The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1902-10-30
Skcptics grew more numerous as tho
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lSkcptics grew more numerous as ii
facts developed.
1t was nsccrtaincd tha Farm,
Newell, who was in charge Of the G.
hibition, had rcmittcd several tho
sand dollars to II man named HUI
at some place in the west, the rcsu
of admission fees to the booth COZ
tanning the figure, and it was re;
Soned that us Newell had never bee
III condition to owe any one such a
amount OF money, and had receive
nothing i'll return for it, his corrcs
pondcnt most likely had somcthin
| 10 40 with the giant, and these sus
plclons were soon confirmed. Th
| nrlghboring farmers noted Il tai
lani person who frequently visitc,
the place OF exhibition, and wil,
seemed to exercise Il complete con
troll of Farmer Newell, and soon i
was learned that this stranger wa:
George Hull, u brothcr-in-law oY
Newell, to whom the latter had mad,
the large remittance of money. On,
day two or three farmers from Il dis
tancc, visiting tho place for the first
'imc, und seeing Hull, said: "Why
mat is the man who brought the big
boN down tho valley" On being asked
what they meant, they replied that
one evening while they were in a
tavern on the valley turnpike, several
miles above Cardiff, they had noticed
under The tavern shed u wagon bear
ing an enormous box, and when they
met llull Ill the bar room and asked
about it, he said it was some tobacco
cutting machinery he was taking to
Syracuse. Similar statements were
made by other farmers, who had seen
the box and talked with Hull at DIFF
fcrcnt places on the road between
Binghamton and Cardiff. 1t was then
asccrtaincd that no such box had
passed the toll-gatcs between Car.il
and Syracuse, and proofs Of tho
swindlc began to mature.
This SkcpticiSm was not well re-
c4ivcd. Vested interests had accrued: !:
a. considerable number of people had
taken stock IN the enterprise, and
anything which discrcditcd the giant
WAS unwclcomc TO them. 1t was not
1T all that they wished to counte-
nance an impoSturc, but it had be-
come so cntwincd with Lhcir beliefs
and interests that at last they came
10 abhor any doubts regarding the
statue. Before long the matter as
Sumcd comica! phase, and the great
l'arnum attempted to purchase the
giant, but when this was refused he
had II copy made resembling the
original very closely, and exhibited
it. rs the Cardiff Giant, which did
much to discrcdit the great discovery
and cause public interest to decline.
The catastrophe was approaching
rapidly, and facts came in quick sue
rcSai"n that staggered the faith Of
the people around Cardiif.
Aildavits from men of high char
actcr in Iowa and Illinois established
the fact that the figure was made at
Fort Dodge, Iowa, from II great block
OF gypsum found there; that this
block was transported TO the nearest
railroad station, about forty-iivc
miles distant; that on the way the
wagon broke down, and rs no other
could hc found strong enough to bear
the whole weight, Il portion OF the
block was cut or, and thus dimin-
ishcd it was taken to Chicago, where
Il German stone-carvcr gave it final
shape. AS il had been shortened, he
was obliged to draw up the lower
limbs, giving it contracted and
appearance; Uhc undcrsidc
of the figure was gronvcd and chan
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