The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-05-04
The Experience OF Man who was
Supposed to be Dead and was Plac-
al In, the HOrUuP.

The San Francisco Akd California
gives the subjoined account of the ex-
perience of German, who was suppos
ed to have died in that city, and whose
body was Immediately removed and
placed in the dead-house attached to the
hospital in which he had been under
/ treatment:
"The body was deposited in case
where two other bodies had already
been placed, and between them. The
cover was put on and the keeper of the
dead-house retired for the night. About
midnight loud screaming and yelling
of the most unearthly character was
heard in the dead-house, The watchers
heard it, the patients heard it, and the
party who had charge of this portion
of the building heard it also. The
keeper of the dead-house was sought
after, but being aware of what he was
required to do, he sought concealment,
preferring to let the ghosts fight it out
among themselves, rather than attempt
to become peacemaker. The wells and
shouts IN the dead-house still continued,
while the door received an occasional
bang, accompanied by the demands,
"Open the door; let me out. AT last
the keeper was prevailed upon to pro-
coed to the dead-house and open the
door, when the ghostly form of the
German, whose life had been a
few hours previously pronounced
extinct, and who had been dressed
in the robes of the dead, stood
before him. The keeper tainted out
right, while the terrified German rushed
headlong through the long halls and
corridors of the building, spreading
dismav and terror as he went. Some
more courageous than the rest, caught
and arrested him in his frantic career,
but the next instant the poor German
fell on the floor in fit. The physician
was at once sent for, and restoratlves
used by which he was restored to CON
seriousness, and although he is still
weak and under treatment in the hos
pital, his recovery is considered Ger
tain. How he felt when he re-
turned TO consciousness, we give as he
told it himself: "Vell, ven got sick
and vas in bed that day the doctor
came to me and said vas very sick.
lie vent away, and after he vent | fell
asleep. | knew nothing more till |
woke in de night, and there was no
light. put out my hand, and | could
get no bed clothes, for | vas cold. l
den puts my hand to vOne side to try
for the bed clothes, and, Och, vat you
tink | got?-vy ded man! Dere he
vas, cold enough sure. | roared mid all
the power had and vas going away by
the other side, ven sure, | put my hand
on another. Then / rOared, and
called, and cried out all ! could,
and ven ] was getting up, my head
struck board that was covering me.
Oh said |, 'vot does this mean, we're
am /? Am ded ? and | roared and
bawled, and threw off the cover and
Jumped about as if / vas mad. And |
knocked at the door vid my hands and
feet, but nobody would open it for me,
and thought I vas ded myself | vas
not shure, | had the ded mans dress
on me. At last the door opened, and
ven looked at the man vat opened it
he fell down mid fear, and | ran till |
vas caught. Then l tainted, and ven /
come to myself Thought it vas a
dream. But it is as true as am here.