The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-01-27
BURIED ALIVE.
some Strange but Well Authenticated
Cases-Marrted Lady of New Orleans
Brought to Life by R0bber
[Pittsburg Dispatch.l

[Pittsburg Dispatch1
1t is always with a feeling of horror that w,
read of grave being opened and the fiEdine
Of the fact that burial had taken place be-
yet such cases are OF more frequent occur
renee than Is generally supposed.
Some very strange cases of persons being
buried alive and the manner In which tbs
facts We're brought to light, have recently
been made public.
A few OF the most remarkable Of these are
now presented as showing to what at, extent
| this blunder has OF late years been carried on
In the United States. The last
| TRULY HORRIBLE CASE
was that Of lady, by name Mrs. Roberta
| Ainslee, OF New Orleans. The lady had been
sick for some time with malairial fever.
and was at the end of ten days pronounced
dead by her physician as all signs of ANNA
ton seemed .s to be suspended; the body was
colo, the pulse stopped, and the lips were
| the time, and could not attend the funeral of
| his wife; but a few days afterward he called
the old negress who had attended her in her
last illness, and made her give him detailed
statement Of the facts.
Alter listening to her story Mr.. Ainslee
stated that he had had strange dream i'm re-
gard to his wife, and he was firmly of the i'm
preston that she had been buried alive.
SO strong hold did this dream take upon
his mind that as soon as he was able he In
company with a few friends and an under
taker, went to the vault in which the body
had been placed, and opening the large box
LII which the coffin was confined. that re-
ceeptacle was found to be sprung at every
joint, and the top almost pried off Upon
opening the body of Mrs. Ainslee was
found to be lying on Its face, and the terrible
expression the lace had upon it gave evidence
OF the struggle that must have been made for
freedom. Scarcely less mournful are the
consequences of the sad discovery Mr., Aims
lee Is now raving maniac.
BROUGHT TO LIFE BY RoBBER.
:. A short three years ago Miss Addie Carter.
the daughter OF q well-to-do farmer ia Middle
tennessee, to all appearances died, and was
the time beautiful diamond ring The riff nf
her betrothed and 1t excited the cupidity of a
negro on the farm to such q degree that he
m ade up bis mind to possess it.. This he could
he did late at night. 1t seems that after he
had !, burst the collin open he was, ON account
OF the swollen condition Of the finger. unable
to pull the ring off, SO, taking out his knife. |
he attempted to amputate the finger
The lady, who it seems had onIy been in a |
trance, was brought to consciousness by the |
cutting, and giving a scream, SO scared the |
negro that he fled.
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 lover |
upon bearing Of the case next day. at once |
\ ;1 her his wife and she now presfdes at his
table as Mrs. Collins, with nothing to remind |
her OF her dreadful fate but the scar upon her
finger. r 0-1 -'NA
ONE OF THE MOST PAINFUL CASES
Of ante mortem interment took place a few
years ago In Philadelphia. The lady, q young
9a AXE e Of good family, had apparently
was In an open coffin placed in vault amid
,he relics OF her ancestors. Nearly six month";
atterward the vault was opened to receive an
,ther tenant, when sight met the ewes of
hose present that will never be forgotten by
hem. ~
On the step Of the vault sat, or rather, re-
Lined against the wall, all that was mortal Of
he young lady. She had Weakened from her
rance, and being unable to find her wav to
arth again. had sunk in helpless despair ll1,on
he steps, and then when hunger pressed her |
he had fed upon her own flesh. as it was dis,
overed that her shoulders and arms were
lterally eaten to the bone.
A VERY SINGULAR CASE
ccurTed to minister some two years ago in
1onmouth county, N. J. After a short i'll {
ess he was thought to be dead and prenara- |
ions were made for his funeral. But it was I
ct to be-the man was only in trance; and {
the undertaken was making ready to screw c
own the Lid OF the coffin he discovered a L
yltchlng OF the supposed dead mans eye g
ds, ana upon proper remedies being applied. !,
1e gentleman was restored to full life and ]
igor he described most wildly his feelings q
the time. as he said that he could hear ali IL
lat was going on around him, but could NOT
ogve until the last moment.
1 Wo cases came to us recently from Eurone
, most heart-rending burials before death, of
hieh the Dispatch has taken cogEizance and =,
hlch prove conclusiyely that doctors are not :
hfAC ind x~Ts, u