The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1876-07-28
A RESURRECTION,
Why People are Never Buried Alive In Municl
"A Thrilling Story.

Why People are Never Buried Alive In Munich
"A Thrilling Story.
Three men sat behind the great stove
in the CABIN OF the Twilight on their way
to Troy, says the Press. "Well," said
the man who sat in the middle, II have
good reason to remember Bavaria as
long as 1 i've" Some curiosity was
then expressed, and the man tolu ter
rible story OF suffering and death at
Munich.
He said he was then young man and
was taken sick of some INDECENT fever.
Alter the fourth day he became deliri-
ous, and remembered nothing distinctly
until ne woke up aud found himself
dead. Then he went on to describe the
manner OF dealing with dead bodies.
There is large vault in the suburbs of
the city cahed the dead house. There
those VINO die are hustled OH almost as
soon as the breath has left the body.
They remain there twenty days and
then they are buried if they do not re-
turn to life. To each body 10 attached
TWO wires connecting with bells which
are numbered and hung in the watch-
mems room adjoining the dead house.
The least motion of the body Will ring
the bell corresponding with the number
OF the corpse. The watchnen's room is
never vacant. Besides watenmen there
are constantly friends Of the dead watch
ing the bells intentiy, but few of them
Fever ring.
After having given these details, the
man said he went into a trance or an un-
conscious condition, aud being a
stranger, his body was hurried off TO the
dead d-nouse. He had no consciousness
of going there, but when they straight
ened him out on the cold slab he knew
what they were doing, but was power
| less to move or to speak. Wnen he
heard the great door creak and clang OH
| its hinges ne gave up ali hope OF ever
living again. He Thought that he was in
| d tonib that had been forever sealed
| He remembered nothing more until Six
days afterward (as he subsequently
learned). There he was sltting bolt up
rigut, and the tomb was lull of watch
men, with lanterns. He did not for &
moment comprehend his situation.
ne then tnoughI be was dreaming
Then looked around him and saw deaf
| uOuies on all sides, and was about t,
| fall backward when one OF the watch
men seized him by the arm and giyInI
him a shaking up, said in his native Ian
lyuage: "Are you dead or aliyeW Ht
bumped up and said: Ppm alive! let me
vuL OF herel' He was then taken tt
the Office, his name recorded, and a ply
sician sent tor. He remained IN the OF
ice day and a night, having taker
some stImulants and i0od, and feeling
we'll enough, he was allowed to go Oh
| his way. Tue news OF his resurre Lior
| did MOI seem to create much excitement
lalthough such Lnings r"re,y occurred
There were some Englisn anu a lev
American people there who made quite
time about it, and iul account wa,
| subsequently printed in the London pa
pc s, whittier he went as SOON as able u
| travel.
When he was placed in the tomb the
bell wires were affixed to his hand, bu
| he knew nothing about 1t. Tue belIs
tingled, the waIenman SAID, on the nign
of the first entomDment, but on exaMIn
ing the body no signs Uf life coulu b,
dir covered. But wnen he hnail, cam,
| to llle he pulled the bells so vioientI
that they leli down. Tnen the watch
men rushed in and found him as ue
| scribed. They did not seem terrlied til
least, but took in the situation in a busi
ness surt OF way. 1t was, however,
terrible experience to him, and Nnen h
discovered where he was and wnaJ Ii
was supposed To be, he nearly died Oul
right with frlgnt. Ed
The watcbman told him that With
their recollection only two others ha
come to lie, but they did not lie as Ion
as he did.