European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 01, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse Monday november 1. 1993 . The stars and stripes Page 9 us. Vampire Washington a panicked new engenders desperate to end attacks from beyond the grave once unearthed corpses and performed Vampire killing Ritu als in a War against the undead. It s a Century old tale of halloween horror now confirmed by scientists. V or. Paul Sledzik of the National museum of health and Medicine said Friday that bodies from 18th and a the Century Graves in several locations in new eng land show evidence that they had been disinterred within a few months or years of death and then Muti lated or disrupted in some Way. Journalists accounts published As recently As 1893, he said support the belief that this ghoulish tampering with corpses was prompted by the idea of killing this undead to Stop them from sucking the life Force from the living. Sledzik participated in analysing corpses from a Ceme Tery near sri sold conn., and found one that clearly bore the sign of Vampire killing. The Corpse found in a coffin bearing the initials Job was found in the Walton family cemetery of Gri Wold. The cemetery had been accidentally violated by a construction project. _. Sledzik said that when he examined Job it was Clear theremins had been disturbed sometime after the body had turned to a Skeleton. The Long Bones of the upper leg had been placed on the Chest As an a and the Skull had been i moved and placed on the leg effect was to form a Skull and r Whon someone died of consumption. H was believed they could come Back from the dead an Drain the life of their living relative. In order to Stop this family members would go into the grave and somehow attempt to Mil the person again -dr.paujsldz1k in the Laboratory Sledzik determined that the Bones bore lesions from tuberculosis. Job also had a hunched and crooked shoulder from an improperly healed Collarbone break a crippled leg and probably what was an open and festering wound on his foot. The Man also had missing front Teeth. In life Job could have been a frightening figure Sai Sledzik. Memory of this scary appearance could have prompted some to dig him up and to make sure he was dead by removing the Skull. Sledzik said his research shows such beliefs were com Mon in new England As late As 1892, particularly among families that were riddled with tuberculosis a disease then called published Vampire accounts place the folklore within the same time Frame and location a Job said Sledzik. He said other researchers have also reported finding bodies from the Era that were mutilated. When someone died of consumption it was believe they could come Back from the dead and Drain the life of their living relative said Sledzik. In order to Stop this family members would go into the grave and somehow attempt to kill the person again. If there was still flesh they would remove it and Burn it. Or they would remove the head. In the american tradition just causing some disruption to the body was the Way to kill a the crude stake through the heart approach he said was an archaic european tradition not practice by the americans. Sledzik said it was Felt that the life draining provided an explanation for new cases of tuberculosis and drove the living to kill the dead in ghastly rituals designed to guard against More disease. When people opened the coffins of recently dead consumptive they found bloated bodies with Pale flesh fingernails that seemed to have grown and often bloody fluid at the Mouth. Sledzik said there Are even accounts of bodies jerking and gurgling As the remains were Muti lated by Vampire killers. Forensic pathologists now know that All of these effects can be explained by the changes of Normal decomposition he said. First lady joins rally to Back no. Governor by the new York time Fairfield no. Hillary Rod Ham Clinton flew to new Jersey forthe second time in 10 Days saturday to stand by gov. Jirry Florio endorse his ban on assault weapons and the extol him As the candidate for women. Clinton s 20-minute speech in Damp and draft hangar at the Essex county Airport was the highlight of abuse saturday of campaigning in which Florio attended rallies in Atlan tic City Vineland and Turnersville in Southern new Jersey flew to Fairfield by helicopter and then went to Cam Den to attend a children s halloween party and meet with Black and his panic praised Florio for resisting the pressures of the National Rifle association in his attacks on assault stood up to the forces that have profited from the violence that has stalked our streets too Long she said. What you do tuesday will Senda huge signal across the country. I cannot overstate How important thesis to stand by a governor who has not flinched. This is a Battle for the future of our children. This is a Battle for the safety of theme of the rally was women for the governor stood on a podium in a hangar with 25 women. Clinton chided the governor s oppo new Jersey gov. Jim Florio shakes hands with finl lady Hillary Rodham Clinton after she addressed Campaign rally at an Airport saturday in fail Field. Nent. Christie Whitman about her fre bus Clinton said without naming quent a trips in the waning Days of Whitman. The trick is to figure out the Campaign. Anybody can get on a which direction you Houston mayor s ratings soar As election nears Houston a talk about a mandate. 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Lui i i tilth 41, 4 plumber guv c Irginia vote a Likely return to traditions by the Washington Post when Virginia voters go to the poll tuesday to elect a new governor they will choose Between one candidate who would restore the careful Gray Modera Tion that guided the old Dominion for decades and another candidate who would do the same thing. The Victor in the race Between Republican George f. Allen and Democrat Mary sue Terry just Plain tobacco spitting George or the same old Mary sue As even she Calls herself Likely will have neither the temperament nor the inclination to continue the celebrity styx politics of gov. L. Douglas Wilder. The Winner is Likely to make Only modes adjustments in the course of state govern ment which has followed a pattern of fiscal conservatism and Middle of the Road so Cial policy since the late 1960s. Terry Likely would carry through on he promises to seek a five Day waiting period for handgun purchases and to give $100million to the state s poorest schools to re Duce class sizes in the Early grades. Allen is committed to trying to abolish parole for the most violent offenders and to adoption of a Law requiring that Parent give permission before their teen age daughters get abortions. His proposals including holding the Lineon College tuition could add hundreds of millions of dollars to the budget. But heals vowed to veto any Tux increases approved by the democratic controlled legislature and even some republicans doubt whether Allen could find the Money to de liver on those other Promise. That s especially True by cause Virginia already a financial trouble. The Moat immediate problem facing the Winner i it another big shortfall in slate Revenue a Irden that Wilder a struggled say the budget can be balanced without higher tax. 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