Arizona silver belt., 1883-10-27
Alive in her Coffin.
singular Case of Restoration from .
 Most Horrible Death.
Washington Post. !

Only the mereSt accident prevented her from being buried alive in full consciousness of the horrible fact, We have read fictitious accounts of people being immured before Heath, but this is the first authenticated in. stance that has come under our notice
 A distinguished physician of thls city, who has now retired from active practice, while travelling in Wiscon. sin, stopped for night in small vii. lage. A friend and former pupil called to see him, and during the evening mentioned very singular case which he had been lately treating. The young lady, his patient, so he informed Dr. -, had died very suddenly three days before, but after she was pre- pared for the saa=s and ldsiktl lAdsk coffin, she presented such a natural and life-like appearance that he was unwilling to have her inferred. The family insisted that she was dead, but a young gentleman to whom she had been engaged remonstrated so decid- edly that the interment was postponed after the minister and friends had as- sembled on the second morning. On the third morning the burial was again deferred. For though the body lay perfectly motionless in the casket without evincing any sign of life, they hesitated to put it in the ground while it confined to look so natural. The young physician had used every means that he knew of to restore animation if there was life left, or if possible to detect some sign of it. Nothing which he had tried had discovered any sign of remaining vitality, and they had at length determined to delay the burial no longer. It was to be on the very next morning, the morning of the fourth day. The young physician re- quested Dr. - to go with him on the morrow and look at the body.
 "The following morning." says Dr. -, T accompanied my friend to the home where the body of the young lady lay. When we reached the house the friends of the family had already arrived, and the officiating minister had gone through part of the ser. vice in the room where the body lay, "a prayer I think it was and the fami- ly had taken their last farewell of beautiful girl. When I stepped into the room the undertaken had the cas- ket lid in his hand ready to screw it down.. No sooner did I see the face in the casket than I felt sure that life was not extinct. There was not the faintest pulse that I could detect, but when I laid my ear close upon her breast I was confident that heard the slightest heartbeat. So certain was then that 1t was case of catalepsy that I did not lesitate a moment tc apply the proper remedies. Imagine, if you can, the scene when the young lady uttered suddenly a piercing scream and rose up in her coffin. It was the most awful note ofagony that l hope ever to hear. The room was filled with friends besides tho family and domestics. Several ladies tainted outright; some screamed and went into mysteries, the servants ran out into the yard, and I confess that though was expecting to sec her re- vive, my own nerves were so shaken by the suddenness of the occurrence that it was with the greatest difficulty could stand. Her face, too, which moment before had worn that sweet smile of peaceful sleep, writhed as she rose up in the most dreadful contor- tions. l have never seen face depict so much terror and agony. It seemed as if all the mental suffering which she had endured through those four terrible days and nights found vent in that one cry and look. In few mo- mcnts her pent up i5sllngy tad f0u1a' relief, and shc then got out of the coffin and down from the table with very little assistance. By this time the tumult in the room had in meas ure subsided, and she then told us what was the most fearful part of the whole experience, that she had been entirely conscious tho entire time l! She had heard all that was said, and knew all that was going on around her. She had felt herself being shrouded and laid in the coffin, had heard her friends weeping over her before the coffin lid should close upon her forever, and thought she should be buried alive. Meanwhile, though she tired her utmost, she was unable to move or utter sound. Her friends look upon her as given back to them from the grave, and indeed, in the country around, it is reported I really did raise her from the dead, and after left they told me that the country people flOcked in crowds to see me.