Mark, Thanks for this article... It explains a previous article you posted from Fort Wayne Weekly, Fort Wayne, IN, Wed., Jan 29, 1879. And also the article Murderous Meteorite -1879. http://home.earthlink.net/~magellon/mm.html It is amazing that a hoaxer could get away with so many hoaxes over such a long time without being caught. best, Ken
MARK BOSTICK wrote: > Paper: The Landmark > City: Statesville, North Carolina > Date: Thursday, June 24, 1886 > Page: 1 > > An Aerolite Liar > > Correspondence of The Landmark. > > This statement appeared in a Washington, Pa., dispatch of May 27: > "After months of search Professor Jonathan Emerick, of William and Mary > College, has discovered the aerolite which fell in Washington county > September 14, 1885. It was found imbedded deep in soil, on Frederick > Miller's farm, two miles north of Claysville. Professor Emerick says it is > the largest aeroliste on record and weighs fully 200 tons. Its compostion > is chromium, nickel, alumnium, copper, magnesium and tin." A reply was > received from Postermaster Scott stating that the report "is a canard," no > such aerolite having fallen. > There seems to be some person in the associated press who makes it his > business or pastime to invent aerolite discoveries, for it has been kept up > for a number of years. The first instance I can now recall was the alleged > fall near Fort Worth, Texas, of an aerolite a mile in width. When I read > the press dispatch I telegraphed to Fort Worth and ascertained that the > statement was a lie out of the whole cloth. Then, in 1878, there came a > dispath from some place in Arkansas, stating that an aerolite had fallen > there and killed a farmer in his bed. I investigated that statement and > found it was false. Again, in 1882, it was reported in a press dispatch > that an aerolite as large as a hogshead had fallen in Georgia. I made > diligent inquiries only to learn there was no truth in the report. Two > months ago a press dispath from Washington stated that an aerolite had > fallen in that city. It only proved that the liar had got around in the > direction. there canards have cost some expense for correspondence and > telegraphy, and the friend should be killed. > > W.E.H. > > www.MeteoriteArticles.com > > ______________________________________________ > Meteorite-list mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
