New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-11-15
MR.. sAvAGE's TESTIMONY.
FACTS AGAINST GENERAL DI cEsNoLA.

- nos AMIN offered in evidence the anonymous leu
g. written TO Mr. Cox the photographer and II was SUD
ed 10 the witness to compare with the handwriting Oh
onoral Al Cesnola as shown on the reverse OF certain
,'a,orranbs He testified that he found number OF
onblonces between the two writings He did not con-
slider himself an expert but was familiar with the Gen
e,ars handwriting. Mr.. Choate objected to the iso
~ the letter on the ground that the handwriting was ~
roven 70 he that Of the defendant. that the witness was
not an expert and that according to the authorities
no read the proof of feigned handwriting should Always
no received with caution In speaking OF the -"
triotv Of the letter az evidence Mr. Bangs thouh' ~
IL was competent show that the witness hau 90 ,l
Inundated The letter admitted IL io"U 90
lows: 49, zob Of 1881
DEAR sR What an you have made @er OF an honest
pcfore those who knew YOU thought you we on widely
bSi1dS, ike myself; but now you are Tony
known as dunkard and liar' o f ike myself and
h wond like 10 see him crushed Fcn5rient
ne is an af d soreheads have done has only resulted
S valtaton and your humiliation ava GSiea isuFp
(Signed Who does lot drink nor lie.
-, ,o,,or was shown aud the witness testified that
=, t1oTcbti IL was in General di Cesnolas hahuWIlls
-. a. os uot mt in evidence. The witness continued:
Ou' - oavars.t,on with General di CesnOa after the
apneafance of card No. respecting Ihat tn e hnd
Te Editor OF The Amcrcdn arr EertI lh hOI t%e
ne, th,t M 10 that time he had deiehutd Tue
Sfion but he regarded the card as extremely dam
aging General Iii Cesnola instructed ne o yaTy easy
!beni mr., r nom genuine negative with India ink por
lions Of ns ps1@Fe 2 AT p ae5s S. Of General
"Cypriis is photograph of vase aiE'H % cc
ncii,n lie said ne did not know but said or ntmA,cu
that Feuardent had stolen it, l aer"aIa az cam" in
@'S German Work, ana said thai td it h2&
been purchased by the Berlin MaIIH ii ,str,fon
foand in an album OF photographs tliiu ~ 1a0d
anS his was indorsed in General Iii Ccs2oaS hanu
writing as t&S taken axe Sy General d Cesno
cyprus and he bound copy was plcIe g T 0f,cr
Warl saw in me Go-cde Areha oogg'S me lnus5af
of another vase which he had accused MI fo""'"' VI
having purloincd.
RESERVATIONS OF FIVE OBJECTS.
crcr,, N Cegpola started for Europe about June l,
1881 and returned Octobcr4 Of the same year Letter
dated September 1 fIom the witness 10 ".u-
oral III Cesnola offered and excluded resigned on the
last day Of ss had G9nyGr G await, wR I 6eG Gx
aIppcd the collection carefully, testing OhceiS VIII
sponge and water ana II% har tbon Tie three already
mentioned Cos. Is, Sc and 23l. also discovered ~ ~
@i S doye we're or of wood covered with plaster
scTaped with a knife and extracted splinter Ihe hvt
spRinxcs; the figure No. il, shown or paEe
is9 Of General di cesnodigg,Ss .cylrH, . hale 5Ge
which found in the raparcrs roam; Ties ltony re-
parnc the heads was excluded until ne fTi VI t
exhibition suhmitted The back ies' Oh lnr
were OF plaster. 1 tested them with sp"uS th%r-
,pere no Visible signs OF bcakagc on lhen. 80 - rs
no nos in the Illustration Of the boob In the eotfuoh
ii had noe io2nd a w yS iI ~ ,Ir saw in The
NJ T.,
album of Cyprus photographs n ph"t"srlGh OF IN.
sphnxes showing chem in deterrent cond RON WIZ
plaintiffs attorneys the notes made "ihc mac 'E'
OG3S ol ovclson villa nc General III &c uolr all That
The head and a,gr2 on sd lng ,at f"G o. M .fr oi
ana on his houOs that he knew Of no such phooapi ms
that SHOWN in card No. l. At IN earlier tl!c ne Sil d.
knew Of no rStorld0nS; that Gehen m'dc some WtroH
anhou.v and wien tine General retr:c from RIrhirl5
Springs Ballard went through the con ct" anu l,i",
have tie cntre collection examined, and wo'ud
mark the presence OF rGStoritions ny n'A't Co
before af S'a the trial because il was equivalent
to acknowledging the truth Of Feaardent's CHARGES
tHey we're widely different from those notod i! TIE book
"CyrIs" AT p subsequent time General Oh Cesnola Sld
he would make known the rcStoijuons diIlhG , ,le
trial il would not press my resignation wanted 70 re
Tptrd i'm me ErcuG Past. ana wished to write letter
Withdrawing them. These declarations were To me eHect
Geueyai iii Cesnola told that Mr. Prime had SAT- that
he piieG man OF ny sensitive Temp I'ui - :i
in the Sarcophacu and ne rcPEcG lnaI nr Won" ~"
make any such pIoe 10f5I3 %5 t!' ms O. A.
ward lie then told me could 20 or rave - pea-o
lin, any harm and had always been his friend. | was
Touched ~ this, and said would reconsider my dtt
Ibis sit had hrn transferred from the state tOthe Federal
courts Testimony ruled ont by which MI, HaHSs
Of GENERAL Ii Cc~,ola 10 Tie witness 10 influence i'l TO
stay in the Museums "nIploymen me ground WS IN,
nation took effect November 30 stayed TO finish up
General III & siioia -liu 10 ne on r'N IA
casions that he had sent catalogue 10 London when he
forwarded lis first collection there from cyprus
THE CROSS EXAMINATION.
The cro.scxamination then BEGIN 10y Mr. Stiekney'
and was not finished when he Court adjourned al 1850
d. H. NJ. Savage testified a, follows;
Iertcrc . The -erycc Of the Museum in June, $50. |
cOns!cr myself "a good authority on Cypri9c anu1ulfs
am familiar ;7i,h standard works ana general public =
book and writa the character mentioned by French
it he Meet OF TaLi?s that brrc Of ar,l olo.v,
Cvproc aiii0Gitire the study Of my life. In the spring
+. 20 Irc the shot guide to the Csnoa Collection.
Imade pretty thorough stucy o. them. when "eh'
main han Il Was aterward removed 10 the
repair e room s do exli6oa room ~aS T Gcup
until JaMary l, l0s0; DulinE tM1' ulng
them may times General di Cesnola returned from
Ri,Thcla springs some lime in August, ls.O had an
POST Joui that time. He wrote II mp an alitIwad
read to nc in manuscript II %as III way 81 asWGI 10
gcs were tna tie mirror on No. lJ7 was fraudulent ana
cbard hat flaudncnt Manufacture and the Joining Of
unrelated part- bad taken place Hd MOI ierr 10 tlG
do MOI know why the plaintiffs attorneys have confined
my testimony and have not referred 10 the large statues
in controversy. gave them my opinion IN regard 10
those pieces The interview printed in he Lte"0 ioSt
LAID not say that the proofs Of Feuarlcnts charges
being false were simple, direct and abundant said
something 10 that effect sad int seven large statues
Of terra Gotta statucttes without heads, because
there was The slightest doubt OF fragments belonging to
each other or body the object should be left un-
touched. / said that ii would be sin for General Ill
Ccsnoa have mirror cut on the St4tuec No 80 10
prove Aphrodtc because would be Aprodei he
mirror absent. The reason stated In the charges Tor
the fraudulent change that II proye the worship OF
AphrOilte, Venus, i'm Cyprus The mirror docs not
prove that thought il AphrOdite then, ana th9t ia my
opinion still, mirror or no mirror NOBODY says
that the IuirIOr visible in London, Wnilr
the collection there. C0lvn's Atlas shown. This Is
London publication made al the time when the Ccilcc-
tion was in Lnndonl that il Is called AphrOd!te or
Venus there A volume shown containing collection Of
writings by the French arciITOOcst. COOnna CtccldeI
Ceccade good authority He went TO Cyprus In 1870
shortly after the first CesnOla collection was dug up
ta he saws that No l57 OF Astarte the PhGnclan
Venus. wrote that letter letter shoWnI 10
General d CcsnOla while he was in Ricield Springs
luttn Il LII FOL IIllu and