The Philipsburg mail. [volume] (Philipsburg, Mont.) 1887-current, 1889-01-31
SAMPLE BURIAL HORRORS.
Exhumations Prove That Many Persons
Are Pu: in Ground Alive.

Exhumations Prove That Many Persons
Are Pu: in Ground Alive.
One Of the gravetlisgers WHO exca-
waited a cemetery in Minneapolis the
other day told a reporter Of that city that
In nineteen collins the remains were
found turned on their sides, and in one
case lying tace downward, the latter
was that OF a full grown woman. with
long jet black. beautiful tresses scat
tered over the shoulders and tangled
about the neck. indicating that. after
being Consigned to her las, resting place,
the latent spark Of life quickened, and,
conscious Of the awful hoseiessness Of
her situation, ali:! with the strength of
desperation she began the frlghtful
struggle. vainiy turning and twisting
within the harrow walls of her prison.
until exhaustion finally overcame hes
al:i brought relief
When the ancient cemetery east Of
Myrtle avenue, Brooklyn. was dug up
and the re,l:ains taken away to allow of
the extension OF Raymond street. the
writer saw numerous indications of pre-
mature ii.t"r,nei:ts. The most hideous
anL Gitn;d curtliilg Of these was that If
public receiving vault. Il had been
placed there about fcur years previously,
and the lii or top had been strained so
that some Of the screws We're torn half
out; The end and lower part Of the top
had bee:, wre.lche<i outward, end tho
right foot and part of the !o:, had been
forced through, and was 50 found. pro-
tr,.sing Upon further examination. the
entire Iodv was found twisted, the skull
turned under and the fingers Of one hand
were thrust through and wedged il. under
the Gd-evitie,ity in the Last str4ining,
hopeless efferg for liberty In scores uf
graves The cos.ins were found to contain
bodies that wera turned and twisted
mere CT less to one si;e-nosi1ive proof
of having been buried :.live.
It is & well authenticated fact that the
mother Of tie roet Scott. Willie lying il
4 trance ard declared by tho physicians
to lie dead, Was laid away il the family
tomb liz the great vaults under the parish
church. At night the giculish sexton
stealtiliIy entered ;hc tomb. opened tho
cas,,et. and proceeded to rob tie elegant
and wealthy l::dy Ct the jewels which
were Oh her person. according to the then
prevalent custom. Findia, some finger
rings too tight; fixed TIE uacoasciona:,Ic
thief took his pocket knife and sl>,siled the
flesl, from the fingers. The sudden shock
acd low Of jlcc> caused & areact;on ce the
vital forces and the renewed ,pa;i;,:no
opened her eyes, uttered an exclamation
Of amaZemeilt and attempted to rise III.
The guilty ard llocrcr stricken rascais
hair rose straight upon his lead, and,
with the yell oi & desperate r.adnlal, Eo
rushed forth, thus raising the alarm
which brought help and rescue to her.
She Eve>i nl;;1ly Years subsequently. none
the worse for her :a.i;- Ii overture, which
occurred five years previous to the birth
of Sir Walter.
T...1 mother Of Gen. Israel Putnam, Of
revolutionary renown, w;is pioced il her
coffin and the funeral services cop1-
n,enced. when she revived, aid six yesrs
afte7wacd gave birth to tie child Israel.
Long years a-o three nletl;ca, students,
VINO had paid IN cxtra sum Of money to
professional '.res..rrecticnist'' 70. the
purpose of procuring an extraordinarily
desirable subject, entered the college Dis
sccting rccm one night to view their rur-
c!,;lse. wIs:c,, l,al Just been received. Lift
inC tie cloth cover, they were more than
pleased to discover the remarkably fresh,
fine, desirable young corpse cf q Young
and lovely maiden lady. It was the
foc:cl of Juno and the feature, CT :.
Hebc. Rou.:d, plump, splendidly devei-
cred, perfectly symmetrical. with &
wealti, Of dark chestnut tresses, and
chestnut co!orcd eyes, pink, creamy
tinted complexion. brilliant, ivorT white
teeth, thin, delicate cars, mouth c,.d
nose. cy.h:ows and cyei;,siies beautifully
lor::,, a:.d sl,a,,e!s-.
Ono OF tho two fingered about The body
apparently as one held under the spell of
a strange, underlined fascination. The
Eici he'd been i'll and was supposed to
have died of some heart disease, and
had l.in i'll her family vault about twenty
hours The young student. filed with
admiration. gently lifted the magnificent
" racl>lei ::iI1i. it was rot chil:inSlv
cold, although cocl. Tic muscles wcro
not hard and G::.>i severely rs III i1gor
ma-.is Ie raised the cycl.,ls and saw
none Of tbs CLASSY and gh:.stiy peculiar
Ties. lie was aro:,scl, AID l.iit' his car
down over tie region Of the heart. Then
lie was puzzled and started, and applied
the ste:i:rsc",ee.
Then he rcrrcs4.l li:; gt,'"i.,g excite
nlent ana summoned assistance. E7;-
dcrccs OF latent iifc il tie :'ouy were Zig
covered beyond tls:.i:;t. Vigorous efforts
were then 1c:dc FIR resu>cita;:oa, and
successfully, too. Then the ll::,!ess girl,
while yet unconscious, WAS wrapped IL
bl;.1:,,:cts 2:al te,de:ly removed to ito
rcsi1e,ce q che Of the professors ,.ea-
by. 1!yeI relatives Wee sent for, and in
time s.:a ,>:.aiscEi perfect health, and
subsequent, welded the st:lle:l5, who
attervarI became president CT P.ii"Gli-
,;ilis Medical college. She is ROW
widow ;,.i:! resides with the Youngest Il
four st1!"-a-55 sc.s.--C,,s:c12o Herald.
Cccc.:e:l By Gar Ezcsccr-.
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