New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-11-14
WITNESSES FOR FEUARDENT.
po,rR PERSONS ON THE STAND.

,vx,,s cRoss-ExAMINATION FINIsHED-MR.
SAVAGE AGAIN TEsTIFYING.
Yesterday was the eighth day Of the Feuar-
-. =, CASnoa case All the counsel and attorneys were
,resent and goodsized gathering OF spectators the
r,v mart Of the hearing was taken UP with the remain
,,ha examination Of Dixon B. Alley the watch
man and assistant anltot Of the Museum In 1881 lie
saJd IN answer TO Mr. stickney's questions:
,gv intimacy began with Mr.. Feuardent while was
sjin Fourteenh-st Mr. HutchinSs was In the habit Oh
ino IN his house at that time have had conferences
With With Henkel and Feuardent respecting the pres
emit case. drew up the afidsvits about "a the e
tOoTn torn s With Mr. philips of The Times in Mr.
Teuardents Office Mr. Henkel and Mr. Fenardent were o
Iresent did not give the afdavits 70 The InneS ~.
publication. had previous to the conference INIT Mr.
PSps was not in knew that Henkei had the keys , of
General di Cesnoa's office dd NOT lIo baS no con-
ference about these statues with anybody efGed s Te
mentionel-that g. outside OF my imnedltte in tho
ofdayits did not intend make charge as tbt
General d CesnOla. II did not occur 6s,nraI smny
Feuardent would use them against the General that ~ y
wanted 10 account for the leaf see nov , had
charge that General d Cesnola tore gu. - me that when
the General sent il back TO me was tne Only o"o VIM
could detect the disappearance OF lhe ie' A.. o..
On the redirect examination, the Court reu .n' 10
,gs oybether or not he intended TO do General
a, Cs,olo any Injustice in making his aihdaVlt was
,dsoble because had already said that he ala not
fbereby intend any charge at all The witness
Isuppose j. O. A. Ward President Barnard OF CGG ns
Di injttee knew me- but they spoke TO
They asked me any e be vita the ' hand and
nStera off because did not think the testimony would De
IIeceiycd II was n subject Of much thought with me
Ivbeher or not should 10 sO but deemed II useless
heard things about the nature OF the proceedings VI me
committee which drove Inc to that conclusion Went 10
Feuarent to ask his help In securing employment IN Ie
care of antiques spoke OF the fact that twas acoos
tor and he said he might do something for me III
ZION asked Ballard the reason for bathing the brohzs
in acid and he told me the second bath made ne GOk
ala cain The soft stuff" wash do not thllik
it was earth The conversation with Philips was III April
lss2.
In The re-crossexamnation the witness again became
confused as 10 his dates He testified Monday that
when the investigating committee made its report ne
WAS not aware Of the existence Of the photograph snow"
c The statue of the priest with the hand and atera torn
off As matter Of fact the torn leaf episode Wheh tha
photograph temporarily disappeared, occurred on the
following March The witness has testified that this was
his first knowledge OF this picture Yesterday In answer
20 Mr. Bancss questions he said he had not spoken OF It
10 the committee because he did not think would oe re-
ceived aud he had bestowed thought on the su'9ect
whether not 1t his duty 10 do So He continued MS
testimony with the statement that he did not THINK the
investigating committees proceedings as conducted by
uessrs. Ward. Prime, DAILY and Barnard were
honest When he saw statue No. 30 in the repair
ROOM and Mr. Ballard and General d Ces
noa discussing it, he saw all this by mounting PIE I6 o
boards and looking over partition ne saw ir ii
with pail OF water making believe to WASH astalue
A PHOTOGRAPHERS TESTIMONY.
Charles Cox, photographer who was employed by the
Osgoods OF Boston, and the Museum conformity to make
photographs testified follows:
occupied at different times ne northwest a1a
ment vas in the T Tdn1n OI Tenanc restoring and
MeSSfs. n,di1 iarJ law III niece of stone aud
mn il i'm the leg the Hercules 10 make taller Inc
hammers and chisels. He used in his processes stone
plaster and brass rods He used Wa3h 10 ro n W
tbe rppair room was kept locked, and after Ballard
learned that Mr. Prime aud some friends had been tef
he
mini" mt on. saw stonecuttcr with a bag Of
tools at work the statue holding cows Iead Ne ha
rnaets and chises He used stone on the lower po0'
furnished by Mr. Ballard Ballard working on the
wings of the dove held by the bearded Venus
At this point letter was produced by the pian'ihS'
which the witness said he had received when the present
su was started some two years ago II was anonymous
but he thought General d CesnOa wrote 1t. The had
writing was not like the Generals He thought at the
time that Mr. Feuardent might have written it, The let
Ter was excluded by the Court there was no sufficient
proof that IL had been written by the defendant ON
crossexainaon MI Cox said that he had never heard
while at the Museum, Of the hand and patera belonging
10 the priest having been detached He saw rel
ribbon painted on the sphinx When ne came 10 h
was glad him. but he the weSS did not tnhK NE
was The investigation was not an honest one ne H
testify but did remember whether or lie was asked
about many statues.
ONE WITNESS not CRoss-ENAMINED
Charles Osborn designer and manufacturer Of silver
ware was called. His testimony was brief and he
was not crOss-examlned. He said:
went to to the Park building in the summer OF 1850,
M the suggestion of Mr. Feuardent. 1t was Augustus
saw the statuctte No l57 in the glass case made two
sketches of the mirror with the surrounding surface
made second visit later Then found that the out
line OF the mirror different from what was NJ hISt
Other paTts we're changed too made note Of the fact
that there was a style OF cutting and underwriting about
the mirror that is not to be found In the remainder OF inc
statues OF the collection The Egyptian warrior was all
Of one color when IL first Now the head Il OF a
different color the sarcOphagus and made skt On
illustrating the differences between photograph taken
in Cyprus and one by Cox Inc nuin9el OF leaves Oh
certain branches OF trees do not agree Ihere were no
visible marks of repair on the sarcophag's
MR. SAVAGE RECALLED.
Alexander Rutler Savage was recalled He said that he
had been educated partly Virginia and partly in Ger
many His extreme yOlubility was Objected TO by Mr..
Coate who remarked that 1t was entirely voluntary and
was taking I'D the time Of the court The witness said
begon IN stdv archaeology ia 1873 ia order deliver
,ecur1s ON the snblect was employed first assistant
10 General di CesnOa. When first went TO the museum
arranocd the potteries washed vases, and wrote hand
icnks LEbicb were p1iides 10 the collections. No.
157 IN 1879 In the summer That the nose on NO
X was dferent from other statues. called General iii
Csnoa,s attention 10 II and he said he would have ii
moved noticed that portion OF one OF Ihc myers on
fhc Bearied Venus was OF pink color and told General
d Casnola OF it, In April issO 1 repeated To General
iii Cesnola cOnversaon which ad haI TN teniIuent
al Mr. Hands and told him that Fcuardens bcet was
that a new mirror had been made He said that the state
ment was false and malicious. had cOnFeI0auDii WIN
General al Cesnoa again when he returned In tho fan
from Rirhrd springs after The
He said he would sue FeuaItent Tor nDrl. Nhth /
said TINS TO reporter OF The Ecg F0Si aud the state
,rent was printed he remarked that il all right 10
So but Mr. Choate had said II was not advisable Wine
the Genera, was ched Springs hc sent down orders
not 10 allow any one connected with. Mr. Fcuardent
10 make drawings Of statues in the collection Tie Joint
have referred TO the Bearded Venus removed by
Mr. Ballard on Of the abOrs OF the investigating
committee. At time General Cesnoa said that lac did
of the that in his report 10 the committee be sand hat
he wished that the Museum was able 70 restore ine %hoe
collection he replied that he put that " 10 show Fcuai,
dent that he had nothing 10 say even RESERVATIONS had
been made.
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