The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-08-07

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~ -. supposed feelings
fllkNl,N OF the persons,
W(|Yp<A however. has rest
WIT cd wholly IN the
Imagination Of the
VIZ tiers. william
Lloyd and Miss Angle May Of Cincin-
natl. Ohio are capable Of telling some
thing Of the sensations experienced.
for both have rested In burial robes
In cofiae six feet below the earth or
course they were In communication
with persona on the surface Of the
olrth. but for all that they were under
the ground In cofins. with the lids
screwed down. and little accident
would have ended their earthly careers.
The Hlndoo burlsls Of Prof Boone have
created a furore all through the small
towns Of Ohio. Tie buried subjects
that he claims had been hypnouzed.
The inhabitants OF some towns vent
wild and people have gone insane. A
number Of persons In Cincinnati. In
Guiding some Of the prominent mem
bera Of the Ohio Liberal league. pro-
posed 10 expose the operations cf
Boone and prove that bic subjects were
not hypnotized. and that it was simply
test Of physical endurance. with
thar end In view the Phoenix Detective
agency was hired 10 superlntend the
work. After several clashes with the
police. william Lloyd. % years old.
was buried al Hillsdale park IN a coffin
seven feet long. Just a foot longer than
biz body. The 10 was fcrewed on the
cofn end Il was buried. he had on
nothing but a pair Of light trousers and
shirt. A tube ten inches square led
10 The surface Of the earth. where a
man constantly kept guard until Lloyd
was exhumed. after sixty hours.
Lloyd helped to dig his OWE grave.
After being exhumcd Lloyd prepared
the following statement Tor publiea-
ton.
"whtn went into the cofin LEI
the ia down. Just at 4 O'Clock last
Sunday morning. when they threw
the frsf dirt on the coin / yelled up
for them 20 pile Il on. Il seemed 20 me
Just as though vas going 10 bed. !
laid awake Tor about two hours and
talked with the people on the ground.
/ had 20 lay right SIN. I went to
sleep a. about 6 o'clock and did not
wake up until noon. slept like a
babe. when 7 awoke / was startled
Tor a moment. but soon remembered
where was. and for q few moments
whisiled % keep up my courage. and
L worked all right stayed awake
until 10 o'clock Sunday night I was
pretty cool most Of the time. and !
got along all right I didn't move
about any more than necessary and
was not hungry. though ! wanted q
drink. went 10 sleep a. 10 o'clock
/ woke up about thlriy-hve times that
night ! could not sleep. kept won
dering whether some worms would nor
get into the conn. and had a night
mare. during which dreamed that
the worms and bugs were crawling al
over me and earh one was gnawing a
my fcgh. awokc an right the second
day. and that day was passed pretty
well. The last nlght was one OF hor.
ror. ! could hear something gnawlnl
AZ my coin. Il was not imaglnailon
don't know what q was Il couidni
have been a rat. for such an animal
could not have been that far under
rround. ! raped on the coffin. and d
would not stop could ret slepp niue,
Tor fear Il would break through int,
the COIN and attack me.
Il was taken out Of the e1nu a.
$40 o'clock Tuesday afternoon Whoi
I got out Of the COIN and felt the ali
dld not realize where ! wGs az nrsi
I was dazed. but soon felt an right
end Is I stretched myself felt a
hungry a. an OK. I was stir and m,
lips we're parched and my voice va
husky. ! jumped about a hlt and mad
Decline Tor the club house. wher
drank a lot OF water ! ate thrc
eggs. seven slices OF bread and but
ter. some fried POTATOES and ave slice
Of breakfast bacon. I drank n cup @
& coffee and a glass OF shCfhet els
stuck rccdies through my ears q
! prove that / was not hypnotizcd. cal
. stick needles through almost any par
OF my body. n was simply a test O
physical endurance am slx Zee, taI
and weigh ii9 pounds forgot Q
aay that I could hear them huryln
Miss May at 4 o'clock Molday after
noon. She was taken up the same tim
was. tried 20 talk 20 her. but m
voice would not carry through N
earth. I smoked three cigarettes Will
I was buried. and came near seitln
the conn on Gre once. You can imag
Inc what a sensation that save me
burned little hole IN my neck.
didn't lei the people watching know n
az proposed 70 stick out the test O
die IN the attempt did Il. ana nO'
think that ] could stay under groun
eight days hy not moving a muscle q
talking. n my cafin was larger
could stand Il longer. I found that
O. an excellent cure for cold"
Angie May. a brunette. who wa
? buried for twcnty.four hours besid
: Lloyd. said that she felt cool undc
ground. The watchers talked 10 he
: often. and once or twice she dorcd. bu
had such horrible dreams that en-
soon awokc she passed twenty.iou
, hours OF terrible imaglnlngs. but say
that she did not suffer much physica
discomfort. she was dressed IN E lleh
white wrapper. she said she woull
: not hesitate about staying unde
! ground even longer than twenty.fou
. hours. Il felt cool and nice IN the COZ
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