New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-12-06
TESTIMONY FOR FEUARDENT.
rpr PLAINTIFF AND DIR. BARNARD HEARD.
rur AocrsER or GENERAL III cEsNoIA COMPLETES
UyS EVIDENCE.


.x,r AccrsrR OF GENERAL pI cEsNoIA COMPLETES
HIS EVIDENCE.
Tho re-cross examination of Mr.. Fenardent
,,n ,hcn the libel IN the United states Circuit
-, ,vas resumed yesterday morning. Mr. enckneys
nons were directed the genuneness OF the ledger
which the plaintiff has put IN evidence as record o. Tue
husioess of BALM Feuardent's brunch house auf'hg
ave wears from 1871 10 1876, and from when was "l.
mn The account OF 81 400 which Mr.. Feuarden tesud
that he rendered to General di Cesnoa in London MI
vcualent WAS asked 10 compare the entries In his BANK
book with the accounts his ledger and Glso 70 SHOW
where the various amounts paid for freight were '
tered Mr. Fcuardent had put IN evidence receipt VI
Mayor 4 Daw for money paid as freight ois oi ~
shpments two freight bills the London ana Norln
western Ral1,,ad for two other shipments ana leer
announcing the arrival of another shipment at Liverpool
nc had added that one freight bill was LOST vi 'nese
six shipments, payment for only nVe appc"'u - -,
ledger account. Mr.. Feuardent claimed tnh, vac 80"
number Of objects stated was correct au" s"u N o
recent of Mayor 4 Daw for two shipments was Poo'y
for .bree Mr. stickney read passage IRON keoers
History OF Ancient Art" which was useu w Tue pi
tin on the previous day II was to the eHee' '"' n'
d Cesnolas discoveries in Cyprus were worthy ~ rA
,,h those NJ scbliemann. Mr. Feuartent was ques-
TONED touching statement In one OF MS pahphe.s W
the effect that CesnOla Collection han cost the h
nr over SD 600 the comment thereon being that the
writer failed to see the reduction IN price maze 10 Tue
Ne-York institution, when it was offered 10 the BRUSH
Museum for $4,000 The answer was that he al" not
mean to say that General al Cesnola had received more
than $4,000 for the collection. Inc hsnes "oro 'N'"
from the Museum report for 1879
number of Iettels and other mail matter were theh
shown 10 witness and he said that he dld not no"
,be writing OF the addresses OF the first Few shown Mn
Mr. Bangs interrupted aud Mr. Choae rcpheu hat tn'y
were scurrilous writings and publications that hau oee
circulated since the beginning Of the present SUIT ana
since Mr. Feuarlent had begun to testify III eolu NC
shown that they originated with the plaintiff II "ou 80
far to establish his bias Mr. Bangs said hat ne Moud
abandon the case II Mr. Feuardet coua w atier mt
win the production and distribution of the '
objected TO its introduction Oh Tbe sIdresSer were
INC Court sustained the objection Inc -
either printed or evidently IN diSs Hifchcock FifIh
GTcpme Hotel !" and another General dl Cesnola ..
The witness said that the Holm album was bIouEn,
WoaS II md been kept Mr.. Holm said III the once 3l
that paper in SIS by General dl Scshot Nieu 0
INNS were 10 he reproduced from the phot1-ralhs
he had found assuming MS POSITION anu n" =, ~
chased his predecessor IL was ny S US MAT y, ne
album hat the pointed out Gu luesuay Mh, ~
ciained To be discrepancies i'll General Oh Cesuol ste
ic.S in The collection had been found He sad tlat
he received the album after the publication oil the Sooh
pamphlet in which much space anu @ohtDn I,S
statement to the effect that theie "ec o'IUo IN that
the CesnOla Collection was read IN uc'@ ~ so" nd
many thousands of pieces were lamps staGII, E1'
ornaments and other small objects, ,, M Wori,e of
graph OF the head llus trated IN haIP' ,ed
3uIY, SPA head which Mir. Htchc0ck says gl1H51u
TO statue three times the sic OF ne ana Wc ,I W.
Feuardent charges as OcloslS ~ ~ F',rirut said
statue OF life slz-Was theIi so j in the Mu-
scum Tlis closed Mr.. Fcuarients examination.
PRESIDENT BARNARD's TESTIMONY.
Dr F A. p Barnard. president of Columbia College
was then called TO the stand. He carried Win MN
large ear-trumpet which. resting in his lap vas con
nected with his ear by tube. His energetic remarks at
times were source OF much interest and diversion To the
Court the counsel the jury He said on direct ex
animation:
have been president Of Columbia College FOR twenty
years Before that was connecleu VIZ 1n' ms
States Coast survey ana WIN tlle Neisi,s w.
have tau ht and lectued for the most part on l'h,hc
subjects. professor OF physics III tnG A,p4,n1
University | have read great deal on aTcHtn"slcl
matters and have visited nearly an thc European Hu
seums and examined the collections I'D neI, 90 no.
ANTIQUITIES in the Berlin Museum VISITED tne Mlseui
of Art when was in FouTteenth-s n'sJ a. naSltoa
there met General dl CesnOla did not know OF re-
a SsrobeT of statues not ready exhibition. had
ien IN The Fourteeutb-st building and the Park build
i1s but few times before served on the Committee OF
!The coD,nittee was organized December L. 1881 and
continued sessions for nearly two months s report
w. made January 20 1882 Mr.. Prime was the secre-
toTy Meetings were held at the Museum and at Mr.
primes housc did not converse with General Oh Ces-
noa dnripg the investigation have known General di
Go.DoIa a. know a great many other gentlemen have
met in society have not met MN OIleIl pe,hus1 '
mot 20 into society great deal seven pieces were sdD
United 10 the Investigating Committee as the subjects OF
Mr.. Fcuardcnts charges one was thc stdlic "i nv
priest another the sphnXes; there were two slatctrs
Sesgnated indefinitely, men. and little figure where
Il charged that an old head had beeh put on yohs
sbouders. and another Tins Or. Barnard aitcrwafd
recognized the Egyptian WARRIOR Three or tue pieces
wee mi i'm a bath. did not the bathing done
know il DONE because the doing o. II w;is coh,u
10 "A subcommittee; they said the" dit IT, aud they were
respectable men They showed us the fragments t4lat
resulted the bath. MessTs Hitchcock ana ara
were of the subcommittee. The fragments fitted to-
Rcther perfectly That * fact. dd not require any
Enowledge OF archaeology 80 determine that thlnk
fitted them myself but at any rate satisfied NY self mat
the pieces correspondent Calvcry aud Rogers, -cl.p-
tors present when the statues were hatheu 1 tc
snh-eonlmittee. They reported. ! do not know
whether or not General d CesnOla WAS present
The examination adjourned until to-day at ten