Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1888-02-28
Baried and Coming to Life Again.

The details OF remarkable instance OF
supposed denth, actual burial, and resusci-
tatoa, after being dug up &c serve the ends
Of science on the dissectipg table. have been
made known in Toledo, Ohio. Charles
MartindaIe died suddenly in this city five
or six years ago as result of stroke of
apoplexy which came upon him during q
wrestling match with companion. He
was buried with the usual forms. A few
| nights ago ne appeared in the flesh at the
had the following story to tell of his expe-
rience. He remembered distinctly that be
was wrestling with his ompsuions, and then
it seemed to grow dark. He felt that he
was being lifted up and carried away, but
he had no power TO demonstrate. His nerves
! refused to act He knew that bis parents
we're weeping over him, and afterward he
was consc Gus that be was being laid out
Still be was unable to let any one know that
he YVES alive The most horrible sensation
came ever him when the coffin was lowered
in the grave, and as the clods fell upon the
lid he lost even what little mind he had,
and everything was blank. When next
consciousness came TO him he was seated
between TWO men who were riding in light
wagon Although his eyes felt go heavy
and swollen that be could not see, be heard
enough TO convince him that he was in the
city, but the conversation Of the men was
what attracted his attention especially L
tel! YOU" said one, in low tones, "we'll give
old Frof. bigger scare than ne has had IN
many day. l hooked good suit of
clothes to-day from the house, and when
we ge, this stiff Gzod up he'll be summing"
IDS id heavy" answered the other, as
| ne pushed the budy over toward bis CON-
panion. Good subject" ssid No. L III
whisper, end then Charles began to realize
! that he bad been stolen out cf the cofho for
medical college. The thought was by no
meaas cheerful, but try as be would Charles
could not get out Of his semi unconscious
state. Rather the news unsettled him, and
DO again lost all consciousness. When he
knew anything again be was standing bolt
| uprieht in a low, square, dimly lighted
room He could feel omehing on every
side OF hin holding him up. he thought
that be wss in dsaecing room, and real
zsd tha whatever was done must be done
then or never. Necessity is creator. and
the gravity OF his position seemed to infase
new blood into bis veins. Suddenly be felt
the throbhine of MS heart, and then the
serse of touch seemed TO come back 10 him
( He could feel the warmth from the stove,
white sharp pains darted through his whole
! body. The sense of smell came next, and
be almost tainted as the odors from dozen
medical compounds passed into his DostriS.
AGd, lastly, sight came to him. and slowly
| his eyes opened and he was able to discern
things about him And what sight! He
was not IN dissecting room, but in doc.
tors ofice; shelves filled with bottles solved
the origin Of the odors. A bookcase we'll
stocked stood in one corner, while in an.
other was a combination chair in which
| patient csn be placed into almost any po'
! siton. A skeleton strung on wires, Wild
| the ghas,ly skull and pieces of dried
flesh still hanging to the bones. was an
unpleasant reminder Of his own situa-
| tion. He knew BOW how he came there.
The men were two medical students who
had robbed bis grave and who proposed to
cut him up after baving little fun with
one of the professors. The pangs of hunger
made him faint, aud he searched the Office
for mo-sel. He found il behind the cur
tain, where il had evidently been placed by
the Doctors wife, who intended it for her
huabsnd when he should return home from
midpight call. He never got it that night
for the corpse did not leave as much as q
crumb hebiud. The meal despatched,
Charles felt less like dead man.
Young Martindale had more nerve than
the ordinary young man. but even he shud-
dered as he thought of what he had passed
! through. The next thing was to get away.
Now that he was himself again. he had no
idea OF being soused into pickling tub nor
Of ornamentiDg dssectiDg table. He be-
lieved that be had another destiny. and
then the thought of his past folies came to
him, and he almost wished that he had not
returned to this world, which at best has it's
unpleasant side. Unmindful of his fathers
warnings, he had borrowed money until he
could borrow no more, aud he was ashamed
to 60 home. He went West and fouod EN-
ployment, and had been there until his sud-
den reappearence to his asfonished parents
last night.-Cincinnat Inquirer.