The record-union., 1892-11-14
WAS SHE DEAD2
y Case Which is Exciting the People
of Boise, Idaho.

~ CtSS w men Is EAC1UlHE The PEOPLE
of Boise, Idaho.
BOISE Qdaho), Nov. I3.-Just a month
ago yesterday Miss Una, the only daugh-
ter of Don n. G. Smith, NJ. D., a reigning
belle of Boise society, was welded to Ed
ward Maynard, a young merchant Of this
city. The nuptials were celebrated in
grand style, the marriage ceremony being
performed by Hon. Norman B. Wiley,
Governor OF Idaho, in the presence of a
large and fashionable assem- hlage. On
W ednesday afternoon Mrs. MAYNARD
suddenly died. Very few persons knew
that the beautiful young bride-she was
only eighteen-had been i'll, and the sad
tidings of her death was great shock to
every one. The doctor who attended her
during her brief illness said that acute
typhoid fever was the cause of her unex-
pected demise, and permit for the inter-
ment of the body was granted.
Young Mr.. Maynard desired that the
funeral should take place upon the fol-
lowing day. The father and mother of
the dead bride were surprised at the un-
seemly haste exhibited by the husband
of a month, but not wishing to dispute
with him over the lamentable matter,
they offered no strenuous objection to an
early funeral.
prepared for burial by Undertake er George
Glover, who remarked that the remains
retained the warmth and color of life with
greater tenacity than any dead body he
had ever attended, but he was assured
that the physician had pronounced the
girl lifeless and said no more. On Wednes-
day night the watchers beside the gloomy
bier saw, or fancied they saw, move
ment of one of the arms of the supposed
corpse, and when they placed their hands
upon her breast Just over her heart thew
found the soft, white flesh as warm as it
was wont in life to be.
The watchers Immediately laid these
startling facts before the parents of the
silent bride, and they, terribly perturbed
and almost prostrated with grief and
anxiety, came to the funereal house and
demanded that the interment be post
poned until this afternoon. The physi-
clan who pronounced the woman dead
was again called in, but he insisted that
life had flown. Twenty-four hours after
the surgeons last visit the body was still
warm and not a muscle was rigid. the
joints OF the limbs and fingers were sup
pie and the lobes of the ears were pink,
Despite these many signs of life the
body OF the beautiful young woman was
placed in a casket, and this afternoon
after imposing funeral ceremonies at ST.
Michaeps Church. the interment took
place.
Immediately after the funeral the neigh
bors of the Maynards publicly declared
that the young wife had been buried
alive. Mrs. Warn, who lives in the same
street, claimed that Mrs. Maynard had
taken an overdose of a powerful medi-
cine which had caused her to drop into q
protracted trance. Other persons who
had seen and handled the body asserted
belief that it was a case of suspended
animation, and a demand was made that
the body be instantly exhumed. Both
the husband and father of the entom bed
girl objected to this, but the authorities
viii be appealed to, though many fear
the alarm was given too late.
The case has created much excitement
here, and even if it shall he ascertained
that Mrs. Maynard was really dead at the
time of interment, her sudden decease
will be closely inVestipated