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Pocket Lore - Daily Arizona Silver Belt

Pocket Lore - Daily Arizona Silver Belt

Pocket Lore - Daily Arizona Silver Belt

This piece of #pocketlore came across my screen via Pinterest, and while I didn't see a link to the original article in the post, I did find it on newspapers.com under their free clippings.


The original text reads:

MAN, FOUR MONTHS DEAD, TRIES TO GET OUT OF COFFIN 

With an eastbound Santa Fe passenger train running at full speed out of Needles yesterday the express agent and baggagemen were so badly scared by the movements of a corpse in the baggage car that they would have deserted the car had it not been what is known as a blind baggage, according to the statement of a passenger who arrived here last night, says the Prescott Courier. The corpse was being shipped from California to Ohio for interment. The body was that of a man who died four months ago.

Soon after the train pulled out of Needles the occupants of the baggage car saw the lid of the box encasing the remains move, although it was sealed in the usual way. Aware that the man had been dead four months they were surprised at seeing such remarkable signs of life. After recovering from the first shock they approached closer to the coffin casing and were further surprised to see the lid slowly rising from the box as if being pushed up by the strength of the body in the coffin. With the lid open the corpse continued to rise until almost in a standing position before the next station was reached, where with the aid of the trainmen the body was pushed back into its place and unloaded at the depot to be further prepared for shipment to its last resting place.

Passengers who saw the body claim that it was not scientifically prepared for shipment, judging from the odor, and that the box containing the coffin was not hermetically sealed strong enough to comply with the rules governing the shipment of corpses. The queer action of the corpse is believed to have been provoked by the warm weather prevailing in Needles and vicinity.


Until next time, Lore Lovers, stay spooky💖

~Lily


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Sources

Bell, V. a. P. B. D. (2018, May 10). Daring Corpse Attempts Train Escape (1910). Misc. Tidings of Yore. https://tidingsofyore.wordpress.com/2018/05/10/daring-corpse-attempts-train-escape-1910/

blog coffin story. (1910, March 31). Newspapers.com. https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-arizona-silver-belt-blog-coffin-st/102409258/

Daring Corpse Attempts Train Escape (1910). (n.d.). Pinterest. https://www.pinterest.com/pin/804948133435960048/

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