Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-07-15

ing together In whispers. but despite the
improved methods used by some of our
enterpriSing reporters for magnifying
the whisper waves the secret was kept.
Then il was confded TO one or two per-
sons that a body that had been more
than half a century ago prepared for
a life perpetuating process had been
discovered and removed to the institu-
ton With it was a paper some four
decades Did. giving the results of ex-
%ppriments in terminating bodies. A re-
port WAS circulated that late discover
les completed the process laid down in
The paper and might possibly render
1t effective
We are enabled In this issue. owing
TO the enterprise or one OF our repor-
tOrial staff. who used ear megaphOnes.
y ray telescopes for looking through
ton walls and other modern devices.
to give our readers the most remarka-
bic achievement in science ever pro
duced by mortal "a
In the year 1879. when the thermom-
eter stood 30 degrees below zero Fab
ifNDfIt. tIclt Nitn III &ultdSO hui tCi
anderson. The night OF her burial
her lover went alone 10 her grave. ex-
huned her body and removed IL 10 his
laboratory. his Object being TO attempt
70 rraniinnte il. He had not then per
fected any process bv which this could
be accomplished and for the time be
ing devoted himself 10 preserving the
body Ills method was twofold. sur
rounding IL by chemically produced
cold 30 degrees t'ahrenheit-and her
metic sealing. This accomplished. the
body was left in a vault under the
laboratory. and the professor proceed
ed with his experiments for resusci
tation on the lower animals.
Time passed without any results suf-
iiciPntly certain to warrant the pro-
fcSsor in risking the life of his loved
one In cold storage.
Professor SwartZ died without civ
ing up his secret. but he made provi-
sion for n continuance OF his work
contingent upon certain happenings
Recently the ground on which his lab
oratory stood was sold for the purnoSe
Of erecting Il 200 story skyScraper upon
il In digging for the foundations the
workmen came upon a subcellar or
vault City feet below the surface In
which was a large glass mausOleum.
Attached To it was n notice to look in
the wall behind a metal plate. There
was discovered a paper stating that
the mausolcum contained the body or
Mnriel Anderson. supposed 10 have
died in 1863 Then followed n state
ment giving the process for life preser
vation and the results of Professor
SwartZ'S Investigations with a view to
terminating bodies.
The find was reported to the owner
OF the property. and he summoned II
member Of the corps Of investigators
Of the Institution For Scientific Re
search. The m~auSOleum was removed
TO the institution and the paper read
and discussed at a meeting of its stan
Of investigators. 1t at once appeared
that certain obstacles that had been In
the way Of Professor SwartZ had been
removed by recent discoveries made
at the institution.
The first question discussed was
whether the body would be found upon
examination TO have retained the germs
of life for half n century. but II was
agreed that This knowledge cOnld only
be gained by the right process Of "
animation. That process was under
discussion for several weeks with ev-
cry effort 10 keep the secret Finally
Or. Shuntunnpr. Ph. D. ]. s. dnvesti-
gator In %Sciencel. presented n plan or
procedure that captured the investiga-
tors. and II was determined to put it
in practice ut once.
The glass SarcOphaCns was found to
contain water. but nj 4 temperature of
l45 degrees minus. or In the solid
form. It's Introduction had been in
tended 10 show that water should be
introduced when reSuScitatiOn was com
menced: warmth was gradually intro
1uced and with il infnitesimal quaint
ties OF oxygen and Their a little ordi
nary atmosphere
The body resembled a skeleton cov
cred with leather. but under a slow
process OF the Introduction Of air and
water a slight filling III was percppti-
BILE. The latest microbe a%ntiseptic was
used. and successfully. So slow was
the process that II was n week before
the watchers began 10 perceive the
slightest sign Of a living organism. and
even tLen there was no certainty col
corning II.
II would be impossible for the unset
entiic mind 10 follow the various de
vices preventive Of danger applied by
the revivers. Results alone can be Civ
en. Within ten days the body had rs
sumed some degree OF rOundnpss
There was still the nallor formerly sup
posed to indicate death. but now known
In some cases TO indicate only a III
pension OF the action of the heart. The
first sign Of life was a slight tremor. at
which the reSuScitatorS clasped one an
others hands in an ecstasy of hope.
Ii was Soon after this that tho body
u-ac rarnnraI from fhn a~rppphp uttS