Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-09-11

the remains consisted or q femur,
fibula, ra-
Salv0 Of Guns Fired dius. claw
After Proof Is Found. and saera
five complete and three incomplete ribs.
several vertebrae fragments Of the
lower jaw, leaden ball weighing lit
tie less than an ounce. There We're also
two screws and a lot of dust in the
casket. Upon the decision that the In
scriptions on the inside afforded salts
factory proof that the remains were, In
truth, those of the discoverer, a salvo
OF twenty-one guns was fired, the mil
itary bands Of the republic played mar
tial airs and the general pealing Of the
bells of the city told the story to the
inhabitants.
During the examination there fell on
the carpet some dust Of the remains.
This was gathered up and put in a glass
vial and sent to Genoa by the Italian
consul, where it now rests. The archi-
tect in charge Of the work Of repairing
the cathedral was Jesus Maria Castrillo.
He gathered up some of the dust and put
a bit Of it In crystal locket, which he
presented to Mrs. Epes Sargent. He
also presented a bit of the dust to q.
w. Stokes of New York, who placed it
In three lockets, one of which he gave
to Castrillo, another of which he pre-
scented to the Lenox Library In New
York, keeping the last one for himself
Later the archbishop got some Of the
dust, part of which he presented to
Pope Leo and divided the remainder be-
tween himself and the University of
Pavia, where Columbus attended school.
It will thus be seen that, if the ashes
at Santo Domingo are those Of the dis
coverer, bits of his
Bits of Remains remains are to be
found in no less
When the examination of the remains
was made the statement Of the facts as
drawn up by the notaries was signed by
all dignitanes present. There was an in
cident, however, which was not mentioned
in this statement. The Spanish consul,
after a moments consultation with the
German consul, made an extemporaneous
statement, in which he said in part: "Sir.
the contents of the tomb just discovered
being the veritable remains Of the first
admiral of the ocean. of which fact no
doubt whatever is admissible. you should
is due either to the preparation Of a
horrible crime of substitution. or else
Of 17e5.'
He added that under these circum-
stances it was the duty of the Santo
Domingo authorities to return them 70
Spain, and that if those remains could
by some miracle speak, they would say,
Consul let us away to our own Spain!"
The Spanish government removed him
for thus recognizing the Authenticity OF
the Santo Domingo caSket.
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After the first examinations of the
casket, it was sealed and locked and
carr e d
Contents Of Casket through the
Are Examined Again. pr ocession
to the church of La Riena de los Angeles.
where 1t was placed pending the COM
pletion Of the cathedral. On the first
anniversary Of the discovery of the re-
mains a second examination Of the con-
tents Of the casket was made. The seals
were examined with magnifying glasses
to mako sure that 1t had been In no way
tempered with since its removal from
the cathedral. At this examination there
was found In the casket under the dust,
a small thin, silver plate with two holes In
II. which exactly At those in the lid OF the
casket and the screws which were found
in the first examination.
On one side of this silver plate was the
inscription "Cristoval Colon" made in
a very crude manner. The writer had
started to write Cristoval with an IN
after the initial &c" but not wishing TO
use another plate or to beat this one
again, seems to have turned on the otner
side and there written the inscrip.ion
which translated means THE Last Part
Of the Remains of First Admiral Crfsto-
val Colon, the Discoverer." It is to be
added that on the leaden case itself were
the letters &C. c. A" which are said
to stand for .Cristoval Colon. Al
mirante."
IT was in the course of this second ex-
animation that the bishop sent two DIS
Of bone and a pinch of dust to rope Leo
and a small quantity to the University
.of Paya. on the second anniversary OF
the discovery Of the remains In the
cathedral. the remodeling of that edihce
having been completed. they were car
ried back and deposited there once more.
From that time forward they nave re-
manned in the cathedral.
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When the news reached Spain that coun-
+rv decided to make an investigation to
determine the