Waterbury evening Democrat., 1890-01-17
AFTER ORGANIZATION.
What Passes fin the Brain of a Man Whose
 Head Has Recn Cut Of.

Head Has Been Cut Of.
 In the second part of his interesting volume, which treats of the decapita- tion of human beings, Dr. Love says: What passes in the head of q dccapi. lated human boing?' Is there any fact in the oft-repcated story that the head lives for some moments after it has been separated from the body?" and in con nection with this belief Dr. Love quotes terrible story told by NJ. Pctigand about an Anamite who was bchealcd by the sword, in 1885, at Saigon. The place of the execution was the Plain of thc TOmbS, a vast sandy tract serving as cemetery to the AnamitcS and the Chinese. Four Anamite pirates taken with their arms in their hands. were to be beheadcd. The chief Of the band, a man in the prime of life-energatic, muscular, brave, with
 out boasting, and firm to the last. had attracted my special attention, and l de- cided to make my observations on him only. His head fell down at the dis tance of about yard and a quarter from where I stood. It did rot roll in the usual way. but stood with the surface of the wound resting on the sand-a posi- tiOn by which tho hcmOrrhaGc was acci. lcntally reduced to a minimum. At this moment l was tcrror-stTucll at sec ing the eyes of the doomed man fixed frankly on my eyes. Not daring to be- licve in a conscious maE:frst2t ion, I went quickly to one side of the head ly- lng at my feet, and 1 found that the eyes followed mo. Then 1 returned to | nly first position; still tho eyes went with me for a short distance, and then | luitted me quite suddenly. The face cX- pressed at that moment ;s conscious l agony. the agony of a person in a state of | acute asphyxia. The mouth opened l violently as if tp take ir a breath of air, and the head. iroWn off it's equilibrium | by tho lotion, rolled over. This con traction Of tn" maXillary muscles was the last sign Of life. Since the moment of decapita tion. from fifteen to twenty seconds had passed. Dr. Love also re- Iates the following story. taken from the archives cf an Austrian police off cer, and relating to an execution said to nave taken place in Vienna in 1880: 4 well-known bandit named Schaucnburg was caught, together N..h four of his associates. and they were all condemned to death. They were already on their knees, ready to submit to their fate. when Schauenburg addressed the judge. | asking that his four com mpanions mi%h | | be ranged in single file in front of him at a distance of eight feet from each other. ''If,' he said. ''aftar l am be- headed, get up and walk to the first of my comrades. will you pardon him?'' The judge thought he was pretty safe in complying with the request. ''But if I walk up to the second, the third and tho fourth, will you pardon them also:'
 The judge replied that he would obtain their pardon from the Emperor. Tho partisan was satisfied bent his head, received the mortal blow. and his head rolled down; but. to the great surprise of t]e judge and the spectators the body got up, walked alone, passed tlic first. second, third and fourth of the con dcmncd men and fell down. Tho occur rcnce was told to tho Emperor, who, ac- cording to promise. parloncd the four criminals -i'all Mall Gazette.