Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1869-11-11

Ms back. j. He returned to G6fAu4 and ask
9: *Ii A'T y y II efna syfs fli9Sea
Getaud reqssstedG Hbehr in .n1smsSt i'm.
E psssie1sa f. 10 EfSesi Il:
aoStss, xi'shia8 r. es&'i6s the dying mtn p;
Thds SiRhs aeiaia.Asa.g Batsos2i per.
'sopsettend4d tn funeral Hqpker among
tho number. the three others being CanAiii;
'diahS. Tie Anh highS after 'ths!haIial q
GFuA re- caaa ST. as 9hss;Zsa t. he ION
Hooker, wBe-. Kaa IL 1ssn7thd ire dp,ing
II, fright, pr. 1assi3g that. wy in We
Hei walked MP ID the spdt, expecting to
'n nos tes os BE Stf ss
be- 1aana q had ythi4hsd! g coi4pjetely as
if it had been o soap bubble, instead of o
ton of carved stone, ii 7has mysterious dis
appearance SO impressed Hooker that; he
crss.| BM{s' Iii 1aPers t4ps, Which was
actively aroused, he Dreaded the laughter
of his companions If he revealed his dis
X sB!s sity IN days SsfSr 81; thS d;aSo es.
cry of the statue, Hooker had an attack tof
acute pneumonia. Or. q frame Weakened
by expoo116 ER1d ssdisApati6a the disease
made rapid progress. The news of the dis
covery few like wildfre, and was much
talked of by those in attendance on the sick
msn. He was deeply afflicted by the dis
covery. On the day it was 1umored that
Professor Hall, the State Geologist, WIS to
visit the scene of discovery, Hooker made
I'D at g e. b :snt
Hooker asked the doctor if he thought he
would recover: the doctor replied that he
could rot fYe much aonoers Hooker then
told the doctor he would reveal the secret
of the Cardiff giant. DR.. then told
Hooker that fshPr9d Vie f. !eaf4niible
witness preshAj DIV Asfssoi6 Aought
me, az he knew took deep interest in
the subject. Ws.A9th repaired to the house
f tAoss near =, the .! west st, suburbs ;?,.'
excited. and, In the opinion Of DR.. Z Z
statement which I have above detailed.
xofdS 81 ths above! ilresd IL 70 HooHsf!
and he then affixed his mark to the follow:
ing dying declarations:
go1, George Hooker, knowing myself to be
near my,death, have heard read TO, me the
aboya statamsnt, and i agrees with the
state1aents already made, by ..u9e,f which I
s0lemhly declare 10 be- truth. ~ have. heard
the: description. of the Cardiff giant and
believe it t0be the same statue found lying
iii, the cabin of Jules Geraud; at Onondaga.
+ % g ~ ~ ."i' "saast-G EORaE HOoKER,
- :Witness-TaoKls B.; ELLIS. ~4s & /
This finishes all positive information re-
garding this wonderful hoax. : j now como
to that part OF the history which is "mys-
terry"
One year ngo, about the time of the burn
ing Of Jules Geraud's cabin, stranger
came to the hotel in Tully for guide to
the house Of Newell, at Lafayette. A; wagon
and guide were there furnished him. At
ter travelling to within sight OF Mr.. Newell's
house. he paid and dismissed the guide;
and proceeded on foot. This was the last
Fseen OF our mysterious stranger. "A few
'dsys after Of my -informants say
fvo, and others soy three days-a wagon
observed TO- be making it's way towards
nesses are willing to swear It was Newell's
There the substantial part of my narra-
Of this statement. will bring ont, further
facts. Several parties were mixed up to.
gether in perpetrating this fraud, and fear,
powerful emotion in human nature, will
compel some of the parties to furnish the
missing links in the chain of facts have
detailed aboye. The most anrprising thing
About this. Is tie magnitude Of the hoax.
All other attempts at humbugging sink into
iesignidcs1ce by the side q tho Cardiff
|jGi@ks Richsrd$ Adams lockss moon
hoax and Poe's story, "Hans Phaal," arc
simply moopshine when compared with the
cool effrohtery Of this Cardiff hoax. Ply
sicians, biologists, lecturers and savans
have visited the 'statue Of poor, half crazy
Geraud, and returned dumbfounded. Twill
close this narrative by saying that Newell
and biz, abettors have persistently refused
to allow any person, competent to decide
the question Of this being petrefation OF
work of art, to inspect it. Prof. Hall, who
was allowed o few moments Of examination,
was pledged to reserve his opinion until
permission WINS given him to make it known.