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ORIGINAL ALAMOBELLValuable Historical Relic is Againin the Old Mission.San Antonio, Tex., MayJO.—T. L. Johnson of Seguinbrought the original Alamo beilto San Antonio yesteUay andnow it is suspended by a ropefrom one of the rafters in thecenter of the old mission.The bell is made of brass.weighing rifty pounds, and is handsomely embossed with various tigures. It shows signs of years of hard use, but its tone is as clear and musical asthe tone of a new bell.This old bell, which was a silent witness to the most historicstruigle in the cause of liberty thiit has er^r been recorded on»ol ur*ToTy~~\vUs~i.TKeiTfrom the San Antonio river byAnton Lockmur, the tirsthusband of Mrs. Eugene Giraud,at a point directly west from'Ait i't./fA oi *iVit in September, 1845, and was presentedby Anton Lockmar to the old i Irish banker, John Twohig, and by him submitted to the 1 Catholic clergy, then in chargei of the San Fernando Cathedral•. Aand the old Catholic mission ofSan Antonio, for identification, and was by them authenticated as the old Alamo church bell.John Twohig kept this bellin his office until the fall of 185J, when he married Miss Bettiej Calvert, the daughter of MajorJ. S. Calvert of Seguin, to whomhe 'presented this bell. MajorCalvert had just opened the oldMagnolia Hotel in Seguin andthe old bell was immediately put into commission as thehotel bell call, and it remained hung on its scaffold from 1K2*Juntil 1900, when an attempt was made to steal it. The bellwas then taken down and put in a place of safety.Major Calvert presented thissrelic to his daughter, Mrs.C. k.Johnston, and she presented ;to her youngest son, T. J Johnson. It was at the reque., of Miss Florence Eager, custodian of the Alamo, that the bell was hung in the old mission, where it is to remain until Mr.Johnston asks that it be returned. —Weekly Sentinai.
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Woodville Tyler County Messenger
Woodville, Texas, US
Sat, Jun 01, 1907
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