Saturday, July 5, 2008

Thought a Corpse Alive

New York, 1895

Mrs. Dreda Dorning, wife of Nathaniel Dorning, of East Hampton, died suddenly last Friday. The funeral was to have taken place Monday. After the services were over several women whispered that the corpse was alive. The funeral was stopped, and the mourners returned to the house. Drs. Bell and Osborne examined the body and found no signs of life.

—The Long Island Farmer, Jamaica, NY, April 26, 1895, p. 1.

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