The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1878-01-31
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IL is always with feeling Of horror
that We read Of u grave being opened
and the finding 4 the fact that burial
/ had taken place before death had actu-
| ally claimed its victim aud yet such
cases are of more frequent occurrence
than is generally supposed.
Some very strange cases 81 persons
being buried alive and the manner ia
which the facts were brought 30 light,
have recertly been made public. A few
Of the most remarkable Of these are
now presented ar showing 30 what An eK-
tent this blundering has Of late years
! been carried on in the United States.
| The last truly horrible ease was that of
lady, hy name Mrs. Roberta Aiuslee.
Of New Orleans. The lady had been sick
! for some time with malarlal fever, and
was at the end of ten days pronounced
dead by her physician, as all signs Of
animation seemed 10 be suspended-the
body was cold, the pulse stopped. and
/ the lips wers blOodless. Mr.. Ainhlee was
/ himself sick az the time and could not
attend the funeral a his wife but in
| few DAYS afterward he called the old
cOlored woman who had attended her In
her last illness, and made her give him
| detailed statement Of the facts After
I listening 10 her story, Mr.. Aiuslee stated
| that le had hAi n strange dream ia re-
gard 81 his wife. aud ho was firmly Of
I the impression that she had been buried
alive So strong hold did this dream
take upon his mind, that as soon ~ he
| was able. hr, N company with few
E friends and al undertaken, went 90 the
vault IN which the body had been placed,
/ and opening the large box IN which the
coffin was confined, that receptacle was
/ found % be sprung al every joint, and
+ the top almos, pried of. Upon open
I ing Il the body Of Mrs Ainslee was
{ found % be lying GA its face, and the
terrible expression the face had upon 10
/ gave evidence Of the struggle that must
have been made for freedom. Scarcely
I less muurnful are the consequences Of
the sad discovery. Mr.. Ainslee is now
Il rayiug maniac.
A short three years ago Miss Addie
Carter. the daughter Of Well-to-do
farmer, ia middle Tennessee, 10 all ap
peArances died, and was buried. The
Young lady had on her hand at the time
a beautiful diamond ring. the gift Of her
betrothel, aud il excited the cupidiiy of
a man on the farm, 30 such a degree that
he made up his mind 10 possess IT,
This lac could not do without exhuming
the body, and that he did late at night
IL seemed that after be hal burst the
coffin open he was, on account Of the
swollen condition of the finger, unable
20 pull the ring of, so. taking out hia
knife. be attempted 20 amputaie the
finger. The lady, who IL seemed bad
only been IN q trance, was brought 90
consciousness 10y the cutting, and giv.
ing SCREAM. 50 scared the man that
lac fiei Miss Carter then, after many
painful efforts. succeeded IN getting free
from her grave and in making her way
home. The effect upon her family can
be imagined, and her loyer, upon hear
ing uf the case the next day. At once
made her his wife. and she now presides
~ his table az Mrs. Collins. with moth
ing 20 remind her of her dreadful fate
but the scar upon her finger.
One OF the most painful cases OF ante
mortem intormcut took place few years
ago in Philadelphia. The lady, q young
Quakercss 81 good family. had apparent
IN passed from this world Of sin and
sorrow, and was in an open cotfin placed
in n vault amid the relics of her ances-
tors. Nearly si1 months afterwnrd the
vault was opened to receive another
tenant, when a sight met the eyes Of
IN ,se present tina, will never be forgot
ton by them. On the steps Of the vault
sat. or rather reclined against the wall,
all that was mortal Of the young Lady.
Sho hal walked from her trance, and
being unable 90 And her way 90 earth
again. had sunk in helpless despair upon
the steps
A very singular case occurred 20
minister some two years ago IN Mon
mouth county, New Jersey. After a
short illness he was thought 30 bc dead,
and preparations were made for his
funeral. But il was not 30 be--the
man Was only in a trance and as the
undertaken was making ready 10 screw
down the lid OF the coffin, he discovered
a twitching OF the supposed dead mans
cye-balls, and upon proper remedies be
ing applied, the gentleman Was restored
30 full life and vigor. he describes
most vividly his feelings q; the time, as
lac said that he could hear all that was
going on around him, but could not
move until the last moment.