PREHISTORIC “RELICS” FOUND IN COWSHED

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 290, 28 February 1928, Page 9

PREHISTORIC “RELICS” FOUND IN COWSHED

ARCHAEOLOGICAL HOAX GLQZEL FAMILY ARRESTED By Cable. —Press Association. — Copyright. Reed. 9.5 a.m. PARIS. Monday. Emile Fradin states that someone placed the newly-engraved pebbles, which the police seized in a wall in his cattle-shed in order to discredit the Glozei finds. People at Glozei assert that the discovery has in no way shaken their faith in the discoveries. The controversy between eminent French and foreign archaeologists about the Glozei finds took a sensational turn yesterday, when the police seized six tablets, a mould, two files and other tools found in the house bf the farmer, Fradin, on whose land the tablets were discovered. The members of Fradin's iiEi.y were arrested. They had been charging an entrance fee for inspecting the finds. The action of the police, was the outcome of a formal charge of fraud made by the Prehistoric Society. The latter characterises Glozei as a vast. hoax, which tends to discredit French scientific work. A. and N.Z. Th 6“ controversM arose out of the discovery of several objects -it Glozei, a small hamlet near Vichy, in Central October, 1927, I lie "Daily Sketch" said that Hunter Charles Rogers, who had often been exposed in that paper as a dealer in spurious documents and pictures, asserted that he placed the teles found at Olozel. Franc-'. Rogers stated that with an Englishman who bad since gone to America, he-went to France will, dome Stones, implements ac.u vases. Tin two llisil induced Fradin l. help them dig these articles in. Tim idea was to lead a discovery party to ..a Mi in S t /h t Im V