The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-04-22


Ing across curious stories OF apparent
sensation and thought after execution.
Some OF them 80 back to such remote
periods that they are In general regard
I'd AZ deserving 10 BE- placed IN a cate
CORY with the woudrcus discoveries Of
Marco Polo and Ferdinand Mendcz
Pinto, bat subsequent explorers have
verified many things In the narratives
Of those two which. at one time, were
considered in;poBIhilit.Cs. and science
may yet temonstrato beyond Contradic-
ton the possibility 90 many startling
events narrated as having Occurred 40
executions Tho fact remains tha, for
centuries The lmpro Sion has prevailed
among certain scientists that the brain
still retains iil capacity fls thought
ang even action. Tor some moments
after itf separation from the bcdy, and
some ot them have made experiments
uroa Tue heads 81 det.p.l.ci criminals
even more than 90 hour ltcr eHeeu-
tiOn all have Lci with "a certain
measure OF success which partially c1r-
robofa,c1 their theories
The curious 90 aGca matters wiil Cad
THAI historians relate O. remarkable in-
stance of speech after execution which
recalls the story of tho head Of the
poct musician. Orphcus. which was said
10 have SIN murmurcl the name o. hls
beloved Eurydice after % was thrown
into the waters 81 Hcbus This In
stance occurred in the thirteenth cen
fury. when C0urdln OF sgubia and
Frederick Of Baden were executed on
the marke, place la Naples These two
young princes had Invaded The king
dom with an army in defense of Con-
radlns riflis as heir 90 his father
blowing been defeated and captured by
the forces OF Charles Of Anlol. they
were held by him prisoners Tor year
and then condemned 90 execution
nartoned has given glowing de-
scrip.ion Of the death scene. drawn
from contemporary accounts. thc ccu-
ter OF the market place covered with
crimson velvet the kiug On a distant
tower 90 BEE the execution of Dis Ulll
ana Toe crowd of curious and plying
lookors-on. Prince Frederick head
was The hrt 90 fall and the carer
spectators were electrified to hear the
quiyerng iirs call twice upon tho
Virgin Maria. Maraw Conrallu
was moved by o TO forget m0moniar.ly
his own coming death Lining the head
be- kiasci it toudcriy and pressed % 90
his breast, while ho dcplorcd aloud tha,
the youthful priacc Frederick had not
yet reached his eighteenth year
should have been brought 20 hls death
through devotion 90 himself
one Of the moF remarkable records
In an history Of action after execution
% contained 10 tse police archives OF
che Austrian capital This Is the case
OF the bandit schaumburg. Who. with
four companions. was condemned 10
death In ieso Tor sundry adventure
rivaling those OF Fra DIayolo. Accord.
Ing 10 this seemingly impossible chron-
lcle. the chief finding BE- was % be- the
fret 90 suffer. demanded one last favor
Of tho presiding iudgc This was that
hts companioas should BE- placed In
a straight line. several ieo, apart This
having been granted. he then begged
that he mirai attempt their repricye
In the following manner. n. after his
head hai fallen biz body should walk
past each comr'dc iu turn. he prayed
that the judge should grant an am
nosty, That officer. who no doubt
thought this quito an impossible feat
agreed 20 the proposition and the exc
cut. s. proceeded The rohbors body
bent before the headsman. s.rairhtsnsd
up after the head had fallen and walked
up 90 each OF the other bandits CON
sccutlyoly before % finally fel The
Judge made haste TO notify the kaiser
and bis Imperial majesty was pleased
90 confirm the promise 90 clomeney and
to have che story placed on record In
the police archives.
"a the present century an interesting
Ease Of apparent sensation and lnteul.
genco after execution has been record.
"a by NJ. Pc;tigaud az having occurred
at Saigon. Ia Anam. whore be Witnessed
the execution 60 several pirates His
interest and sympathy we're excited by
the nne physique and manly bearing
Of the leader Of the condemned men
who manifested no fear and me, his
death with the greatest courage and
Goodness.
The culprita were made 90 kneel on
the sand before the cXccutloncr. who
with one expert blow. separated the
heads from the bodics The head OF
the chief fen almos, az the feet OF VI.
Pettinul. the severed neck resting
aQuarely upon the sand, thus arrcs,ing
the ilow Of blood from the arteries. lie
was Mortified to hnd that the eyes
looked up AZ him with am air OF per
feet consciousness and intelligence. In
order TO test he reality OF this appear
anco N. pcttigaud moved 20 one side
and found that the eyes followed his
movements. AZ a further test he then
resumed his tlrBt position and the eyes
turned slightly. but before regaining
their frs, direction an expression OF
agony passed over the face. such as
might have ben produced by Nufoca-
ton. and the head rolled over on tho
sand with every appearance OF death.
From fifteen TO twenty seconds had
elapsed during these observations.
II WIS possibly this story which In
ducci De Laborie Of Paris to make GER
tain experiments upon the severed head
Of a murderer more than an hour after
execution, In this case blood was In
iccted into the arteries an dby means
OF an opening In the skull Il could be
scen 90 circulate. The eyelids opened
and upon the placing Of light before
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