The party then left the chamber which had been Cobb’s abiding-place for so many years, and proceeded to the Occidental Hotel, leaving a man to guard the place and its contents.
Arriving at the hotel, Cobb was at once shown to his room, and refreshments ordered; later on he detailed the whole story of his long and death-like sleep, and received, in return, all the information concerning the finding of the safe and the mission of Rawolle and Lyman.
Despite the secrecy with which all had been done, the papers of the next day contained the following:
“MOST WONDERFUL!
“Is it a Hoax? Is it True?
“One Hundred and Thirteen Years Asleep, but now Alive!
“Junius Cobb, a Lieutenant in the Army in 1887, was Last Night Taken from a Chamber Cut in the Solid Masonry of the Statue of Liberty on Mt. Olympus.
“The Rescue Made by a Party Sent from Washington.
“The Paraphernalia Still in the Base of the Pedestal.
“The Story of the Guard Who was Left to Prevent Entrance into the Interior.