eyes, 10 begged tho ghost" 70 leave;
she might have the money, but for Gods sake, 20
away and destroy him. Al this the man, with fear
and trembling, handed her the missing money, which
she took bot she not 10 be driven from her HOME
and with push she opened the door and entered the
house She had sooner done 70 than her husband.
minus coat and hat rushed OF the back door into the
yard and tho fence and that the last that either
HE wife or his friends have ssen OF him.