The herald., 1895-10-06
high and have presented an appearance

high and have presented an appearance
which was terrifying beyond measure.
On Friuay last l succeeded in interest
ing DR.. William J. O'Sullivan, the med
ico-legal expert, in the death of the devil
and the discovery of its remains, and in
inducing HIM to visit the Miller cooper
age and inspect the bones.
| DR.. O'Sullivan was at once pleased and
astonisbed. He examined the bones with
great care, then he said: Here is some-
thing which, while it has been manufac-
tured with an art which the Japanese
only possess, will excite great interest
among the arcbaeologists in this country.
The map itsel! is simply marvel OF that
rare work which the japanese execute
and in which they are unexcelled.
There are some human bones here,
some which belong to the equine and
bovine families and some which l think
have been those of birds and fishes, The
head is the crudest piece of workmanship
in the whole thing.
We are ready to laugh at the Japanese
or at any one else, for having believed
in devil whose image they could create,
OF to laugh at any one else who upon
discovering anything like this was ready
to believe that it represented the remains
OF demon, or of some creature which
inhabited the mountains OF Japan in the
| old days"
| Then the professor laughed. "And
yet he said, there they have some evil
| dence OF the devil, and [ believe that
great manv among us talk of and fear the
devil OF which We have no evidence
| whatever.
1T is impossible to speak precisely of
these homes, which are in measure, dis
| gulsed by the art OF the person who
| placed them in their present form. At
| glance should say that the ribs and
| vertebrae were those of some animal of
the bovine species. The sternum, for in
StnnCa q hat & IF 10
| grazing tribe.
u his foot, with three toes, is appa-
rently that of some bird. like the ostrich.
You can see that where the manufacturer
has found 1t necessary to elongate
bone ne has covered the placs with a
skin, which now presents a dried ap.
peaance, but which IS still sufficien to
hide the patch. The skin resemb bles that
OF some member of the shark family.
The mouth is plainly artificial. II ere,
for instance. there are twentye eight teeth.
Some OF them, should say, are those of
horses of a certain age. or at least of
some me m Der of the equine species.
"A Altogether it is a most interesting
relic of the demonology of Japan, and
dem onology. you know. is Older than
theology. Ages ago, when ones father
or mother was struck by lightning, it
was the custom. in case of another storm,
to make sacrifice to propitiate the par
ticular demon which had dealt out death
on the previous occasion. AS these de-
mons we're not visible superstitious
race often made them to order"
Perhaps tue best evidence of the re-
markable nature of these remains of his
Satanic Majesty is the absence of any
attempt to turn them to com mercial ad-
vantage. Miller d Sons know no more |
about them than che captain who brought |
them to this country.
Upon hearing DR.. o Sdllivan's views,
Mr.. Miller and mis- sons Immediately rec
ognized the fact that instead of having
In their charge the skeleton of some re-
Dnarkable creature nine feet in height
which had lived and roamed in the
mountains OF Japan, they simply have a
sample of japanese art, created many
years ago, and buried, no doubt, with
view to astonishing subsequent genera
tions'
The map or chart which was found
with the bones in The Tomb of the De-
vii" is most remarkable piece of work.
manship.
Divided into sections, according to the
instructions which are printed with the
presents a series of allegories
worthy OF the extraordinary ingenuity of
the Japanese. to whom, as to the men
who built the pyramids, time was no
object.
In each section there is presented in
infinite detail the scenes which were de-
scribed in few terse sentences by the
author of the whole-ths hell and heaven
and human life which the imaginations
and experiences of the age dictated
This map or chart is in a state of ex-
,elent preservation, and is of great value.
It represents the circle and axle referred
20 with the scenes SPOKEN of. which ap-
pear upon a scroll. This scroll is held
~ figure representing the devil whose
zones, according to the legend, rested in
he tomb.
Above the scroll appears the terrible
read which one recognizes In the skull
ttached to the skeleton. This is in
,olors, strangely intermingled after the
Japanese fashion. At the sides OF the
croll appear the claws. or. toes. of the
lemon, as if he held it in his arms. and
t hid all his terrible personality except
lis head. his hands and his awful feet.
The whole is embellished by Japanese
Inscriptions of date that is not known,
md which the possessors of the DEVILS
emains have not yet been able to have
Interpreted.
alton of the monster, which one would
conjure up after glance at the
nonster skeleton which now lies in the
Water street cooperage. Altogether, it
was truly a devilish devil which the old
'Jnps" constructed and which they have
10 strangely described.
When I visited the cooperage Friday
here was curious crowd at the door,
ready, apparently, to call in the police
and accuse the Millers of having remains
Of the most astonishing order exhuIned
On their premises.
DR.. O'Sullivan was busy with the Lor-
eta Hannigan Case when invited him
to inspect the bones of the only original
devil. He expressed the opinion that the
cooperage would be Mecca for arch
aeoloeists within weex.-New York
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