The New York herald., 1870-03-16

5. where the railroad was getlne out stone for ts
cuvert and bridge aoutmenls ] hired an Hlshman
named NIKE Foley TO get out the block aud paid
Montana IN Boone county. a railroad station. about
lory-nve miles distant anc let out the loO Tor seven-
ts-iiye dollars The rough block must nave weighed
over ten tolls 1hls who took the JOD cOulu 0niy
get together twelve yoke Of catae, aud haa TO give
o .o c"n no and te second oav one inc
BLOCK bad 10 DO cut down u between seven and
eignt IONS. We broke through bridges several times
ana nau considerable trouble, Out on the twelfth
DAY we got the block to Montana station. Here II
was loaded on a hat-bottsmed car shipped 20 Ed
ward Burkndrdt. chicago. kurkDardt IL marble
cuitsr uoiLS Duslness NJ NO. luI washington street,
III Chicago -
The block was taken from the Chicago depot at
niglt ANA was carried to Mr.. Burkhardrs barn, S4J
Clark street. aud there deposited. After got INTO
tue barn we hung up quits and carpets inside 50 ~
To deaden the sound ana keep SPECTATORS from look
ing IN upon man named Sales. one oi the
best scuiptOrs IN the country and who drinks ike
sack, was einploved to carve the giant. We were
nearly two months at II, part or the ume nights On
THE GIANT FINISHED.
The giant Is ten feet four and half inches long,
thirty-tnree inches across tne shoulders. about
twenty two inches deep and weighs 1000 pounds.
The various marks upon II 10 indicate tne action Of
wafer ana tilne were cnlsolled out, ana II TOOK
ninety dollars worth OF acids ana ink give 1t Its
present color Alter the work was cone We mad
box made INTO which IL fJted, the lrOn-O0und box
about wnlcn 80 muoh mas been said.
The gians was then shipped from Chicago. but
was West Ut thut tine. It was shipped 10 Union,
taken Oy Israel ID. ArmsDy and John Hull brother
Of George, and carried to William U. Newell's farm
IN Csrdin. taken from the wagon aud laid at the sue
Of the barn. where II WAL covered up VITO straw.
Next night the pt was aug and tne giant put into IT,
wnere remained tail the ldtn OF october.
PREVIOUS PROJECTS.
had intended originally TO have tho giant dts
covered rig ht quarry ut Fort Dodge, but this
would require TOO much labor ana cost TOO mucn.
/ fhAO u.rhf fuL N n
yond the Missouri, Dut HE transportation would
cost q good deal Hull having Ived III Broome
locality ana tnat 1t was o. great place for relics,
followed his advice and shipped 1t 70 Bro0me
county.
NEWELL.
Newell knew nothing about 1t TIL Hull went up
from Binghamton, let him into the secret and
offered him a quarter to have the giant buried and
giant was dug up and was not 70 Oe there till after
wards then was TO appear anl bid for an interest
was to do the seling read tue account 0i the dis
coyery Ia tue Chicago papers and came on inme-
dlatey. ll0un0 Tue giant In the pit.
FINANCIALLY TRBATED.
Newell had sold three quarters of It for $50 600,
retaining snefourth. Ihe company which pur-
chased tue khree-auarters was composed Of haman.
Westcott, Spencer, Giilett, Higgins ana RANKIN.
Ihey paid $4,000 cash anu gave their notes ior the
bal balance PAYABLE N ninety days. George Ell HUI, drew
the $40 900 out OF the savings bank anu thls excited
their suspicious They then soox Newell to Syracuse
and made Nun take the notes out OF the Dank,
ncy ana sign cOntracs tnat II It was made TO ap-
pear within ninety days that this work OF art
notes should be null ana void. Daring the ninety
days they never proved that It had Deen placed
there 70 deiraud the people. Alter he slgned the
contract Newell ran away, and nave not seen him
since. When the notes did come due the company
refused to pay. because the drait for $4,000 was
made bayaDe to George Hull at the request OF New
ell since they have given tnelr notes or $4,000 to
George Hull, III payment ol all demands Tor the
giant
A. Dpr ordr To I,ou t,,
the giant but has never received anything Saley,
tne sculptor was 10 have received sdoo but he has
not oo been pad: have received e little less than
think the money has done Hull much good.
REVELATIONS
was anywhere near true was published Dy Governor
Cue. editor OF the North West, az Fort Dodge. He
was right about the block OF gypsum, but that was
about IT, but nc did not &c. any where near correct
THE IRoN-BOUND BOX.
The affldavts showing the movements OF the myS-
teriOuS rOn-DOund box from Union as tar as Syra-
cuse on tue Black River Canal, and up INTO the
for The benefit OF the company owning the giant.
They had 10 eet That box Oy Newels Iarm, or tue
humDug would De exploded. The iron-Dound box
had only TO be accounted Tor from Union north to
Syracuse, or from Cardl TO Syracuse, Dlt that box
never contained toDacGo machinery. as has been
stated; u contained the gypsum statue ana stopped
FRAUD AND DIsApPoINrxENT
Omitting Martins tribute to the honesty Of his
charges OF perjury and trlckery which surround the
giant, according 10 his statement in reply to some
questions he sald:-'I knew n could get the Qant
right before the public would have got fortune
out OF 1t. There fortune In II for dozen men,
II it mad been managed rightly. Will humbug tne
American people wtnin two years, and The Cardiff
giant will be wooden nutmeg affair. II Hull hadn's
made 4 ID fool OF himself ! should have mad the
mother OF the giant dug up near the same spoI
after the first discovery. There are people IN Onon
daga to-day who believe that carved block OF gyp-
sum lived and walked where they now I'VE and
Walk. ! intended To have the mother made OF
plaster OF paris, iron and DOne and 10 have ig ap-
pear tnat sne had killed herself wnlle defending
herself against o large serpent"
HIS ACQUAINTANCE WITH HULL
In reply to question, he said his acquaintance
with Hull commenced at baraDOo. Ill.,, where he,
Hui, had been ,obacconlst; but we scarcely feel
at liberty 10 give his history OF his relationship with
Hull beyond what pertains directly TO the gypsum
fraud.
CONCLUSION.
1t VIII be seen that Martin's account Of the Cardiff
swndle IS clrcumstantlal, and we have no douot Of
Its truth. Some details that reject severely upon
parties concerned omitted, else the story would
be tellngly emphasized than 1t is And this IS
what Mr.. Martin informs Is the first full and
rect statement that has been made regard to the
Cardiff Giant.