The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1894-03-06
SARGE PLUNKETT.
THE OLD NAN EXPLAINS WIZ
BROWN is STILL LIPlNG.
EurleH Alive. Brown ia Stolen from the
Grave and Awakes il, the Nisseceihs
Room of IL Medical College.
For The Constitution.

Such n stickier [ am to the truth that L
sometimes omit the truth to avoid the
seeming approach to untruthIu'neSS..
I have striven to avoid the explanation
Of the resurrection OF brown b"t ihe pres
sure through private letters and some sar-
castle hings through some OF tue leWsp"-
pers force me to give the story JUST a. |
t happeued all the time keeping nay eye
open to retain the character Oh pei .,a @
regular George Washington among ''lpoS
who know best. Brown hlnlseil 10 "i'iie''
that all stated here is true.
That Hroyyn was thought to be dead' was
pronounced dead and was puiiGo I , ~
verified by many of his friends ana Wy VIC
records of a frst-class life insurance Com
| pany. The fact is, though, that ne was
| never dead and the grave over Wuicn we
strewed flowers for several Gays oiI no
| contain the remains of our departc'' i'ir' ~;
| but had been taken from thence py W.
| set of college students in attenoaHce oh
| lectures in Atlanta. The old man has ttih-
I cd 70 me freely of the whole procecalhtsS
and can make the cold chilis run ny cru
| down YOUR backbone telling ABOUT thc sSh
| ;atons of being buried alive lie coui:i l:tal
| ,,nd remembers every word uttered In his
| sick room while the preparations l"i us
| interment was being arranged re h
| when the laid him CUT when the col"i u
and the agony he suffered when they 'l'teu
hin, and laid him into it. He tried 10 move
his Inns to raise his hand, to wink ms eye,
but h, could not do SO, and heard inc ~
shut down upon him, the screws las'chtu
and felt himself lifted and Dofae CUT -
little church, and then to his grave. NJ tne
church they took off the lid OF the 30 III
again and all the congregation 11arciien
by and took look at him They si.us'
| ''WC~.~:li meet over the river
ord than the lid was again fastened OYER
him and he was borne to the grave. Ihey
lowered him down and then, ne says Vas
the supreme moment. He tired To s''e-,ni,
to kick, to move, but marry time; tue or
was soon upon him and the people e'A 'h0ii
way back to their homes.
The delay in the funeral exercises causeo
# to be dark when the people lett the grave,
and 10 sooner than they were soou o'1 VI
. | SIGHT till some four or hVe youhS hiGi
| | came out from their hiding place In inc
woods and began with q rush TO throw tiS
? dirt from Of of Brown. 1t was oily ne
/ work OF a few moment Tor the 9tu"0n c -, ~
oct down TO the coffin. Then taxing Oh tnt
y i'd tnev lifted Brown out, wrapped nm IL
: y tent cloth and were soon on the way lhte
G the city as fast as it was possible 10 .
without creating suspicion among the peo
y ple they met by the way.
Brown don't know to this day WheIe ~
was carried and if he did he would no
II tell, for secrecy was solemn!y pleuseu ~
him to the students. lie knew (ha' - -
3 was in a room undergraduate ctli"i' di
d. that he was to be dsSected right away
- He learned this from hearing them taii
y At about 10 o'clock there were some ne"
n comers and among these Brown recoSt ,-.1s
Mt the voice of a friend of hiS-a young phy
al clan of East Atlanta. How hard brow
fried TO move to make signs to DO some
thing to attract the notice OF TINS iit'
can never be known by one never naVl-l
Ie been in such a position The poor Ola &c
81, 81 low had given up all hope. lie tnousnt
har Atlanta WS 2Xife ' up and re
marked:
l! "Why, this IS my old friend Brown. He,
Qaturd! looks. Bows. | y
~ is dead!''
ic Brown says that was the sweetest SCUM
lie he ever heard. 1t stirred up a little hope
Is and as the doctor felt him and remark e d
= i detect Il little warmth, too!' never wa
} such feelings had by man before.
This was the starter to the in Jesti,,a 1ioI
which ended in Brown being revived ant
restored to his many friends, and % say
g ing the life insurance company from rayin.
out premium which was just reac, t
= be turned over to the widow. The doctors
+ tried many tests to find if the young doc
:, tor friend of Brown was correct. Their.
, was brought and pricling and rul
/ was much pulse feeling, pricl1in:
r, and rubbing and looking glass
r was brought and held up to his mouth bu
v not until an electric battery was brought
e and applied did there come any sign Of life
: They attached the wire to Browns great
= toe and turned on the battery, and as quick
n as flash Brown sitting W Gu the
. table, and talking at the rate of a mile a
minute to let them know that he was not
= dead-he surely did talk
$ HGre this story might stop, being fully
s sufficient to clear away all the mystery Of
/ | Browns once being dead and now alive
r but l Will so a little to show Browns
sensations as he lay in conceament about
! his own premises, while every one but the
r secret pledged doctors thought him in his
} grave at the little church.
1t some two weeks before the physi-
| ciiins considered Brown sufficiently recov-
cred to turn loose. His old tricks took
t possession of him as soon as he was strong
! | again, and he at once decided to see how
his folks got along and him dead. 1t wal
4 | easy enough for him to secrete hfln2s.f
where he could see and hear with never
a suspicion OF his presence. He soon learnt d
) that the world and his own family were
wagging right along just like as il he ha d
, never died. The Widow Brown not
, quite greVcd to death, and the family IN
general were in high hopes for the tutuI c,
A big sight of mourning was going on but
, it manifested itself in black goods ard
laces His folks were spending a right
, ure and he soon learned that all their
hopes OF paying rested upon The life insur-
ance they were soon to have. The cid
ricllety market wagon was not good enn'!Gh
old Fan was too slow, horse with more
style must be had. Brown says THAI the
whole air Of the place was such as to I'M
press him that the whole family We're
prmping and fixing to catch belIX Just as
IL they were all young again-and a | of
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