The St. Louis Republic., 1906-01-01

For ,h. last SIX months. George Iaus-
man Of No. ISa3 Hodiament avenue. who
IS now an inmate ~ IN. city jail. Was
buried alive 1t leas. on~e week. and
made a living a. q professional faster.
Tho reason ne il row deprived Of his
liberty - that he stole a h.esSteak when
D.. was on the verge Of starvation. after
having really fas'.i for forty eight hours.
''Ther- I. . whole lot Of difference" hs
said yesterday. A. he peered through the
tiny wicket st tho tall. 'tsetween faStin9
in a comm With thousands of people daily
looking at sou. and doing the ame STUNT
she wtntry streets. With no ptece 10
sleep. and not getting u cost for your
trouble.
After hcins buried aii'e for nine days.
IN a hypnotic tsance. ] Wss alUays .
iitsi~ am In my iimhs whenl emerged
from the cask-t. but ~as never hungry
and I managed 70 sleep quite comfortably
In the cofsin-
L ~as born a. 81. Charles. No. ,usn-
'y-iir. years ago. and learned the car
p.nter's trade. but I seldom worked NJ IL.
The most u the time + ad charge Of the
OPERA -hoISs there. and sImetimes drove
= team. One day IaSt June there came
To tn. :o~n Of 81. Charles . man who
had this buried alive feature with him
I MAS Interested in u. ! knew there had
to b. some SOY; OF tri.:k about -. for
I I,Ason.. that the :-at VAS i'npossib!:
!: conducted on the dead level.
80 1 ra.d my dime To- see the temporal
~ corpse. And just watched l hung on
hour after hour. started Ia At noon. and
a, J: o'clock that nisht vas still on
duty Watching the man IN tie ca>k.'-
hsi sen ,h- K-ass dug seven feet Gown
n IN. earth. mad seen Ire box placed Ia
~i,i.. -. had seen the professor make the
strange motions ~i:h nis hands when he
p,ucsuCc,l tn. alleged h.yEoi!c spell. and
had ,h-,, seen ,h. u! o: the oo!ii, screwed
On ana the man lowered into the 3ravs.
L wa;chsd the cixge-. ,hrow the dirt
IN top - .ne box ana then r'ec,-i '!"~a
through th- iuh.. into tse c"fiin ans! sstN
in. nam Was SIN there. he APPEARED
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IA Watching aud rnaliy III. professor
:o-k t1. a-li. sn,: told M II. Would PUT
ur N'>c % the secret 4 ~oGii say moth
TX .t,.y4. Il, .Ar.sd ard then II ~as
a. ..S, CplLI hc.
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r.sur~ :-lt-rr-i-i IN the s-h"rs- h'rarn.-
v.s ~: working AMI 1t !cn~.d 1" ne
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