Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1867-11-08
Buried Alive and Sho, Gbox,

The Cleveland Plsindealer, OF the Is, learns
through private letter the details of an ex-
place IN town OF Southern Ohio and tells the
story as follows.
An old gentleman. named Delos winans, be-
came franucally Al CRY with his son because
be had lost q large sum of bis farher's money
on bet His frenzied feelings finally got the
better of him, and be felled his son TO the floor
Win blow OF his INST. and Immediately there
AFTER fell down himself In a senseIess copdi-
ton Great excitement in the family ensued
he mother ran screaming for assistance
which was soon forthcoming in the persons OF
several OF the ne ghbors. Mr. w. was found
IN sn apparently nfeIesS condition, with
blood flowing from his mouth and nose
,uoseqnent examination by physician
that Mr. W. had died from the bursting OF nl' =
blood vessel SO evidently had the vital
spark lied, mat no efforts At resuscitatIon
were made, and the remains" were prepared
for bur ial <s promptly as possible. The fu-
neral OF the deceased took place tns fol-
LOWING Wednesday MIR. WIS body mad only
BEEN confined The previous day-up 10 which
uhe ~ had lad trsped IN Its shroud. in
the parlOr- Notwithstanding the wonderful
life lock OF the skin, ard the color in he
fsce, u occurred 70 no one % suggest a post
ponement Of the burial till death wa= abso-
lntely certain. The funeral was very LARGELY
attended, sDd every body remarked at the Iifl-
IKE apps arGnCe Of the deceased. The ,.Ta-
were temporarily plscHd in Que II
me wants OF The cemetery, owing % ths fa.t
that BRICK tomb, commenced far their rae-p-
iion. bad not been completed. A. ten o'eInck
on Thursday nIsht. The village was thrown
into great excitement by tue report taar a
ehsst bad been zen IN the cemetery R short
TIME before, aud That the cid lady who
mad nTst seen II hsd been frightened into "A iii
from which - was doubtful y he her ne would
recover Thinking That probably the ghost
ves peTsonatsd by some scOundrsL VINO mad
pIsyed the same trick several times before, a
npmeer OF persons armed themselves win
shot guns proceeded 20 the cemetery. aud
commenced cautious InspectiOn-thetr hearts
keepIng up an anxious humping IN thar
Sosoms IN spite OF their assuIned brayado
Ihey nad not long 10 wait, for there fitting
among the tombs, was y hite object, plainly
TO be seen. with trembling hands the ouns
were raised. and fired, whan-strange fict
Tor ghost-they saw The white creature fail
between couple OF graves. PIucking up
courage, they cautiously approaches the
goJrcs ana turned a dark lantern upon II.
Their feelings can b. better imagined than
described when they fonnd thar the ghost was
the lately deceased Mr.. W, Whilst q portion
OF me party picked MP the bleeding and sense
less body of the old Gentleman. and started
nomeward with IL, the remainder hasrened 10
the vault There they found Mr.. " 5 coffin
broken open and lying upon the floor. and the
comm of deceased lady, bat had been placed
upon II, hkevlse thrown de- " from the shelf
Ano Standing on end, partially broken open.
displaying It's CHASTITY inmate. The vault
door, which was q rather weak AFFAIR." had
been forced open by the resurrpcted MAD The
party then went TO Mr. w nouse where
Iney found that his wounds were not sarious
an mat ne had recovered his SENSE His
story " as briefly told. lie had been carried 70
the cemetery IN trance. Larry on Thursday
evening CONSCIOUSNESS returned 20 him. and
the hcrrid truth flashed upon his mind that
ne was cofhned alive THIS lent additional
strength 10 his struggle TO get free aud he
nhaily succeeded IN bursting open The collin.