“CORPSES” REVIVES
SHOCK FOR WOULD-BE THIEVES
It is reported from Kolozsvar, writes the London Observer’s Budapest correspondent-, that the- wife of a farmer aalled Jjnre Nagy, had been buried in the village of Nagyperente, hut was then in a hospital, where hopes of 'her eVcntual recovery were entertained. After the woman’s supposed death her husband adorned her- corpse with her jewellery, which represented a considerable sum, and of which she had been particularly proud.
A. report of the .jewellery got abroad, and the night after the funeral three strange men went to the cemetery wyth tlie intention of -disinterring-the body find stealing the jewellery. When they opened the coffin, however, the “dead' woman snt- up and -asked in a weak voice what they wanted. Two of the men fled in terror, and the third was so overcome that he was -attacked by fits.
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Hokitika Guardian, 18 February 1933, Page 6
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143“CORPSES” REVIVES Hokitika Guardian, 18 February 1933, Page 6
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