REMARKABLE DEATH TRANCE.

Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 3590, 13 January 1883, Page 4

REMARKABLE DEATH TRANCE.

The Chicago Tribune of August 22 is responsible for the folio whip - : — Late last night the body of Alice Linkincycr, the Sharon villc school telicher, who it was thought had been buried in a trance, was taken from the vault in the Westchcster Cemetery and carried buck to the home of her parents. The young- woman was taken sick the first day of last week with, cholera morbus. She died, as it was supposed, on Friday, and the funeral occurred ou Sunday. The. village undertaker said lie thought; her appearance too lifelike to risk a thorough freezing of the remains for an immediate burial. The body was consequently taken to the vault in the cemetery at Westchester. After a funeral service on Sunday, which was attended by an immense throng of people, the sexton and a number of neighbors A'olunteered to keep a close watch of the remains to see if signs of life returned. TJntil dark the face would be flushed at times, and again really 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 remains was made by Drs Streoter and Smizer, 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. Today 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 crowd surrounds the house eager to learn the least particulars of the affair. The young woman .still has all the appearance of life. The cheeks have a rosy, healthful glow, and the limbs are but slightly rigid. To the casual observer she seems like a, person in a feverish sleep. 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 riutil .after her funeral. 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 bo kept to prevent any accident or attempt to rob the vault.