The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1897-02-05
CAME BACK TO LIFE.
An Indiana Man Tells How 1t Feels to
Be Cotfiued.
IT WAS SUSPENDED ANIMATION
William Gray Was Prepared for the
Grave Before Death.

Willipm Gray, Of Washington coun'
ty. Indiana, has just been Snalched
from the most horrible DEATH the hu-
man mind can conceive. Nlthln Il
few moments Of the limc fixed for his
burial. he sat up and quietly told the
undertaken that his services would
not be rcuuircd. Had not the sup
posed corpse returned to HE 50 sud
denly another tragedy WuUid nave
been added to the many Iald at lllc
door uf our system " burial, Here Is
written by Iii, own pen the iiiNt ar-
count Of this rcmalkaUlc experience.
"BcIorc begin to tell the details
or how came near being buried aIIfc,
only few days ago, ! would IKE To
say that am IA plain mau. without
much cduraliOn 50 If YOU expect amy
! nne description III my writing l"u
will most likely be Disappointed,
intend simply to describe is nearly
As can the horror Of mN fe'I-
ings. and | have no dlUUt that tn
| bare facts themselves VII, he SuIIlc
irully interesting without being dress.
ed up by fine language The fright
ful agony Of mind ! passed through
! will he enough, am sure. TO lit me
for the task Of describing 1t AL, Inl
not for Il moment has one dctaII leIl
my ind: in fact, ! suppose it Is now
implanted ON my memory forever.
"Whcn | dicd-for was dead. ac
cOrdng to the doctor there were
present at my bedside the following
people all Of Washington county, In
diana; Mary +. Gray. Jennie Shields
Mary 4. Shields, Robert Shields
VIM. Bartlc and James BartIc.
IAN 0f these viii swear to the trutl
II what | say, and so viii the doctor
Dr. ElIrod, Of IIcnul SNilIc, CIarI
county, for | am sure that the mln'
of every one present received ShOc'
that will remain with them for lIlc
: time Even now they all louk at M
as if wondering whether | am reall.
alive or am Just IA walking spirit, ant
il it was not all 50 dreadful CulI'
laugh back at the whole affair
81 am a farmer, and was born i
Washington county forty-tour year
i ago ! have been slc>ly for Scverd
yearS-you must excuse me II / kcc
saving died. for am firmly con
WINGED that | passed through the e'
- pcricncc of death.
q IL WAS first taken i'll last mOntl
It being seized win Il Kind of conc
cramps. At first thought little
IS it. but after "A day or two the pair
l. grew 50 that | sent for Dr. EIlro'
'e lie lives ten mics away. "xplaln(
to him huY felt, and he gave II
4. some medicine and il did me no goo
'd and soon my pains were awful, b
De can TO feel hot about the head, al
y could not remember things very We
and for two days | lay in some Kind
4 fever. The doctor came twice id
w y, hut grew worse, and one day
>. ward the end Of the month the fam
,,,,hnrnl nrnilIl my bedside, and
could see by their grcved faces I'll
y. they thought | was going to die
,or There was no shock in the nc'
H. II seemed rs if had known FOR yea
it that was going to die, and tlel
felt nv limbs grow colder and cold
70. and realized that the end was
~. hand. First the chill struck my ie
500 and it extended up my limbs, a
10 then from my finger tips to my DO
are until | felt AS il an icy hand was j
about to Grip ny heart, ana u
Of when that was done | should be dc
the NV pain was gone, but In It's p'
in. was A haunting dread that seemed
'e'r swell my veins until ! thought tina
re- should become a maniac before dl
''' y" So much agony Of mind was GROVE
w =, into that one short moment 1t seen
as | could not contain II all,