New-York tribune., 1883-12-12
crN DI CESNOT.A A WITNESS.
,,.e MR., FEUARDENTs CHARGES.


tn Tho Feuardent-Di Cesnola libel case III the
yU~,,sd states Circuit Court. He said;
IT, sta,ues which found among the iounoauohso Vi
s1di,o or temple discovered by me at Galgos were
~.Oerauv broken. Usually the heads were on Vi 'Ho
e,es were fractured at the ankles Ifound al .ne P
e., 400 figures OF life size. brought all tne heau'
,,v and they are at the Museum III zen In In
80 reat number OF the bodies are sun
,s on the field where L e&caVa'eu'
.Sa ridge 10 the west, about two hundred yaroS
,onnd the colossal head, the statue OF Hercules WIZ
In the prest with the dove the pedestal OF heioe9
I,h the basrelief on it, and several others Inc ,
IL sculntures were Of the same generh sS0 -.
horacer "a those found within the foundations VI
has been called the temple. In fact, MI L-'ie To-
Caccalde called this spot the site OF secon i - "a
the Metropolis found tombs containing p., pOs. 20
'nroonbaoi 7 found little more than arcm'eo'aa MA. -
saIooPe, = % ,ho town itself Imade excavations
=, c-,or,;s m e67 and 1868 but more parucu"iS ~
1eeo and again in 1874. II is large pNi0o , az" w
objects found there possessed wiaeiy ~ 'oraotor
,stics They were mainly OF a mortu'9 -,
,opnd a large wall statue OF priest hol"ne o tn
~ hodv was pretty well shattered Ane
."o tH fair staeof preservation. 1t was two ana
,,.,oes the size of No &c. tho priest holding me
,nea head now exhibition in the Museum II Is no
e one mentioned by Hiram Hitchcock IN 'he H"PerS
rlco,pe article. Mr.. Hitchcock was IN Cypus Ill i'o'
Iece found the statue after he left ana wrote "
IT, hout IT, One-hfth one-sixth Of the Salams ma Is
mn MI =, the Museum including nine or ten sculptures
No REPAIRS MADE IN CYPRUS.
a M repairs at all in Cyprus except in the case OF
,,oMg sarcophagus which was found IN huhuieu
,oces The collection was sent TO London anu "
Sew.York practically in the condition wherein
- had heen found. For the purposes OF
=" ,abv the fragments were merely placed together
oor each other as possible. The fragments OF
,tre were usually found together marked tne rag
,nents belonging to each other "AA or BIB no'et
,.nrcsented that the whole collection had oeeh "
co,yos or that all the statuary was found In 'e Vpo
Irercr bouclt anything from the natives except le"
,,orv objects and some statues that they had pur-
- to,, NV excavations The objects were packed IN
hvas and baskets shipment tc London anu
An the fragments Of large object were put III ono %
The smaller pieces chips, etc, were done UP IN Sh"i
acores and number of these packages Went 10 case
The first Shipment Of 1000 or oooO oolee'S 10
Iirao hitchcock New York at present the proprietor
,le tYf,h Avenue Hotel There were six shipneh'S 10
London from August to November 1871
I,odc an agreement with Rolln & Feuardent regard
, tho sale OF the collection. My first communication
a with tie elder Feuardent personally THIS occurreu
4, Dacanher 1870 and grew out of the fact that the
I,or Government had bought my antiquities, hut were
revented from consummang the purchase oy the uo"h
tu Of NAPOLEON The agreement between the Paris mousse
and myself was the result of correspondence embracing
tonty letters have got them. When left cyprus
IN 1876 burned up the accumulated papers ana cor
n,dence OF eleven years. l intended to travel and
d nat carry around with six or seven trunks OF oid
letters.
ELECTED the following testimony
Iot NV letters and papers in large bookcases with
,oanv drawers When these became filled packed up
their contents and put them in soreIo9m' burned %
NJ trcntv snch packages in my courtyard rms CORE
scn1cnce may have been burned stolen That 1t was
stolen is only my suppOsiIoh' =,
pesurnipc his direct testimony General d Cesnola
said
remember the letter which concluded my arrange
ren with Rollin Feuardent The la Ter We're 10 az
should consgn my collection to their London agGnt nt
They were make every possible effort 10 seIi IT, % o
to etake it by payment Of all advances Win hat Saye
at per cent wrote Ief sf cvprTs for Lon London in
August 1872. went in consequence OF letter HT h
Poin a Fenardent received in July, saying that lhe
British Museum people declared my collection to be rag
mentary and unwilling TO purchase: gaSneo f
rho Letter vas produced 1t was dated March II,
1879 and was to the effect that the writer had made one
ortwo attempts to see the collection, but in vain
GENERAL DI CEsNoIA IN LONDON.
General di Cesnola resumed
ca1lad on Mr. Feuardent about September 20, having
heen nreyiously occupied looking house Tor my I
n.y. lie was then at No e5 STeST eTe eseed mp against
the walls of room on the grouhS nooE o ~ exc1se
Tor the condition Of things was o tnS5 S5aieys hs mao M
been obliged to move rom TO e ms coeconq 9 Mr. FenST-
dent then gave me every facility Tor Ior arrangiing ii
the PGI9S au Sr "a and Shelves We're built and
tha c in position here The small objects from the
S Gases were used to stand the statues in the bust
anartncpt SandersOn furnished number OF men oOlht
naTne for exhibition occupied three weeks be card OF
Invitation that has been put IN eydeace @ & was " 10
Prtish people TO the collection before It's departure
NJ FenarGent asked my permission TO issue 1t. =,
Mr.. Bodgett arrived in London early IN October. lie lie
oniy once Junius :. Morgan afterward became Johl
Taylor JohnstOn's representative Inc terIls m, m
aVTtnO
Were agreed 10 on October 20 or ~; M'
representations to Mr. Blodget were 3ad % my & ben 1
iy me ont of the earth different places ana hat tr'
were about 10 900 objects. told him no" mucn ~ nac
statements. The Duke of Argyle tod me IN 9i, ,
dents shop that had only recently heard OF he eHsV
ence collection from the ne%spsPG ana 'ns h,
was very sorry that going TO leaYe Eust hs my nv
left lie handed me his card and then learned "u'
he was William L. Gladstone, who was trustee OF tl'
British Musem as %as hsotf1et sso fae GTcn bT Grs
Fied and Lord Bentinck, likewise tTuale, ai'o "a
pressed himself to Ike effect on another &c 9ffson
after the contract of sale was slshed lHs W. IN U
yenber IA 1872 The moment lie bought the collector
ne appo%9ISd % me s hecE for s2 800 and gave il to III,
10 New-fork iJiew a5 cn % I accoiint tor me viii
Fred Bert Co. He had informed me about tle en- %
October that mis- bill would be SI9CV1 0r nobeT %
voucher submitted by him. satisfied self as TO the
only one can ind have made every search ! re
member what seemed TO ,he ne s5teoent an ba
charge a8Gs think u mistake IN 9sEec s. cos4t S4t
room Never asked Mr. Fcuardcnt to double his bll ant
never knew OF such "a thing being done Mr. bIlch, o
the British Museum told that lac was the person VIII
would naturally conduct the preliminary negotiations 10
the purchase Of the collection and nobody hdd ever P
proiched him Mr. Morgan sent me the cheek 10
81 800 TO New-YOrk at my requcst At the tihe o MAX
Ing my first statement IN this matter my Iccoeciioh Wa
that Mr. Morgan had given the plaintiff check.
know that that Is "A mistake -,
10 conversation with Mr.. Fcuardeut ana us clel
regarding No. 22 the statue OF the priest, such as II
says ON my first second visit saw the statue had
false forearm. | told him had sent the proper fore
arm but after q search ! concluded that 1t WAS III ~
prus did not the proper forearm utli IL wtS u
packed In the Park building The case containing II hd
lain stored first Cyprus, aerWard IN the tOufleehI
Street Building think Mr. Prine TOOK IL out
THE COLLECTION IN NEw-foRh
left Inndnn for NeX-York In January lS13. !