Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-03-05

to the warden that Vol, hss T1 4.
returned to the blacksmIth Az
u convict has the audsel.y 1.
up and tell the prison dopio,
doesn't know his business, n.
other should CO.
But / meant no dIsespeet
Perhaps not, but when i II,
a man dead OF typhoid feypr-av.
l have already made my report
eifect-he is either dead or I'm
Yes, sir"
"Well, III overlook II shis Tim,
him buried as soon as /, i
don't like the idea Of keeplr
bodies round here"
Soon after dark the cart dt
of the prison yard with It's bur |
death, and the burial party q
of the sexton employed iof ii
pose and a trusty convict, III
the grave to dig, and they had
completed 1t when we arrived
ground and carefully crept Ito
ton within earshot. They wsf
hurry to have the job Of thslf
and they had not gone down cy
feet when the sexton said 10 Il
Wet.
That's deep enough for hin
other dead man. Nobody's u
whether he's two or seven tea d
They made only ten minutes
filling up the grave. and et
scarcely reached the cart whta
of us were throwing out q
Whom we came TO tie coffin Fi
out. removed the lid, took out u |
and then the coffin was ss'lr
the grave and the dirt saofeN
In three-quarters Of an hour M
ney's first burial we had hiu
room. and had escaped any cha
suspicion Of body-snatching.
During our last interview d
he mad exacted from me the
that l would make no EFFORT al
citation until twenty-four 10y
elapsed. He intended to die
period of time, and he frnilg ;
his win could control events
twenty-four hours had passei
at liberty to use any means
best.
We Undressed the BoaIi
Wrapped 1t in wooden blankets
It on a bed. on a stand besles
we placed water. wine and Y
then left the room and tutnel
in the door. This was at i y
night, and Harvey had been AZ
hours. The twenty-four hoal'
not expire until 3 O'clock IN "
noon of the next day.
We did not go near tlle nv
half an hour before the ekpes.ss
and the moment we looked @
mans face we reallzed INA,
had set In. The pallcr Wa ~, "
ing. color was returning %
and there was a nioistuis S''
warm to the touch. -
We drew up our cnalls ~. ~
word and paid the keenesl AZ. ",
what was to outrlval any "a *
in any doctors career. ~ =
was a fiuttering of the eyeisa
put my hand TO his mean ~ ~
detect a faint pulsa,iop,
continued to come to his y.
life were multiplied eacn u.'I y.
at 1855 Harvey opened ~ \.
looked full at us. We saN N, NJ. u,
he was conscious and ~ lsn a N,
of all his senses, and ! M
and whispered; .,,ai:.
Eve have kept our p X \
died in prison. were baIss * \
cials. and we dug you up /, IN sssr
you here. 1t is just tws 4, I'M,
Remain quiet until YOU
turns" IA ~
five minutes later ne u,Vs sl,Sp
a natural and healthy n ~
lasted four hours. Wnea ., II n
was ready to sit up and la's m
eating and drinking ven ven ' n
was able to walk ac 49,, |
When asked for his eAp
piled: a,.rflas
say that l lay down . ~ z III
the floor. held my pLss ss,se i,
ewes. ana gradually pees g 1.,Ia1l
Gus. II was perhaps 's e "a nj d
fore / lost my senses ~ 8 y
ing asleep, only II ses s.1ss i
melting away 20 nolhla ,l.s., -
,,,v'1 TO myself. YOU ia W, I.
I o'clock tomorrow ,hr N ~
very last thing that ! ,s ~, iIii
Nv coming back TO llie WI WI 10
ening from sleep. pu ~, ri ~
trembla as II ! haa 'v''
Mt OF sickness ut II l:i
wen, Harvey was ~ a''a.,,.s d Y
I had such facts and pg a,Iaa s
iect Of suspended ani anu NJ -
make the public belless ssInss
n fraud IL / wrote ta ,.,ls 81
was he ever suspeels '' I'M
convict Saunders. who's, IA ' -
pJred. told how Harvey . s =
alive ana the story Is
feeling that the in'- rors
They found the pvJ X ia W, 4;
FOR the medical collee E.,sey
to,. called to attend ha sv 'tallf
illness, whleh. strans y. hAg 9
typhoid fever, and , - y
before he died be wn''f
TT win be for gOod e
And so II was. -.,.---.- : a. |
People who know TN "
fnd It convenient % Z,
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