Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1878-04-13
SHEPHERDSTOWN JEFFERSON COUNTY WEST SATURD
BURIED ALIVE.

tnat we reaQ OI grave oeiuS opeheu
and the fuding of the fac: that burial
had taken place before death had actu-
ally claimed its victim; and such cases
are of more frequent occurrence than is
generally supposed.
Some very strange cases OF persons
being buried alive, and the manner in
which the facts were brought to light,
have recently been made public.
A few of the most remarkable of these
are now presented as showing to what
an extent this bluDdef has OF late years
been carried on in the United States.
The last
TRULY HORRIBLE CASE
was that of lady, by name Mrs Rob
ert Ainslee, of New Orleans. The lady
had been sick for some time with ma
larial fever, and was at the end of ten
days pronounced dead by her physician,
as all signs of animation seemed TO be
suspeuded-the body was cold. the
pulse stopped, and the lips were blood
less. Mr.. Ainslee was himself sick at
the time, and could not attend the tu-
neral of his wife; but few days after
ward he called the old negress who had
attended her in her last illness, and
made her give him detailed statement
of the facts.
After listening to her story, Mr.. Aims
lee stated that he had had strange
dream in regard to his wife, and he was
firmly of the impression that she had
been buried alive.
SO strong hold did this dream take
upon his mind that as soon as he was
abe be, in company with a few friends
and an undertaken, went to the vault 10
which the body had been placed, and
opening the large box in which the col
fin was confined, that receptacle was
found to be sprung at every JOINT,
and the top almost pried off Upon
opening it the body of Mrs. Ainslee was
found to be lying on its face, and the
terrible expression the face had upon 1t
gave evidence of the struggle that must
have been made for freedom. Scarcely
less mournful are the consequences OF
the sad discovery. Mr.. Ainslee is now
raving maniac.
BROUGHT TO LIFE By RoBBER.
A short three years ago Miss Addie
Carter, the daughter of well-to- do
farmer in Middle Tennessee, to all ap-
pearances died, and was buried. The
young lady had on at the time beautl-
ful diamond ring, the gift of her be-
trothed, and it excited the cnpidity of a
negro TO such a degree that be made up
his mind TO possess it. This he could
not do without exhuming the body, and
that he did late at night. 1t seems that
after lie had burs! the coffin open he
was, on account of the swollen concl'
ton of her finger, unable TO pull the
ring off, so taking out his knife he at
tempted to amputate the finger.
The lady, who it seems had only
been in trance, was brought to con
sciousness 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 i'm.
agined, and her lover, upon hearing OF
the case next day, at once made her his
wife, ard she now presides at his table
as Mrs. Collins, with nothing to remind
ber of her dreadful fate but the scar upon
her finger.
| ONE OF THE MOST PAINFUL CASES
of anie mOrfem interment took place q
few years ago in Philadelphia. The
lady, a young Quakeress of good faml
ly, had apparently passed from this
world OF sin and sorrow, and was in an
open coffin placed in vault amid the
relics of her ancestors. Nearly six
months afterwards the vault was open,
ed to receive another tenant, when d
sight met the eyes of those present that
will never be forgotten by them.
On the steps Of the vault sat, or rathe,
reclined against the wall, all that was
mortal of the young lady. She had
awakened from her trance, and being
unable to find her way to earth again,
had sunk in helpless despair upon the
steps, and then, when hunger pressed
her, she had fed upon her own flesh,
and it was discovered that her shoulders
aud arms were literally eaten to the
bone.
VERY SURGICAL CASE
occurred to a minister some two years
ago in Monmouth county, New Jersey.
After short illness he was thought TO
he dead, and preparations were made
for his funeral. But it was not to be
the man was only in a trance; and as
the undertaken was making ready to
screw down the lid of the coffin he dis
covered a twitching of the supposed
dead man eye lids and upon proper
remedies being applied, the gentleman
was restored to full life and vigor. lie
described most wildly bis feelings al
the time, as he said that he could hear
all that was going on around him, but
could not move until the last moment.
Two cases came to US recently from
Europe of most heart-rending burials
before death, of which we lave taken
c6gnizance, and which prove most ex-
clusivey that doctors are not always
the best judges of suspended animation.
IMPORTANT DECIsIoN.-Farmers Ma
tional Bank OF Salem VS.. j, Is. jSnouff-
er, &c.-The Bank purchased Snouf-