The New York herald., 1870-01-26
STRANGE DELUslOS In MASSACHUSETTS,.
Exclremcnt Respecting the Alleged PrcmR-
ture Burial or Young Lady.

tur0 burlal OF q Young Lady,
tDanvers correspondence OF Boston Journal.
Tie greatest excitement since the days OF witch
craft III this usually quiet town has existed mere lOr
aweek or more. Having been az considerable pains
TO learn all the facts IN reference TO this case, the
public may rely upon their c0rrectness
ON or about Christmas Margaret Finley, the
vers Junction aged seventeen years. went out skat-
ing, took cold, had lever, induced by pneu-
g @onis Or ina some a lung dicay' ana % d,sd ooa on
Of several children ana Lne family are in,elli-
gent and respectable and mostly members OF me
Episcopal church. lhe deceased Was healthy and
sprigntly GIRL IN complex blonde with regular
features aud rose-coiOred cneeks. On thursday the
filth DAY from her decease her funeral WAS attended
by friends and neighbors, and sne was paced IN
tomb At the Cemetery, All through her sickness II
was observed there was much coior ~ her face and
when life had departed ths rose tint fingered ins0
mucn that at the funeral 1t was n0uced that she
looked like one sleeping, and wondrous iair.
day, II was suggested that the girl might have
been In trance IL was said somebody had
dreamed snc was ent0mbed alive, or cOmmunca-
ton OF some kind from tue spirit world had revealed
the supposed fact OF when 1 have spoken. rus
spread lke whd1re soon parties visited the
sexton, Mr.. Peter Waltt, obtained the keys Of the
tomb, with physician, who was to restore the de-
ceased to her friends. The CONN was opened and
the fair form Of the young lady crtcally examined
or life appeared and no evidence OF her being buried
alive was discovered This lt would seem ought to
have settled the matter. 1t did nOt and now the
story went IOrth all that day that DR.. Chase, the
physlclan referred 20, mad actually found the girl
hllVe anu uuAlDcTS WcIe uIdWu tOIuD W SET III
It was SO.
Every hour more and moro the story grew, and
finally parties went to the family OF the Girl and
ported that she was alive, had been removed to the
house 0f MIR. W., tue sexton, and anxious TO return
home. The astonished father hurried or early on
Saturday morning TO the house where he was to re-
celve the child. and 10 there was not word OF
truth In the report. In vain the sexton asserted
over and again that the girl was dead, and that
there was nothing 10 war; ant any excitement.
Crowds came ana went. increasing In numbers from
day TO day, ana Oh Tuesday and Wednesday last
hundreds mad visited the tomb. looked upon and
handled the lrfeless remains OF the girl.
On Thursday, one week after having been en-
tOmDed, hundreds from ali quarters came and,
although decomposition had commenced days De-
fore, there were those who could signs of 4iie,
and otherwise intelligent persons were ready to
make oath that her nesn was warm to the touch.
The Seiectmen had at last to interfere and
put stop to the excitement by forbiddlng any
more visits to the tomD. There was notnlng but
foolish dream or silly report OF spiritual telegram
from some place not laid down on the maps which
has created all tnis excitement and 1t Is matter Of
agtonishment that sucn Q deiusiOn cduld have eX-
listed, been extensive and Influenced 30 large o
class OF lnteiligent persons. After thS let no one
be SURPRISED 4 ANYTHING.