Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1870-02-22
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aasusoi.ation Of Kriol the wife Mur-

Il IS we'll known that the unfortunate KrieI.
Who suffered death--orswa supposed to have
done so--a few days since. in I.Ouisrille, Kg.,
{ went to his doom grim; iimplaeablc, and M
naturally frm. The papers of that city ssy:
When the rope that held tbs trap was sew
cred aud the body fell, It was the subject ef
remark that the elSsed bands and position of
the legs and feet remained entirely un-
changed, showing a Tremendous exercise of
viii aud control Of uerse The neck was not
broken, neither was the rope drawn so closely
about the MINIS neck that its mark could ba
distinguished, nor was the skin chafed par.
.tielo.
General Khittaker, yhoRas present at tio
execution bg quest &c nrisoner n 3ssho
examined the body as 1t hung, declared IN the
hearing of those in the vicinity of the scafS
fold, that pulsation in the carotid arteries of
the neck was discernible after the jail sur
geon aud his assistants declared life extinct.
No one can question the Generals Judgment
and discretion, and when he placed his fn-
gers on the arteries and declared there was
circulation still discernible in opposition to
the opinion or the medical practitioners be-
side him, many felt that there might bo
grounds for the apprehension that the crimi>
nal would evnde death.
The circumstances favoring this remarka-
BILE story are strong and closely Connected
After hanging some minutes, Kriers body was
placed in the coffin. The limbs remained
flexible; tho hands opened with the least
persuasion, and were crossed on his BOSOM
The eyes, that stared half opened when the
black cap was withdrawn, remained closed af-
ter the slight touch upon them. and the faco
assumed the appearance of mobility and rest.
The red flushing in the cheeks came back
to certain extent, and the dark coloring on
the neck under the knotted rope partially
disappeared. The short time that elapsed
between his being placed in the coffin and
being driven away was also subject of re-
mark.
No one seemed to have any charge of the
body, and it was driven away in in a lonely
hearse to the vault at the cemetery. At
night the body was carried off by q reckless
class of students and an eager experimentalist.
The galVanic battery was applied, and in
less than fifteen minutes the warm blood COM
menced to course through tho chilled body,
and at last the eyes were opened. The stu
dents stood appalled, aud could hardly realize
the extent of the demonstration before them.
One of them spoke to Kriel, asking him,
'.Are you sensible?" The eyes answered ex-
pressively, aud the lips opened Intellectually,
for no speech came forth Stimulants were
poured down the throat of the revived crim~
inal, and in less than one hour atter he had
been placed in the surgery, Kriel sat up and
asked them, "What have you done? AMI
alive z"
The CONSERVATION and yet the professional
delight of the spectators was loudly expressed.
The experiment of reckless class Of stu>
dents aud au able experimentalist had resulted
in the resuscitntion Of = man who had been
hung a short time previous. Steps were i'm
mediately taken to save tho life of. the
wretched man. Justice had been satisfied by
the public execution though life returned
Why should they deliver up what had so prov
identially aud wonderfully boeu restored.
None of Krie!s personal friends were
notified. Strangers disguised him, furnished
him with means, and by daylight man, weak
and tottering, but firm and immovable in his
demeanor, was last seen by watchful, silent
friend, who kept near him, on the train leav-
ing Seymour, Ind, on his way to an unknown,
but it is to be hoped, better future.