The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1886-08-02
max FROM TIE GRAVE.


Relief That Man Who was Hanged was
Afterwards ResusItated.
CHARLESTON, N. O., July Silt has
leaked out here since the execution Of Jack
Lambert, on the 9th inst, that there was
conspiracy to save his life, notwithstsnd.
ing the public hanging, The last request
made OF the Sheriff by Lambert and his
friends was that the drop should be made
as short ss possible. In fact the fall was
only twelve inches. 1t was suggested at
the time that the application should have
been made for suillCient drop to have
severed the spinal column, and thus caus.
ed immediate death. That the prisoner
preferred a slow death by strangulation
was thought to bo novel and strange. A
few days ago the rumor became current
that Jack Lambert was seen on the Sun.
day after he was hanged walking about in
the flesh in Jackson county.
Inquiry reveals the fact that his two
brothers hoped to save Jacks life by in.
duCing the Sheriff to make the fall only q
few inches and thus prevent the neck
from being broken by drop Of several
feet, aud by having physician present
who would have him cut down at the car.
lest possible moment, and then revive
him by all the means known for resusCita.
lion of p0rgonG apparently dead.
The physician Ia question was present
at the request Of the Sheriff. The neck
was not broken, and alter hanging fifteen
minutes tho physician listened for the
beatings Of the heart and felt for the pul,
sations, and finding none, declared TO the
other two attending physicians that Lam.
bert was dead. Tho body was immedi.
ately cut down and the rope was severed
from the neCk, and the two brothers took
the body and made such haste 10 leave
town, that remarks were made oi their Gag.
ernesB to get away. The body was laid in
wagon and was driven out OF town up
the TuCkasege river 10 the mouth OF Deep
creek, about half a mile from tho place OF
execution. ..
Hero there was flre and pots full Of
boiling water, two pairs Of heavy wooden
blankets, an eleotriC battery, brandy, aro'
matte spirits OF ammonia, aud ether mate.
rlals prepared for the effort to cheat the
law.
The physician was along, as was another,
imported from Tennessee, who was not at
the galloWa. III
The body was quickly taken from the
wagon and disrobed, and the work Of re.
susCitation commenced. The brothers aid.
cd the medical experta with every act
that loving hands could do and active
minds suggest. What was tho result Of
their labor is unknown save TO the four or
five, ss the case may be.
putting all these facts together II Is not
strange that there should be hundreds oil
people in Jackson and Swain counties who
believe that the kindness Of the Sheriff In
making the rope short and cutting the
body down early, and the efforts Of the
relatives and phyaiOlanS brought Jack
Lambert back to life.
The people now demand that the grave
ol Lambert be opened and the body exhib-
lied. The brothers Of Lambert have
pointed out the grave and have indlg-
nantly refused to disturb tho remains, and
arc watching the grave 10 prevent its dis.
turbance. This refusal to satisfy morbid
curiosity has only added confidence 10 the
belief that Lambert Is alive, and there 10
talk Of an investigation into the conspiracy,
as 1t Ia called, by the. next Grand Jury Of
the Superior Court.