The New York herald., 1877-12-08
A PETR1F1ED Man.
THE COLORADO PREHIsToRIc woNDxR ON xx-
HlBITIoN-wHAT THE DrscovERER Says

THE COLORADO PREHISTORIC WONDER ON Ex.
HBITIoN-wHAT THE DrscovERER Says
VIEWS OF scEpr1cs AND PHILOSOPHERS.
Ono OF the largest gatherings Of scientific gentlemen
OF late convened In this city was to be found In ono
OF the private rooms OF the New York Aquarium, at
Broadway and Thrsy-nf street, Yesterday the as
semby met according 10 invitation, for the purpose
OF viewing what was claimcd to be the petrhed body
OF human boiag, found in Colorado-Pke's Peak re-
gion-by W. A. Conant, about three months since.
Among those who visited the curiosity during the day
were Professors Ogden and Charles A. Doremus,
Hamilton, ciymcr. Bumstead, Post Mott and smith
and scores OF others eminent and medicine.
among whom may bo named Drs- s. L. Noses For
dyce Barker, Ramsey, Mason, Owen, Horny, Dexter,
Foster. Quackenbos, Judson. Campbell Rannoy. Bull
and sunde. throng Of gentlemen constantly sur
rounded tue pertacon or statue or whatever else u
may provo to be, ana these skilled In anatomy
ferent Sportlons with pocSet measures scanned tho
skull toes, legs and torso with powerful microscopic
glasses aud could but little except such per-
picking terms as ssmotacarpal bones ..phalangss'
"dexor muscles" patela, '"malleolar" and the won
dsrlul 'os coccyx"
THE WONDERFUL SHAPE.
Tho exhibit Was found upon low couch placed IN
tho centre of the room. Its formation Is succession
OF layers OF rings conforming with the contour oil tho
human body. Those who have q chemical examt-
nhton that 1t Is composed Of carbonate Of lime,
silcatc OF lime and irou tho ouIer service having
c0rrodcd appearance, ana amphorOus formation TO
tho depth oil about one inch Is stated that IN order
10 icst the composition Of tho INTERIOR Professor K
Taylor OF Bridgeport bored hole into the head below
the left three inches deep, and found cube
crystals which wore yesterday exhibited. Tho color
OF these crystals was found 10 be shaded from The
buG gray oi the outside gradually TO tho blue Of tho
inside comparing precisely with the chips taken from
tho chest o. the pctracton Tho lxare s seven ana
features are Of o decided Indian type, hugh check
bones, low retreating forehead and an enormous
postertor Uranium. Inc right arm is BENT the hand
lying the breast. The bones between the wrist and
nngers and tho finger bones, with their processes arc
said 10 be 10 yhe loft arm rests ON the
left eg. which drawn up, and cxor muscle bears
u The great toes the foot have the appear
ance OF thumbs and are not unlike the toes OF gorilla
But that which excites tho greatest curiosity among
scientific the vertebra which Is EXTENDED about
two inches aud half, displaying wel defined tall
By the shrinkage OF the muscles for In that II
would nave Hat, arrowshapcd form. II Is about nve
inches long, round, about ono inch In diameter and
with Conical termination.
IN WHAT rnE DIscoyERxR SAYS
w. A. Conant, tho Colorado aniiqn who claims
TO have discovered tins wonder toid tho reporter ha
his object bringing to New York was 10 give the
scientific men here chanco 10 pronounce upon II.
On the 18Th OF September last, while searching for
geological specimens different parts OF the Slae,
nis attention attracted by curiousiy formed
stone winch protruded from the ground; It resembied
u human loot. Having cut one OF the roots Of ccdar
tree, which grew near by and which Mad twincd IL
self between the arm and body OF the ngurc, he ex
humcd what Is now pronounced to DO the petrltcd
form OF human being He had to obtain
before he could thoroughly exhumc H. SO that
could be transported 10 Pueblo Professors Taylor
Paige pronounce that the figure tnat formed This
mould once living, human organism. There Is
aso sworn testimony OF the persons who assisted MIN
in exhaming and removing the petrihed body. In re-
gard to himself Atr. Conant said:"l am willing that
my shall be examined. am sixty-one years
old; learned Tho hatters trace IN this city in 1884
For twenty-five years was In tho mercantile business
here, until 1856, when moved TO Huntington, suffolk
county, Long Island. resided six,een years there
anu represented that district for term IN tho STATE
Legislature. can refer 10 such gentlemen as Hon.
Roscoe ConKling Hon. Charles A. Dana Hon. Stewart
l. Woodord, Rev. DR.. Cnapin and otners.'