The New York herald., 1877-12-16
THAT COLORADO STONE MAN.

PETRIFAcTIoN A REeULAa BUSINESS -REvELA-
TIoNs OF THE NAN WHO MANUFACTURED
THE CARDIFF GIANT.
IL lately became known that Mr. J. Sala the de.
sgner and maker OF the celebrated Cardiff Giant, was
residing IN this city, and, ~ probable that
he might have something interesting say about the
"slons man" now on exhibition a. the Aquarium, q
HERALD reporter called on him yesterday afternoon
anu entered INTO conversation with him ON the SUBJ
ject OF manufacturing human petriiactious Mr Sala
was very frank and outspoken IN the matter
and displayed photographs Of Inc potriiactons which,
he sald, werc the work OF his own handa He de-
clared tnut no was the maker OF the Cardn Giant,
but refused to give any particulars In regard it.
on the ground that its propretors had behaved In
very liberal manner to INN, and that would DO un-
grateful on his part 10 expose them.
PsEUDo.PETRFACriOya
"But, I" said he, "I'li tell you ali ab0ut the New
Hampshire Giant. made that In Boston about SIX
wears ago. IL was ordered Uy named LIncoin
but he tailed 70 pay mo alter had been working Is
some weeks ltGcn flushed tor Boston man, named
Werten. You can Judge oi Us appearance from the
photograph" The photograph was picture oi .
great statue oi . man reclining the right
side, and very complete in It's detalis but terribly
scanned and eaten away by the weather some o. her
cause Nv loo. IL TO village IN Now Hampshire
buried IT, and pretended 10 discover IT. he said:
but the men with me were Careless ana suspicion
aroused und We were compelled take it Bos-
ton, where we again exhibited ii but Lincoln then
claimed y share OF the profits account o ms knowi-
edge vi tho secret, and so the exhibition cioscd
The last ncard oi the nsure Was that It was IN Now
Orleans some months ago. wnere u was exhibited ~
discovery made near Galveston, Texas.
n lu May, I3i6. Mr.. Saa stated, he was employed by
h. j. Dyer and one Ford, Dotn Americans, engaged IN
the stonecutlng business, 10 maze COLOSSAL human
ngure, whlcn was oy them cxnioiied the po rinsd
body oi FinD- -ma-co0L he says that he made TINS
giant place called the Green Isle, about Ten miles
lrom Belfast aud wo from IN the North
OF Ireland ihis. a. ven as tne New Hampshire one,
was made Of limestone. He IeiL Ireland about May
II. anu Ford anu Dyer never paid him the iuli
VI MS work. fney pretended 70 nave discovered tho
statue near the Giants Causeway, ana made some
money Dy exniDitinv IL rney were taking II 70
London, out suspicion mad been aroused aud they
we're prevented ron exhibiting t BY thc po ice unl
It's genuineuess could oe proven II nov lcs At this
tcrmiaus oil the Liverpool Railroad IN London penux
the action OF the courta
Mr.. Saa then declared lhpt IN nis belief the
man exhDited ~ tho Aquarium was mate IN / ne
Cool pctriiacton. He produced photograph. oi. .tne
latter, when bears striking similarity 10 The
iormcr. He says that he went 10 The Aqua
run the colorado stone man, ana
on close examination concluued that tue
two were made 10 the same way. nvman lsure IS
roughly ch,seled out, wah duo attention 70 In. cor
rect scientific proportions. IL " IN u plunged In q
bath Vi mixed ntric and nluriatc acids FMS seams
snd eats away the surface 30 that no marks OF the
chisci remain, aud the whole has q weather Ucatun
appearance He cannot be sure Ine ma
tcrlai oi This stone man, AS he believes that
the Appearance. he thinks that u 10 probably
oi urownstone Or sandstone. There are two ways
ne says, by which a skeioton could DC introduced
30 to be found Oh saving lhe body. One ; oy
boring with diamond drll, so AS TO inseft tue bones
aud tnen hing ny xith comenL TINS process he
cribcd as very clumsy one. The other Is oy riaclng
a conpletc skeleton IN a mould -of the human ngure
aud then castiDg tnc man around H. In ArtinciA sand
stone by The siicate OF soda This artificial
could not DC recog such except by chemical
ANALYSIS. In conclusion, he reiterated his opin-
ION as an expert that the surface OF the present man
had been subjected 10 me action. OF the ACIDS. tie
THINKS that either Ford or Dyer IL interested tho
sxhbition OF the Colorado stone man, snce they are
DO b IL Amercs and both stonecutteTs. Thcy are the
only people he says possessed of the secret of manu-
facturs, when was b is own invention, and the sDt-
arty OF this ngure 10 tho "Finnns-Coo strengthens
susD