New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-12-14
nj CESNOLA'S TESTIMONY.
HIS EXAMINATION CONCLUDED.

.ccorNrrSo FOR ALL THE CHANGEs-THE CROSS
EXAMINATION CoNCLUD ED.
c.noro, nj Cesnola resumed his testimony yester-
day in the Feuardent-di Cesnola libel case he said
rrvnt,an warrior was found In the temple at
I me ne statue piece from the neck TO the
5oso, nsrf when found The head fitted then and MS
The 81 the head Is owing 70 h fact that it
Low IN the ashes Of burned portion OF the temple lhers
afty or sixty specimens IN the eima ry dis
red where one part is burned aud neighbour ne por-
ton Is perfectly clear. first became aware the d
@ On, was made Dat at the base so that it could stand
on pedestal A small pointed splnt was removed
A photograph was produced showing the condition
in which the object was found. General di CeshOla
continued.
Ituever had a leg Mr. Alleys statement that legs
were sawed of wholly incorrect sacsre clear lines Tor
photograph There has been no recui td a, Gopos
il Ia probably Paris holding apple me @ m ~
the dam Album that was found az pa hnd and na,rrl
writing found No % priest with manu- anu pht,lv
with head and right forearm separate MI feuardeht
put false forear1 in London d have made too
good an arm for that statue taer, lIns t9 a,Se
forearm i6a ,N was 5SSd and patera have detached
They were fastened to the statue oy w0oeh loweL @
eneRt3 81 ,e 9aI IN cTpOte suay The
with the hunting scene on one SIDE was onho III to'0os
s,de orasked' sent il to New York. and IL further
broken in transit without my authority y was repaLs
tanned permission TO have it removed FROM exhoiti m
the repairs ha been badly done. In the park Il was
with Mr. Ward aud trustees the pieces were hxe
in place by means OF clamps The sharp nh's s, .,
and dsintegraon. The interstices. ranging from ITO
.Svrrs,f Cyprote stone and cement and the wash al
ready described passed over the lines or fracture any
ordinary observer can acquaint himself with the nature
of the repairs by looking inside the saroophagus Inc
lid is raised to afford this opportunity Inc ItuS .
Hercules whose legs complained of as mad OF
stoue and plaster of the fifteen or twenty opects
put on exhibition without my knowledge
The colossal bead was wheeled into position before
the Jury. The witness said:
The nose is Of stone and 1onolthc with the remain
der 81 the FS a s and hf beard are entirely
and Of one piece with the head.
Fonr small heads which had been found entire,
and which had cracked and become otherwise dis
integrated from atmospheric influence. were shown
TO illustrate the character and extent OF the dsln-
teration from which Cyprus stone suffers IN TINS
climate. The witness resumed:
nerson from Tifany's Mr.. Feuardent and Mr..
Pailiard whom did not then know, were asked To
snbmIt TO the trustees specimen brohzes treated to
arrest oxidation. These pieces were put away ana
after seven or eight months, examination showed
that only Mr. Billiards. process had been success
full Thirty or forty pieces were gwen MN U WORK
on ont of collection of 900. we nave not yer
finally adopted his process But sonletnlng mus
soon be done, or the bronzes VIII be greatly
damaged.
General di Cesnola's explanation OF the discrep-
ancies between the endorsements on certain photo
graphs sent to Clarence Cook and statements IN
the guide book of tho Museum regarding the loca-
ton where the photographed objects had been
found was i'll substance that the guide book had
been prepared by Mr.. Savage aud the statements
were made after hurried conversations made IN
bnsipess hours when either Mr.. Savage's questions
were not understood. or Mr.. Savage misapprehendrd
the answers In another case the endorsement was
OH the back only of the principal object i'll the photo
praph and did not refer to other smaller ot1ects III
fhe same pbotograph. The discrepancies con-
ceTped twelve objects in total OF thonsahu'
General di CesnOa concluded his direct eXainua,
ti0u by denying varions unimportant S atements OF
Feuardeut, Alley * Ilutchings.
Mr.. Bangs first questions on the cr"ss-eXanhhl,
ton were directed to establish the fact that General
di CespOla had right Tn call himself General
dI Cesnola, when none but Grant and sherman mad
ever held that title. General di Cesnola teStlhcd
that Abraham Lincoln had appointed INN brlga-
of senator Harris and in the presence OF secretary
of State Seward, and had told him that lie
had deserved the appointment by reason OF hlS con-
duct in the field. A cutting from TIE Herald was
prndnced on Mr.. BangS's call for the newspaper
publication announcing the appointment. and Mr
Bangs refused to accept it on the testimony OF the
witness ia language which Mr.. Choate character
lied as unpr0fessional, ungentlemanly and IN
decent - Mr. Choate asked the protection OF the
court for the witness and told Mr.. Bang'
that he could pour out u his blinng p
that the cutting was from The Herald, ana IL wa
read General di Cesnoa's appointment rs Consul
was put Ia evidence and the production 81 ais com
mission as Consul promised for to-day. Cen
eral di Cesnola said that he did not care 10 explain
DISCREPANCIES as To the number OF cases shipped
from Cyprus as stated in his book and as stated
now. The caes referred 10 III the oooh ulu uoI All
contain antiqusities.
The case goes On to-day.