The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1906-09-13
A COLORADO SAMPLE.
THE KIND OF STORIES SPRUNG
IN DENVER.
The Reader Does Not Have to Believe
This, But 1t Is Worthy of Perusal
and Beats Some Of the Old
Gags.

Denver. Col, Sept 13.+The follow
ing death notice appeared in Kansas
City papers dated jan Is, 1906:
Died-At the home of his parents,
No. 1929 Euclid avenue, Frederick j..
Harvey, at o'clock yesterday after
noon. His death was due to consump-
tion, which caused lingering illness
for the past three years. He returned
from an extended visit in New Mexico,
where he had hoped to regain his
health, and had been home a week,
being conscious to the last minute.
He was twenty years and five months
old, leaving a Frustrated mother, faith
er, sister, and affianced wife, to mourn
his loss. Funeral services were held
on Friday at o'clock.
After being buried alive in the fam
lily vault at Kansas City from Jan. 8
to the middle of May, Frederick j.
Harvey, one of the wealthiest men
in Kansas, came back to life Tues
day, Sept 4, married his Denver
sweetheart, Miss Lily Godfrey, who
was Instrumental in restoring him TO
life, Sept. 5, departed on his honey
moon the same day and viii arrive
here next week to visit relatives.
Fiancee Doubts Death.
Mr.. Harvey is the son of Bernard
Harvey and grandson of the deceased
Frederick Harvey the millionaire own
er of all the eating houses on the
Santa Fe line and most of them on the
Frisco. The family is well known
oh no Tvait lbs
time of Mr. Harvey's death, as the
family still terms his entombment
he had contracted a severe cold which
developed into pneumonia. His al
ready tuberculous system was NOT
strong enough to throw off the addi-
tional trouble, and physicians pro-
nounced him dead. Death from pois-
oned gases arising from the lungs
was given as the cause.
Although all animation and respira-
tion had ceased, his afIianced wife
Miss Godfrey, would have it that he
was not dead. She wept and moaned
took the death watch upon herself
and would not leave the casket unit
it was placed on a marble slab next
the baskets of his grandfather anc
aunt in the family's tightly closed
vault.
For four months Mr.. Harvey lay II
the company of his ancestors, unit
Miss Godfrey, crazed by the feeling
which grew upon her that her beloved
was not dead, returned to Kansas City
and begged especially with the fam
lily to accompany her to the vault.
Faith Is Rewarded.
The mother, who was devoted to hel
son, eagerly accompanied her, and thC
two went together to the family plot
Entering the vault for the first time
since the burial, they stood astoundet
at the door. The casket was open
Sinister fears crept over them.
That tragedy had occurred neithei
doubted But the puzzing question
was, who had opened the casl1et
Trembling. Miss Godfrey approached i
to learn the worst. Astonished be.
yond expression she found Mr.. Har
yey Just as he was on the day of thu
burial. The lips and finger nails Were
still pink. the body was timber ant
there was not sign of decay in th'
entire body.
Later the fact developed that tn,
undertaken understood the pallbearer
were to have put the lid on and tn
pallbearers thought the undertake.
would attend to it,
Mrs. Harvey and Miss Godfrey lhat
the body taken to the family home
where they visited it daily from Ma,
until Sept. 4, when Harvey came t
life and the wedding followed
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