Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-02-28
HAD TWO SETS OF Olss,
A Nebraska Man Doubly s1p1 =,
With Heart, Liver, LungV

With Heart, Liver, Luns a \
Stomach. n sSSss ~
Dr II. Il. Hadley, of David City
Neb., has in his posse sslon the IeMains
Of the most remarkably formed hug
man being who ever lived. To o. Gin
cinnati Enquirer reporter he said
"Some time ago man named Mar
shall removed from Seward to- Lin
coin, where he had been in the grocery
business. and it was not long before
l was called to attend him. He was
alternately joyful and moody, and |
supposed his mind to he affected al
thou, ii he seemed to be rational
enou,l in L .sineSS matters.
"IIe said that he was constantly hun
CRY upon one side or the other Of his
body. while it was impossible for him
cat except 4 certain amount. treat
cd him for indigestion absolutely with
out success, but he appeared to be bet.
ter satisfied than was, and told me
that he never expected to be cured.
He has suffered at times ever since he
could remember. physically and men
tally; even morally he was. controlled
by irresistible impulses of good and
bad. going to extremes as q devOut
Christian and Il debauclIer. He and
became friends. and he talked to ne
freely. He seemed to have dual eX-
istence, and none Of the symptoms as
laid down in the books would appear
as expected when he was i'll.
cit was simply impossible to render
!, u
ailments. Usually he was in good
health, but when he became otherwise
there was no power in medicine, it
having no apparent effect upon him.
l was bat1led and knew he was formed
differently from other men. but how
could not tell. Mentally he was as
much of an enigma as physically, He
would be talking perfectly nationally,
when a strange gleam would come in
his eyes, and he would beg me to lock
him up. Often he said he felt as though
there was another being within him
who was constantly striving for mas
terry of his body, and that his rEself
sometimes succeeded in overpower
ing him. l supposed him to be partly
denlcnted and urged him not to allow
his mind to dwell upon this subject.
One day 1 was called to his bed
side. and to all appearances he was ds-
ing. 1 felt that it was too late to do
anything for him, and within an hour
he died-at least there was every semi
blance of death-but a few Eolrs later
there were signs Of returning aniina-
ton, and the next day he was able to
leave his bed but coE1pl:;n@ll that fhe
seemed to have a heavy Woirht bear
ing down upon him internally. He
said that mentally he ali perfectly
sane for the first time II his life, and
the old impression that another self
was trying to obtain mastery of him
was gone. For weeks my friend and pa
tient was in. better hrn'+', '',in had
ever known him, except that he ICON
stantly grew weaker. = J the }oatl he
felt as though he carried a became
heavier. His breath. too. became of
fensjve. and, While his flesh retained
its tirmness. his body seemed to be pu-
trd. 1t was not long befor" death re-
linved his sufferings, this time forever.
His last request was that should
hold a post mortem examination the
only request of the kind l eyer heard
Of being made. 1t was complied with.
The words. If there is anything abnor-
nal about me. as I believe there is,
I give you. as my best friend, my body.
II it is but hallncination of mine /
want you to attend to it's burial
".sftcr the death Of Mr.. Marshall
held the post-mortem. as directed, and
to my utter astcrishment, found, two
h"'rts, two sets of lungs, two livers
ard two stomachs. One set had been
d".l for some time and was decayed,
While the other would have been in
so-nd ccnd;' except for the death
Of the first o:,e. The phenomena was
similar to that of the Siamese twins.
except that in the case I speak of
there was but one body and within
it was constant conflict between. the
two l1ln'aD beings who occupied it.''