Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1869-06-23

the l4th of April, 20 test tho poesibi,.
" ofrcsusclta,ing body destroyed by
asnhyxia, Complete preparations had
been made beforehand for the trial,
aud Immediately after the body Of
the murderer was cot down, hher
hanging thirty minutes, Il was taken
ny the physicians, carried TO the Med
icul College, and placed on a taple ip
the amphltheatre. Thit was the work
Of ten minutes. A quantity OF pure
oxygen gas was forced into The lrngs,
and powerful galvanic battery ep-
piled 10 the mednlla obloneata and
the pit Of the stomach. At the same
time the tongue was withdrawn from
the mouth andtbo body turned from
side TO side, the method Of Marshall
Hall Iorartifcial respiration. la four
or five minutes a marked change oc-
CURED in the counteuanco, the chsst
gradually expanded, the eyes opened,
one arm was drawn up, and, by means
Of a s;ethescope, contractions and di-
lations of the heart were distinctly
heard So evident were the signs Of
life, that his friends exulted over the
fact that he really lived. Another
gallon of oxygen was introduced into
his lungs, and the battery was so
changed that the current passed the
entire length Of the spine, and the ar
tihcial respiration continued. For q
few moments the signs of life increased,
but in short time disappeared. Nj
trous oxide gas was injected into the
trachea, made by Prof Duffee, but all
to no purpose, and, at the expiration
of an hour and twenty-five minutes,
the experiments ceased, and the body
was handed over TO bis friends.
There have been other attempts
made 10 restore executed criminals to
life that were more successful. A
Swiss convict was once hung up thir-
teen times without fatal effect, and be
came out alive from the terrible ordeal.
1t was afterward discovered, on inves-
tigation, that bis wind-pipe was ossi-
fed, and this saved him from suffoca-
tion. The case of Annie Greene, q
servant girl, who was hanged in Lon.
don in 1915, is still more remarkable.
While hanging, her body was pulled,
and beaten with a soldiers musket,
ana arter Deing cut down was tramp
led on. In spite Of all this, when the
body was stretched on the table for
dissection by the anatomists, il showed
signs Of life restoratives were instant
applied, and the indications increased 4;
in fourteen hours after the hanging,
she could speak, and in a few days
was completely restored. The terri
bic suffering she had gone through
was considered sufficient punishment
for her crime, and She was pardoned.
She lived many years afterward, mar
ried, and bore three children. She
was often asked to narrate her sensa-
tions during the hanging, aud the
timo Of her apparent death, but on
this subject she could throw no light.
She lost her consciousness, she de-
elared, when the drop tell, and remem.
fered nothing till her revival. A
servant girl hanged al Oxford, in 1868.
was cut down, apparently dead, after
being suspended several hours, and
allowed to fall a great distance, which
Of itself, was enough 10 kill an nm.
hanged person. She was resuscitated,
however, by the anatomists; but the
officers of the law insisted on doing
their duty, and she was efteetnally
hanged the next day.
Margaret Dickson was hanged at
Edinburg, in 1924, and, after being
cut down, was placed in a coffin. and
mat 10 cart. 70 be borne u distance
Of six miles for burial. During the
Journey, The coffin was broken open
by some medical students, which let
The air into the confined corpse this
together with the jolting of the cart,
resuscitated the body before two miles
Of the distance had been accomplished.
Instead of being carried TO the burial
place, she was taken TO her home;
her neighbors gathered around her 70
offer their services, and the parish
minister came to pray for her. The
restoration was complete, and she
lived long after to bear several chill
iren, and led an exemplary life.
A man named Smith, who was hung
1t London, was reprieved, but the
reprieve did not reach the officer till
he had been hanging fifteen minutes.
He was instantly cut down and bed.
He revived and recovered. William
Duell, who was hanged at London, in
l740, was revived by the physicians
who had been given his body for dis
section. The government spared his
I;fe, but transported him. In l767 q
man was executed at Cork, and after
being cut down was removed to dis
secting room, a hole was cut in his
wind pipe and restoratives applied TO
the body. He recovered at once, and
the record adds. had the hardihood TO
attend the theatre that night. A CASE
too marvellous for belief, we're not the
testimony indisputable, is that of
lnetto de Balsham, who was executed
in England, and kept hanging on the
gallows from Monday morning till
Thursday morning following, but who,
Notwithstanding this fearful expert
ence, was restored TO life, pardoped,
and lived for several years afterward.
When the hanging is skillfully done,
however, so as TO dislocate the cervi,
cal vertebra, resuscitation is impossi.
BILE, as the severance OF the spinal
caused by the luqation sepa-
rates the brain from the remainder Of
the nervous system almost as com,
pletely as though the head were cut
off When the neck is not broken, the
death comes by asphvxia, as in the
case Of drowning, without lesion Of
any of the organs. In such cases, if
too long a time has not elapsed from
the first suspension Of respiration TO
tho application of restorative agents,
resuscitation may be as possible az
with a drowned person who has not
lain too long in the water But when
the vital spark has fed, and the death
is real and complete, there is no known
chemical or galvanic art that can re-