Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-12-15
Canlc 10 Life.

AhOAi.to IA y iViuI az iAihitttS VI l"S
Kings county NY. hospital, in Flatbush,
had thrilling experience recently
which resulted in spreading the report
that the county buildings were haunted.
Hyland, who is about 30 years old, had
been in the hospital for about six months
suffering from rheumatism and heart
trouble.
1t has been the custom of young ply
sicians from the Long Island College
hospital to give three days service each
week at the Flatbush hospital.
One Of the young physicians, whose
name is Dr.Duryca the medical superin-
tendent, refused to divulge, was called
about midnight recently to look at Hy-
land, who, Richard Tierney, the at
tending nurse of ward 5, thought was
dead.
After investigating The case the doc
tor pronounced the man dead, and Tier
ncy and Joseph Dobbs, another nurse.
were ordered to remove the body to
the morguc which is in the rear of the
hospital.
Dobbs and Tierney were summoned
al two o'clock to remove another corpse.
When they arrived at the morgue and
opened the door they were terri
fled by the sudden apparition
of Hyland wrapped in blanket.
He bolted by them and ran toward
the hospital. The nurses dropped the
burden they were carrying and spring
ing over the fence took to the road,
running in opposite directions. Tier
ney ran towards East New York while
Dobbs made for the city.
| Hyland, in the meantime, who was
not at all dead, rushed to his cot in Ward
and. hiding himself away in the
blankets, slept peacefully until morn
ing. At daylight another commotion
took place, when the patients, who are
nearly all crippled in that ward, awoke
and saw Hyland in the cot. They hur-
riedly dressed themselves, picked up
their crutches and canes and hobbled
to DR.. Duryea's Office, where they de-
manded their certificates of discharge.
The doctor, who was amazed at the
action of the cripples, asked for an e1-
PLANTATION. He was told that they
wanted to 90 home rs the place was
haunted. They could prove it, they
asserted, for Hyland's ghost was lying
in his cot
DR.. Duryea laughed heartily at what
he supposed their illusion. But on 60
ing to the ward himself, however, he
was astounded to find Hyland sleeping
there. The fears Of the other patients
were soon set at rest ON finding that it
was Hyland himself, and not his ghost.
The occurrence was explained rs the result
of suspended animation.
! asked Hyland Tuesday to relate his eX-
pcrience He sid he could not remember
how long he had been unconscious when he
came to himself in the Inorguc. He found
himself on 4 marble slab with only sheet
for covering The place was icy cold and
! looking around he saw other bodies lying on
slabs.
Not fully realizing where he was he turned
toward man with 4 long beard on slab
near him and said, SAY, where are we p
| Night Watchman O'Conneil. who was out
side when he heard the voice, ran away. 1Iy-
land then got OIL the slab After searching
about the place he found blanket, which he
wrapped about his sbiyerins body. Then he
pounded at the door and shouted for some ono
I to let him out. 1t was not until Tierney and
Dobbs came at about two o'clock tia; he was
released from the place
Tierncy. who returned 10 the hospital
| few days after the exciting episode, said Tues
! day to me that he was never so frightened in
his life and would never be the same again.
Dobbs absolutely refuses TO return to the hos
| pital.