New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-10-04

CURIOUS DISCOVERY IN COLORADO-A MAN OF
STONE sEvEN-AND-A-HALF FEET HIGH-P. I. BAR
MUM on uAND-$2O, 900 OFFERED FOR TIE
"PETRIFIED MAN"
Iron AN OCCASIONAL CORRESPONDENT OF THE TRIBUNE
COLORADO SPRINGS Sept 24.-C0lOradO Is a
land OF wonders. Recently discovery made which
has startled all its people. II nothing less than
the finding of petriiedsomc say prehistoric man; and
the news was sent end end Of the state that the
perfed remains of one Of the Mound Builders had been
found The dscoverer Of this curiosity Wa Conant, was
for twentytwO years merchant in the city OF
and then lived for sixteen years on Long Island He
represented the County Of Suffolk in the State Legisa
ture for term. He came TO Colorado IN ISL, and
for the last four years has been living in Colorado
Springs He went 10 Pueblo on the 18th on business and
on the following day, Sunday, drove ont some twenty
miles TO place where he lad often found petrfed fish,
sea-turtles sepents and fruit. He has fondness for
collecting curious stones and petrfcatOns. While he
and his son resting under the shade OF tree taking
their luuch Mr. Conant something protrudDg from
the ground which looked like mans toes, and after he
had called his sons attention to they both began dig
around il, and maze the discovery. Their united
strength not being sufficient IT, they returned
to Pueblo and obtained the teams and necessary assist
ance and brought object TO Pueblo, where IL
exhibition for two days. Afterwards il was brought
here where has been free exhibition for three days
Tomorrow il will be sent 10 Denver The excitement
here been intense. over 200 people have visited It,
coming IN from all parts OF The country When founi,
n was lying III reclining pOSluon-thc leH knee Deins
slightly drawn up, with the left arm resting on IT, while
the right hand was la across lhe lrit breast l lehth
i ieei 0i2 Iuches ls arms Ieci Iohs anu te Iihu -
i inches from the wusbone 10 the end or the longest
finger. one foot has been broken below the toes The
other foot IS quite perfect ana is 10 inches long me toes
somewhat at,cued out Tue features OF the face re-
senbe those Of Indian Tie forehead ecede from the
eyebrows and the back Of the head j. quite large
Inc 5eeyer ~ Darwin are g9 zen { 9ecapse OF 5he
key, and the extension OF me lower ehd OF the backbone
hes Ond the body Tor some four inches. which makes II
look like tail Whether il j. monkey man Is the
question thai j. aSlalihg the minus OF some peOYle.
tins the link. " that missing Ink That Darwin
lJug has sought and moulned because he found not =
But the doctors agree in saving that the tail formed
b. the shrinking OF the flesh the end Of the backbone
before the process of pctractiOn had begun. Various
opinions nave Dee entertainer III tsaTu 10 tna cuiIOa-
ity. Some think il q Uetrhcd humbug; that plan was
cOncOccd 20 bury piece OF statuary; then eGhume
and call peIiNcd man. II happened that when this
object was found that l.. T. Barnum WAS in Denver,
humbugged The public aud also that the American
people deceived some years ago by The "Cardih
porpetrato fraud upon the nnsuspectIug public. This
theory not held by many ~ people have TOO much con
would help 10 practice sGch deception. Then again
the statue, if II be such, gives evidence OF having been
think il was made ny the Indians centuries ago This
belief ia strengthened because the discovery made
discovered The majority Of medical men have de
cared To be genuine TINS Is the opinion OF the proni-
ply scans Of Pueblo Here the doctors divided:
human petrifsetion In getting il ont OF the ground
Mr.. COnaut used large stick lever and broke the
man across the breast he the stone the color Of
slate Tor 3l inches and then II grows darker and that I'm
spots it is Of creamy White color People do not think
it pre- dame prehistoric. because the features
clearly defined as those OF an Indian Of gigantic form
Whatever &c may be, statue or petractiOn, IL is
most certainly great curiosity box mas been made
for it (the weight altogether being $50 lbsl, and
viii soon DC on exhibition the East. Dir Conant in
formed that lac had AN offer from Mr. BaInum (whO
lectured here last Saturday nighU OF 500 for the
object lust ms it, and 90 S25 900 II on examination by
inent geologst it should prove 10 be human pcirfac
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