Alive in the Dead-house.

Cromwell Argus, Volume I, Issue 38, 3 August 1870, Page 6

Alive in the Dead-house.

The San Francisco Alia California give b. an account of the experience of a Cerium 01 jWkj was supposed to have died in tha S' 'cTty, °aud whose body was immediately re £ tawed and placed in the dead-house at to the hospital in which he ha rc under treatment:—“ The body wa °' deposited in a case where two other bodie had already been placed, and between then 111 The corer was put on, and the keeper ( •thadead-house retired for the night. Aboi a loud screaming and yelling t ni Ahetroost unearthly character was heard i ct the dead-house. The keeper of the deat Av house was sought after, but, being awai .of. what he was required to do, he sougl 41 concealment, preferring to let the ghos; gfeht it out among themselves rather tha hi to become peacemaker. When! al t list ho was prevailed upon to proceed I tna dead-house and open the door, ti ghostly form of the German, whose had been a few hours previous pronounce m extinct, and who had been dressed in tt robes of the dead, stood before him. Ti keeper fainted outright, while the terrific S’ German rushed headlong through the co ridors and long halls of the building, sprei n j ing dismay and terror as he went. Sor more courageous than the rest caught aA arrested him in his frantic career, but fe next instant the poor German fell on & .floor in a fit. How ho felt wh to himself, we give as he told i j e ven I g ot s ick, and was in b a< that day, the doctor came to me, and ITt S ( vpry sick. He vent away, and after i cc Vent I fell asleep. I knew nothing mc| till I roke in the night, and there vas i light, I put out one hand, and I coni get no bedclothes, for I vas ewd. I d| put my hand to one side to try for t!i ov clothes, and, och, rat do you think Igo ® Vj, a dsad man. Here he vas, cold euouji ca sure. I roared vid all the power I hal- » c and vas going away by the other, side, vf *■ sure I put my hand on another. Then roared, and called, and cried all I coul t ] and ven I vas getting up my head struc a board that was covering me. “ Och, i said I, “ vot does this mean—vere am I ■ Am I dead 1" and I roared and bawloc threw oft' the cover, and jumped abuii ■ if I vas mad. And I knocked at th / jdbor vid my hands and feet, but nobodi vould open it for me, and I thought Iva | dead.myself. I vas not sure. I had thl ! dead man’s dress on mo. At last the 4;

jppened, and ven I looked at the mai it, ho fell down mid fear, and Y .till I vas caught. Then I fainted, an I come to myself I thought it vas a d But it is as true as I am hero.’ ”