The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1867-11-20
A. WEDNESDAY MORNING. NOVEMBER|2 o 1867.
NO. 81
Barred Alire and short as Ghost. :

4 Buried Alire and short a. Ghost. i
! The Cleveland Pyaindealev, Of the 1st.
learns through private letter the details OF
gu extraordinary occurrence that recently
took place in a towu,of Southern Ohio, sad
tells the story as follows: y
An old gentleman, named Delos Winaua,
became tranticaliy angry with his sou, be-
cause he had lost large sum Of his fathers
money on a bet His trenzied feelings fnSl-
/ y got the better Of him, aud no fellsd his
son to the floor with blow of his fst, aud
Immediately thereafter fell down himself in
senseless condition. Great excitement in
| the family ensued. The mother ran scrsarn-
lns Tor assistance. which was soon fofthoom-
ing III the persons OF several Of the neigh.
bors. Mr. w. was found in an apparently
liie!ess condition, with blood flowing from hia
mouth and nose. 4 subsequent examination
by q physician led to tho annouaee,aeat By
him that MIR. w. had died from the bursting
OF blood vessel. So evidently had the vital
spark fed, that no efforts at reconstruction
were made, and the .'renains" we're prepared
forbara as promptly as possible. The fuher-
al OF the deceased" took place the following
Wednesday. Dir. VS. body had Only been
cofaued the previous day-up to which tine
1t had laid draped in lis shroud, in the par'of.
Notwithstanding the wonderful l;fo lock u
the s.n, and the color in the face, it occurred
to no Ole to suggest u postponement Of the
burial TIL death WAS absolutely certain. Tha
Iuneral was very largly attended, aud averY-
body remarked the litelike appearances Of tho
deceased. The remains" were temporarily
placed IN one Of the vaults of the es:notery.
owing TO the fact that a brick tomb, oonU.
menced for their reception, had not been Coz
plcied Al ten o'clock ON Thursday nigAs,
the village was thrown into CRATE exc;tc.asat
by the report that ghost had been sesa il
the cemetery short time before, aud thai Sha
Old lady who had first seen it had been frixhs
tened into tit frcm which it was duubttN
whether she would recover Thinkiax tkss
probably the ghost was perforated By soa.s
who had played tho same trick
several times before, u number OF spsesOos
armed themselves With shot guns, procssdsd
to the cemetery, aud commenced sAutions
hearts keeping up and ANA.
lous humping in their bosonls il spita- Of
sheif assumed bravado. They had rot long
to wait, for there, fitting among the tsmhS
WIS white object, plainly TO b. seen. Vita
hands the gunA were raised, sal
fred whcu-strange fact for ghoss--shey
saw the white creature fall between couple
Of graves plucking up courage, they eau
tiousy approached the object, aud tusseirs
dark lantern upon it. Their feelings can h.
better imagined than described, When ther
found that the ghost was the lately deceased
Mr. "! Whilst portion ofthe party picked
up the bleeding and senseless body OF che old
gentleman, and started homeward with l..
The remainder FASTENED 10 the vault There
hey found Mr.. VS. coffin broken open. an1
aging upon the foor, aud the coffin III de-
ceased lady, that had Been placed upon IT,
Likewise thrown down from the Shelf, aud
standing on end, partially broken opea, dia-
playing its CHASTITY iLmsto. The vault door.
which was rather weak affair, had been for
BED open by the resurrccted man. The party
hen went to MIR. WIS house, where they
ound that his wounds were not serious, aud
hat he had recovered his senses His story
was briefly toid lie had been carried to tbs
in a trance. Early on THURSDAY
evening CONSEQUENCES returned to him, anl
Lhe horrid truth flashed upon his mind thss
le was coined alive This lent additional
strength to his struggle to get free aud ~
iaally succeeded in bursting open the soSn.