Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1874-12-24
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Several months ago, a dist inguished
gentleman, in great American city,
received the following communication
from prominent solicitor in London:
''No. OLD Broad STREET
"Loudon, Sept. =, 1873.
g" -, Esq.-Dear Sir A
short time since, an Italian, who was
the confidential clerk of one of my mos,
esteemed clients-Signor Suzzini, of
the house of Suzzini, Isola & Co, of
London, Naples and France died
suddenly. leaving in writing the state %
ment which accompanies this letter.
What TRANSFERRED at ST. Georges Hall,
in November, 1866, concerning a sub
ject of the most abs orbing interest to
those present, has been kept aprofound
secret, under a solemn pledge, but
owing to the stranger circumstances of
the case, and the almost certain death
of remarkable strange, supposed to
be an American, whose reappearnce
has been awaited, with the most intense
anxiety, for years by those informed on
the subject, Signor Suzzini has COZ
sidereJ himself so far absolved from his
! obligation as to convey to some trust
worthy barrister in your city the in
formation herein contained.
can communications received from
you will be kept strictly secret; but in
any event, if you succeed in Discovers
ing the bank, impress upon the mana
gers the supreme ilnpostance of care
fully preserving, at all hazards, the
documents committed to their charge.
| have the honor to remain, etc,
"GEoHGE MATHIoT MARSHALL
The following is the statement of
the Italian clerk: in November, 1866,
very important congregation came
together in St. Georges Hall. Strange
things were seen. was there Much
money was to be gained. A young
man, Yankee, had a secret in bis
pocket. 1t was wire worth millions
He left the hall. 1t was dark night
- fog and smoke thick and black. l
followed him. Down Regent street,
umder the gas lamps. he went on foot.
| followed him. Across the Haymal-
ket, across Leicester Square, at eleven
o'clock, and through dark and mar
row alley toward St Martins Lane. I
could have done it there, but others
| came by and shrunk back into the
gloom. Through St. Martins Lane to
the Strand, down the Strand to the
turning of Waterloo Bridge, Still l
| followed him. Isaw he was going to
| cross the bridge on foot. / crossed the
street and got ahead of him, and in the
middle OF the bridge hid myself be-
hind the parapct. b. and By my
shadow followed him, slowly walking,
his hands behind him, and his eyes bent
upon the ground When near me he
paused, and looked toward st. Paul's
Whose huge bulk doomed up still higher
| as the moonlight tried to struggle
through the fog. ] was near enough to
hear him. He said: %, mighty monu
ment, the pride and glory of an empire
thy renown is gone forever All see
! around me, though the work Of centuries
| is but the amusement of a chilli, the
| labor of a day. How powerful am |!
here I stole up behind him, without
noise-'in future ages my name shall
be - my stiletto tell between his
shoulders, and he dropped like lamb.
HIS pockets yielded up coil of wire
and bundle of papers, and his body
went over into the river All! ] knew
how to do it. had done it often be-
fore at Ferrara, on the Pc.
! "The secret was mine. was fran.
tic with excitement. I hurried home
to my apartments, double locked the
door, turned up the lamp and examined
my prize. 1t was the wire = the identi-
cal wire which had swung a cannon in
the air, not two hours before. | was
impatient to test its powers. seized
an iron poker from the hearth, wrapped
the wire around it, poised it aloft, let
go, and it fell Gathering to the floor -
Again / tried, anu again it fell. Ttried
different articles. / wound the wire
in every imaginable shape, and still the
same result Morning fonnd me
haggard and exhausted with my labor
| unsuccessful. Business at the Office
prevented further attempts until eve
ming. / worked fruitlessly until mid-
night, when suddenly ! thought of tn
papers l had also seixed. Fesl that l.