The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1912-11-22

The sisters enjoyed splendid
health until about two years ago,
when Mile developed a case of con-
sumption. DR.. Crowell, of White
vile, was their physician. Mile
rapidly grew worse, and died at 6 D.
m. on Tuesday of last week. Just
before her death Christine, who was
in excellent health, was taken with
a severe spell of vomiting. DR..
Crowel was at the bedside, and said
that Christine announced her sis
ter's demise even before he himself
detected hat breath had left her
body. 1t has al eady been explained
that the minds Of these twins ran in
the same groove. Christine said that
Mile passed away just as if she was
in a dream. This is undeniably the
most accurate knowledge Of death
ever given or known. And to show
the intimate connection between the
two bodies, the warmth remained in
the body of the corpse until the other
twin had likewise died. Crowell
says the life of Mile was doubtless
prolonged by her drawing vitality
from Christine's body.
AS proof of this fact, Mile appa-
.rently passed away at 4 o'clock and
to every appearance was dead; but
at 6, two hours a%fterward, she re-
vived, and was conscious and ration
al for some minutes, when final dis
solution took place. Life was sus-
tanned in the corpse by its connec-
ton with a living body, when the
spark of life revived, hickered and
then was finally extinguished.
Mile. died on Tuesday at 6 D. m,
Christine died on Wednesday at 1870
p. m. A human being existed for
10 hours united with the part of a
corpse. The living sister bore I'D
wonderfully well, but after a few
hours suffered excruciating nervous
agony. Christine knew her own de-
mise was only a matter of a few
hours, for the living could not be cut
apart from the dead. The two SIS
tiers had always prayed that they
might pass away at the same time.
t When her nervous pains set in.
Y Christine begged DR.. Crowell to give
8 her something to relieve the agonv
S and render her unconscious. Her
2 constant prayer was that death come
t 10 her relief quickly. The doctor ad-
administered a reasonable dcHe of
/ morphine stating that it was his mis-
n sion to save and not take life. After
the opeate was given, Christine kept
asking the physician how long be-
fore it would act?
When the news circulated over the
8 settlement that one Of the twin sis.
ters was dead and the o'her still liv.
t. ing the excitement was intense. A
n great throng Of neighbors, both
h white and black, flocked to the house
e. Among the visitors wa Hon. J. M
Shipman, who had known the sisters
d all their life. This was the morning
after Miles death. Mr., Shipmar
:. found Christine entirely rational
and under the horrible condition was
If remarkably composed, although hel
k suffering was acute. She said she
ID knew that her death was inevitable
that she was ready to go, but prayed
her end might come speedily.
,e The remains Of the two sister,
were Inferred Thursday in the col
ored graveyard near their home. Al
IT immense crowd attended the funeral
ID The sisters had a bCrror of thei,
le bodies being dissected, and It Is sail
lie asked to be cremated, lest som,
lie ghoul steal their bodies. It is SAT-
se their relatives could have sold tn,
bodies for $4,000 for exhibition pur
poses. Fear is had that some bod,
snatcher may yet invade that littl
country burial ground. A special col
fin had to be made by carpenters.