The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1881-01-21
NUMBER 2.
a Coarse KEEPS WARM E1Gur DAYS.

a Coarse KEEPs WARM Eight DAYS.
| One week ago yesterday Miss Minnie
Byrd, the fourteen yearold daughter of L, \.
Byrd wcll-knOwn printer Of this city, was
pronounced dead 10y the attending physi-
elan, DIR. Simpson. and paced in caskct
ready for burial The funeral was arrangA
cd to take place the Sunday afternoon fol-
lowing, and ut the appointed hour the hcarsn
and carriages were at the door ready to take
those In attendance upon the funeral to Oak
land Cemetery. a few moments bcforcthe
funeral services were to commence, Mr..
Frank Ridge noticed that small flower had
fallen from one of the hands of the corpse
into the space between the body and tho
side of the coffin, the lid OF which hak ney-
or been placed on Mr.. Ridge lifted tho
| flower. and, as he attempted to place it in
the position from which it had fallen, no
ticcd that the hands of the deceased were
still warm, and also that the lips and cars
were still highly colorcd aud also warm
lie called the attention of a lady TO the fact
and asked her to put her hand under the
corpse and See if ,hc back was warm. The
lady did as requested and found that thcro
was still considerable warmth in that por-
tion of the body lying next to the bottom
OF the coffin. These observations were
soon made known to those in attendance,
aud tn" hearsc and carriages were dismiss
ed The room was cleared and several
gentlemen held Conference for the purpose
"t asccrtaininy what WIS best to DONE
they made an examination OF the condition
OF the body, and after some discussion de-
cdcd that lille was extinct. The mother Of
the child about this time ihcrposcd aud in.
sisted that tho r"n'";.," - - -. "'' S",''u
so long rs thoro any reason Tor bclicv-
ing that her child was still alive.
Nothing more was done until the follow
Ing day, when Mr. Green Holland, the
keeper of Oakland Cemetery, called at tho
house for the purpose of asccrtaninS why
it was that the funeral did not take place.
He thought that something WAS wrong, as
he had reparcd grave at the request of u
friend Of the family who notified him of
the death When Mr.. Holland reached the
house he learned all Of the facts in the case,
and stated to MIR. Byrd that if he would
send the body us it was to the cemetery he
would take care of it until further develop
mcnts were reached. This was douc, and
the body sent to Oakland, where the caskct
was deposited in the dead housc. Sncn
that dav ih"~,...e,,,uM OF the body.
No signs OF decay are noticed, and GER
tain portions of the body are yet warm aud
ilc-like. During the past four days quito
L number OF persons have visited the CEN
etery for the purpose Of asccrtaining if
what they had heard was true.
\ number of the phys!ci MS of tic city
have investigated the matter and can como
to no satisfactory conclusion. The case il
one of the most remarkable on record, and
what will be done with the body remains to
be seem at present VIC can't say. Atlanta
(Gu.,) Wo"oynph.
TIE DOCiO-S SAY SHE Is DEAD.
Yesterday Drs. Coicr, Collier and Fowler
visited the cemetery for the purpose OF
making thorough examination of Miss
Minnie Byrd, the young lady whose re
mains have been lying in the dead house
for the past week. y battery was applied
aud every known test rcsortcd to, but no
evidence of life could bc discovered, and
after a complete and satisfactory cXaminl-
tion the physicians declared Miss Byrd
dead.
This is indeed a remarkable case and cv-
cry physician who has seen the body is lost
for solution. AS has been stated, after
her death the bo iy still retained its warmth.
The color still adhered to the lips, and cv>
cry appearance Of life was visible, yet she
was pronounced dead. During the entire
week the warmth Of the body was readily
aSccr rincd. and even now the temperature
j. only little bcloH that Of Il living BE-
ing ..
In making the examination yesterday DR..
Golfer, who was attempting to Il tcct Il pnsa-
ton, discovered slight corpsc.likc odor.-
1t is ass crtcd that the remains will be bur
led to day COn&ttution, SM.