New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-12-29
MIR. PRIMES TESTIMONY.
THE cRossExAMINAT1oN BEGUN.
No uI-FYELING TO MIR. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Oh
rur cEsNoIA COLLECTION INVOLVED.

40 ,,FYTIING TO MR. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Oh
THE cEsXoLA COLLECTION INVOLVED.
Tho Fenardent-di Cesnola trial was resumed
,ota,d,v morning in the United States Circuit Count
Ar prime took the stand, Mr.. Braman being still lnalT
:, scj Mr. Choate read the testimony Of MI A'N on
corning the mirror the s;atuette OF Venus M --
said that it had never been anything but slole ~
,nect!ng the statue OF the priest No D. the witness u
Ircmemhcr the publication Of card No J. II was EnGT
tome by reporter OF me Times the cN'h.lE W
appearance. Inc next morning went 10 u,' Nuuot,ti
General iii CCsuOla ANA talked about ne calH. ~ 80, 80
he had never lOwn the statue with ID, Eand ana 'oIa
s,Dtlite Ucnkcl was called mp and IN ausNti 70 -
t, i'm the card hrn asked r nc
aIbuIu General di Cc,nola khc" I"u4DF I'D he
time of tie albums existence. hyuAe' T"'U not
W. sure that the pAOio.Ia.n was Hol
ia the album The album va brolsd ' len, jicEe
il IN the presence Of General az Cesh0li ana - la
rppcuteiy SAID that would not hud IRE pE1surttin ~
i,,sIry ,gyisc been committed. The torn l'.i "-7
t.sVI lEc leaf not III the album Hl.H - 80 49,
ioIfiIny 10 take OuV tit had been there. II was III
INV own hands tae moment II was 9iy,thS II,
that TIE LEFT shoulder had been badly renaqe
ana that there had been recarVng Oh t"e ~ Inc
Two oil the fifteen charges specified III caro- 20 ny
Cqr5 WAS shown to the wituesSl were sltche" u uo
~ Grst ,,,Ucatio1 The statue j. a specimen OF pure
iC 9, ne st,tencnt that it illustrates different
reTi0ds OF art is "a mistake lnere are no pt'i,a III
Etyptian arr The canons Of Egyptian at were IN
rreed and Interchangeable for centuries Il would be
impossible any 10 determine the age OF q s''iy
sculpued in the Egyptian style WlTHil loO0 49,
al time when Cyprus was under Egyptian rue. thytc
WAS such rule OF proportion IN eAuemS -.
as was developed later ON IN the history OF at !Le
nOla Collection as rule, contains sptclea9 ga ,
Tne body OF No. 2i3 could not belong 10 q lmeelng
fCuIe because il is a wall statue hneellhS hsuc' "'0
usually i'll this statuary sculptulcd Ill PRONE
Further questions in this direction were objected TO- ana
Mr. Choate pointed that this was statue when MI
Feuarient had exhibited in London, and which he had
said he then knew by heart Eight years aiefWara nc
made certain charges respecting it, and in December
np,Vsq
dreamed of when the character Of the object was nlst
called into question. The Court rutd 'Aa'
the witness might state that authorities WIN
whose writings ne was acquainted ana
who had examined the statue had not discovered as II c
a. Hr FeulrIent NJ. Bangs wished to know whether
ornot Mr. Prime considered Mr. FeuaTdent al authority
but his questions We're not answered The witness con
tmued: ..
No 80 and Aphrolite and Eros monolith thi~
tb trustees are willing to put them any test to tis
The inv even though lhey should be utterly destroy Cd
the process OF leslulE
The crossexamnation was begun by Mr. Bangs at 3
o'clock Mr. Prime was asked whether he Dal "eeh OF
Tended by ANYTHING said by the plaintiff his coun
sci or his witnesses. The reply was that being an oa
LAWYER he was not readily offended and he had taken nc
offence by reason OF anything which had occurred II
court. He continued,
Ihave been in court nearly every day since the begin
ming of the trial have seen very little OF IN" defend
gnt outside of the courtroom. nave q very
pleasant friendship with hun. think the position ol Tue
want the truth to Hs:.4as ass.=s :&t defendant &
succeed have contributed 10 Ha'perS Ad9l-,'e. al
NOT contribute tie Hitchcock article. he1lI OF sales
which General de Ccsnola had made 10 enable hlh t'
rosert ms eIOratiOns and understood that they were
salcs of duplicates and other objects whose disposition
would not affect the integrity and value OF the collect pI
he was then making. 1 believe the statements III ms
book on cyprus 1 read the utiep'ss
| believe that he is BrgadeI-GehGISL
have not vet heard anything TO the contrary beicV,
lam an III. ID. | saw "A newspaper paragraph TO tlt'
effect and the president OF a New-Jersey college, WhcL
bssoWcd the degree so addresses COrIcsp udcuce
have no paper or writing in the matter lur'H uol
send dollars are annually appropriated toward the mann
tru1uce OF the Metropolitan Museum OF Art ana L'
Museum OF Natural History. We sometimes GET hall
sometiues less and year got nothing. beltN,
the building about 100000, and mat SbOOVO Lax
been appropriated for its equipment
The case goes on Monday, January :, at 1:30p N.