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

Hfutus luz ta-' "a the laul whose
ring. cut from her finger by midnight
violators of her tomb. was the means OF
saving her nom dreadful fate. has
been often told Her son, the eminent
DIR. L., horn many years after his
mother hal been bur ed. was the ply
stefan and friend uf the family of the
writer. ono Of whose earliest recOllec.
Tons Is the hearing the story from TIC
lips Of mn aged relative. while forming
ono 81 group Of small listeners gath
Srrd round aud hanging with bated
breath Un the narration. Oh ldren love
To have the same stories told over and
over again In the same words They
like 10 know what is coming - To watch
with thrills Of expectation for each dc.
tail And these details. graphically
gwen by ono who had them from the
very actors in the scene, were weird
and vivid The vault at midnight-the
cutting or of tho finger the CHASTITY
terror of the rulians. when tie dead
woman sat up In her coffin and blood
began to- flow the familiar knock com.
ing tQ the housc-door I'm the dead of
night, heard by terrified maids. who
hinking their mlstress's ghost was
There, hurled their faces. trembling. i'm
their pillows The bcrcaved husband
lying slccpless in his grief, heard IL,
too. and started Mt the sound. ..lf INV
dear wife were not gone" he thought,
II should say that was her knock" and
when. more fiintly. IL again smote his
ear. rising at last and going 20 the door.
be was confronted with the rcsuscitated
woman. All this was listened To with
an interest int ons.liUd by the fact of its
being true.
"A curious coincidence respecting this
event is that an exactly similar story is
recorded in the annals OF the family of
the Farls OF acknowledgements In them
We read that the mother of Richard
Edgcumbe. created first Baron in i7I2,
being ut the time young and childlrss
died, apparently, Ht Their seat. Cothele.
near Plymouth. She was buried with a
valuable ring on her finger. and the
cutting TINS OIL 10y viOlators of the tomb.
rs in the case of Mrs. l.. restored
her TO consciousness. Five years after
Warus sac gave birth to a son.
In the year 1888 remarkable in
stance OF burying alive occurred ut
Cambray, in France. NJ. Marbois. n
farmer residing at Sissy. in that neigh
borhood, had reared n large family.
and acquired BY his industry and good
conduct wealth and consideration, 80
that he was chosen churchwarden Of his
parish, and appointed Deputy-Mayor.
lie had lived in harmony with his fam
NY until the sub Get OF a marriage his
eldest son wished To- contract became
the cause o. quarrel. and brought on
herce disputes between him and his
children. Marbois was n man of violent
passions; opposition made him frantic;
AMI un one occasion. when the dis
pute ran higher than usual. he be.
came So iniuriatcd that he rose I'M
aud pronounced fearful malcdiction
upon his family. No sooner had the
words passed his lips than his whole
frame suddenly collapsed: his face grew
ltvid, his eyes liked. his limbs. stitched.
and he fell To the ground. Medical aid
was called in; but all pulsatiou had
ceased Soon the body became cold.
and his death was decidedly pronounced
the cause, n stoppage. of the heart :
action produced by violent excitement.
This occurred On the 18th q January;
and on the 10th the intcrmcnt took
place. There had been severe frod.
and the extreme hardness OF the ground
prevented the grave from being proper
Nv dug. II was therefore left shallow.
with the intention Of deepening IL when
the thaw should como. BY the 23d the
ground became sufficiently softcned.
and men were set 10 work To raise the
body and finish the grave. On lifting
the collin they fancicd that they heard
sigh, and ON listening atteutvely they
found the sounds ol life rcpcatc
Breaking opon the cDilin. and porceiv-
ing that faint actions of pulsation and
respiration were going on To "a certain
extent the men hurried on with the
BODY to the house Of the parish doctor.
hN whose efforts Marbois was mt last
restored t0 consciousness.
When the rcsuscitatcd man was able
To re all what had taken place. he be-
camc overwhelmed with Contrition, re-
garding the fate from which he so mar
row'y escaped rs the deserved punish.
mont of his sin. II sent for the clergy
man OF Sissy. whom h. cntreated TO
mediate with his children, expressing
anxiety TO make peace with them and
To no all his malediction. The result
was a return to mutual understanding
AMI the rc-establishment Of harmony i'm
the household.
The dist nguished physician Sir Hen
~ Marsh used to describe an event
which occurred at the beginning of his
med cal career, many years before he
hisd reached the emincnce to which he
afterwards attain q. lie was called in
by the family dOctOr-a country practi-
uoner-to attend upon Colonel Il,
struck down suddenly by apoplexy.
The 70 was severe one. All efforts
10 save the sick man proved unavail-
ing he never rallied. and ut the end of
aicw days. To all appearance breatbed
MS last. Tn the morning Of the funeral
the two medical attend ints deemed Il
righi. rs last attention. To GO and
take leave OF the remains Of their pa
Icnt before the colin was screwed
down. The family doctor. a jovial
horid parsonage, on whom professional
cares sat lightly. had been friend. and
Outlines boon-companion. of the lie
ceased. A bottle OF port and glasses
stood on table near the coffin.
"Ah, my poor friend!" he said. pour
ing out bumper and tossing IL or;
this was his favorite drink. Rare
wine. Too. He knsu what was good.
and never spared IT, Many generous
glass We have had together. I'll drink
another to his memory" he cried; and
another and another followed. until
$50 "iuo lhpluy Rulpeu uoWn. ana 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
for the last timer" exclaimed the ex-
cited doctor. while he approached the
corpse. aud. to Sir Henry's inexpreSsi-
bic disgust ut such revolving ievity.
pressed the glass to the pale lips. The
contents went down the Coloners
throat
Sir Henry stood amazed; his eyes,
which he was turning away from the
pnbecoming spectacle, were rivetcd on
lhe corpse.
The iqyIal doctor, sonered In . mo-