The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-10-20

.ta Ease OF freutTich VI b"uehs
r.o remarkable experiment made upon
I'D of the decapitatcd Able Bruneau
tnV r lance is by no means without prece-
ID n Is impossible to read much in
eeno without coming across curious
n ss,as NJ apparent sensation and thought
oser execution. Some OF them go back TO
a "a"b remote periods that they are In gen
S sui regarded as deserving to be placed in
"ateoory with the wondrous discoveries
=, Marco Polo and Ferdinand Mendez
u 1,nto hut subsequent explorers have veri-
"a many things in the narratives of those
40 which at one time, were considered
possibilities, and science may yet dem
nnltrote beyond contradiction tho posi-
yiIity If many startling events narrated Us
vnr,no, occurred at executions. Tho fact
na,ooips that for centuries the impression
ras prevailed among certain scientists that
Mo brain still retains its capacity for
thonght. and even action, for some mo-
',orts after its separation from the body,
ND some of them have made experiments
mon the heads of decapitated criminals
ZION moro than an hour after execution,
and have met with certain measure Of
srccess which partially corroborated their
theories.
The curious in such matters will find
that historians relate remarkable in
stonce Of speech after execution which re-
coils the story of the head of the poet mu-
stefan. Ornheus, which was said to nave
stir murmured tho name of his beloved
Eurydice after it was thrown into the
waters of Hebrus. This instance occurred
in the thirteenth century, when Conradin
Of Swabia and Frederick of Baden were
executed OH the market place in Naples.
These two young princes had invaded the
kingdom with an army in defense of Con-
radin's rights as heir to his father. Hav-
inc been defeated and captured by the
forces of Charles of Anjou, they were held
by him prisoners for year and then con-
domned to execution.
Barntoned has given a glowing descrip
ton of the death scene, drawn from con-
temporary accounts, the center of the mar
ket place covered with crimson velvet, the
king in distant tower to see the execu
ton of his will, and the crowd of curious
and pitying lockers on. Prince Frederick's
head was the first to fall, and the nearer
spectators were electrified to hear the
quiyering lips call twice upon the Virgin,
Maria Martial" Conradin was moved
by it to forget momentarily his own com
ing death Lifting the head he kissed it
tenderly and pressed it to his breast, while
hedeplored aloud that the youthful prince
Frederick had not yet reached his eight
zenith ycar-should have been brought to
his death through devotion to himself.
One of the most remarkable records in
all history of action after execution is con-
tanned in the police archives of the Aus
trian capital This is the case of the ban
dit Schaumburg, who, with four compan-
ions, was condemned to death in 1850 for
sundry adventures rivaling those of Fra
Diavolo. According to this seemingly i'm
possible chronicle, the chief, finding he
was to be the first to suffer, demanded one
last favor Of Tho presiding judge. This
was that his companions should be placed
in front of him in a straight line, several
feet apart. This having been granted, he
then begged that he might attempt their
rprieve in the following manner: If, aft
er his head had fallen his body should
walk past each comrado in turn, he prayed
that the judge should grant an amnesty.
That officer, who no doubt thought this
quite an impossible feat, agreed to the
proposition, and the execution proceeded.
The robbers body bent before the heads
man, Strengthened up after the head had
fallen and walked up to each of the other
bandits consecutively before il finally fell
The judge made haste to notify the kaiser
and his imperial majesty was pleased to
confirm the promise of clemency and TO
have the story placed on record in the po-
lice archives.
In the present century the interesting
case of apparent sensation and intelii-
gence after execution has been recorded by
NJ Pettigaud as having occurred ut Sal
gon in Anam, where he witnessed the ex-
ecutlon of several pirates. His interest
ana sympathy were excited by the fine
physique ana manly bearing of the leader
ol the condemned men, who manifested
no lear and met his death with the great
est courage and GOODNESS. The culprits
were made TO kneel ON the sand before the
e&ecutloner who, with one expert blow,
separated the heads from the bodies. The
nead OF the chief fell almost at the feet of
w. fettlgaud, the severed neck resting
squarely upon the sand, thus arresting the
now OF blood from the arteries. He was
mortified to find that the eyes looked up at
nm with an air of perfet0 consciousness
anu Intelligence. In order to test the
reality of this appearance NJ. Pettigaud
moved to one side and found that the eyes
!olowed his movements. AS further
Jest ne then resumed his first position, and
inc eyes turned slightly, but before re-
gaming their first direction an expression
VI agony passed over the face, such rs
might have been produced by suffocation,
anu the head rolled over on the sand with
every appearance of death. From 10 to 90
tions.
M ~ was possibly this story which induced
De Laborde Of Paris to make certain OK
soriinents upon the severed head of MUIR
Io'er more than an hour after execution.
- tnis case blood was injected into the
arteries, and by means of an opening in
VIC skull 1t could be seen to circulate. The
linus opened, and upon the placing of
msnS before them the pupils of the eyes
s,ow smaller. Possibly had the expert
m.ns been made Immediately after exc.
.u'lon the results might have been much
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