Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1874-10-16

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sidered this subject as / have done, you
will stand overpowercd with the magni-
tude of the results that are to follow.
Think of its effects upon means of trans
portation. When there is no weight to
carry, may not even the air be nav
igated ?"
"Do you object to informing us how
you happened to discover this mighty
and mysterious secret of nature?"
"Mysteriousl Why, it is so simple
that any child can understand it, /
stumbled upon it. Since have discov-
cred it, wonder that il is not found out
a thousand times every day. But, gen
tlemen, are you aware that | doubt
whether | am really a pioneer in this
field? There are books, written thou
sands of years ago, which read when a
boy, that have led me to believe that this
is one of the lost arts, though it was
known perhaps only to favored few. /
feel sure-very sure-that the simple law
by which the attraction of gravitation is
suspended was known in ancient Peru,
Arabia and perhaps in Egypt also, and
went down into oblivion with other lost
arts, in some general catastrophe. The
same law 1 rediscovered while working
in silver-mine, 1000 feet under ground,
and my knowledge am ready to commu-
nicate, under the conditions that l have
named"
=" But should you die in the meantime,
would not your discovery be again lost,
and the world be deprived of its bene-
fitsg"
"Oh, not at ALL have taken care of
that. Whether live or die or what
ever may happen to me within ten years
from the present time the world will be
fully informed upon this subject"
After some further consultation Sc
lect 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 a distinguished
gentleman, resident of great Ameri-
can city, received the following commu-
nication from a prominent solicitor in
London:
No. -, OLD BROAD STREET,
LONDON, Sept. -, 1873.
--, Esq.-Dedr 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 Isola 6 CO., of London, Naples,
and France-died suddenly, leaving in writing
the statement which accompanies this letter.
What transpired at st. Georges Hall in NOvem-
ber, 1866, concerning subject of the most alb
sorbing 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-
appearance has been awaited with the most in
tense anxiety for years by those informed on the
subject, Signor Suzzini has considered himself so
far absolved from his obligation as to convey to
some trustworthy barrister in your city the in
formation herein contained
All communications received from you will be
coed in discovering the bank, impress upon the
managers the supreme importance Of carefully
preserving at all hazards, the documents com
mitted to their charge
have the honor to remain, ETC.,
GEORGE MATHIoT MARSHALL
The following is the statement of the
Italian clerk:
"In November, 1866, very impor-
tant congregation came together in st.
Georges Hall. Strange things were
seen. l was there. Much money was
to be gained. A young mana Yankee
had secret in his pocket. 1t was
"a wire worth millions. He left the hall.
Recent sreet dk uRagSf Raght7de9gg 7de ana f@Of f
went on foot. l followed him. Across
the Haymarket, across Leicester square
it was eleven o'clock-and through
dark and narrow alley toward St. Mar
tins lane. | could have done it there,
but others came by, and l shrank back
into the gloom. Through st. Martins
lane to the Strand, down the Strand to
the turning to Waterloo bridge, still l
followed him. ] saw he was going to
cross the bridge on foot. l crossed the
street and got ahead of him, and in the
middle of the bridge l 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 to me he paused and looked
toward st. Paul's, whose huge bulk
loomed up still huger as the moonlight
tried to struggle through the fog. l
was near enough to hear him. He said ;
'Oh, mighty monument, the pride and
glory of an empire, thy renown is gone
| forever. All see around me, though
the work of centuries, is but the amuse-
ment of a child, the labor of a day. How
powerful am II-here / stole up behind
! him without noise in future ages my
name shall be-'-my stiletto fell be
tween his shoulders, and he dropped
like lamb. His pockets yielded W
a coil of wire and bundle OF papers
and his body went over into the river
Ali / knew how to do 1t. | had done 1
often before at Ferrara, on the Pc.
"The secret was mine. / was frantic
with excitement I hurried home to M,
apartments, double-locked the door
turned up the lamp and examined m.
prize. 1t was the wire-the ldentlca
wire-which had swung a cannon in tn
-, ,,oI txrr hOnrc hafOrn was inlnA
tient to test its powers. ! seized an irol
poker from the hearth, wrapped the wir
around it, poised it aloft, let go, and
fell clattering upon the floor. Again
, tried, and again it fell. tried ditferen
| articles. / wound the wire in ever
imaginable shape, and still with the sam
result. Morning found me haggard an
/ exhausted with my labor, and unsucces
full. Business at the office preRented ful
t ther attempts until evening. | worke
: fruitlessly until midnight, when suddel
/ ly | thought of the papers | had ais
= seized. Fool that / was, not to hav
J. thought of them before. They undoub
{ edly contained an explanation of the s
}. oret. tore thom open with eager finger
: All were blank, except one, and 1t co
|, tanned the following: Knowing the u
certainty of life and the dangers OF trav'
r have on this day July 9TH, 1860 place
e in the vaults OF reliable bankin
i. house in the city of - seal'
t. packet containing the details and e,
'e planation of the means by which u
o laws of gravitation are rendered inc
~ erative. In case of my death or failu
to return the officers of said bank ha
in explicit instructions to open said pack
h. on May /, 1876, and spread the fatc
TO therein contained to the world. !
n. knowledge is at present confined to N
m self, but will not long continue so, al
ct shall soon proceed to Europe to imp
Nv nv information to the most renown
rye scientific men in the world. My OF