The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1894-12-21
HE WAS RESURRECTED
A Case That Startles
a Scientific World.
Covered in a Grave for
Two Months.
The Body then Dug Up, Scientific Skill
Applied, Returns to the Land
of the Living.


of the Living.
Nevada, Ohio, December 5th.-SOme
time during the early summer the
question of being buried alive and re-
manning in that condition for period
of two months, according to the prac-
tees of the India fakirs, was dis
cussed with considerable force and
favor in and about this little village,
when it was suggested that if sub
ject could be found who would sub
NIT to test a good, round sum of
money could be raised to defray the
expense and as bonus to the sub
ject.
AS an experiment, and in the inter-
est of science, an effort was made and
d subject was secured, who, for the
sum of $500, agreed to have the test
made, he Offering himself for the Or
deal.
Arrangements were begun, and the
subject, Levi Nye, of this place, got
himself in readiness; but the authori-
ties, fearing that some injury might
be done him, and as public opinion
was rather against it. ordered the
proceedings stopped.
Nothing daunted, and believing that
it could be successfully accomplished,
the promoters changed their tactics,
and, after letting the matter die out
of public notice, went about it in a
systematic manner, taking into their
confidence only those in whom they
could place the most implicit trust,
yI.o holt. ~,
sist in this most extraordinary test.
The only known people who ever at
tempted it were the inha aoitants of
India, a portion of whom, it is said,
have practiced it for a great many
tance as a means of livelihood.
During the Worlds fair Prof. Sey-
mour proposed to the managers that
as an attraction, and for the sum of
$4,000, he would submit to a test of
this kind, remaining in this mummi-
fed condition for from sixty to ninety
days. The managers We're about to
arrange with him for the experiment,
when the authorities refused to let
it proceed, fearing a failure, and that
they might be held for premeditated
murder
A suitable place was secured where
the utmost secrecy could be main
tanned, and under the immediate SUI
pervision Of DIR. G. A. Mills, DR.. J.
n. Goodbread. J. E. Maxwell. of this
place, and H. NJ Mclaughlin, for
merly of Denver, Col, preparations
were begun.
They called into their council a few
Of their personal friends-V. o. Tut
tie, Clarence Knowlton and Edward
Diner-and, taking the guide and rule
laid down by those who had conduct
ed such tests in the past, noting every
particular, so that no mistake would
be made, for their determination was
to make it a success, if such thing
were possible.
Mr.. Nye, being a bachelor, and with
no immediate relatives, and who has
been Of a rowing disposition, with no
place he could call home, was most
desirable subject.
In him they found one whom they
could trust in their preparations, and
should it, by any turn, prove not a
success, there was very little likeli-
hood that any questions would be
asked, or, if SO, no Investigators
would be pushed. The natural infer
ence would be that he had gone on
one of his wanderings, and, should he
never return, it would be only what
thousands of others had done, and
would be classed among "the miss
ing" Should it prove success, as
they hoped and believed it would,
then they would accomplish what the
civilized world had said could not be
done. Should it prove success,
science would be advanced, and a
complete revolution in the study of
the great question of life and death
would take place. It would open a
new channel for the investigation. of
the immutable laws of nature. 1t
would revolutionize the doctrines and
practices of the past ages, and make
for themselves a reputation second to
none in the history of the known
world.
Had this test proved failure, this
article never would have been writ
zen, and only a few could have an
;wered the question as to the where
abouts of Levi Nye.
After the preliminaries, which con-
sisted of a complete cleansing of the
system by cutting off the supply of
nourishment in a systematic manner
each day for thirty days, there was
diminutioD of matter taken into the
stomach until it was reduced to the
minimum. after which he was placed
ON a slab, after having his tongue
turned back in his mouth and filled
with cotton, also his nostrils and ears.
After this to all appearances he was
dead. His pulse ceased to beat, his
heart was still, his eyes were CLASSY,
and no sign of life was visible. At
this time there was feeling of un-
poc+ apd uncertainty arnonO fho 1iff1o
party Of experimenters, but it was no
time to falter or turn back. There
was one of two things that was sure
to belt was either going to be
failure or a success, They had gone