A LADY BURIED TWICE AND FINALLY BROUGHT TO LIFE.

Inangahua Times, Volume VII, Issue 1183, 16 October 1882, Page 2

A LADY BURIED TWICE AND FINALLY BROUGHT TO LIFE.

• *— A woman in Sicarte, Mason county, 111., to all appearance, died. But a few weeks previous to this she had given birth to a child, and was apparently well, with the exception of a nursing sore mouth, from the effects of

which she had grown quite weak ; so much so that her husband thought it was necessary to call in a physician, but she objected, insisting upon waiting a few days longer, thinking she could manage the affection without the aid of a physician. She soon afterwards very suddenly sunk away, and to all appearances gave up the ghost The body was kept to the next day, about 2 p.m., when it was enclosed in a coffin and taken to the graveyard, followed by a great many mournful friends. In laying her out her arms were tied together above the elbows with a strip of cloth, so that her hands would retain a natural position across her bi east At the grave some of her friends wished to view her remains and the coffin was opened that they might do so, On removing the lid over the glass they could not sco through the moisture on it, and it was then seen that one of her hands and been torn loose from the band and was lying by her side, and her arms were as limber as of one alive. The circumstances bore upon the minds of several present, but still they could not entertain any notion bu t that she wag dead. Her hands were again placed in position across her breast and retied with the same strip of cloth, and sho was buried. After returning to their homes several of the parties who had noticed the singular appearance of the corpse commenced to talk it over, and they soon raised a doubt in their minds that she was dead. About five o'clock the same evening several went to the grave and took the body up. On opening the coffin they found fresh moisture on the glass on the coffin lid, and her hands were again broken from the strip of cloth that bound them, and they were both lying by her side, and instead of her limbs being in the least rigid, they and her fingers were flexible. Notwithstanding all this they could not convince themselves but she was dead and she was re-buried. Th© matter was generally discussed in the neighborhood, and by the following Sunday the excitement had grown so intense that it was decided to re-ex-hume her the following day. The next clay, Monday, after she had slept beneath the sods for four days aud nights, she was again resurrected and taken to her home, where she has been slowly but gradually improving. Her friends entertain the strongest hopes of her recovery, which if she does, will be a remarkable occurrence, long to be remembered by the people of Sicarte. The way in which this affair was managed was, to say the least, very singular.