The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1880-05-19
TIE HUNGARY REsusc1rAr1oN.
The Murderer Who Was Hanged and Re-
stored to Life-A Horrible Scene.
New York World, MAY 81

The Murderer who Was Hanged and Re-
stored to Life-A Horrible Scene.
New York World, May 81
VIENNA, April pa must dwell upon q
very ugly story to-day, which has caused a
great deal OF excitement among the lower
classes, and which would be the general topic
of conversation still had not death put
sudden end to it. Some months ago two
women returning from visit to Bosnia,
where their husbands are gsrrisoned, were
murdered in a wood near Staab, In Hungary.
The murderers were arrested and could not
deny their crime, bat they did not confess the
motive, which is unknown 10 this day. One of
the rutfians died in prison before the SEN
tence was spoken. The other was sentenced
to be hung. A week ago the execution took
place, and it was carried out in public.
Great crow wds, eager for something uncom-
mon, even at the risk OF IL being uncom-
monty horrible, surrounded the scsffold.
The murderers name was Tabaks. and be
belonged to the lowest class OF the country
population. When the cord was already
around his neck he expressed his desire of
addressing the public, and began saying.
with emphasis worthy OF an orator: 81 die
willingly; but. my dear ladies and gentle
men," Here the executioner inter-
posed and withdrew the trap door, so that
rabaks died in the act of speech, without
knowing il, as it were, and without a strug-
gle. The executioner had been most earn
estly entreated by doctor of medicine, q
professor, to provide him for once with q
warm corpse" To comply with this wish
he shortened the legal ''eight minutes for
which a criminal should hang to three, and
handed the corpse over to a physician, who
declared Tabaks to be entirely dead The body
. was spread upon the marble table in the anat-
Jomy room and professor and students
D. epared for the dissection, which.
had they been in anything of
hurry, might have become vIvissctiop.
AL of a sudden the body moved, first
its feet and then its hands, and at last trem-
.bled violently all over. The Professor did
not lose bis presence of mind, but calmly
sent to the authorities to ask If Tabaks was
to be restored to life, or executed again be-
fore he awokei In the mean time he thought
it his duty as human being to do all be
could to restore the life which had so unex-
pectedly shown itself. After an hours hard
rubbing and inhaling of salts, Tabaks was
sufficiently recovered to understand that he
had come to life this side of the Orcus,
not the other side, as he at first beliey ed.
He swallowed plateful of soup, and
then fell into violent fever, while his
neck swelled in a most alarming manner.
This was all we heard on the first day, be-
sides vague information as to the authorities
being uncertain whether the half slain man
should not be hanged over again more
thoroughly. There was universal outcry
against this 1t was said that Tabak had
atoned for his crime by suffering what the
officers of the law had declared to be death.
More can not be exacted by the law. No
man may be killed twice. While people
were watching for the knights and ladies on
their way to the second and third rerresenta-
| tion of the tournament desc ed in
my last letter the general topic of conversa-
| ton was Tabaks. The mans death, which
took place exactly twenty-four hours after
his execution. happily put an end to the
| controversy, and pity for the sufferer was
universal feeling. He had raved during q
whole night. had suffered the most herribls
spasms, and bad 80 often attacked his nurses
that it was found necessary to tie him to bis
bed. The prob able consequence will be the
| removal OF the executioner from bis ugly
Office. which he had discharged With 90 little
care.