Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-05-14
A TRUE TALE OF R R
The Condemned Cell, the GallOws, the
~Dissectiny- Room, the Electrical
Machine and the Escape.
New York Evening Post.l

New York Evening Post.
DIR. Lambert, the man who restores
drowned people to life by the applica-
tion of heat, while leaving this Office
yesterday afternoon, stepped into the
reporters room. Busy as were their
pencils, their scent for news was
keener.
And if a man has been hanged,
doctor, can he, too, be restored by
heat?' asked the most inouisitiye
among them, upon whom the new
method for r~esuscitating the dI owned
had made a deep impression.
The doctor, who had never looked
better in his life, answered milc,ly:
Why not?"
But what if his neck is broken ?"
asked a muscular reporter.
Hanging doesn't break q mans
neck"
Did you ever see a man hanged ?"
demanded the youth, with an intona-
ton Of a person who had devoted a
century or SO to sightseeing of that
sort.
Several times, answered the mar
slowly.
What does a hanged man hang his
head over on one side for, then-so?n.
Not because his neck is ~dislocated.
The ligatures of the neck are stronger
than any rope. Hanging never yet
broke a neck. It's tie shock that
tends to kill the man-the shock and.
then, the suffoeation You know
how it shocks your brain to make a
misstep when going down stairs.
Well, there are $4,000 springs that
your head rests on from the neck to
the feet. But when you jerk a man
up by the neck the shock comes with
out any Intervention of springs"
We heard doctors say that a mans
neck was broken by hanging" per-
sisted the muscular man.
SO have I-youDg doctors. But
surgical science does not report such
a case"
oh, well, now you're on science.
III give in" and the modest muscular
reporter withdrew a step and filled
his pipe. His forte is facts straight.
Did you ever see a hanged man
come to life, doetore asked a doubt
ing Thomas.
Yes, | have"
AL ears bent psrceptibly toward the
speaker, and there was silence as IN
death.
A young fellow, began the doc
tor, " was condemned to be executed.
During his incarceration he promised
his body to the physician in return for
the tobacco hat he used. When he
was dead the physician determined to
try an electrical machine on him. but
never having handled one, called me
in to help him. | went. We applied
electricity to various parts of the body,
and wherever it was applied the body
moved, AT length we sent a current
along the spine from end to end. The
fellow was lying on a long table-as
long as-well Cooking around the
room rather longer than any you'Te
here: Tie sat up; opened his eyes
slowly shut them then opened them
wide. The physician, who owned the
body, and two young men who were
helping him, started affrighted for the
door"
Did the man come round all
rightY" inquired tn Thomas reporter.
earnestly.
He didn't lie down again. In half
an hour he spoke-asked where he
was and what we were doing to him.
In a couple Of hours he was on his
way out of the villa as fast as his legs
could carry him"
Did they catch him ?"
No: The inh abitants to this day
think that he was dissected ?"
|, Ought he to have been hanged if
he had been caught"
Well, there's a difference of opin.
ion about that. Certainly the physician
owned him-had bought and paid for
Would it have been wrong, Doc.
tor, for the physician to kill hun when
he saw him coming to life and robbins
him Of his property"
The reporter ho asked the question
Is one Of the most bloOdthirsty per.
sons in this city. The doctor wisel,
replied by saying that tho answer be.
longed to the department. of morals o
which he was not a prof ,ssOr.