snowyday Posted September 16, 2012 Share Posted September 16, 2012 A person whose name is not given, entered the burying-ground at Cumminsville, Ohio, a few nights since, and removed a dead body from a grave, which he placed in a sack. In making his exit from the graveyard, it was necessary to scale a high board fence, which the resurrectionist evidently found difficult in accomplishing with the burden with which he was encumbered. In order, therefore, to give him free use of his hands and arms, he placed the cord attached to the mouth of the sack around his shoulders, and climbed to the top of the fence when he must have fallen off, leaving the corpse on the opposite side. The result was, that the cord was drawn up around his neck, and he was found dead the next morning, having been choked to death by the weight of the corpse on the opposite side of the fence. (from the Fayetteville Observer of Fayetteville, Tennessee March 31, 1859) * * * Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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