The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-09-21

petri6ed, and. from its position evid.,.,--
had been buried alive. The body was ~.
of an infant, probably year Old ana , ,,,-'
lying on its face. with its legs drawn 90 Is
and the bottom OF its feet resri,p,,,
on the coffin lid" Early '''' Is
phia Press published a remarkahI .a'ia ais
vouched for by Thomas Hooper fo,rs -,
OF that city, but now a resident in ny
York. IL Is that OF lady, the Wit re"
musician, who, apparently, died in NJ
some years oeck- Her body was PLACID "a
casAee ana taken 60 the church Th,.- "A
funeral services were held. AT the clo ~ueIs
solemn address the minister said ths1 y,
VINO wished might take Lass loox - al
remains. Among those who went far,. sue
was woman, and she, after bsndine, o -'u
neStly over the coffin, exclaimed ssSas -
9eeiIoS qulVer Great eXcit-ment foI-
lowed, but doctor present ridicn1o5 ~ u
suggestion, declared that life WINS -l ar.,l zoe
aud urged Immediate iaterment- Tn -
Dand, however. insisted ON the aDnIica-s-s
CT restoratives. The wife was rs..1r--oS
home, the grave clothes we're strinno5 -
and within four days. thanks to confin,,C.-,
ellort, sne was quite well. Six wears r.,
ner restoration to life. she, while singi,1-.5..
musicale, was suddenly scrickeps '' So 10
blindness. and blind she still is. VIII
From Orenburg, in Russia. this voau
very painful casa has been reported ~
ing TIE funeral Of wealthy neaSa,4
collin was seen to rise, and the c1rnsa ,, sus
ceeded TO get out. The affrightei nriasg-
and n2ournerS ran off. The t'corDcan - -
lowed, but the peasants having -, 11!>
time regained courage, proceeiei IN T. o-ls
else the ghost" which they did 40 a fFoo.2SI
with guns and pima stakes that tbav III,
the unfortunate man, who. it wac a ni1lsa
tanned. had previously been in a stat as
coma. 00 VI
Last February the funeral of q vorr.
woman was about 70 take place ~ AiaSs
dria, Piedmont. when, owing TO the ioIsil
OF the nearse, the supposed dead persrn T ,,-as
aroused from the lethargv which u,o' . way
taken for death. The bearers in fbo o, LIS
terry heard sounds issuing from the co4is
the lid was torn off and the young wor,n'
was found to be alive and conscious, thonoh
IN a state or great agitation In Tra9'I
bodies are inferred very soon ely as.y
supposed death, and doctor in r., - I oer
compiled and published statistics sbo.,. LAS
that thousands of persons are annrans
buried In state OF coma throughout Furo-a5
A man named John j. O'Connor had IL
alleged, an exceedingly lucky escape fronn
the diSsecting table in the America, oi i, IN
st. Louis about Feb. u or IL last Re ~ h5 VI
supposed to be dead, his body was idenfifaS
at the morgue by his wife. A funeral FL
lowed, and 1t Is positively asserted that ho
was buried in Calvary cemetery b.
10 the amazement of ali VIII
knew him, he was afterward saar,
walking about as if nothing in nartionIan
had happened to him. His own varsior, 80
the affair is that he was really buried +bot
his body was afterwards taken nm ana o o,-a'
veyed to the disSecting room, and that rho
first lnclslon made in his abdomen csnsio,,
Dlood co how, his consciousness. which baS
only been suspended. returned to him
About this case there is q good deal of rnvs
terry, and attempts have been made n
nusn IL up, but 1T Is not an improbable one
Tor body snatching in the interests Of
surgeons Is not rare IN America. D. Kan
neth Cornish, late surgeon to the British
Royal humane Society, knows a clergy-
man In London who narrowly ESCAPED n
terment in Milan four years ago while in
state of catalepsy. He considers that tha
practice OF preparing the body for burial
almost Immediately after death has
proved fatal to tue chance of life ms
sesSed by many one whose friends
would have made any sacrifice IN
save them. Some people have a morbid
dread of being buried alive, which haunss
them through life. aud sometimes thew
devise special Instructions on the subject
This was done by the late Col Vyner Of
Leeml ngton Priors, who died last December.
HIS Will contained a beQuesG of 80 to his
doctor to examine him carefully after death
Tor the purpose of ascertaining that he was
really and undoubtedly dead, :" and author
lied him to use whatever means he should
think necessary in order TO make himself
absolutely certain of the fact.
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