New-York tribune., 1883-12-19
THE FEUARDENT LIBEL CASE.
srr, cposs-ExAMNING Ill CEsNoLA.

-. 49,, pprsFRvE THE sTATUE-coSFLIcT- |
ING EDITIONS OF THE BOOK ON CYPRUS.
vos,ordav was the fourth day of General di
cross- animation. The Court AGAIN REFERRED
- tho apparent immaterialty of many OF MI bangSS
and protested against them in strong language
y. 80 po,pt Judge shipnan remarked that there were
m serous matters brought 10 the attenuOn OF tno
witness and directed the counsel to refran iurner
wasting time in trivial and unimportant quesuohs' M
Baucs replied that he hoped to show to the Court '' @
ouestions were important; that he woud so aiguo " W"
jury. A., ,.- PINT now
get . ,uo.ion "a
The first hours occupied In further
to the London transactions. The amount VI az, -,
made nv Rollin & Feuardent were inquired INTO D'u
related matters which have been extensi'os - NJ
nrevious portions Of General d Cesnoifs tesuis. ~.
ps proceeded 20 crossexamine the witness iuI'nei "
regard "a the papers and correspondence "n'
burned In Cyprus at the time that General Va ,
tired from the Consulate and started on bu,Ot ~ -
He was asked when he last saw the t"eu,S o
1,,,, e. perarient He replied that he dld not renein
Der. -,
Mr. Bangs-Did you ever see themi
The Witness-Yes, when received sem'
NJ Ranrs then began to question dnd comment on tne
, that the witness had received hundred letters from
DR. Birch before the fire referred TO- ana .nas o''
STILL according TO his testimony IN MS poSSeSSON
Mr. Bangs.-why did you Keep these' .,,o .
Tho Witness-Because Dr. Birch is highly respectape"
scholar and my friend. -. uo.ooo+o
Mr. Bangs-Then Roliin & Feuardent are not resp'N'"
bei s with the
plaintiff $500 ,.o,o ,,cN1v
he was asked If he had saved other letters tron i
respectable people and he replied that ne aG Ernest
letters To S r6 MI nearly ali the great scholars in Europe
Mr.. Bangs-Do you not eonsoer MI
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MI Choae objected to the tesunony S as wasting the
aA hat
yme of The court Then Mr.. Bangs asked ie S buv and
not dealer ne rGPrep tna tunmporan objects in
Cynrus at a cost Of few dollars MI. D!i; tni %oad Mr.
Hol %n ,he any eod large section of the work on yprs
and the witness was questlonea f t5e colossal head
9nd other sculptures found at the same time an" bsan
The witness swore that the BOOK ACCOUNT ""N
us H Ssd some correspondence with Hutchnss' whGn
I'd DESTROYED He said that he stOOd ~ Ms
ent conceng the repairing of the sarcophaSas
made his direct exaninauo' bsS uaed il in putting
tber Deces temporarily for the purposes OF pnot&2s &
toge,ner r 1sed shesc in attaching the ankles to me
,ste Of Venus He had gotten small box o. gle o
Gchen Further dedniuOns Of terms 1Sso use NOV %eco onSeT
into and General d Cesnola said that ne da h9 RnSs
me attaching Of pieces temporarily repair b MI; I6s
said that there were three woIus hS " renanT and
treatment of objects Of art;-attacnlnE' IePNi'"7 W
epeIa al Cesnola was questioned concerning NO 81
M S mat tHe niece OF stone introduced at the back
of the base had been indispensable TO support the
introduction and the foot had been moved oath tba
as he could judge the nS S"' as II had done
Originally The lett leg certainly out OF PTopoTbor Tb r
but that the fault of the ansohI ch demon
strated that the law of prOpOilon wac no. rorj Inc.
the time this statue was scul tued a. ~ on am" To- heal
No $40 The he head sS s,sfac waS nss c 80 In determining
ibs iSsS relation Of two fragments, the iniauieie
test was the condition OF the two broken snriacSs,
chaeolOgical knowledge was vluaDie' p' routon bat
6e Mr. Bangs wished to establish the h & 1'
the witness was business by showing that ne 0u @
tracted have the show cases III tue v asked
eyidsDce was allowed General d CesnOla was tsStu
every conceivable question regarding the satueue 10,
l57 He said that there was no modern U ~,
did not think tlat the of wooden pant l0I lHe
~ diyt and encrustatiOn constituted carving Inc Ve
der surface of the stone had been nuIt uIc u 'sJ
OF the paint The encrustauoh 'naU t I ou the bead
and taken away was not 80 nara a. tnat o cSenist
that had been produced in court he was not aco is
but supposed 1t was OF the ssne gehaS % instances in
witness said that he had met with several ho. t ~ ~
his excavations at Golgoi, where an arm OF p,u9 i
tIOn a had been attached 10y d Moo i e tbe
There were five six partially restoreu IN l o
collection The collection contained an 9 -, t,ae
number of uninured noses Inc lines .. ,tGed
cases and in all Others, t1e WlIntsS nos
were covered with wash. The wash he stae'l va e
used TO exclude the air and arrest dlsniesaOn o S, @
stone. IL had the effect Of cOncedInG tno H""''' "
was not employed for this purpose ,, ,ro a,oed and
No 2l3 the Egyptian Warrior, was again prolucGMt ~ auu
tne roSen I'm transuortatlon. Mr. Bangs called the
jury 10 the IacI tHdI TIC oii
Srsc,re WAS disSolored Just the remaining sur
t s the head There was considerable excitement
when Bangs read rom his Oook on ~ AP Sunte do
2l3 four Ieet two inches i No snch statement Mr.
Bangs left 1t TO jury and they crowded alouna mn
"a ii. de The counsel held two different editions and
the statement IN the OO0d winch Mr' babss n"N ""'
contain typographical ale error y, To m Judge shpman
he TO sit Christmas Weeh Ia'nOi .
New Years week and asked tne Juy @ for tSe two
weeks He was afraid that the suit wonl suoI ,nir
ruptiOn because Of illness among tne Ju!"eh 0' ''
families.
MRS. DE MELPs SUIT FOR SEPARATION