REMARKABLE DEATH TRANCE.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 5, Issue 1330, 17 March 1883, Page 2

REMARKABLE DEATH TRANCE.

The Chicago Tribune, of the 22nd August- says:—"Late last night the body of Alice Linkraeyer, the Sharonville school-teacher, who, it was thought had been buried in a,trance, was takon from- the vault in; the rWestchurch Cemetery and earned back'to the home of her .parents, '■: The young woman had.taken,sick' the -first of last week with cholera-morbus. She died, as it was supposed, on Friday.; The village undertaker said he thought her appear; ance 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 Westchurch. After a funeral service on Sunday, which was well attended by an immense, throng of people,the sexton and a number of people volunteered to. keep a close watch on the remains, to see if life returned., Until dark' the .face would bo 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 revive. Yesterday, the face retained the same 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 reniains : was at once made by Drs Streeter and Smidzev 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 village is unbounded. The place is filled with people from all the surrounding neighborhood, and a large crowds-surrounds the house eager to learn particulars of the affair. The young woman still has all the appearance of lifo, The cheek's have a rosy, healthful glow, and the

limbs ard; 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 obout the finger tips, and it was reluctantly admitted by all that she was dead, The theory-now is that, she did not die iuitil her iuneral,-.which, occurred on Sunday. The removal of the body from the house- to, the vault in Winchester is thought by the neighbors to have been, in her weak condition, the immediate cause of the death. The lady will,notjbe buried for a cjay.pr two yet^butaclose-\y^fcchVilJl)e.""kdpfc to prevent any acoident or atterap to rob the vault.