[meteorite-list] NP Article, 06-1886 An Aerolite Liar

From: magellon <magellon_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:23:45 2004
Message-ID: <3E652BB7.E437CC12_at_earthlink.net>

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.
>
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