Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1873-01-08
from the CONN.
a Chicago Man Kicks off the Lid,
Ind objects to Rcing Planted.


Irrotn the Chicago Times, Dec. IL
One Of the rrost remarkable cpl
sodes that has ever occurred in the
life Of Frank Muhlbesch, happened
OH Yesterday. Should he 1.-Two to the
Iipe old age of three score years and
ten, il IL safe TO say ho may consider
80 very remarkable circumstances il
he should ever meet n human being
who can boast ofa similar adventure,
or Of havin. so narrowly escaped
such horrible death. There are but
few men now living who can boast Of
having been TO their own funeral, and
ofhaving been lowered by weeping
friends within the narrow walls Of
tho cold and silent tomb, but ofthat
few Is the individual mentioned
above. The facts Of the case, a. re-
lated by those who witnessed the
strange affair, are as follows:
A few days ago Mr.. Muhlbesch was
taken suddenly i'll at his residence,
somcw here in tho neighboriood Of
Blue Islaud avenue and Rebeccs
street. Ills disease was Of q very
acute nature, and in spite of all the
efforts Of his physicians, he died after
d brief illness, and HE sorrowing
friends made ready for the funeral.
An unkcrtaker was summoned and
tho body properly laid out, and OIL
yesterday tile funeral services took
place from his late residence. After
tho customary services had been
performed and the Borrowing rela-
tives had taken their last look at the
face Of the deceased, aud the cofIin lid
was screwed down, the funeral cor
tegc moved slowly toward the quiet
confines of Gracsland cemetry, whore
the body was inaliy.lowered sadly in
10 the grave which had been prepared
for 1t.
The last prayer had been offered
and the lvst solemn service re-
peated, when just as tho scxto seized
his spade and was about to drop the
first shovciiul Of Garth on the coffin,
sound, something like stifled
sroan, follow cd by a scratching noise,
as if tho dead man was trying 10 re.
lease himself from tho confines of his
narrow house, was heard proceeding
from tho still open grave. For an in
slant every heart stood still, aud the
blood of every listencr..seemcd to cur
die in lis veins. The women scream
ed aud has;cned toward the carriages,
" whilc the men wero not slow in fol-
lowing them. In al instant tho Sex
tom was the only mau left at the
grave, aud ho too trembled at hearing
" hat hc had never heard before. Fl.
nally lie recovered presence OF mind
enough 10 descend into the:grave and
break open tho rough box in which
the coffin was encased. Then the
noise was repeated, snd he knew that
the occupant Of that grave, who, in .
few moments more, would have been
consigucd TO horrible death, aud
wksm his friends had already mourn
ed as dead, was still alive and nrx-
ious te he set free. A screw-driver
was soon procuref from tho under.
taker present, and tho coffin lid re-
moved, when it's occupant, instead OF
being cold aud dead, as no had ap-
peared when last seen, was found to
be once more alive. His friends, W no
had by this time recovered courage
enough to return to the grave, were,
of course, almoN overjoyed at this
strange snd unexpected turn of af-
fairs, and fastened to rescue the late
deceased from his unpleasant quar-
ters and removd him to one of the
carriages in waiting, where he was
rolled up in plentiful supply blank
cts and lap-robes, and the friends who
had lately followed him sorrowing-
ly 10 tho grave, now fastened joyful
ly toward their homes. The rescued
man was so overcome, on beiug res
cued from his perilous position, that
he was for long time unable to
speaks and what his feelings were
while undergoing burial, or whether
he was conscious at all or not until
tho last moment, when he managed
to sisuify that he was still alive, is
not known.