New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-11-02
MR.. FEUARDENT'S LIBEL SUIT.
TESTIMONY OF HENRY C. HUTCHINCs.
WHAT HE SAYS WAS DONE WITH THE cEsNoIA
COLLECTION IN THE WAY Oh REPAIRS


con unset,n Of Art besides many otrrs. were PreSnt
snr4nr the progress the hhel case
YESTERDAY in the United States Circuit Court before
Juare shipnan Lawrence Kane. reporter NJ fhe
Times in January. $780, was put on the stand ny 'ho
plaintia He testified that he had been prcscut at d
meeting about that time held in W. C. Primes house N
East Twenty tird-st at which General III CeSnea fcao
n reper1 before the Investigating Committee OF inc
Of Trustees answering the charges printed DS 'L' -
ardent in The Art ARtetea Of August lsSo' run"
sips OF the document were given to the iel'oi,oi
would rot say that General di Cesnola hahu'n t''H'
around Among the gentlemen in the room ~,
pev Or Hitchcock ". c. Prime j. O. A. ""'' :"
senlptor; President Barnard Of Colun'h'
Feuardent and Mr. Ballard The pun''''',n "
port Is used as the basis for the third oil tue o
action comprised in this suit
,,p uIrTCUINGs on THE STAND.
:, ,tn dav WAS occupied with the testi-
~ = - =, uutchings. who was employed by the
n, Tar number Of years previous 10 us e'aohS-
-, a. tho central Park building HIS story under d.
-, a., o,,ipation was substantially as follows:
Ibove bcen i'm Arizona during the past foIr wears en-
ad in nining and other pursuits In ISL became
c asve With the Metropolitan Museum Of Art which
,awn As assistant SUPERINTENDENT The first Cesnola
collection received in thai y1r ~ arlye6 s'o
the removal OF the Museum to West FOuftethtn-st.
e. Nv II I'm The Fuurtecnih-st building. II WAS then
t S ", the basement ana partly upstairs Some Of it
was unpaeked; portion was SIN III the cases. NAM
statues were without legs or ARMS lIttt WY ,
he,'ds a,u Srf i'm tIe FGnreenth-s house, 1873
",De IN know Theodore Gehler aboHt the same time
He was employed to repair the Cesn9m tHleenonn i
Cypriote Antiquities. saw Mr. Gehlcr place harris,
less and arms on statues SAW mn t t,n ts
wriIc TIE collection was in the basement; Where i
fots were made they manipulated that the ncs
y! i1n,re were NOT apparent when they placed on
view lie used "A saw. brushes and us ahdS WIN tht
brushes nc put wash OF his own COMPOSITION WIS
,l. made the repaired portions appear Ike tue rest or ire
object. He also employed ccItaiu glue m'te S hIoe
seen Mr. Gehlcr repair statues by the aGdHh OF STONE
and plaster then fashion the Objects Ti me s anu on nd
lonk Then he treated them with the WASH WhtreN,
stone and when they exhibition no Inc OF Jhhc-
ture was Visible and the statue looked leiicct =,
, me- S rcmcnber his coming there with
letter from General iii CcSnola anih9rlLhg me 10 @i'
tTs is the small statucttc usually dcscihcd a. of VEINS
with stone mirror carved ON leit SIDE nave nre
saw il last in May. 1888 Previous {" that had not
seen it since il was in the Museum Ia t0neenin-sI u
cleaner appearance about II now. II looks as though
had oeen sGd,e1; lpu reIosiy saw il packed in April
1870. just previous 20 its transfer up inWn an iT %
ror was not then the statue The imllnl j IaSc'
above the surrounding surface about onc-siXeenh Of
"D PHOTOGRAPHS AND ILLUSTRATIONS.
Two ,,o, oynnbs were then shown Of two in the
old museum where most tho statues exhibited.
which are the subjects Of the controversy The Witness
recognized Nos d. 10 aud 49, and statue known as the
bearded Venus. The witness said;
II did not seem 10 mo that The head OF No. 40 wren
saw il in The Park building, last Nav looked the same ~
it did in the building In Fourtccnih-St Tue vac" was
then pleasing. is in expression IN The so
called bearded Venus the tail of the dove was made Of
wood aud covered with plaster by Mr. Gchlcr
Mr. Cboatc here objected that everybody including Nv
Geber was not on trial General di CesnOa on tr
II was not pretended 10y witness that General Iii Ger
noa had accomplished these alterations or had ordered
tbcn II be remembered that General III Cesn"la
was absent Europe many years subsequent to the
sale of the CypTiote collection. Mr. Bangs replied that
they expected to make General III Cesnoa responsible for
all the repairs and alterations made while the collection
was in Fourteenth-St.
After recess two illustrations Of the statue OF Hercules
known as No TO- offered in evidence One Of these
REPRODUCED is represented 10 have appeared wn"n
fnd; the second is the illustration now TO he seen IN
General di Cesnola's book Cyprus. Mr. C'Oate OBJ
,ectAd TO the second going evidence unless 1t was &C
commanded by the connecting text Judge Shpnan ruled
that the text might be introduced at the proper time
Mr. Hutchings proceeded:
The right leg is made up Of fragments which were
,olen rnn pc OF fragments in the basement. one
n niece Of leg from another statue and ihis was c,h
ont with portions Of stone sawed from fragments ihr
Fragments were held tnlctf Ell with an Iron rod extending
up 30 the hp The ntcrscss WIRE nl,..l wv VIII i,aer
hv Mr. Geller. That Is the largest head Ia the c"e-
ton nsSt9n Snine The Ss rain c,oc Though The
roof and falling that head disclosed The fact that It's
nose had been mended. also portions OF ihc beard
A number of letters written icy General d Cesnoia
while i CynFus md addressed Mr. lluicngs we're al
this paint offered ia evidence In them Mr. Hu'cihgH
WAS asked to procure certain glue from German ca
net-makcr seDd it to Cyprus Satisfaction was also
exres.cd with Mr.. Geher's work and General di Ccs-
,oa said that certificate that effect AT his tGeh-
1ersi service Photographs OF the collection such ~
were sold at the early building were also INTRO
duccd and Mr. suckncy agreed to produce the stauette
No. I57 this morning IN court.
TIIF CRosS-EXAMIEATIoN.
The cross-exalmnation OF the witness was then con-
dcted v Albert Sticney OF counsel for the defence In
answer 10 questions Nr. Hutebings said:
came here in May the request Of Mr.. Fcuardcnt to
give evidence IN the lrai OF I'M. GaS; a. ina I
three times. certainly two was there "o hours each
time examined INC 1esloa eIlicCU ,, ~ ,,,rno
Inc las ahOnd think that there were many more
than a Thousand dltereut examples examined
esTYcal!y the pieces which the subject Of coutio
Ncrsythe statetie OF Nenns, the sloe 0I tnc irles
hall,ea sLes s., sS I, Ned "a do AZ tboneh IL had
looked nnc1 6S" Ind scTaed No do not think
washing Improper. specifically noticed how much
shar and clearer the ncs Of the beard were IN No. 81
Tr atae OF Venus cleaner altogether Its face was
clean when I knew IL thought MAJ MAJ the Hccnie,
higher i seemed 80 90 enc eaa @ c mc.
on what called the Hunting scene side were more
distinct Two sides Of the saTcophagus were BROKEN
they were put together again there cracks which
Mr. Occr hlled mp win paslcr do not ihnh such re
pairs they were done IN Fourteenth It.
An INTERRUPTION ny MIR BANGS.
Al this point Bangs sang To his feet and objected
10 the witness giving is opinion and added that Mr..
Feuardcnt had simply charged that RESERVATIONS had been
pac 10y General III CeSnOa, whcrcup0n General oil Cee
pola had denounced the painn - bad fellow for
saying 40 And this the Of action for libel.
Mr. suckncy replied That Mr.. Fcuardcnt had asserted
hat the RESERVATIONS fraudulent or those present
would have been in court II was and had been
admitted that repairs and cstorations had been made.
In further testimony about the sarcophagus, witness
said:
think II the personal property OF General III Ces
nola when IL IA the Mnscnm and had not been
chased 10y the trustees. II vas shipped from Cyprus Ia
condition ana tho pieces ALI IN ilc
It. arrival. The EarcUphagn@ valuable. Gen
hilh ern Idprad RbikD for