
From the Paisley Herald and Renfrewshire Advertiser, 25 May 1861:
“THE DEAD ALIVE – EXTRAORDINARY CASE
Some years ago, in Dublin, a husband and wife, it appears, took it into their heads to possess themselves of £500 which had been left as a legacy to the wife, under the condition that she should receive the interest during her life, and be at liberty to bequeath the principal to any friend at her death. Being anxious, it appears to obtain the principal, it was arranged that she