The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1876-12-13
a - EssANGE CASE.
\ Young Girl After ReInG in Fer
Collin shows Symptoms ocF.iGc.

| Louisville (ky) Commercial.
The case of the young lady, Miss
| Laura Rothsfeld, whose death was an
nounced last Wednesday morning,
| furnishes some strange and singular tea
| lures, which will give our physicians and
| scientific men fresh material for study
and reflection. After having lain i'll Il
coffin for several hours, she exhibited
symptoms of life, and the body was i'm
mediateIy removed and placed upon a
sofa in front of fire, where it has been
ever since. The complexion remains
changed, and she looks like &ne in n
peaceful slumber.
Miss Rothsfeld. had just turned her
seventeenth year, and ut times during
her whole life has suffered from epilepsy,
an affiiction that has been hereditary in
her family. She has always been deli
cate, never enjoying good health, and
attacks of epilepsy have been more lre-
quent during the past few years and
more severe than at any other time.
| Last Saturday she complained OF having
headache, and on Sunday her suffering
was such as to c0nfiHe her 10 her bed,
F: and she gr.w worse, and Monday after
noon was attacked with cramps, and DIR.
| Mason was sent for. Everything pos sible
was done for her relief, but without avail.
Once during the evening she spoke TO
| her mother, but from that time remained
unconscious until about o'clock Wed
uesday, when she seemed to pass away
rs quietly as one falling into Il pleasant
| slumber. Her pulse continued to beat,
|
| o'clock, but finally ali signs Of life ceased
and the physician pronounced her dead.
! The body remained warm until some
time after this, and was kept in the bed
until Thurlay morning, when her fami-
! ~ became sa.isti d that she was dead.
and arrangements were made for her fu-
neral. In preparing the boiy for inter
ment, it was noticed that the breast and
neck were Of blush color, which ex-
tended along the right side OF the face
to the hair. The face was also very
pale, and those who dressed the body
| stated that the checks appeared somewhat
sunken.
After dressing the body in "A white
shroui, it was placed in coffin about 8
o'clock Thursday morning. About noon
number of friends gathered around the
coffin noticed that the complexion had
changed to a more natural shade, and
that the mouth had opened, The family
were Immediately called, and when they
returned to the coffin the mouth had
closed, but otherwise there was no indi-
cation that life still remained. Rev. DIR.
Weygold called at the house about
O'Clock, and, upon his suggestion, the
body was removed from the coffin and
placed on a sofa near the fire. This was
Thursday afternoon, and the body has
remained there ever since, within a few
feet of the fire, without the slightest
change taking place.
A reporter of the Commercial called
at the house last evening. The body was
lying on the sofa dressed in the shroud,
covered with quilt, and looked ike one
in a peaceful slumber The body was
stiff and cold, excep: the feet and fingers,
and the ears. The fingers and ears were
as pliable as in life, and not icy, like the
rest of the body The blush color about
the breast and face mentioned above had
passed away, and the complexion changed
to more natural color. The mother
stated that several times the mouth had
opened sufficiently to show the teeth,
but it was closed and the lips firmly set
last night. There were no other signs of
life
A number of physicians called at the I
house yesterday, and were Of the opinion /
that the girl was dead, but were puzzled /
as to the changes said to have taken
place. The mother, however, thinks that
life still exists, and says that she will not I
permit the body to be buried unless de- /
composition sets in, of which there is not |
the least indication at present, although |
the body has lain by fire for two days. /
1t is indeed strange case.
As strange coincidence it may be
stated that the grandmother Of Miss
Rothsteld, when seventeen years of age,
laid in trance for three days, and the /
body was stiff and cold as in this case
She afterward recovered, lived to be sew
enty years old. and was the mother of
sixteen children.