The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-10-20
Marrow Eseape from Death I'm a SsShA'
Vault.
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fDetroit Free Press.]
A singular accident occurred NJ uia,"o, ~,
street banking-housc Saturday noon, ,;a ~
,rh;ch one Of the employees OF the estaorsn'
$3.50 = ,,,o neor losing his life through suilo-
cst;on II appears that the gentleman VINO
s,'a. ,ho suffcrcr had occasion to enter the
80 chami,er Of the vault about htteen
n,;n,,,es bcfd8 the hour for closing the bahk
= ri arrived. When an assistant In the casu
Iansrtment, who has charge OF the Keys,
came along. and without even as mucn "s
hooking into the vault (thcrcby ncsh cuhg
n t,,rn off the gas, which is kept burning
dnrinc business honrs,) carelcssly slammed
tbn inner door and locked it. Unconscious
Of thc fact that he had imprisoned hu-
,,,om hcinr. he forced the massive outer
door of the vault into position, turned
tho kew. and depositing it i'll ms
nocket took his customary station at the
desk. In the business routine of the es ab'
Tshment the day-books are regularly post
cd before closing, in order that no INTERRUPT.
ton NAV occur on re0pcniDg for the AFTER
ooop,s transactions, and tie involuntary
prisoner, who supcrintcnds this department,
not being present to give the usual orders,
an inquiry was raised as to what lk'd pecoHe
Of him. After 4 few moments patent wall
ing il was decided TO send for hlln, anu WIN
This view a messcpecr-boy was dispatched 10
hupt him up. The boy soon returned, say
ing that he had made diligeut search OUT
without result. As the mans hat ana COZ.
we're hanging on the rack, 1t was apparent
that he could not have gone far, ana IL was
decided 70 wait for him until II O'Clock DC.
fore closing the books. The City Hall ocil
SOON tollcd that hour. and the gentlemen en-
noccd in the bank prepared TO go TO dinner,
leaving one of their number at the door III
cbarcc of the missing mans clothing.
In going out the teller remarked in
iokinc manner that their colleague had been
imprisoned in the vault. This caused tho
gentleman who closed it so much uncaslness
that he at once decided, notwithstanding the
burst of laughter which his undertaking
might create, 10 swing both doors OF the
vault and walk in. This was immediately
done. when, to the horror Of those OUTSIDE,
he uttered 4 shrek and called for assist
ancc. To rush into the vault and turn on
the Gas, which had become cXtlngul>hca,
was but the work of an instant, when tnc
PROSTATE form of the poor fellow was dis.
covered in position which revealed
his sutrerin"s, and showed how hard
he hud Struggled to regain his lib
crtv. The apparently litecss body was car
ried out OF the vault and placed on sofa in
the directors parlor. Several physicians
were immediately summoned, who, aided by
the bank employees, made every possible eli
fort to resuscitatc him. After halfhours
assiduous labor, during which time proper
restoratyes were applied, they were re-
warded by perceiving uumistakable ssymp
toms of the return of animation. Under al
vice Of the attending physicians, he was
placed in carriage and conveyed to his
home, where he shortly afterward returned
to consciousness. Although very weak
from the effects Of bis Imprisonment
the care and treatment which he is
receiving will soon enable him tt
return to his post at the bank. lie states
that when the doors were locked on him he
cried at the top of his voice with but faint
hope of being heard outside. He shook the
inner door until it ratified on its hinges, but
all in vain, and after having resorted to
every means in his power to liberate himsel
from bis tomb, exhausted by exertion anc
stifed by the close air of the vault, he tel
helpeSsly to the stone floor to meet bis
seemingly inevitable doom. He soon after
became insensible, and but for the timely
discovery of his whereabouts, the escape o.
gas and the fetid atmosphere of his hermet
ricaly scaled iron coffin would soon have
cOnsunmated their deadly work.