Evening journal., 1906-09-13
NOT DEAD But
81 ONLY SLEEPING
Denver Man Rises From
Grave To We'd Ills Sweet
heart
GIRL WATCHED HIS BODY

NEW YORK. Sept. 1s.-The Tribune
prints a remarkable story from Denver
as follows: Frederick J. Harvey, the
son of wealthy parents in Kansas City,
who is now on his wedding tour, after
marrying Miss Godfrey. of Denver on
September 4, and will be in Denver
next week, has had a most remarkable
experience. His death and funeral
were recorded>i in Kansas City papers
on January 1S last, and his body was
placed in the family vault, where it re-
mailed four months.
About May =. Miss Godfrey and
Harveys mother went to the vault and
found the coffin open through the
oversight OF the undertaken. The body
showed no signs Of decomposition. and
Miss Godfrey insisted that her fiance
was alive, induced Mrs. Harvey to
take the body home. The woman
watched it daily, but there was no sign
of life until September 4, when Harvey
recovered consciousness and full con-
! troll OF his faculties. He married Miss
Godfrey next day, and they at once de-
parted on a wedding trip" r-f
Another Denver paper tells the story
as follows: a..,..o ... ,4a
After being buried alive in the fam
lily vault at Kansas City from January
9 to the middle of May Frederick J.
Harvey, one of the wealthiest men In
! Kansas City. came back to life Tues.
day, September 4. married his Denver
sweetheart. Miss Lily Godfrey, whC
was instrumental in restoring him tC
life. September 5, departed on his
honeymoon the same day, and will ar
rive here next week to visit relatives.
'Mr. Harvey is the son of Richard
Harvey, and grandson of the decease,
Frederick Harvey, the millionaire
owner of all the eating houses on tn
Santa Fe line and most Of those oil
the Frisco. The family is we'll know
throughout the United States. At tn
time Of Mr.. Harvey's death, as tn
family still term his entombment. HI
had contracted a severe cold whic'
developed into pneumonia. His sys
tenn was not strong enough to throN
off the additional trouble. and physi
clans pronounced him dead. Deaf
from poisoned gas arising from tn
lungs was given as the cause.
although all animation and respira
tion had ceased, his affianced wifi
: Miss Godfrey. would have it that h
: was not dead. She wept and moane'
q took the death watch upon herself, an
would not leave the casket until it wa
placed on a marble slab next the cas-
kets of his father and aunt in the fan
r lily's tightly closed vault
For four months Mr.. Harvey lay
the camp Of his dead ancestors unit
n Miss Godfrey, crazed by the feelir
which grew upon her that her believe
: was not dead. returned to Kansas Cit
and begged especially with the fami
= to accompany her to the vault.
1.-THE mother. who was devited
'r her son, eagerly accompanied her. az
thte two went together to the fami
= plot. Entering the vault for the fir
time since the burial they stood a
sr founded at the door. The casket w
open. Sinister fears crept over them.
rs THAT a tragedy had occurred ne
ther doubted. But the puzzling que
/ ton was. Who had opened the cask'
Trembling. Miss Godfrey approach
S. 1t to learn the worst Astonished b
s. yond expression she found Mr.. Harvl
p just as ne was on the day of the bu
ial. The lips and finger nails we
II still pink, the body was still limb
'r and there was not sign Of decay
IS the entire body. Later the fact deve
oped that the undertaken understol
the pall-bearers were to have put Il
lid on and that the pall-beare
thought the undertaken would attel
D to r.
e. "Mrs. Harvey and Miss Godfrey HI
the body taken to the family hon
where they visited it daily from Nj
IN until September 4, when Harvey car
IS Ito life and the Meddlng followed"