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“... contained were found in
a state of confusion. It was generally believed that this
was due to some supernatural agency. Whether this
was so or not it must be left to the reader to judge after
the perusal of the following authentic account, compiled
by the late Hon. Forster M. Alleyne in 1908 :
The Barbados Coffin Story ” has been told many times ; by
Sir Robert Schomburgk in his “ History of Barbados ” ; by
jViscountess Combermere in the life of her husband, Governor
of the island at the time the event occurred, who based her
account .on an anonymous pamphlet entitled " Death Deeds ” •
by Mr. Robert Reece in the columns of Once a Week, and, peri
haps, by many others. I myself heard the story from the lips
of Sir Robert Bowcher Clarke, who was present at the opening
of the vault, and my own father, though not present at the
, opening, was in the island at the time, and made mention of
(it to his sister in England, as is evidenced by a letter from her
bim which is still in my...”
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