The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-10-27

SIR: Being a nan resident " New
York. md having lut recently returned. |
would like to state some facts which. am told
by friends NJ ght now with safety commune
cate. II you think thew are Of sufficient i'm
Iortance they ar at yours
During the months previous 20 and suisse
oueut to Gen. Ncwtons successful explosion u
the distractions Of He'll Grte you may remcm-
Dor II occupied the attention Of almost all. and
his triumphant success was A.ghly euiosized
Atthat time Temporarily boarded with a friend
who kept boarders IN one OF the lower wards Of
the city. Boarding with him at that time also
was Il stone mason who was Employed ne ono
OF the hands In the erection ~ one OF the piers
OF the Brooklyn Bridge. lie evidently was pos
ecssed of cons iderah.e intelligence and talked
freely Of the various kinds Of Powerful ex-
p.osiyes. Electricity was another theme he
used TO dwell upon. In fact. he showed sur
prising familiarity with these and kindred sub
,ecis for q hard-workns mason. In reference
TO Gen. Newton's triumph he remarked and
thought rather exultinrlyl that tho man WHO
would blow VI the Brooklyn Bridge would leave
q greater name with po-t,rlty than Newton.
From th-or!2ng jocuarly he dwet On the pra'-
tcabi.ity Of destroying this immense pier then
in the course OF erection by srcrctcl dynamite
pad niuo-glyrerine while the structure WIS
nections extending to the outer walls. Az he
talked he seemed 10 treat the subject as IL II had
ullttli Nlt HIS llNA~Nls, WIND WIS IN
terested only So far as the wonder OF the i'm
menSs destructive force was Concerned. sud
denly rs Il recullectng himself ,as IL he had
he hnd before him. " ANY one entertaining such
on ide9 would be- wretch inJced,
And un inrarnatC iicnll' added.
A few days GfterwUrd nay friend. the Ian llNrf
dr.w measdr and said he believed John Parker
stonecutier was knownl seemed To- ha getting
insane. He says ne has lost some private
papers and diagrams rrut.ng 10 the fridge
! - q
mixes your name NJ with IN IN. ana swears he
Will be revengel on some one II hey nro ~;
forthroming. Now. my friend continued II
you do know OF such papers Tor Gods sake
would adyis you to have them returned wth-
OF course was amazed. | remembered Of
hlshavlnG shown M Hcarr.ul'y pgrpared draw
STRUCTURE outward. bur hal never seen il since
ne hour We We're conv"rs'n on the subject.
49, SAM sn-i. thnt irirhi ot ms.
that e{71lderman who used 10 call ~ frequently
And he does he suspects him also" said
NJ mrs, Impress lon waste call upon Mr.. Z ster-
son and n once disabuse hiiu. so fAr - | MS
concerned. Of all suspicion against mvsu!f. bat
Il 50 happened was under he nrce-slt y ~ sail
ing that very day for EirOue. from whence |
have but recently returned. 49,.
In regard To Parker. understand he hns
Since died having been found drowned in the
East RIVER. Since my return | have in vain
steyedore
Now. sir comes the mos, singular part of my
story. Since my return % port. IN unrol'ing
one ~ my sea charts discovered this Identical
diagram which TINS man Parker made such =
stir about. II il NOV come % examine IL
more carefully a curious amt FATHER elaborate
drawing. and shows a 4 cal 81 labor with lis in
tricate qualifications II wires extending from
the centre OF tie STRUCTURE upward. II Is very
precise In metrs and bounds. Now. whether
This diagram j. in fact 'ouucctr with any secret
dinbolical precoueerted idcu 20 Destruction t. Of
course. know not. Tie constructors are able 20
10 20 forward without tne,r uLsrrvntion'
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