Wichita eagle., 1889-09-24
THREE DAYS m A COFFIN.
The Grewsome Experience of Lawyer Il
GataIeptiU Trance.

ne GreNsOnit ~ EtrGteElce OF "a Inv III
CataIeptle Trance.
at was horrible, horrible, sir lay in
that coffin alive, and Just as conscious Of
what was going on around me as | am at this
moment. | have always been Of a hysterical
temperament, and 90 one grlevous occasion
had lain in a catalsptic state for twenty-four
hours This last time / lay for three days
perfectly conscious, as | SAID before, but 10
al appearances as dead as Cesar"
The speaker was a vel known attorney OF
st. Paul, VINO related the story of his thrilling
experience with catalepsy conditionally that
his name be withheld from publication.
at has been said" continued the hero Of
this blood curdling adventure. that there
are infallible signs which denote death, and
are unrnistakable 20 the practiced eye Of the
medico. deny that such is the case, and no
one has had better opportunity Of judging
than | have. When 1 died, or rather when
three of the best known medical men IN Bos-
ton asserted that | was dead had be<n for
three days previous 10 my supposed demise
ia a condition Of violent hysteria, bordering
almost on insanity, owing to the death Of a
sister whom loved TO distraction. At the
expiration Of that time ! subzided into the
death was attributed by the learned disciples
of Esculapius to disease OF the heart The
three old fogies held a CONSULTATION over me,
and heard them discuss the advisabilty u
d post-rnorten examination. there being "a
slight difference Of opinion among them a.
10 what was the actual cause
'At this time / was lying on a board, per-
fectly rigid, and fully realized the fact that
] should be buried alive If / couldn't brace
up and explain matters within the next few
hOGrs / Immediately blessed my mother
and brother for their refusal - allow those
old butchers 70 go for me with their kulvez
That's ali that saved ms, tell you This
seems a wild story, but Just the Same It's a
true one, Why. can even remember laugh
ing Qalstly 70 myself 10 think that the win
aoSs had been Opeaed all around tne room
Ii was GevIli@h cold weather, too. bit / could
not feel the cold much. kEe~, however.
that those windows had been opened 70 pre-
vent toe decomposition Of my IL esd frame
How id get cut ~ toe AH' Well il was
just By the skin Of my testh- when tas Va
derraker and his fool assistant brough. IL.
cofaa and was lifted INTO IL know st once
that the coffa was TOO short and Just achad
20 say So bat / ocaldn't speak a word % save
my Lie. i was tongue raed hadn't control d.
a muscle. The rserest accident II toe n-or ii
prevented ~ tang buried ALIVE. had bsen
lying in tie awful oondit4cl have described
for over three days wien tee beaz. Ct an IN
derraksr came around again to screw Up TIE
oo1in
A tack had been LET sticking Cut from tie
dTspery grazing ;ss interior q tie sarcoph-
sgus, and the fellow Ia tie cof.in business
conmsoced a SERIES OF vicious abs q: !: vs.a
& saarr odg~i screw driver. On ozss Of thess
the instrument struck q nah had azS, ay.az
OF al tAlzsnt, tock ne Q. tie SSw
considerable torce- TIE blood s,oz.st so-ts,
and instantly rega.nsd tee ass c. ,1.s it:nb>.
/ wanted 20 knock seven kinds q lice fire
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