The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-10-18
DEArHLIKE Ta ANcEs.
4 Number of Strange Cases OF sus-
pended Animation

. living person being Consigned to the tomb.
1ravarthsless. such cases have occurred,
and unhaDpily, recent proofs are forth
,,onine that they still occur, despite the fact
.b.t in most countries precautions are now
tsken TO prevent premature lnterments. In
Tn1and as a rule, the bodies Of deceased
.-arsons are not buried until signs of decom-
nosition begin to manifest themselves; and
ssIsawhere it is enacted by law that
interment must not take place until
three or more days after death.
Tasrlv three-quarters of century
90 a somewhat gruesome book was pub
iisbad The first section of its formidable
title which is TOO long for quotation in its
a,tira.v. runs: "Fhe danger of premature
interment, proved from many remarkable
instances of people who have recovered
after being laid out for dead, and of others
hsing entombed alive for want of being
nrOperly examined prior to interment."
And tine author submits the following grim
0notation as a prelude: ITO revive
1silad ND in coffinl To return
70 life in darkness, distraction and
despairI The brain can scarce sustain the
reflection in our coolest momentsm Having
thus. at the outset, put bis readers in a
dreadfully uncomfortable frame of mind,
he proceeds to pile on the agony by rscit-
ING numerous well-authenticated cases Of
persons supposed to be dead coming to life.
Several of these owed their restoration TO
consciousness 10 the otfioiousneSs of rrever-
ence of friends, who, persistently declining
To belleve they were absolutely dead, forced
liouor down their threats. A chapter is
devoted to the remarkable case of "Sir
Hugh Acklann Of Devonshire, who, after
being laid out as a corpse, was revived by
bumper of brandy"
OF cases on record of bygone time we will
only quote two, by reason Of their excep-
tional regularity. The Hon. Mrs. Godfrey,
sister of the great Duke of Marlborough,
while preparing for chapel on Sunday, fell
down, to all appearances, dead. In spite of
the positive assurances of the physicians,
who declared her to be irrecoverabIY dead,
her loving husband. Col. Godfrey,
persisted in believing she was only
In trance. $50 she lay until the
following Sunday, when exactly at
the same hour as her seizure, just as the
chapel bell was once more ringing, she
awoke She was not aware that she had
been in a state of suspended animation for
a week. and the first thing she did was to
scold her attendants for not waking her in
time to go to church, as she had intended to
do. That the restoration Of an inferred
person to life should have a romantic sequel
and result in a cause celebre seems anoma-
lous but such thing did occur in the olden
time
Two neighbors living in the rue st.
Honore, Paris, who were very great friends,
/ had respectively a son and daughter. The
young people were very mucn attached,
and would have married had not a wealthy
sutton appeared on the scene, and, with the
consent Of her parents, obtained the hand
Of the daughter. The young lady submit
n ted, as French girls think it is their duty to
Il do Ii such circumstances, and she prudently
declined to see her first love any more.
Melancholy, however. brought on malady
winch so benumbed her faculties that she
a was thought to be deal, and was, accordingly,
consigned to the grave. Her former lover,
81 VINO could not believe that even then she
was lost to him, persuaded tho grave dig
q ger to bring the body to his house. There
& he used every means to restore animation,
and succeeded. Convinced that now she
belonged to him, she agreed to his proposal
tn they should escape to England. Ten
II years afterward they returned to Paris. A
N chance meeting bet ween husband and wife
convinced the former that the latter was
II still alive, though he had buried her with
becoming grief. He claimed her for his
# own, the claim was resisted and despite
every argument to the contrary, the Judge
decided III his favor. Again the lady and
her lover sought happiness in flight, and
tGey lived abroad without further molesta-
ton.
81 Now for some recent cases: The follow.
ing one was reported fro Nevada, Mo-, on
Aug. "a 1883. While the remains of TWEEN
ty-three unknown dead bodies were being
M removed from Deepwood cemetery in that
Ri town "Supt. G. w. Mccain discovered q
body that was partially petrifed and from
# its position, evidently had been buried alive
n Inc body was that of an infant, pro badly a
year old, and was lying on its face with
It's legs drawn up, and the bottom of it,
fhA
February, this year, the Philadelphia
fTess published a remarkable case, vouched
1or by Thomas Hooper, formerly of that
III city, but now resident Of New York. 1t
is that of lady. the wife of a musician
VINO apparently died in Media some wears
back. her body was placed in casket and
taken to the church, where funeral service:
were neld. AT the close of a solemn address
the minister said that all who wished nigh
take last look at the remains. Among
those who went forward was {
woman, and she, after bending earn.
estly over the coffin, exclaimed
See, her eyelids quiverm Great excite
ment followed, but a doctor present ridi.
Gu cd the suggestion, declared that life wal
extinct, and urged immediate intermeut
he husband, however, insisted on the an
plicetion of restoratives; the wife was re
moved nome, the grave clothes wer,
ripped or, and within four days, thank,
continuous effort, she was quite we'll
PIX years after her restoration to life she
Fnlle singing at a musicale, was suddenl,
trlcken with blindness, and blind SD,
from Orenburg, i'll Russia, this year a
Wery painful case has been reported. Ourins
ne funeral of wealthy peasant the coffir
fas seen to rise and the corpse to proceed
ge1 out The aft lighted priests and
nourners ran off. The CORPSE followed
uc tue peasants having by this time re-
AIneu courage, proceeded to exercise thu
noS'," which they did so effectually witt
Jus and plle stakes that they killed tn,
uiortu ate man, who, it was ascertained
f1 previously been in state of coma.
asst February the funeral of a young
Imam was about to take place at Alessan
a. Fledmont, when, owing to the joltinQ
'ue hearse, the supposed dead person
a. aroused from the lethargy which wa
. aken tor death. The bearers in tn,
az eVery heard sounds issuing from tn
iln, the lid was torn off and the young
o oila was found TO be alive and con
ous, though in state of grea
lCstion. In Italy bodies are inferred
soon after supposed death
I,!a, doctor In Rome has compiled all,
ollShed statistics showing that thousand
persons are annually buried in a state o
no throughout Europe. A man name
~ D. OConnor had, it is alleged, an ex
Ii,nHly lucky escape from the dissectinl