Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-07-25
ALL SIGNS OF LIFE HAD GONE
Case Of Mrs. w. MeNulty Not One Of
Suspended Animation, Declares New
Britain Doetor--Patient Tells Of
+ Meeting Her Mother Ii the Beyond.

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talked with her mother, who died tlf-
teen years ago. Mr.. McNulty and his
daughter, who were in the room, be-
lieye that she was dead. There was no
sign of heart beat, pulse or respiration.
= found Mrs. McNulty sitting in her
chair in her room, I" said DR. Mulligan
to a reporter Of the New York World.
Death was plainly there. There was
no pulse, no heart action. lifted up
the eyelids and found the eyes set and
dead. The lungs were still. Feeling
that would like to satisfy the father
and daughter, i applied the battery. I
felt it was hopeless. The Jaws had
relaxed, and the fetid odor Of death:
came out Of the mouth. 4 y
Three-quarters Of an hour / worked
the battery on face, body and spinal
column, the signs OF death becoming
more and more defined. Then there
came q slight gasp. I took this for the
escape Of some air which had remained
In the lungs or the expulsion Of gas
from the stomach. About ave min.
utes later I observed the first sign of
life, a twitching Of the muscles in the
neck. i was astounded. I said moth
ing to Miss McNulty or her father. /
did not want to raise false hopes. Att
er that gradual animation began.
The muscles stirred, and then there
was a flicker Of the eyelids. We NOV
ed Mrs. McNulty to her bed and q
faint, regular breathing began. Per-
haps 1--WE minutes later she opened
her eyes and then closed them.
Il, ,"As soon as observed the first sign
Of breathing spoke to her sharply:
Now, take deep BREATH I said.
Breathe quickly do you hear me? Il
kept speaking to her this way until her
respiration Became normal and she
opened her eyes. AS the normal was
reached Mrs. McNulty opened her eyes
In a tired way, and tears ran down her
cheeks. Oh she said, 7 have been on
long journey--so long" Il ~.
You are positive, doctor, that Mrs.
McNuity was the first to speak7 This
suggestion % TO q JsnrReys or III long
Journey did NOT como from you or
somebody else Ia the ro0rs r.
Mrs. McNulty was the first to
speak" answered DR.. Mulligan testify
and continued, Nobody suggested any
thing to her.
f wiped the tears from Mrs. Nc
NIlty's eyes and asked her IL IL had
been q pleasant Journey. very pleas
ant, fsfie answered--'yery pleasant
= And did you Meet anybody you
KNEW? I asked her.
!" oh. yes,' she said. 4 met my moth
or and Tom there .1 s4g..
s Mrs, McNnlty's mother died twelve
or fifteen years ago i didn't know
who Tom was, and had to ash Mr.
McNufty later. He told me that she
meant Tom Hobson, her sisters first
husband. who died thirty years ago,
Don't any Of you be afraid to die,'
said Mrs. McNulty next. There Is
nothing to fear. Everybody is happy
there so happy. would not have
come back but for father and Maggie.
And mother did not want me to stay.
She did not ask me-
ut was pathetic the way Mrs. Nc
Nulty referred to her mother. The
fact that she hadn't been asked to stay
seemed to worry her. When Mrs. Nc
Nulty spoke about everybody being SO
happy there asked her what there
was like. She said 1t was beautiful,
and then ] tried to have her describe
it Beautiful was her one word for.
1t. F 75;
OF course Isee Mrs. McNulty every
day. / have just left her, and 1t Is my
intention to draw from her gradually
all 4 can. Her condition Is sueh now
that It would not do to press her meme
DRY too far, although I candidiy believe
that the woman is going to be able to
yet out OF bed in d few weeks and be
around once more. When i was last
% see her asked her to tell me how
she felt about nieeting her mether.
sssa Why she said ut was happy. I
felt just as you would feel is you, went
TO Manchester or Hartford and met
somebody you had not seen Id years
and talked and had d pleasant VISIT
Now, the woman could not have
given better comparison than, that.
u was the rational thing for her to !.
says sss 81 ~.
Yrs. McNulty u d Christian woman,
but I don't believe she has been to !
church In forty years. There ii no
religious suggestion behind what she
has told. and there Ii no religious srig.
eestien behind what i am relating.
s6sI am telling the facts In thfs case.
You can believe them or not. just i.
ycu please, It makes no difference In
the world to me. i have nothing to-
gain and nothing to lose. know what,
! know: that's all. Mrs. McNulty was
az dead the other afternoon as she ever
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