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Show A CLUMSY FRAUD. The Alleged PttrMed Han a Forlland Cement Fake. Till: 11USIMSS lM'OSIII. Slrrg Idiom of llio llirnfr. ITluro Hid llio Holy tome 1 rom 2 A reprcaenttllvo of tho Ni we aftcnl n comlderablo part of ycetcrday lu Imiulrlni: Into the pjrllculuM con. nected with tho reported dltcjvory of the alleged petrlfleJ man which woa un urthed at No. SOS jutb,Bvontli Weat atieet by a couple ofplaileruM iiauiml Diulcl Davie and llUlne Hill, on Monday lut. Un vltlllng Iho placn nhrrothalDdy wai exhumod nKontle. man realJIng In tho locality, when tmcttlonod lu retard ti It, anlJ to tho rriottiri "If 5'uii are down hire wllh tbo Intention of lnvettlng money In iho find, Juit takemr advice and do nothing of tho kin I." "I am not here for that purpoae," teplled the newi,apor man, "but what do you mean?" "Why, I mean Juit what I aay when I tell you lhat llio body wai thlpiwd hero and burled and then dug up. It cime from California. I don't want to get anybody Into trouble, but I don't want to truoiiyone throw money away either. The body w found on Monday, Mon-day, but I atw men digging them on I'tblaynnd on HalurUay, and I know what they were doing, too." "If you poiana all ILIa Information why ilon l you expono tho guilty pertlet?" "Detauie they have not violated the law yet, when Ibey commence to exhibit ex-hibit tho body It will bo time enough for mo to act and I will do It, too." 1MB IWUV KXAMINFll. About noon yea erdty tho writer, at-roinpanled at-roinpanled by Dr. rnlmage, went to lo. 311 eoulb, Hroud Wcit atreel, wlu re theiptoimen woe on exhibition In a room outbeeecoud Hour of the building. I'erinlitlon, alter cuntlJtr. able hesitation, wai given to examine tbo body. Actuate 1 by curloelty, the reporter Inirrtrd bit puckillknllo lu a crevice under the aruipli and tuntuN ed lu draalng out a vooda tod Itcoof rublier. lie wai careiul to any iiothluif abjutlhla at the time, prererrlug that the dlaeovery ol fraud ahould be u-uouoced u-uouoced by aomeone whoae knowlcdgo of eclentlllo matlon con I J not be uuealloned. Dr. Iilmago laliedto i prrmlttid tomakun lifting Into the bod). At tint thla prlvllno wai obectil to by Mr.Hllli. Hut finally he couaeiitcd at th ) aullrltatlon of Dr. illlmau who aald that ho wai llimnolully liileieited In tbo bsdy. lour o'clock, lut evonlug waa let for tnirlug a hole In Ihu body and at thtt time Dr. Talnngv, the Ntwa rrpoiter and a ikllful invchaulr, who wai to uaethotooli, i(;iln apre.red oil tbo loene ready for w rk. The, however, weie rompt y III eiupttd by Mr. DavIi who ail I lieojuld not under any condU Ilon allow the examination toprocted. lie raid In Juttlllcallon of hit denial that drilling a hole, however email, nouldDiar aul deface tho body and Injure lie ule. llcilder, l'rufoiejr Montgo-nery of the Uulvcnliy, ho aald, had made him an oiler for It tut tould nolipaolfy lhu emuuut until un-til ,ho had contend with the directory of that Imtltutlon. WHAT 1111, TAI.MACIF. BAYS Dr. 1 almao toilay n a rniueited lo glvo bli opinion lu writing alio the geuiillHlituof the bod;. Hits 1) what einyal Afewdayaato atatementa appearod In Iho publiop.iptre ol tbeiUytolbe elleot that K polritled human I ody ha J bit n unearthed In one of tbu loulb weiti rn warda. Tho de-crl Ihu given of tho tiecliiion ten led to annuo tiiiplclon, and, In tbo remembrance that no authenticated occurreuco of I olrltlid human tlreh li on record, one could ho inrdomil for doubting the truth of the published alattinenla llowevoriioltlngatlleiuohprejullcei, on tho 3rd Intt, I called at the nil. deuce of the owner, whero the "body" wasealdto be deposited, tut wai denied de-nied the privilege of examining examin-ing the alleged corpso owing to tho abneuce if eoiue partner In the ownerahli. Visiting the lUce at which tbedlicovery la raid to have I oen made (the premlees In Ihu rear of No. btlJrioiillifiovontli SVeet tlricl) I find llio formation to be alkilliui mud aliovn ami tiud below a very uiiprom-lilng uiiprom-lilng p'aio for petrified ludles At last, howerer, 1 wa rlvlliged to view the "remains,'" and a very superficial I'xanilnatluu wai sulllulent to rove lhat Ihu iieclmen waa awurkuf art rather than of nature. Ai to the perfection per-fection f the form, tho IiiIuom of tho feature!, the studied ut-tltiilt, ut-tltiilt, and u h dtlaila lulhlng mid bo sill heiu. Tliu thumb uf the Ittlt hand had buen accidentally 1 roken i II, mid 1 tiked uud was uucorded the I rlvileguof examluliig It mlcrotooplo-nil. mlcrotooplo-nil. 1 llnd the material to bu u com-lomerutucf sand, lima and platter ptili, a fairly good arliliclal cement, theruls not Iho sllghteit Imllinllun of orgaiilcstruclure villi le to the eyo tlther unaided or aialnted by llio mlcroicoiie. Probing lu Iho craiks and en vfcia of the "body," artlrular-ly artlrular-ly In the arm ills and tbu Inside uf the ullow lluiure, I found u luuntlty of i,luo and plocel of rubier A thin plaater of cement ha I bien giueartd over theio oraoks, lut It was In uu wiy dlllloult to lliu tin m. One genllenmn among the many who were result as 1 ri moved Ibis matter irooundcd the tin or that II might bo adlpoacere subitauor, such n view la uutotiablu, tho stull being euluble lu hot water, iroduulug a ell) 1 lbii cxprows surprltoonly thitaoy rateful obsemroctild bu long drcilvvd by such n "pulrltlod fraud" as hai hero bteuLrojght to public iiullce,auj I am sum that tho ctlcallon billowed upon the mutter could hau beon loitir an Hod. .f.,K. 'Iaimiuu, Dll, llLf MAV'HCTOtU, When Dr. Tillman una ailed thla afternoon how heciuie lo loirotuut at tho exhumation cf the loly, hu tald, "Will, 1 don't hardly kuow, but Ihll It about the way; Uu Monday somoonuenme luto mj olllioand athed for u doctur urn coroui r, stating Unit a bolyhul been unearthed lu tliurouth-wwteru tliurouth-wwteru put uf the city. Wbun I waa told It was a i drilled urin my uiirloe- mSbbbIiE Ity was arouwd. I accordlnglyatonco went to nhcreltwaedugupanduudua ru iierflclal rxumllikllon. At first glance I pronoumtil Itfeniilnebcciuie 1 thin H-liovtej It waa audi. Tho workmen who unearthed II inked me If I thought thoioroDtrroiill lakelt away from them nnd I rnlil,retlnlnly no!, hut to ninku aura that I was right I consulted con-sulted Attorney HclirtH-dir n 'hn miller, mil-ler, nud be Informel n t it the liody wai tho rupi y ' the illitovirerr, nud 1 r died l them On Urn f Win day Hit canic to me and said lny would -.Ivumu aI& ierccnt Inn, atl their llnd. I lice) led the gilt in pr rulacl to nili( thctij all I colli I In k uu the sllnlf t er.iro Ihu mbllo Miatlihow 1 brcamocMiHiected with the isn. I lite hern ami wollt at my ruleisloii, iiiidiaunot nfford to bavn anythlfig wbalv-.it to do with lhat which Is not cruelly bona fide, and on a thorough iuvrstlgalinii t have nrrivtd at the sa no conclusion ns Dr. Talmagu and pro'K-Mi to wai-ll 111 hands uf tl o whole aQalr." |