The Cook County herald., 1897-09-04

= M1INkNS&e . however, has rest
p Ill.,. s"'Fl" - ed wholly in the
..... Imagination of the
"s-- -~ wr tiers William
Lloyd and Miss Angie May of Cincin-
1atd, Ohio, are capable of telling some
hing Of the sensations experienced,
sor both have rested in burial robes
n cofias six feet below the earth. OF
with persons on the surface of the
earth, but for all that they were under
The ground in cofhns, with the Lids
screwed down, and little accident
would have ended their earthly careers.
The Hindoo burials of Prof. Boone have
created. furore all through the small
towns of Ohio. He buried subjects
that he claims had been hypnotized.
The inhabitants Of some towns went
wild and people have gone insane A
number Of persons in Cincinnati, in
Guiding some of the prominent MEM
bers of the Ohio Liberal league, pro-
posed to expose the operations ct
Boone and prove that his subjects were
not hypnotized, and that it was simply
a test of physical endurance. With
that end in view the Phoenix Detective
agency was hired to superintend the
work. After several clashes with the
police, William Lloyd, % years old,
was buried at Hillsdale park in a coffin
seven feet long, just: a foot longer than.
his body. The lid was screwed on the
coffin and it was buried. He had on
nothing but a pair of light trousers and
a shirt. A tube ten inches square led
to the surface of the earth; where a
man constantly kept guard until Lloyd
was exbumed, after sixty hours. # !. !.
Lloyd helped to dig his own grave.
After being eRhun Lloyd preparedF
the following statement for publica-,
tion: .t: ....-s X i. -. s,s.#.. 81 :.
'sWhen went into the coffin / let
the lid down, just at O'Clock last
Sunday morning. When they threw
the first dirt on the coffin I yelled up
for them to pile it on 1t seemed to me
just as though I was going to bed. I
laid awake for about two hours and
talked with the people on the ground.
l had to lay right still. I went to
sleep at about o'clock and did not
wake up until noon. l slept like a
babe. When I awoke I was startled
for moment, but soon remembered
where I was, and for a few moments
whistled to keep up my courage, and
it worked all right. I stayed awake
| until 10 o'clock Sunday night. I was
pretty cool most of the time, and I
got along all right. I didn't move
about any more than necessary and
was not hungry, though I wanted a
drink. I went to sleep at 10 o'clock.
Invoke up about thirty-fve times that
night. could not sleep. I kept Won
dering whether some worms would not
get into the coffin, and had night
mare, during which 1 dreamed that
the worms and bugs were crawling all
over me and each one was gnaWing at
my flesh. awoke all right the second
day, and that day was passed pretty
we'll. The last night was one of hor-
ror. I could hear something gnawing
at my coffin. It was not Imagination.
I don't know what it was It couldn't
have been a rat, for such an animal
could not have been that far under
ground. I raped on the coffin, and it
would not stop. could not sleep much
for fear it would break through into
the coffin and attack me. - #
'I was taken out of the coffin at
4:30 o'clock Tuesday afternoon. When
I got out of the coffin and felt the air
I did not realize where was at first
l was dazed, but I soon felt all right,
and as stretched myself I felt as
hungry as an OK. Il was stiff and my
lips were parched and my voice was
husky. jumped about a bit, and made
a bee-hne for the club house, where
drank a lot of water. ate three
eggs, seven slices Of bread and but
ter, some fried potatoes and five slices
of breakfast bacon. I drank a cup Of
coffee and a glass of sherbet. Il also
stuck needles through my ears to
prove that I was not hypnotized. I can
stick needles through almost any part
of my body. It was simply a test of
physical enduran ! ann SIX feet tall
and weigh 149 pounds. / forgot to.
say that could hear them burying
Miss May at 81 O'clock Monday after
noon. She was taken up the same time
g was. I tried to talk to her, but my
voice would not carry through the.
earth. I smoked three cigarettes while
I was buried, and came near setting
the coffin on fire once. You can imag-
Inc what g sensation that gave me. I.
burned little hole ii my neck Il
didn't let the people watching know It,