Omaha daily bee., 1902-03-28
HORN OF GABRIEL SOUNDS
Captain Hayes Resurreots Man Who Buried
Himself Alive,
SCIENCE FAILS TO INTEREST POLICE
City Prosecutor Thomas in Qunndary
as to Charge Upon which Hyp-
notirt and His Assistants
May he Prosecuted.

Aptain Hayes OF the police force has
performed his second resurrection and as
consequence Alonzo Goodal, who was buried
alive yesterday morning 'in the interest OF
science" is now in the city jail waiting for
City Prosecutor Thomas to find out on what
charge he can prosecute. In the jail with
Goodal are w. II. Coleman, who dug the
grave and made the pine box that contained
the sleeper, and Willis Lehman and Paul
Qunt, who managed the wake.
Goodal claims to be a hypnotist and for
the last ive years has spent most OF his
time studying the subject, throwing himself
Into an unconscious state and posing for
The benefit Of morbid people in the show
windows OF the stores Of country towns.
Recently he became ambitious to emulate
Atheno and decided to add TO his accom-
plishments the art of sleeping under the
ground.
His first attempt was made yesterday and
he gave his friends instructions to dig him
up in four hours. The grave was dug on
the Union Pacific grounds near Tenth and
Nicholas streets, and after making the
usual passes and going into a cataleptic
state, Goodal was lowered to his resting
place at 1880 o'clock in the presence of
large crowd of spectators.
Police Omcers Interfere.
Before the dull thud Of the clods on the
rough pine box had ceased to reverberate
through the shanties in the neighborhood
of the grave Officer Ryan telephoned to the
station Of the doings on his beat. Captain
Hayes and Sergeant Weisenberg immedi-
ately left for the grave and soon had the
grave digger and the watchers busy shovel
ing dirt The grave was soon opened
Police Surgeon Borglum climbed down, re-
moved the cover Of the box and felt for the
pulse of the unconscious man. AS soon
as the surgeon touched Goodal the latter
raised his hand, swept the dirt from his
eyes. stared a moment, and then jumped
wildly from the grave. Before he could
escape the officers caught him and placed
him in the patrol wagon.
The grave in which Goodal had buried
himself was five feet six inches deep and
the box was about two feet and half wide
and three feet deep. Protrudihg from the
ground over the sleepers face was a wooden
chute several inches square, over the top
OF which was no covering. Through the
chute Goodal was enabled to get sufficient
air to sustain him and also a quantity Of
dirt, which almost covered his face.
GOOdaI il a Shoemaker.
Goodal Is a member OF the shoemakers'
union and told the officers that he formerly
clerked for Hayden Bros. Quint and Leh-
man are also shoemakers and neither seems
to regret that he drove pegs in Goodals
coffin. Coleman is about Go years of age
and received S1.25 for digging the grave
and making the box. At the Jail he was
endeavoring to make trade with Goodal
to fill up the grave for another so cents.
Goodal said the burial was done in the in
terest OF science and that he chose his rest
tng place out Of the way of the busy world
In order not to be disturbed by the officers
and passersby. Prosecutor Thomas was
unable to say under what charge the men
would be tried.