The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-05-25
AN AWFUL EXPERIENCE
A Human Being Who Died, Was
Buried. Resurreoted and Placed
on a DisssctinG Tabie-His
Terrible Tortures.

From the Philadelphia Times.
l have died, l have been buried and
then r~esurrected, placed upon q medical
college dissectinR table, and then have
lived 20 tell about Il. One day In May,
just as the NJ were IN full bloom and
natsre looked her ~fairest, I was seized
with q curious gripping at my heart, and
though ! heard distinctly the alarmed ex.
CARNATIONS OF my relatives, I was power
less TO speak u word.
Yes, / was TO all intents aud purposes
~dead-dead 10 my wife, to my children,
my relatives; dead to the whole world.
oh, % of you know the mental agony
! experienced. A doctor was hastily sum
moned, and wise man as he was, he said,
after a short examination, Heart dis
ease; nc human skill can avail"
Then l was carefully lifted To the bed
and my lear wife threw herself upon me,
sobbing piteously. Thus l remained
throughout the night, and as the warm
weather had come, my funeral WA sc, for
the day after. The undertaken busted
himself with the preparation and I was
carefully placed In the coffin and carried
to the parlor, where long lines Of grieving
friends o a last look nj me. Then the
service wa begun, and after that was
and screwed down.
Those horrible moments. Time and
time l tried to scream, TO struggle, to
raise even q finger, but I'm vain, and as
he id came closer and closer l lost even
thes slight consciousness ! possessed and
knew nothing more until | felt a jar.
and borne for some distance, as I could
feel, by my chosen friends. The grave
wa reached and slowly l could feel my
SELF lowered deeper and deeper. i did not
now want to struggle. i really did not
care to come to life again. A kind of calm
and peace seemed TO settle down upon
me, and with perfect equanimity l heard
the words ''Dust TO dust; ashes to ashes"
pronounced and the rattle Of the dry clods
as they fell mt first slowly then faster and
faster, until the falling earth produced no
sound and all was quiet. How long I laid
there i have no idea save by comparison.
! remember thinking that l must return
be perhaps q single shudder, q gasp. and
then l should be really dead. l felt no
alarm, no fear, just quiet and happy.
Suddenly i heard a curious grating
noise, then something struck the lid OF
my narrow prison, then q few rapid blows
given in quick succession, then the lid
was torn from In front Of my face and
chest and with n dexterious twist n rope
was passed beneath my arms and with a
strong pull ] was drawn from the grave
Two men seized me and hurried my form
TO q wagon, into which I was brutality
thrown, then IL ratified of and | wondered
where l would land next. All. I soon
tall brick building. ! was borne in To a
narrow room and my clothes torn from me-.
They placed me on an elevator and
quickly transferred me to a long room,
where, by the contact, | discovered my
self placed on a m~etallic-covered table.
Here lay and In q few moments discov-
cred where I was.
Twas on n table In the dissecting room
OF O medical college. I was destined TO
be made the subject for the ceaseless
knives and brutal jcsts Of the medical
students. There l lay during the night
and part of the next day, when along in
the Afternoon l was assigned to he the
property OF i've students. About the time
they were to work the assist
antdemonstrator Of anatomy CHANGED TO
pass along, and learning that ! was a
fresh subject and mo- even injected, much
less picked, a that he would now show
to the class nm operation In laparot-
om!, or removing my intestines To dis
cover and remedy a wound that might be
thee.
He was q practical man, and was ready
in o few moments. Deep sank his knife
through my flesh, n hen again l ex-
per that sensation of perfect relief.
Nov ! knew I was TO be Killed. Death
hat at last Gomez and soon I would be free.
Carefully. just as II he knew thai I was
alive, the surgeon worked. u each lie
tail carefully was attended TO.
Suddenly i felt n thrill Of pain, then a
treTior seemed to pms over me. oh, God.
was i about to become alive again. The
surgeon stopped.
i knew his eyes sought mine, and with
q mighty effort j winked. Never will ]
forget h calmness of that man. In
staItly obedicnt to his orders hot water
clots were brought and rapid injections
OF Ocaine followed. Carefully my bowels
wer replaced, and Don under he ooth-
ing administration Of ether ] passed into
n state Of blissful Inconsistencies; this
tim entire utter oblivion.
What was done after that i do not know.
Suffice IL TO say ! awoke the next morning,
andin complete possession OF all my nor
NAL faculties found myself lying In a
whie-coverleted bed I'm a cheerful hospi-
tai ward. About me fitted the white
capped nurses, and near by were standing
twodoctors. both talking In n low voice
andreRardinR me with Interested though
anxou looks.
Thus | spent some weeks in this man
ner. l told my story and who l was. This
was found to be true. The Information
wasconsiderately carried to my wife and
family, and when I was thoroughly well !
wen home. All my ~neighbors knew my
history. knew even the details of my
miraculous escape, and assured OF their
taken up my life where I lett IL of tina,
calm, joyous May morning.
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