Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-08-18
THE DEAD OF MUNICH,
Illuminate Forms Flowery Beds Ex-
posed to Public View.

posed to Public View.
G. G. Fulton writes from Bavaria to the
Baltimore american as follows:
The cemetery at Munich always has
attractions to the visitor on account Of
the popularity of funerals and the expos
ure Of the bodies of the dead for three
days before burial. The law requires the
body Of every one dying in Munich to be
conveyed to the cemetery within three
hours, there to remain, in buildings
erected for the purpose, for three days. \ |
wire is attached to the hands Of each |
corpse, leading to a spring bell, so that an
alarm will be given to those whose duty
it is to be on guard in case of resustica-
| ton. We could not asc ertain whether
there had ever been case OF resustica
ton, but it appears that long time ago
case of burial alive had led to the estab
lishment of this custom, which had been
regularly kept up ever since, to avoid
| the recurrence of such catastrophe
We Immediately proceeded to thefrst
of these halls, in which the bodies of the
poor were deposited, and there found
eighteen bodies, not laid as if for burial,
but reclining in floral bowers or resting
upon beds Of flowers. Spectators were
not admitted to the rooms, but they We're
surrounded by windows, through which
full view and inspection of each could
be had. There were eighteen bodies IN
this room, seven of which were infants
and eleven those of grown persons, except
one beautiful girl of about twelve years,
,, arrayed in white muslin, resting on a
bed of flowers, with wreath of orange
:. blossoms around her head, reclining as if
:. asleep, with her bare arms lying care
) lessly by her side. None of them except
:, the infants, were lying as we usually dis
/ pose of the dead, but in every case;
= whether old or young, there appeared to
= be an effoft to place them in a careless OF
:. half-reclining attitude, SO as to have the
. appearance of being in a natural sleep.
An old man jn this room, not less than
s sixty years Of age, the body dressed in
- black cloth suit, was almost in a sit
IL ting posture.
e Around each body there were also &
. number Of large bouquets, with card!
attached to them, having been sent to thu
% cemetery by friends of the deceased, JUS
u as they are sent t. the house by friend
II in Baltimore. After the expiration 0
y three days the body is placed in th
y coffin by the undertaken, and the friend
and relatives all assemble at the cemeter
T. T. and the fuaeral takes place. After view
~ inc the bodies of the poor, and critical,
u examining the floral decorations, as wei
y as the bodies of the seven innocent:
which were arrayed in plain white dresses
~ we passed on to the adjoining hail. wher
~ the bodies Of the wealthy were lying i
G. state Each one was numbered, and
IT, list on the outside wall gave thename an
age Ct the deceased The twelve bodie
% in this room were each lying in state III
der magnificent floral canopies, an
, looked as if they were reposing on bank
u u, of the rarest and richest exotics, carrie
~ up to wreaths and arches over their heads
IL! IL. They also were lying in positions to r.
'is semble life rather than death, even to a
old lady, whose age was given on the liz
* as eghty-four, but who did not look
nd her reclining position, banked up an
ey crowned with floral tributes, to be mo
ire than sixty. Under another floral canoI
We were two little girls about six years
age, perfect models of beauty and inn
ds cence. There appeared to be boxes und
to them, probably filed with ice. Just
ng we were leaving another infant W
brought into the poor room by a gil
nd who carried it in white box. From Il
WIS number of boxes lying around we SUI
pose that they are furnished by the u
ad dertaker. Bouquets were being hande
40 in by some of the friends Of the decease
1T, and quite number of strangers we
there looking at the bodies and the de
he orations through the windows None
Ter them had the CHASTITY appearance of deaf
NO the effort apparently being to depri
NY death of its terrorS.