CORPSE COMES TO LIFE
AROSE OUT OF COFFIN AN AMAZING INCIDENT (Elec. Tel. Copyright—United Press Assn.) (.Received November 5,2 p.m.) MEXICO CITY, Nov. 4. Alejandroi Delapena, a rich inheritor of a famous name and immense property, was pronounced dead by two physicians. There followed a wake.
Anna llosales appeared on the scene, and insisted on taking possession of the corpse, saying l that she was his wife. Mrs. Delapena, the second wife, disputed for possession. The women came to blows and people, crowded in from (he 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 mourning guests fled in terror. The story of the resurrection spread rapidly and the street was quickly jammed for several blocks by curious people, who demanded that the dead man be brought out, where all could see him. The intervention of police and firemen was necessary to dear the streets. “You see, two jealous women cd'n wake the dead,” Alejandro said, wK&W asked what brought him out of his death sleep. ( t ,
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17100, 5 November 1929, Page 8
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