The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-05-21
LIKE BISHOPS CASE.
a Man who was hurled In = CatalSpti'
Fit Rescued by Grave Robbers,

A Man who was Hurled In y CRtalSpti'
Fit Rescued by Grave Robbers.
New YoRx, May 2O,-James Collins
worth, an old garden truck farmer O.
Carmensville, near High Bridge, had
strange catalsptic experience, OF which
but few OF his friends know, as he doel
not talk on the subject willingly. Ht
said to-day: "0h, II was a year ago.
had been III OF fever some time, and al
my strength left me my sense Of lie be
came more acute. The doctors look!
told me thet he had given me up and
there was no consolation in the faces'o
my irienda, One evening the crisis came
l was seized with strange quiverlngs
there was q rushing sound In my
ears; tried 10 move, but couldn't. A
confusion overwhelmed like tidaI
wave, and when the wave passed was
fully conscious Of everything, but could
not make motion 10 save my soul, mol
even my eyelid, Iheard the nurse say
He Is dead
II exerted my utmost power TO stil
myself, but II was OF no use. l did moi
seem 10 have much idea OF time. heard
men bring the coffin in, knew 1t was
men by Tie footballs, and knew 1t was 9
coffin by the sound II made when II
knocked against the door. They lifted
me up and put me In, aud the lid was
put on Il. The sound 1t made to me wsi
like thunder. The next day ! felt the
coffin lifted, and I was carried out and
placed in the hearse door, and In few
minutes felt that we were going TO-
ward the cemetery"
VI make fightful efforts to scream,
but, OF course without success. The
hearse halted, my coffin w4s pulled out,
and then i felt l was being carried on
the shoulders Of men, because Of the
irregular motion. Then came a pause
and / felt my coffin swing a. It was
hanging by ropes, aud II was lowered To
the bottom OF the grave, and, as the first
clod fell on the coffin, 1t felt to mo as II
had been hit on the head with sledge'
hammer. Noises gradually ceased
Finally q sound caBe to. me as II the
graye.digger was slapping the mound
with bis spade. When this ceased al
became silent, and knew everybody
was gone. l felt no oppression Of heat
or closeness, but just mortal agony, and
] prayed for death. l must have be-
come unconscious then, because very
few moments had passed, apparently,
when l felt living hands WORKING about
my shoulders and head,
"IwRs dragged upout Of tho coffin into
the air, and carried swiftly away in q
jolting wagon. Next | was able 10 dis,
tlnguish audible conyefsqtt0p, and
learned that was In the hands Of grave
robbers, and was on my way TO the dis
secting.rooms, in-I guess / better moi
give the name Of the college. My eyes
were still closed, and ] could see moth
ing. Soon afterward 1 was placed on
the dissecting table, and experienced
a shock. supposed 1t was q knife, bul
It was q galYanic experiment by q pro,
fessor. The first shock vibrated al!
through my nerves; they rang aHl
jingle1 like the strings Of harp. a
second shock threY my eyes vide open
and I could zee the doctor. lie Raid
that two shocks were enough to demon
strate what ] say. Taking up bis knife
he started to make an incision down my
breast bone. The very first insertion Q!
the knife gave me active life, and
shrieked. The ice Of death was broken
the physicians worked upon me, and
here am to-day"