The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1876-09-01
4 Burial and Resurrection.

THE EGYPTIAN PROPHET. AID ENCHANTER IS
BURIED AND RISES AGAIS-THE TRICK DIS
CovEEED-HOW 1T WAS DONE. 49,,
IFrom the Charleston Is. C.I News and Gourier.]
g True TO his promise, Professor Nixon, the
"Egyptian Prophet and Enchanter," car
ricd out his programme. He was buried in
pine coffin six feet under ground, and in
thirty minutes, ut the sound OF a wheezy old
brass bugle, made his appearance again
upon the surface of tue earth, and forthwith
went and took drink OF whiskey neat,
Just as any man in the flesh and blood would
do. -. .. ~ , ~ : 7T''E i'is
Those who went up to Belvidere farm ex
pecting to see a man actually come out OF q
coffin after remaining there an hour, raise
the lid of his coffin and burrow his way
out-and there We're many who went there
with that expectation Of course, dis.
appointed. But Prophet Charles Barker
Niyon's trick lis, an exceedingly clever one
after all, and il he was taken in hand by
some enterprising Barnum, and properly fed
and clothed and advertised, he would be
worth small fortune. The feat Of burying
ones self and henresurrecting ones sell,
is as easy as falling off a log-if you know
how to- DO it. " a., a.:.:.'t -. e .s:t.,&
The grave is madeS SIX feet long and six,
feet deep. About eight inches from the
head OF the grave the professor dlgs a pllnd
we'll about four feet square and about SIX
feet deep. This is covered over by thin
boards about foot and Il half below the
surface. and these boaIsls ssre .eoyeleaspver
with earth. The trick must, Of, course, pc
done in clayey sou, as great care must pc
taken Id the construction ofGthe, grave and
the well so as to prevent the ttill'r q
OF earth which separates them from GAVIN Is!
IN or being detected. 1.-The coffin. is made
large enough to allow one to turn oXerlln u,
and is so constructed that the headsRoard
can easily'be burst 1open, OF can,open WIN
a, spring. All the preliminarfes having been
arranged the prophet gets IN the coftln,
the lid is screwed. down; ands the CONN
lowered III the grave. The earth, IS ,hrA-'
riedIydhrown in over the head 80 as to con-
ceal the movements efthe man INST TINS
takes about three minutes the an In the
coffin being sufficient to sustain life fully
FIVE minutes.hiA soon .as the earth covers
the head of the coffin The prophet knocks
out the head-board and quickly grubS his
way through the six or eight, inches OF
earth that separates him from his blind
we'll Then he crawls through INTO 1t, and
quietly sits down,or stands up, his bead
Being near the surface, and having plenty
OF air TO support him for several hours::
Then he contenteuiF .Walts UNI! tne stS ua'
is given. when, he breaks the thin boards
above his head and emerges- not from the.
grave, but from the dry we'll at theshead OF
the grave. ,ti go, 4. a-' 2. :, =
i This is. the prophets trick, and althoug h
it was badly done it was not bis fault With
proper management, and by. keeping the;
spectators SOME distance Off so that they
could not tell where the head Of the grave
commenced, and moreover, by tearing away
the board covering to the well and not let
ting itghsseen, tile deception would becom!
plcte. w g. Z: - ~ " NJ