Patricia Cornwell Aids Hunley Sub Mystery
Bruce Smith
The Associated Press
Washington Post
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Charleston, South Carolina (US):
Best-selling crime author Patricia Cornwell said Tuesday she is donating at least $500,000 to help researchers solve the mystery of the sinking of the Confederate submarine Hunley.
"This is a crime scene and you are doing an autopsy on that submarine," Cornwell told The Associated Press in a telephone interview from New York. "It's much like Jack the Ripper _ you take the best modern science and apply it to a very old investigation and see if you can make the dead speak after all these years."
The eight-man sub, powered by a hand-cranked propeller, was the first sub in history to sink an enemy warship. It used a spar to attach a black powder charge to the Union ship Housatonic off Charleston in 1864. The Housatonic burned and sank, and the Hunley vanished, too.The wreck of the Hunley was found off Charleston 11 years ago and raised in 2000.
feb 15, 2006
Bruce Smith
The Associated Press
Washington Post
____________
Charleston, South Carolina (US):
Best-selling crime author Patricia Cornwell said Tuesday she is donating at least $500,000 to help researchers solve the mystery of the sinking of the Confederate submarine Hunley.
"This is a crime scene and you are doing an autopsy on that submarine," Cornwell told The Associated Press in a telephone interview from New York. "It's much like Jack the Ripper _ you take the best modern science and apply it to a very old investigation and see if you can make the dead speak after all these years."
The eight-man sub, powered by a hand-cranked propeller, was the first sub in history to sink an enemy warship. It used a spar to attach a black powder charge to the Union ship Housatonic off Charleston in 1864. The Housatonic burned and sank, and the Hunley vanished, too.The wreck of the Hunley was found off Charleston 11 years ago and raised in 2000.
feb 15, 2006
