The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1892-02-27
BROUGHT TO LIFE.
4 Thrilling Scene Witnessed in q
DissectinG Room.
The Body of Beautiful Girl stolen and
Sold to Medical College
Sho Receivers in the
Nick of Time.

Sho Receivers in tho
Nick of Time.
In strongbox in one of the vaults of
the Cincinnati Safe Deposit Company,
says the Enquirer, there is paper be-
longing to an old and wen-known
physician residing in the West end 1t
is written statement OF one OF the
strangest and most remarkable expe-
riences ever had by physician.
In the year that the rebellion broke
out the physician, who will be des-
ignated as DR.. G., was connected with
well-known medical college. His bust
ness was TO buy material for the dis
sectinp-roon and instruct the students
in their work.
One night DR.. G. was at work point
ing out the construction of several
nerves in the arm of a corpse, when he
was called into the hall to see two men.
He recognized his visitors as body
snatchers. They told their business
quickly. In their wagon, within
quarter of mile of the college, was
the body of beautiful young woman
that had been Gifted just that day.
They would deliver it for eighty dollars.
''What did she die OFF" asked DR.. G.
'<Oh, nothing but a little throat
trouble, and we didn't hurt the body a
bit as we got it out. She was the
daughter of a rich. farmer near Glen,
dale, and was going to be married
soon." The doctor accepted the offer,
and it was not long before the corpse
delivered. The men carried their bur
den upstairs and dropped it on the floor
Of the room adjoining the dissecting-
room. DR.. G. stepped in turned up the
light, and handed the men the money.
One of them opened the sack and the
head of the corpse was exposed.
''She was indeed handsome, - said the
doctor
As the three walked out of the room
the doctor asked HIMSELF ''Can she be
alive? am sure l saw her eyelids
move" AS he entered the dissecting-
room and proceeded to his work the
students noticed that he was nervous
and excited In few minutes he was
compelled to abandon his work and go
home.
Out in the street he continued to
think of the corpse, When he reached
home his wife had hot cup of coffee
and some lunch prepared, but he could
not touch it. Being pressed to confde
in his wife, he told her about the body
at the college.
'Dont waste a moment" she cried.
"Return to the college at once, and if
the girl is alive you will get credit for
bringing her back to life,
Securing his coat and hat, the physi-
clan was soon ON his way back to the
college. The cathedral bells were just
tolling the hour Of midnight. DR.. G,
stopped at the residence of an old medi-
cal friend and asked him to accompany
him. The two proceeded at once to the
dissecting- room and, after making 8
light, cut open the sack. The breast of
the corpse was b are, and she was clad
only in her underclothes, silk hose, and
slippers The grave-robbers, as was
afterward learned, had torn from the
body the dress in which the young lady
was to have been married.
Carefully the two doctors lifted the
body on table
'Her heart is still" said DR.. G., as he
placed his ear to the breast.
"Aud she has no pu)se,' said the
other.
"Her body is quite COOL said DR.. G.,
as he asked the other to assist him in
giving the corpse a vigorous rubbing.
They lifted up the corpse and rubbed it
as hard as they could for some time.
DR.. G. got an electric battery and
placed it alongside of the neck. Soon
after it had begun to work, the eyes OF
the corpse opened, the lips quivered, and
the head raised up.
''My God, she's alive!'' gasped DR.. G.
az he fell back almost in a faint. His
friend assisted him TO chair, but the
eyes of both never left the corpse. The
doctor recovered and explained to the
lady that she had undergone a surgical
operation and was not fully recovered.
But she knew different. She had been
in trance and had known everything
that occurred. She had felt the warm
kisses of her parents and lover and
thought chat all was over when the lid
of the coffin was screwed down. She
felt the hands of the robbers when they
lifted her from the coffin.
The janitor's wife was quickly walked
UP and prepared some coffee for the
lady, and also gave her some clothing.
A hack was called and the lady was
driven to DR.. G.'s house, where she
spent the night. The next day she was
taken home and in two weeks the mar
rage occurred. The grave robbers re-
turned the stolen bridal robe, and were
never prosecuted.
Distinctive Marks Of Steamers.