The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-01-06
DEAD AND ALIVE,
Three Dend Bodies Exhiait sisns or Life.


From the Detroit .Mich.) Free Press Jan. 81
Saturday evening, after Coroner GDan mad EN-.
panched jury anu ADJOURNED Inc Inquest the
Case Vi The victims or the otenrlls nre body
stewart was taheii 10 his Inotner's house, Con-
eress street. wnlle those Of bGnliyhausen and
sGeger were handed over 70 the CITY undertaken and
dressed iOr the grave Ueore Uelng taken charge
Uy IiIends. HON were put into their collins and
remained thus until Sunday morning. A.OuL elx ht
O'Ciocx, MIS-. punins nauscu tine uotner) Opeued
the comm 10 exhibit Inc dead 10 some pain Ling
cuers, sne observed, or thought sue uiu that lng
corpse nAd turned Little III It's CONN sue was NJ
once greatly eXclted anu her excitement and mat
OF lrienus Increased the corpse nad
assuiicu iOUk VI lie. the luce peinH flushed. The
Niger nails looking req, and cOnsluerau,e warmth
being apparent o., touching Tie hands or lace.
ihe corpse was immediately removed from Its
CONN, placed OH y lounge aud wrapped IN blankets
ana III ntt Z inie Two o. tniee SURGEONS had been
Called Az tune went Oh signs Of HE became more
aud more aLparen', anu lie news began ~ sp,ead
through the city thai there WAS hope VI saving the
young Ean-raising ham irOM me dead. scVres
ana nundied OF people began moving toward Tie
corner VI husscil ana Atie lam sLrees, anu dulInY
the day AMI evening the house anu yard WEI, nlied
with Iitzens anAluus 10 eirn The smallest particu.
lar, VI Tie CASE. he face warm when touched;
IL seemed ~ Il the blood was circulating III the
nugers. ANA by eveu,n. the pal en,is me
victim had great hopes THAT he would pe restO oil
~ CONSCIOUSNESS uelvre hioinlnY. lhe DOay was
Kept warm. Inc ieet nnd banls vsef2tsl, rupDed
every lew moments, anu ~ length II seeMed, when
looking ~ the boy, us II lie war only asleep. The
sii1ness aud rigIdiIy winch character lie the nmbs
be moved easily the myers nent the arins raised
Anu moved from slde to sde, anu several meuical
men were sanguine That they could Iaise the dead
~ lie,
IN the evening, In addition to score Of other
melbOds being trled electricity was brought into
use uud gwen u thvrouIn Jriai but without, now
ever, producing the encct hoped Tor. MOnuay morn.
Ing tie uody remained I'D the same state ~ the
night ueiore, anu scarcely any Change TOOK place
unin noon yesterday, wnen The mesh grew cod and
every one gave up nope VI HE. ne limbs not
grow rigid, anu neither had tine nusn lett the ace
AZ three ucivcK the afternoon, and for THIS rea.
son the parents have decided not 10 bury tue
corpse unli nature exhibits unmlstaKabie signs VI
deatn.
lne case OF the young man Geiger, whose parents
live ~ IA. tatnarne street, Is still more singular.
Sunday morning, ~ IN thc other Case Signs d lie
were exhibited, anu ue was taken from his CONN
ahu placed upon woullen blankets. anu his friends,
intensely cAclLeu, UeRan making great enOrts ~ re-
store MN to lue. Ills nanus were cDaied. bis feet
rubbed ia hot wnlskey, ana every enort made i0r
was trance. The news went aDioau aud nall tue
me'hcai men IN the Guy. Desiues hundreds VI clti.
zehs, paid The nou,e visit. Ever, lning was tried
tnut could Oc Suggested uut 10 Iurther cnanye was
made Than 10 pring deeper nusn " the cneek and
~ renuer me hinDs less stun. Work wac continued
every enor, bavlng faied, II Was ucclJed that
nvtnlnl more couid De doue. Aud yei. al lour
o'co.k last evening tne uce VI ne corpse was warm
10 Inc toucn, me hands were not near W. cold as
Tue ungioved maud VI pedestrian, and the
goou neailn. A score Of doctors IN ali VISITED and
examined The body, anu sumo would mol w Con.
WINGED tnat Lea.n mad Actually occurred, wnie ali
were puzzled ~ account. Tor The conultion OF the
body.
The body OF young s,ewar, did no, exhibit such
strong mJicalionr vi lie ~ those VI his conpanivns
bu II was nevertheless nard voc convince one tuat
| he was deaf Instead vi Sleeping.
In Oeigers case, a. In bUEnRhausen's the ma,
rents have determined 10 Keep the body uutil de.
composniou sets In. Hundreds Of theories nave
Deen advanced IN explanation Of lnib strange pne.
noniena- Sone think tue we'll iunale.t some.
tulny 70 cause the present conditions VI Vie butles
and diners CAIN that dean came instantly, and
| mat the bodies exnion Just the indications Shown
wnen person Id Killed ny q stroke vi iiyntnnR. BE
as II may, the incidents created much ca clteinent
| around the CITY yesterday, anu, as was natural
nearly every ieport Was grossly exaggerated 10 nep
along the general beiiei that miracle Was 10 be
| wrought,