Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-06-13
BURIED LIVE.

we can imagine none more ghastly than
that OF being iuried alive. aud we'll au.
thenticated ecords lave placed beyond
doubt dat Il has occasionally hap
pened' '.he case %, the lady whose
ring, Gu. from her finger by midnight
violate r. of her tomb. was the means Of
sayiD her from dreadful fate. has
beo'I often told Her son. the eminent
DT l., born many years after his
UiOther hal been bur Ell. was the ply
stefan and friend II the family Of the
writer. one Of whose earliest rccOllec.
tons i tho hearing TIE story from the
lips of an aged relative. while forr, .no
ono Of n group Of small lstcnc-s ynt6,
cred rOund aud hanging v,itb bnfed
breath Un the narration. Ch ldren love
40 have the same stores told over and
over again In the same words. They
IKE TO know what is coming - 10 watch
y ilh thrills Of expectation Tor each de-
tail And these details. graphically
gwen by one who had them from the
very actors. In the scene. were weird
and.yivid. The vault mt midnight the
cutung'on of the finger the CHASTITY
trrrOr OF tho ruilians, when tie dead
woman sat mp In her coffin and blood
hogan tO How the familiar knock com.
ing tO the houso-dOor in the dead of
night. heard by terrified maids. who
thinking their MISTRESS ghost was
there, buried their faces, trembling. In
their pillows. The bcreavcd husband
lying slceploss in his grief, heard II.
too. and started at tho sound. ''If nv
dear wife were not gone" he tLouobt.
Il should say that was her knyck;" and
when. more fiintly. Il again smote his
ear. rising at last and going u the door
he was confronted with thu, resuscitatcd
woman. All this was listened to with
an interest intensified by the fact of its
being true.
"A curious Coincidence respecting this
event IS int an exactly similar story il
RECORDED In the annals OF the family of
the ff.rls OF Mount-Edgcumbe In them
we read that the mother of Richard
Edgcumbc, created first Baron in t7l2.
being Mt the time young aud childlrss
died, apparently. at their seat. Cothelr.
near Plymouth. She was buried with n
valuable ring on her finger. and the
cutting this of by violators of the tomb.
as In the case Of Mrs. l.. restored
her to consciousness. FIVE wears after
wards she gave birth 90 n son.
In the year 1888 u remarkable in
stance of burying alive occurred at
Cambray. in France. NJ. Aarbois. n
farmer residing mt SNoy. in that neigh
borhood, had reared large family.
and acquired by his industry and good
conduct wealth and consideration, 20
that ne WINS C.ncsen churchwardcn of his
parish, ahd appointed Dcputy-Mayor.
TIC had u Ied in harmony with his fam
unua The subject OF u marriage his
ciuest son wished To contract became
tho cause OF quarrel. and brought on
Icrce disputes between him and his
children. Marbois was man of violent
passions; opposition made him frantic;
and ON one occasion, when the dis.
pute ran higher than usual. he be.
came so Infatuated that he rose up
and pronounced n fearful malcdiction
upon his family. No sooner had the
words passed his lips than his whole
frame suddenly collapsed; his face grew
hvid, his eyes fixed. his limbs. stilTrned.
AMI he fell To the ground Medical aid
was called ini but all pulsation had
ceased. Soon the body became cold.
anu his death was decidedly pronOunccd
inc cause, stoppage of the hearts
action produced by violent excitement.
ms occurred ON tho13th o. January;
anu ON the 18th the interment took
place Incro had been severe frost,
anu the extreme hardness OF the ground
prey Sntod the grave from being proper
~ dug. IL was therefore, left shallow,
with the intention of deepening IL when
thc thaw should come. By the 23d the
ground boEamo sufficiently sOftened.
nnd men were set To- work To raise the
body aud finish the grave. On lifting
the coffin thoy fancic,l that they heard
Sigh, and ON listening attentiyely they
found the sounds OF life repeated.
Breaking open the coffin. and pcrceiv-
ing that FAINT actions of pulsatiOn and
respiration were going on TO certain
extent, tho men hurried oil with the
BODY To the house Of the parish doctor.
~ whose Efforts Mnrbois was ut last
restored tO consciousness.
When tho resuscitatcd man was able
to re all what had taken place. he be-
Camc overwhelmed with contrition, re-
garding the fate from which ~ so mar
ruw'y escaped rs the deserved punish
mcnt % his sin. III sent for the clergy
man % Sissy. whom he entreated to
mediate with his children, expressing
anxiety To make peace with them and
" re all his malediction. The result
was return to mutual understanding
anu the establishment of harmony in
the household.
The dist nguished physician Sir Hen
~ Marsh used To describe an event
4 which occurred ut the beginning of his
med cal career, many years before he
had reached the omincnce 10 which he
afterwards alta d. He was called in
by the family doctor country practi-
toner-to attend upon Colonel II,
struck down suddenly by apoplexy.
The { was severe one All efforts
10 save the sick man proved unavail-
Ing he never rallied, and at the end of
atew days. To all appearance breathed
ms last. On the morning Of the funeral
the two medical attendants deemed IL
right. rs last attention. TO go and
take leave of the remains of their pa
uent before the coffin was screwed
down. The family doctor. iovial
horid personage, on whom professional
cares sat lightly, had been friend. au,i
oit'tmes boon-companion. OF the lie
ceased A bottle Of port and glasses
stood on n table near the coffin.
"Ah, my poor friend"' he said, pour
ing out n bumper and tossing IL Of;
this was his favorite drink. Rare
wine. too. lie knew what was good,
and never spared il. Many n generous
glass we have had together. I'll drink
another 10 his memory" he criedS and
another and another followed. until
the wine rapidly gulped down. and at
so unwonted an hour. began. to tell
upon the man, and make his eyes glis-
ten and his speech grow thick.
why should YOU not pledge me now
|rINaN h. Ia A -.
cited doctor, while he approached the
corpse. aud. TO sir Honry's ineNpressi-
bio disgust AZ such revolving levity.
pressed tho glass TO tho pale lips The
contents went down the Coloners
throat
Sir Henry stood amazed; his eyes,