The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1916-03-11
A Singular Case of
Resurrection
By F. A. Mitchell

DelFeS. 1HueeU, Lhey nave reason TO
be. They have substituted live parts
Of the human body for dead parts; they
haTe set heart substance beating out
side its proper place in mans breast.
If they keep on they may in time make
man out of parts Of other men. But
If the stories of what Indian fakirs
have done in keeping persons alive In
a comatose condition for many years is
true these Rockefellers or scientific
fellers or whatever they are have yet
much to learn from an antique and ap-
parently undeveloped civilization.
There is a story going the rounds
among the undergraduates of a certain
university which, if it can be substan-
tiated, puts the modern scientific inves-
ttgator to shame. Arnold Gereau, as
sistant professor of chemistry-he has
charge of the labOratory-is one of
those phenomena who spring up once
In century. He is very young, and
1T Is well known that he was born with
certain mental powers, a certain su-
pernatural knowledge Of things on
which many man has studied for a
lifetime without making any progress
whatever
Wilbur Stockbridge, q member of
the class of Is, so the story goes, one
day went to Professor Gereau with a
yellow bit OF paper on which was writ
ten in old English style:
This is the body of William Arbuckle
private In his majeSty's -th foot Cap
tured In the patriot lines with maps show
ing our Notifications on the upper part Of
Manhattan Island. He was condemned
Tor spy. An Indian serving with the
same resiment-he had Joined 1t at Singa-
pore-proposed to General Washington to
put the man to sleep for an indefinite peri
cd instead of executing him. The general
who was averse to the execution consent
ed, and Arbuckle was turned over to the
Indian, who claims that any time after
nifty or even a hundred years life will
still be In the body. But not one man In
many millions will be able to effect a
resurrection.
Young Stockbridge told the professor
that In excavating for building pur-
poses on the upper part Of Manhattan
Island on property owned by his family
a tomb had been discovered containing
the body Of a man in British uniform
Of a former period. The paper had
been found in the lead coffin In which
the body had been buried
Gereau-mind you, 1 don't vouch for
thts-aTanged with the student to
bring the find to the laboratory, which
at the time was closed on account of
the spring recess and would therefore
be at the professors individual dis
pOsal. No one has attempted to give
the process by which Gereau manipu-
lated the remains Of Private Arbuckle,
but it is claimed that he effected q
resurrection. The professor AYERS that
he worked on lines which are being
followed by modern scientific investi-
gators. He must have had an inkling
Of the method by which animation
was suspended by the Indian or he
would not have been able to restore
it by reverse action, which, he says,
he applied. He gives as a fundamental
principle that the Indian knew how to
Suspend-not kilI-the action of the
heart, and Gereau restored the pulsa-
tions, which are the basis of animal
lIfe
Whether the story Is true or false
there Is one part of it that fits in with
modern scientific investigation. 1t is
said that Gereau found that certain
members of the body had suffered
from the long suspension Of their func-
tiOnS. The resurrected man showed
signs of decay, and the professor fear
ed that, though he had remained in an
ordinary condition of health for more |
than 13O years, he would die within |
few hours after resurrection
A test was begun Of different organs, |
and the first tested-the kidneys
showed decay. Gereau at once tele-
phOned to the College of Physicians
and Surgeons for pair of sound kid
neys and, removing the ones affected, |
introduced the new ones. He supposed
for some time that Arbuckle had died |
under the operation, but half a bottle |
Of Irish whisky brought him round |
The liver was next tackled, and half of |
1T replaced. There were other parts
to be substituted, but those mentioned |
were the principal requirements
These operations required several
hours, and another hour passed before
Private Arbuckle spoke. Then he
Opeueu LIS eyes anu cTleu out In |
voice that seemed to come through dry
leather:
Corporal Of the guardr'
Gereau was delighted. 1t looked as
If he might save his patient, for while
the man had doubtless been deanimat-
ed in good health his being brought
back to consciousness was not only a
difficult matter. but dangerous one.
There are several versions Of the rest
Of the story. Some say that Arbuckle
was sufficiently restored to remember
and speak OF his expected execution
Others aver that Gereau. finding his
breathing defective, worked his arms
vigorously, but in spite of his efforts
the man died.
1t is said that at one time Arbuckle