Lily's Lore and Legends

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 ha...