The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1874-11-12
lost, and the world be deprived of its

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ooh, not at all. I have taken care
Of that. Whether I live Or die, OF
whatever may happen to me, within ten
years from the present time the world
will be fully informed upon the sub
ject."
After some further consultation, a
select committee was appointed, to meet
In three days, to fully investigate the
secret, and take some action upon the
proposition of the stranger, who, after
reminding all present of their promise
| of secrecy, departed-and was never
seen again.
Several months ago, distinguished
gentleman, resident of a great Ameri-
can city, received the following commu-
nication from a prominent solicitor in
London
No. o.-O OLD BROAD STREET,
tLOndon, Sept. - 1878.
| -. EsQ.-DEAR SIR:-A short time since
| an Italian, who was the confidential clerk OF
| one of my much esteemed clients-Signor
| Suzzini, Of the house of SuZzini, IsOia Il Co.,
| of London, Naples and France-died sudden
| ly, leaving IN writing the statement which &C
| companies this letter. What transpired at st.
/ Georges Hall, in November, 1866 concerning
| a subject of the most absorbing interest to
| those present, has been kept a profound
secret, under solemn pledge. but owing to
| the strange circumstances of the case and
the almost certain death of the remarkable
| stranger, supposed to be an American, whose
| re- re-appearrance has been avail cd with the
| most intense anxiety for years, by those in
/ formed on the subject, Signor Suzzini has con-
| sidered himself so far absolved from his obi
| cation as to convey to some trustworthy baris-
| ter IN yo1r city the information herein con-
| tanned.
All communications received from you will
| be kept strictly secret; but, in any event, il
| you succeed in discovering the bank, impress
carefully preserving, at all hazards, the dOcu-
ments committe ed to their charge.
| have the honor to remain. etc.
| GEORGE MATHIOT MARSHALL.
The following is the statement of the
italian clerk:
"In November, 1866, a very impor-
tant congregation came together at ST.
| Georges Hall. Strange things were
seen. was there. Much money was
to be gained. A young mana Yankee
had a secret in his pocket. It was q
wire worth millions. He left the hall.
! It was a dark night-fog and smoke,
| thick and black. 1 followed him. Down
! Regent street, under the gas-Iamps, he
went on foot. followed him. Across
! the Haymarket, across Leicester Square
it was II o'clock-and through a dark
and narrow alley toward st. Martins
| Lane. I could have done it there, but
others came by, and I skunk back into
the gloom. Through St. Martini Lane
to the Strand, down the Strand to the
/ turning to Waterloo bridge, still fol-
/ lowed him. I saw he was going to cross
/ the bridge on foot. 1 crossed the street
and got ahead of him, and, in the mid
| die of the bridge, I hid myself behind
the parapet. BY and by my man came
| along, slowly walking, his hands behind
him, and his eyes bent upon the ground.
| When near me he paused, and looked
| loomed up still huger as the moonlight
tried to struggle through the fog. I
was near enough to hear him. He said:
90, mighty monument, the pride and
! glory of an empire, thy renoWn is gone
forever. All L see around me, though
! the work of centuries, is but the amuse-
ment of a child, the labor of a day.
! How powerful am I Ii'-here I stole up
! behind him, without noise in future
ages my name shall be- My stiletto
fell between his shoulders, and he drop
ped like lamb. His pockets yielded
up a coil of wire and a bundle of
papers, and his body went over into the
river. All ] knew how to do If. had
! done it often before at Ferrara, on
the Po.
"The secret was mine. was frantic
with excitement. l hurried home to
my apartments, double-locked the door,
turned up the lamp, and examined my
| prize. 1t was the wire-the identical
| wire-which mad swung a cannon in the
| air, not two hours before. 1 was impa-
/ tient to test its powers. I seized an
iron poker from the hearth, wrapped
/ the wire around it, poised it alOft, let
! go, and it fell clattering upon the floor.
Again tried, and again it fell. l tried
different articles. I wound the wire IN
every imaginable shape, and still the
same result. Morning found me hag-
gard and exhausted with my labor and
unsuccessful. Business at the office
prevented further attempts until even
ing. 1 worked fruitlessly until mid
night, when suddenly [ thought of the
papers I had also seized. Fool that I
was, not to have thought of them be-
fore. They undoubtedly contained an
| explanation of the secret. I tore them
open with eager fingers. All were
blank, except one, and it contained the
following: Knowing the uncertainty
of life and the dangers of travel, have
on this day (July 7th, 1860 placed in
the vaults of q reliable banking -honse
in the city of - a sealed packet con-
tanning the details and explanation of
the means by which the laws of grav-
itation are rendered imperative. In
case of my death or failure to return,
the officers of said bank have explicit
instructions to open said packet, on
| May Ist, 1876, and spread the facts
therein contained TO the world. My
knowledge is at present confined to
| myself, but will not long continue so,
as shall soon proceed to Europe, to
impart my information to the most re-
nowned scientific men in the world.
My only object in making the bank a
depositarY, is to provide against accl-
dent, and secure ts the world, beyond
all peradventure, the benefits of this
mighty secret.
There was no name nor signature.
After this, labored for months IN vain
to discover the secret workings of the
wire until at last it occurred to me
that the stranger had said at st. Georges
Hall that the wire itself had no power,
but was only the means of communicat-
ing a power. Infuriated to the last de-
gree. / threw the coil which had cost
me so much misery, anxiety, and sus-
peDse, into the Thames, one night,
where it could tell no tales. When
am dead, the company who assembled
at st. Georges Hall on that eventful
night may be requested to cease theiI
painful wonderings at the failure OF the
mysterious stranger to return. He viii
never come back, gentlemen. The
Thames received his body nearly eight
years ago"
This finishes the case at present
But in what banking house is the inval
liable packet of papers deposited, who
was the man, and, IN May, 1876, viii
the ancient but lost secret of suspend
ing the law of gravitatiOn become again
known to the world
AvFuI Experienee in a Nevada Mine
In the Lady Washington mine, neal
Virginia City, a blast was arranged anc
the fuse lighted. Two miners gos int
the bucket to be hoisted two hundred
feet mp the shaft, the fuse being Ions
enough to give ample time under ordi
nary circumstances. In this instance
however. the ascent was delayed by