Remarka lo Death Trance.

Thames Star, Volume XIV, Issue 4424, 9 March 1883, Page 4

Remarka lo Death Trance.

The Chicago Tribune, of the 22nd August says :—« Late last night the body . ,pf _ Alice. Linkmeyer, the Sharonville school-teacher, who, it was thought,.had been buried in. a trance* was taken from , the vault in.the Westchester Cemetery , and carried back to the home of her parents. The young woman had taken sick tKe first of laßt week with cholera- , morbus;. She died, as it was supposed, on Friday. The village undertaker said he thought her appearance too life-like to risk a .thorough freezing of the remains or, an immediate burial. The body was- consequently taken to the vault in the cemetery at Westchester. After y a funeral . service on Sunday, which x was attended by an immense * throug of people, the sexton and a number of neighbors volunteered to keep a close watch on the remains, to see if life returned. Until dark the face would be ' flushed at times, and again quite pale. "With the light of a lantern they continued their watch after night, and were much surprised to notice a constant change in the color of the face, which finally settled into a deep red, as it is now. Several times the sexton and his helpers thought she was about to retire. Yesterday the face retained the same strange appearance, and intense interest^in the case was manifested by the people for miles around. After taking the body back again to the home of the girl's parents an examination of the remains was at once made by Drs Streeter and Smizdr, who used a galvanic battery upon the body, and made various other tests to ascertain whether the vital spark had fled.. The tests failed to reveal the least sign of life. To day they made other efforts to restore her, but all failed, and they decided that the woman was .certainly dead. The excitement in the Tillage is unbounded. The place is filled with people from all the surrounding neighborhood, and a large crowd surrounds the house eager to learn particulars of the affair. The-young woman still has all the appearance of life. The cheeks hare a rosy, healthful glow, and the limbs are but slightly rigid. To the casual observer she seems like a person in a feverish sleep.; This afternoon a slight trace of decomposition was noted about the finger tips, and it was reluctantly admitted by all that she was dead. The theory now is that she did not die until her funeral, which occurred on Sunday. The removal of\ the body from the house to the vault in Westchester is thought by the neighbors,to have been, in her weak condition, the immediate cause of death. The lady will not be buried for a day or two yet, but a close watch will be kept to prevent any accident or attempt to rob the vault.