Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1893-08-10
BURIED ALIVEI
l. P. SeymOrs Proposes to Go Into a
State Of Suspended Animation,
And Remain Inferred for Several
Weeks Beneath a Cellar.

A dispatch from Rockford, ILL.,, says that
Prof. Seymore. the noted mind reader who
proposes to be buried alive for few weeks.
has not decided whether to perform the feat
there or at Chicago. He will premit only
press Representatives and = few scientific
men TO be present, The event is planned
for The early part Of August. DR.. E. O.
Dunn, who has travelled extensively in India
and has seen the feat successfully accomp-
lished several times, will taks charge OF the
arrangements.
Several days time will be required to pre-
pare Prof. Seymour for burial. For q few
days he will be fed upon 6leaginous SUBJ
stances, the object being to produce an ex-
cess Of caloric to maintain warmth In his
body during interment and to keep the
blood from oongesling. When every
thing 10 ready he will throw himself into Q
cataleptic condition or state of asphyxis,
as he has often done in the past. His lungs
will then be filled with fresh air by DR..
Dunn. who will use an ordinary bellows for
that purpose. The professors tongue will
then be turned backward in his mouth and
pushed partially down the throat. thus clos.
ing the aperture to the lungs. His mouth,
nose and ears will next be hermetioally
sealed with wax, 90 IS to prevent the posi-
bic egress or iDgress of the outside air.
D.. Dupn's next operation will be to COM
pletely coat the body Of his friend with q
preparation Of parafin, 30 as to close all the
pores in the skin. The body will then be
put in casket like an ordinary coffin, but
larger than would bs necessary were the
body going to be buried for good. The cask-
ct will be placed inside Of larger one, both
being perforated with holes, so as to permit
the escape of any gases which may escape
from the body, and allow the latter to be ab.
sorbed by the soil.
The casket will then be lowered into an
excavation made in clay soil. the latter be.
ing most desirable, as it is impervious to
water and will prevent accidental flooding
Of the burial cases. II possible. an unoccu-
pied house will be leased, the body inferred
in the cellar and a crop of grain Gown over
it.
Prof. Seymour says: "The plan is perfect
ly practicable. / can 60 into the burial
casket and hibernate just the same as bear
does in the winter. All that is needed is
careful preparation and right conditions. I
will remain buried for four weeks, with two
guards placed over my grave"
Seymour has frequently gone into state
of asphyxia for several days, and feels cou-
fdent that no fatal disaster will overtake
him this time.
DR.. d. R. Brewer, of Chicago, who is q
we'll known expert in mesmerism and kin
dred subjects, declares that Seymour can
successfully accomplish his feat, and that it
will not surprise the medical fraternity.
He states that the Indian iugglers fre-
quently perform the operation by using a
certain drug which reduces respiration and
the action of the heart to point where
movements can be detected only by the
most delicate test.
Seymour. however scouts the idea of using
drugs, or of holding open any avenue of
communication with his friends above the
earth's surface, and says that he will return
to consciousness of his own voition when
the proper time comes, and he does not want
to be disturbed before then. His caskets
arrived here from Milwaukee today, and
we're viewed by large crowd of curious
people who had asse mbled at the depot.