The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-12-26
SIGNS OF LIFE
AFTER REPORT
LADY HAD DIED
PULLING CASE OF MRS. E. ).
MILLER, WHOSE DEATH WAS
REPORTED IN FORENOON AND
WHO WAS FOUND ALIVE
SHORTLY AFTER DARK.

To all appearances at the time,
Mrs. E. ]. Miller, wife of Captain Mill
er, of the U. S. S. Poe, died yesterday
at her horne, No. 81 South Adams
street. Preparations for the funeral
had been going on, the hour for the
interment and ceremony named,
friends were mourning her demise
when the discovery was made that
the beloved lady, reputed dead at 10
o'clock in the morning, was showing
unmistakab Bile signs Of life. A rela-
live, who had sat by the bedside grief
stricken, made the discovery. The
Impression was so strong that the
attending physician was sent for, and
when the doctor reached the scene at
pm. he found true and unmistalIa-
bic signs Of life. Low heart action
and feeble circulation were both
lound. Everything possible was done
10 entirely resuscitate the lady, but
these heroic measures availed 10
naught. and the thread of life, weak
at the best, snapped shortly after 3
o'clock The friends and relatives,
who had assembled in the hope that
life would be manifested to the extent
of the lady's entire recovery, were
soreIy disappointed when the doctor
announced that, after all the heroic
work, Mrs. Miller, beloved by all who
knew her, had passed beyond all hui
man and earthly aid.
Asked to give an opinion on the
case, the physician who attended ner
during her illness and resultant death
said the case had never been equal
ed, in his experience. but he did find
that there were signs of life, he said,
when he reached the house in the
evening. II was a case, he said, that
hn uM7rTd no rdT horrn hofiaund hod hS
~ have personally witnessed it.
When the information went out yes
ierday morning that Mrs. Miller had
lied, there were many saddening
thoughts in many families. Her death,
coming early on the day when the
Whole world was celebrating in divers
orms the birthday of Christ and
when merriment reigned in the aver
lge household. was all the more Pc
,uliarly sad. A gloom was cast over
he community when the information,
which seemed to have been founded
IN fact, spread over the community
mat she had died. Not only was this
gloom felt in Pensacola, but also at
he navy yard. Mrs. Miller had
spent the past thirty-eight years Of
her life at the yard and in Pensacola,
and was known and loved by many. 4
noble woman and true-a woman
two neighborhOods, where she had
been held in high esteem during the
years of her useful womanhoOd.
Mrs. Jessie Worthy Miller was born
in ireland fifty years ago. At the
age of twelve years she removed to
America and to Pensacola, where
she had lived since. During her form
er residence at the navy yard she be
came endeared to many friends, who
deeply mourn her loss. She leaves,
besides the devoted husband, two
sons, John and William Miller. both
of whom are in the city; two sisters,
Mrs. Ben Rocheblave and Mrs. r.
Massey, both well-knOwn here; two
brothers, who are John Worthy, of
Galveston, Texas, and the Rev. Father
Worthy, of Halifax, England.
The originally made funeral ar
rangements will be carried out, de-
spite the report of last night. The
funeral will take place tomrrOw af-
ternoon, the cortege moving from the
residence, on South Adams street, at
; o'clock, for St. MichaePs church,
where Father Fullerton will perform
The last sad rites for the dead In
leTment will take place at the War
rington cemetery, and a special car
will leave for that place at 3 o'clock
or those who wish to be present.