The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1884-06-24
Buried Alive.

Buried Alive.
Or all the horrible and appalling Ca
ilamities that can befall mortal man, we
can imagine none more CHASTITY than that
of being buried alive, and well authenti-
Gated records have placed beyond q
doubt that it has occasionally happened
The case of the lady whose ring, Gu,
from her finger by midnight yiolators oi
ther tomb, was the means Of Saving her
from dreadful fate, has been often told.
Her son, the eminent DR.. L., born
many years after his mother had been
buried, was the physician and friend oil
she family Of the writer, one of whose
iearliest recoilections is the hearing the
|story from the lips of an aged relative,
lwbile forming one of q group of small
listeners gathered round and hanging
with hated breath on the narration. Cnil
ldren love to have the same stories told
foyer and over sgsin'fn tue same words,
They like to know what is coming-ta
watch With thrills Of expectation fol
each detail. And these details, graph.
ically given by one who had them from
the very actors in the scene, were weird
and vivid. The vault at midnigbt-the
cutting off of the 6nger-the ghas,ly
terror Of the rufIlans, when the dead wo.
man sat up in her coffin and blood began
to tow-the familiar knock coming to
the house.door 10 the dead Of night
heard bv terrified maids, who, thinking
their MISTRESS ghost was there, buried
their faces, trembling, in their pillows
The bereaved husband lying sleepless in
his grief, heard it. too, and started q,
the sound. "If my dear wife were mol
gone," he thought, 81 should say that
was her knock" and when, more faint.
ly, 1t again smote his ear, rising at last
and going to the door. he was controat
ed With the resuscitated woman. All
this was listened to with an interest in
iensiied by the fact Of its being true.
A curious coincidence respecting this
event is that an exactly similar story ia
recorded in the annals of the family OF
the Earls Of Mount-Eigcumbe. In them
we read that the mother of Richard Edg.
cumbe, created first Baron in l742, be.
ing at the time young, and childless,
died, apparently, at their seat, Cothele,
near plymouth. She was buried with q
valuable ring on her finger, and the cut.
ting this off by violators OF the tomb,
as In the case of Mrs. L., restored
her to Consciousness. Five years after
wards she gave birth to son.
In the year 1888 a remarkable instance
Of hurying alive occurred at Cambray,
IN France. M. MarboIs, q farmer resi-
ding at Sisoy, in that neighborhood, had
reared large family, and acquired by
bis industry and good conduct wealth
and consideration, so that he was chosen
church warden OF his parish. and ap.
pointed Deputy. Mayor He had lived
in harmony with mis- family until the SUBJ
ject OF marriage bis eldest son wished
to contract became the cause Of quar-
TEL. and brought on fierce disputes be-
tween him and his children. Marbois
was man Of violent passions; oppos:.
ton made him frantic; aud on one oc
casion, when the dispute ran higher than
usual, be became so infuriated that be
rose up and pronounced fearful male
diclion upoo his family No sooner had
the words psssed his lips than bis whole
frame suddenly collapsed; his face grew
livld, his eyes fixed bis limbs stiffened,
and he fell to the ground. Medical Gid
was called in; but all pulsation had ceas-
ed. Soon the body became cold, and
his death was decidedly pronounced
the cause, stoppage of the hearts &C.
ton produced BY violent excitement.-
This occurred on the 18th of January;
and on the 18th the interment took
place. There bad been severe frost,
and the extreme hardness of the ground
prevented the grave from being proper.
ly dug. II was therefore left shallow,
with the intention OF deepening it when
the thaw should come. By the 23d the
ground became sufficiently softened, and
men were set to work to raise the body
and finish the grave. On lifting the cof
fn they fancied that they heard Sigh,
and on listening attentively tbev found
the sounds OF life repeated. Breaking
open the CONN, and perceiving that faint
actions Of pulsation and respiration were
going on to certain extent, the men
hurried off with the hody to the house
OF the parish doctor, by whose efforts
Marbnis was at last restored to con.
sciousness.
When the resuscitated man was able
to recall what had taken place. he be.
came overwhelmed with contrition, re
garding the fate from which he so mar
Towly escaped as the deserved punish
ment of his sin. He sent for the cler-
gyman Of Sisoy, whom he entreated to
mediate with his children, expressing
anxiety to make peace with them and to
recall his malediction.> The result was
q return to mutual understanding and
the re.establishment OF harmony in the
The distinguished physician Sir Hen
ry Marsh used to describe an event
which occurred at the beginning OF his
medical career, many years before be
hal reached the eminence to which he
afterwards attained. He was called 10
by the family doctor-a country practi
tioner-to attend upon Colonel H -.
struck down suddenly byapopltxv. The
fit was severe one All efforts to save
the sick man proved unavailing; he nev.
er rallied, and at the end of few days,
to all appearance breathed his last. On
the morning OF the funeral the two med
ical attendants deemed it right, as last
attention, to 60 and take leave Of the re-
mains of their patient before the coffin
was screwed down. The family doctor,
q jpvial horid parsonage, on whom pro-
fessional cares sat lightly, had been q
friend, and oft-times ,ooon-companion,
Of the deceased. A bottle OF port and
glasses stood on table near the,coffin.
"Ah, my poor friend" he said, pour.