Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1890-11-06
iDEATH-LIKE FRANCES.
a. NUMBER OF CASES OF sus.
PENDED ANIMATION.
Killed for Coming to Life Again
The Jolting of a Hearse Wakes
Up the Corpse.

Up the Corpse.
There is nothing more repugnant to
the human mind than the awful POSSIBLE
lty OF a living person being consigned to
the tomb. Nevertheless, such cases have
occurred, and, unhappily, recent proofs
are forthcoming that they still occur, de-
spite the fact that in most countries pre-
cautions are now taken to prevent prema
ture lnterments. In England, as a rule,
the bodies OF deceased persons are not
buried till signs of decomposition begin
TO manifest themselves; and elsewhere it
is enacted by law that interments must
not take place till three or more DAYS
after death.
Nearly three-ouarters of century ago
q somewhat gruesome book was pub
lished- The first section of its formida-
BILE title, which is too long for Quota
ton III its entirety, runs: '.The danger
OF premature interment proved from
many remarkable instances of people
who have recovered after being laid out
Tor dead, and of Others being entombed
alive for want of properly being exam
med prior to interment.n And the au-
thor submits the following grim quota
ton as prelude: "To revive nailed up
IN cotfin To return to life in dark
ness, distraction and despair The brain
can scarce sustain the reflection in our
coolest moments.
having thus. az the outset, put his
eeaders in dreadfully uncomfortable
frame of mind, he proceeds to pile on
the agony by citing numerous well au-
thenticated cases of persons supposed
to be dead coming to life. Several of
these owed their restoration to conscious
ness to the officiousncss or irreverence of
friends, who, pcrsistently declining to be-
lieve that they were absolutely dead,
forced liquor down their Threats. Al
chapter is devoted to the remarkable
case of ''Sir Hugh Ackland, of Devon
shire, who, after being laid out as a
corpse, was revived by bumper of
brandy
VI cases on record of bygone time
we will only quote two, by reason of
their exceptional popularity The Hon.
Mrs; Godfrey, sister of the great Duke of
Marlborough, while preparing for chapel
on Sunday, fell down, to all appearance,
dead. In spite of the positive assurances
OF the physicians, who declared her to be
lrrecoverabiy dead, her loving husband,
Colonel Godfrey, persisted in believing
that she was only in trance. So she lay
till the following Sunday, when exactly
at the same hour as her seizure, Just as
the chapel bell was once more ringing,
Che aWnko Che hot e.
had been in a state of suspended ANNA
ton for 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 res
toration of an inferred person to life
should have romantic sequel and result
IN cause celebre seems anomalous, but
such a thing did occur in the olden time.
Two >neighbors living in the Rue St.
Honore, Paris, who were very great
friepds, had respectively son and a
daughter. The young people were very
much attached, and would have married
had not wealthy sutton appeared on the
scene, and, with the consent of her
parents, obtained the hand of the daugh-
ter. The young lady submitted, as
French girls think it their duty to do in
such circumstances, and she prudentl v
declined to see her first lover any more
Melancholy, however, brought on a
malady which so benumbed her faculties
that she was thought to be dead, and
was accordingly consigned to the grave.
Her former lover, who could not believe
that even then she was lost to him,
persuaded the grave digger to bring the
body to his house. There he used every
means to restore animation, and sue
cceded. Convinced that now she belonged
to him, she agreed to his proposal that
they should escape to England. Ten years
afterwards they returned to Paris. A
chance meeting between husband and
wife convinced the former that the latter
was still alive, though he had buried her
with becoming grief. He claimed her
for his own, the claim was resisted, and,
despite every augment to the contrary,
the Judge decided in his favor. Again
the lazy and lover sought happiness in
flight, and they lived abroad without
further molestation.
Now for some recent cases. The follow
ing oneis reported from Nevada, Mo-, on
August "a, 1888. While the remains of
twenty-three unknown dead bodies
were being removed from Deepwood
Cemetery, in that town, Superintendent
G. v. Mccain discovered body which
was partially petrifed, and, from its
position, evidently had been buried
alive. The body was that of an infant,
probably year old, and was lying on
its face with its legs drawn up and the
bottom Of its feet resting on the coffin
I'D.
Early in February, this year, the Phil
adelphia Press published remarkable
case, vouchcd for by Mr.. Thomas Hooper,
formerly Of that city, but now resident
In New York. tits that of lady, the
wife Of musician, who. apparently,
died in Media some years back. Her
body was placed in casket and taken to
the church. where funeral services were
held. At the close of solemn address
the minister said that all who wished
might take a last look at the remains.
Among those who went forward was a
woman, and she, after bending earnestly
over the coffin, exclaimed, ''See, hei
eyclids quiverw Great excitement fol
lowed, buta doctor present ridiculed the
suggestion, declared that life. was extinct
and urged immediate interment. The
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