Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1892-07-24
FRANCES LIKE DEATH.
STRANGE CASES OF sus-
PENDED ANIMATION.

PENDED ANIMATION.
little Doubt That Sometimes People Are
Buried Alive-Others Have Had Mar
row Escapes from snoh q Horrible
Fate-some Recent Cases
There IL nothing more repugnant to the
human mind than the awful possibility OF
a living person being consigned to the
tomb Nevertheless such cases have oc-
cnrred. and, unhappily. recent proofs are
forthcoming that they still occnr, despite
the fact that la most countries precautions
ARE now taken TO prevent premature inter
ments. In England Hs n rule the bodies
OF deceased persons are not buried till signs
OF decomposition begin TO manifest them
selves, and elsewhere II is enacted hy law
that interments must not take place till
three or more days after death
Nearly three-quarters Of century ago a
somewhat grewsoms book was published.
The first section of its formidable title, |
which Is too long for quotation In its en-
ttrety, runs, THE danger Of premature in |
terment proved from many remarkable In |
stances uf people who have recovered after
being laid out for dead. and Of Others be-
ing intombed alive for want OF being prop
| eriy examined prior 10 internent" And
| the anthor submits the following grim
quotation as n prelude: ITO revive nailed
up In "A coffin To return 10 life in dark
ness. distraction and despair The brain
can scarce sustain the reflection In our
! coolest moments"
STATE or COMA.
Having thus at the outset put his read
ers in dreadfully uncomfortable frame Of
mind. he proceeds to pile on the agony by
ttt
of persons supposed to be dead coming to
life. Several OF these owed their restora-
tion to consciousness TO the officiousness or
irreverence Of friends, who persistently de-
cining to believe that they were absolutely
dead forced liquor down their throats.
The Hon Mrs. Godfrey sister Of the
/, great Duke OF Marlborough, while prepar-
ing for chapel Sunday, fell down TO all ap.
pearance dead In spite of the positive as
surance of the physicians, who declared
{ her TO be irrevocably dead, her loving hus
D band, Col Godfrey r"f< ,ed in believing
that she was only ia trance
r So she lay Till the following Sunday
$ when exactly at the same hour rs her seiz
I ure. just rs the chapel bell was once mor'
$ ringing, she awoke, She was not awar,
r that she had been in state OF suspended
d animation for week, and the first thinl
|
"A waking her in time to 20 to church, as sh'
i had intended to do
i SOME AMERICAN CASES.
The following one was reported from
k Nevada, Miss, Aug a. 1883: While th
o remains of twenty-thrre unknown dea,
6 bodies were being removed from Deepw oot
J, cemetery, in that town, superintendent
u g. w. McCain discovered body which
II was partly petriied, and from its position
D. evidently had been buried alive. The bod
was that of an infant probably year old
and was lying on its face, with its leg
j.. drawn up and the bottoms Of its feet resi-
, ing on the coffin lid"
: The Philadelphia Press published a n
= markable case, vouched for by Mr.. ThomG
/. Hooper, formerly of thnt city. but now
= resident In New York II Is that Of a lad,
:, the wife OF musician. who apparentl
Il died in Media some years back. Her bod
i, was placed IN casket and taken to II
= church. where funeral services were bell
s At the close of IA solemn address the mi
:. m. lister said that all who wished might tai
:, a last look at the remains. Among tho
= who went forward WAS woman. and sh
after landing earnestly over the coffi
-. exclaimed. See, her eyelids quiver''
- Great excitement followed. but doct'
:, present ridiculed the suggestion, declar,
- that life was extinct, and urged immedla
- interment. The husband, however. |
sisted on the application of restorative
:. Tho wife was removed home, the gra'
- clothes were stripped off, and within fol
- days thanks to continuous effort, abe w
-. quite we'll Six years after her restoratic
:, TO life she. while singing at n musical
- was suddenly stricken with blindness, at
blind she still IL.
RESCUED By STUDENTS.
From Orenburg, in Russia. very pal
fnl case has been reported. During q
! funeral of Il wealthy peasant the coffin w
nd seen to rise and the corpse proceeded to q
re, out The affrighted priests and mourne
OF ran off The corpse" followed, but q
ny peasants, having by this time regain
ch courage. proceeded to exercise the ghost
th which they did so effeetually with gu
IRE and pine stakes that they killed the u
srs fortunate man, who II was ascertaine
ny had previously been in state of coma
! The funeral Of a young woman W
ng about to take place at Alessandria, Pie
nd mont. when. owing to the jolting Of q
al. hearse. the supposed dead person W
he aroused from the lethargy which was m
'as taken for death. The bearers in the CEN
ed terry heard sounds issuing from the coffl
ir. The lid was torn off. aud the young wom'
he was found 10 he alive and conscious, thonl
he In a state Of great agitation In Italy bo
nd lea are inferred very snon after snppos
{. death, and doctor In Rome has compil
and published statistics showing that tho
sands Of persons are annually buried In
state Of coma throughout Europe,
In. A man named John J. OGonnor had.
OF In alleged, an exceedingly lucky esca
ete from the disseeting table In the Amerie
are city of ST. Louis He being supposed to
es dead his body was identified at the morg
10 by his wife A funeral followed, and IL
ted positively asserted that he was buried
are Calvary cemetery. But, to the amazeme
zen OF all who knew him, he was afterwa
ten seen walking about as II nothing in partit
md lar had happened to him. His own versi
led Of the affair was that he was really buri'
1ad that his body was afterward taken up a
hi. conveyed 10 the diSsecting room, and u
nts the first incision made In his abdomen ca
of ing blood 10 tiow his consciousness, whi
I'M had only been suspended. returned 10 hi
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