New-York tribune., 1883-12-20
DI CESNOLA'S TESTIMONY.
FACTS ELECTED BY CRoss-ExAMINATIoN.

ALL THE STATUES INVESTIGATED AFTER MR.. FEU'
ARDENT's CHARGES.
The Feu ardent-di Cesnola case was continued
yesterday In the United States Circuit Court The
examlnaon OF General di Cesnola was proceeded with
by Mr.. Bangs The testimony was substantially as
follows:
have examined all the statues IN the collection since
the charges have been made could detect where frac
lures nave been repaired BY proper inspection and be-
2I3 lighter color tRan il is lam not Sunes al man 1
notwithstanding the facts that the administration Of the
that specified the terms OF the sale TO the Museum
very similar wash to the used at the Metropolitan
the Louvre. knew that the statues thus treated had
been broken because saw them broken in Cyprus.
pointed out to where the wash had beon used One of
fe e Sculptor MSs c w 3 female
shown in court He did II in London IN 1872. He said
had paint in Cyrus. The collar the statue Of dog Is
simply tint or color. take paint to be mixture vi
/ discovered that Gehlen's work remained in ten or
fifteen pieces IN the Park building after the plaintiffs
prompted the Investigation on part which resulted IN
their discovery am much Obliged to him In accord
been touched. Writing OF my business relations
with the plaintiff and introducing the story in my report
Messrs. Gordon and Prime, who cOunselled mo TO tell
everything that knew. simply defending myself.
committee to Mr. Prime did not have we It prnte and
dld not pay for having it printed bad nothns to do
did not furnish my report to the executive committee to
He World: | was present whtn N Messrs s hitGne9cE:
c0mittee. had nothing 70 do with the appointments
had friendly relations with the individual members OF
Prime. wish had. was invited but could not go.
Mr.. Bangs asked whether not the bead Of No 10
a round head. The witness said 1t was, but 1t be-
longed wall statue. One of the jurors suggested that
the statue laid its back The head then appeared
clear Of the surface on which the object was laid
After recess Mr. Bangs read letter from General d
Cesn0la the elder FeuaItent which has already been
paper statement that the writer had the firm Of
ROn and Feuarden OF purloning vase from the Ces-
The Times OF March 23 1881 containing the statement
that he corrected THIS letter quoted ron ron an ~ nteryeg
saton with the reporter constitutes the fourth cause Of
action forth in the pleadngs nhe present The
publication Of the conversation is taken as the nth cause
of action. Mr. Bangs wished TO prove publication the
rested their without scinta OF evidence in sup
port of the fourth and fifth counts and that the present
be accorded II it was desired The statuete OF Venus
was brought into court again this time In pail OF water
where il had been immersed during the previous twenty
four hours Mr. Bangs hshcd It out and stood with
dripping fingers while the jury examined the bathed Oh
TIE fracture at the ankles had not been affected when
the statue OF Aphrodte and Eros was again wheeled INTO
was monoithic that was not one of the most patched
test he saw 1T He might saw the statue inGo pieces
The Witness-I examined the statue OF the priest
months ago. and found that the hand and paefa vere
separate and had been attached to the statue Whenl
said the piece part of the solid n 1881,
firmly believed that 1t was never knew OF the
istence OF the Museum album Of accepted negatives be-
fore March H. 1881. After had examined Il to nd the
photograph In card No. sent TO Mr. Pach for negatives
which the Museum had not accepted. I learned that
Henkel and Alley had been ransackng my papers from
what other Museum employees told me after they were ts
charged No. 81 II mOnOlthc certainly and the draping
and carving do Illustrate different periods Of IL
would he absolutely impossible for modern workers IA
stone 10 reproduce successfully the ancient surface
CyprOte microscopic would be able 10 detect
instantly the difference between modern and an ancient
surface"
The case goes on today