DEAD MAN REVIVED

Hawera Star, Volume XLIX, 5 November 1929, Page 9

DEAD MAN REVIVED

WIVES FIGHT OVER BODV SHRIEKS AROUSE “CORPSE.” QUEER: STORY’ FROM MEXICO. (United Press Association —By Electric Telegraph Copyright.) Received 1.15 p.m. to-day. MEXICO CITY, Nov, 4. Alejandro Delapena, the rich inheritor of a famous name and immense property, was pronounced dead by two physicians and there followed a wake. Anna Rosales appeared on the scene and insisted on taking possession of the corpse, saying that she was bis wife. Mrs Delapena, the second wife, disputed possession, and the Women came to blows. People crowded in from the street as the women shrieked and fought over the! coffin. When the row was at its height Delapena. rose suddenly in his coffin, asking what all the racket was about. The mourningl guests fled in terror. The story of his resurrection spread rapidly, and the street was quickly jammed for several blocks by curious persons who demanded that the dead man be brought out where all could see him. The intervention of police and firemen was necessary to clear the streets. “You see two jealous women can wake the dead,”. Alejandro said when asked what brought him out of his death sleep.