Democratic Sentinel, Volume 2, Number 3, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 March 1878 — Buried Alive. [ARTICLE]

Buried Alive.

./A, Mr, Davis, of Medford, Mass., a .ghort time ago, while shaving, fell ward upon the floor, and was pronounced dead. As he had expressed fears that lie might be buried alivd, the ' body was kept several days in the house and carefully watched. The remains were finally buried at Malden. After the funeral the widow and her daughter, who reside in different houses, on a certain night dreamed that the deceased #aa alive and was trying to release hinujolt lrom the grave. They ‘told tiieir' dreams to each other, and caused , the grave to be opened. To the horror of all the corpse was found lying on its side, and the top of the casket broke, showing that the man atrenppijs efforts to escape death by shflocatibn.