The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-01-24
HER EYEs SPOKE.
How Woman Yves saved from Being
Buried alive.

From the Philadelphia Press.
A short, stout man. with a muddy complex
ion, blonde mustache an blue eyes, sat in the
Lafayette cafe last evening, talking of pre-
mature burials He wore a silk hat. a dark
ulster, and earned 2 sender cane. on the head
OF which was engraved: Thomas Hooper
New YORK" Nr. Hooper is q former Philadel-
phlans WHO has given much attention TO the
subject on which be was conversing last even
ing.
Cases Of people being buried alive" he said,
are very rare Now and then we see them re-
ported Ia the papers but in nearly every in
stance these reports are found upon inyestga-
ton TO be untrue Some years ago however,
real case came under my notice. IL that
OF lady who lived il Media, the wife of
musician. She suffered from some ordinary
illness, which to all appearances assumed a fatal
form. In few d lyS the cold, llfeless body was
taken IN casket TO a church, where funeral
services were held. Large numbers Of people
We're present, aud at the close Of q solemn adj
dress the DliniSter said tnat all who wished
might take last look at the remains. Many
friends went forward among them a woman
who bent long and earnestly over tae coffin.
Suddenly she jumped back, exclai ming, See her
eyeldS QulVerY OF course there was intense
excitement. The husband of the lady whose
body lay in the cas- iet hurried forward. as did
physician who was present The medical man,
after an examination, said that life was ex-
tinct, and that the woman who saw the eyelid
quiVer must nave been very imaginative. The
doctor also urged lat the iuterment take place
immediately In order tnat the husband ) horror
might be leSsened. But che husband would
have none of it. He believed that his wife was
only In a trance after all, and entreaties from
those present prov in vain He was de-
termlned that his wife should be revived, and
restoratlVes OF every possible sort were appH d.
Within an hour the supposed dead woman
ltUed her arm few incnes and let it fall
linen she was removed to her nome and was
taken out of the coffin. Th5 grave clothes were
stripped from her. and she was put In bed
trembling, occasional Slight contractions of the
muscles continued, and her husbands friends
worked the harder all night. The gray morn
ing Hgnt was creeping over the darkness when
she inoaned. InceSsant efforts were continued
Tor nearly four days, by which time she had
fully recovered the use of her faculties Some
time after this. continued Mr.. Harper this
woman told a riend Of mine how sue felt, for
she was dimly conscious all the time of pass
ing events. She in trance, unable to
move, yet she knew what was going on about
her. She says that as she lay there in the
casket, beneath the pulpit and heard the min
lister tell her friends to come forw trd 20 take a
last look, her agony was simply in escrioaDle
ohe knew all that was happe ling, as she knew
1t was not hUrri lie nightmare. Wees passed
before she had recovered her strength, but
hnaily she seemed as wed as ever. Six years
a terward she was singing at a musicale ole
evening, when she suddenly stopped in the
midst of song and cried: Why. what made
the gas go out? Those present said that it had
not been eXtingushed, but she insisted that the
room was perfectly darK. From that day to
TINS she has not seen single object While
81 'glng that evening she became blind in
sta lily. know this is a remarkable story. -
continued Mr. Hooper, "but it is true, and can
prove il. -