New-York tribune., 1883-12-21
GEN. DI CESNOLA RELIEVED.
MR. BANGss CRoss-ExAMINATIoN ENDED.

vppop IN THE TRA> sACrIoNs OF THE TURIN
IcADEMY-THE TITLE OF GENERAL.
Ar Rangs resumed his crOss-eXaminatiOn OF
General al Cesnola yesterday. After recess Mr. Choate
tad that the cross-examinston be limited by the court
Jrdro refused TO accede TO this request Later
ON questions directed to affect the credDiity OF the
witness were disallowed the court ruling that the pan
,i6s counsel had been accorded ample opportunity In
this direction About the middle Of the afternoon MT
Banss brought tho erossexaminaton TO CONCLUSION
They had continued precisely a week In answer 10
questions by the Jurors, General di Ccsnola said:
was not present when the legs OF the little Hercules
were restored by Gehen in the FOurteenthst building:
The work done that time not done directly % uGer
ton to complete within limited time Russell - srurges
is mainly responsible for Gehens repairs ana tha bas
been done in the Park Building by Mr. BallarI
Mr. Bangs produced photograph Of the large Hercules
and his questions elected the following testimony
IL in We Fo1reetRst The legs were found among pile Of
fragments in the field where the body was ana
1r z s6d tee or think Geen was
ay hGnsi sHd d IL hd @i sp%Snya of ceSe
on the feet and replacing fhe as on as e # Ws
an improper proceeding and do not hold myself respo-
sble Tor it. An inscription on one OF the statues was
been suspected told Mr. Birch about it in 1881 and he
said that showed that the statue was not so old as ne
had at first believed think Professor Isaac IL Han oi
Philadelphia can translate IT,
MrChoate objected this testimony immaerfal and
Mr. Bangs replied that he instructed 10 deny these
statements Of the witness respecting the inscription Mr.
Choate objected Mr. Bangs showing the jury two pic
tures of statue No IA and comparing them, because Mr.
Bangs had not repeated all the testimony in the matter
Mr.. Bangs did not press the proposed exhibition
note read from Mr. Johnston saying that he was SICK
and would be unable to appear, and that he had
given TO Prime all the papers relating 10 the case that
had been his possession This note was in answer 10
subpoena The papers had been handed 10 Mr.. Prime
before the subpoena had been issued and Mr. Prime had
given the papers TO the defendants counsel MT Bangs
refused receive them from the opposing lawyers as TINS
entaed obligation to read the papers in evidence
Mr. Bangs then asked General al Cesnola TO produce
them He replied that he had not seen them. The
papers were not produced On redirect examination Gen
eral di CesnOla said
saw the publication in the transactions of the Turin
Academy respecting the temple GOgos, in which
tain Measurements are given in plan attached to
ticle which do not agree with the measurements
ardent was examined at length regarding these
alleged discrepancies wrote that article in 1870, while
President m Of the S Society Count scop that could only
give two VIZ the length which was sixty
oeved the publication year afterward perhaps saw
plan but the statement made in a oonote that only
the two measurements refer 10 were put forward as be-
ing correct They are correct and agree with those III my
book.
Mr. Choate remarked that the other side had suppressed
this oonoe and characterized the proceeding as gross
attempt mslead the jury. Mr. Bangs begged leave to
".
by Mr. Feuardent but it did appear that had been
translated, its significance explained General di Ces-
nOla continued:
Ihave been made IL ID. by Princeton and Columbia
/ born June %, 1892. was educated as a soldier
and served in the Crimean war / have lost my com,
missions, but l have secured certified copies of
Them / came 10 this country in 1858 1859, and at
first taught Italian and Bellies Lettres in New York. was
put under arrest at Aldey because when was hast
ening General Kpatrcks assistance under his orders
protested against Interference the part OF general
officer NJ would not charge without me- and !
broke charged thee, four times and CEN
eral Fitzpatrick released from arrest and presented
me with his sword Secretary Seward and Senator HaT1s
were present when Lincoln appointed me BrlSadier
General.
The photograph OF a statue found by Ceccalde Is one
OF the Illustrations in my book When my book was 10
published in London, the Rerue ArcGOOgtque sent me
all plates OF Cyprote objects which they had used
had statuetes similar TO the reproduced in THIS
plate and supposed the statue mine. never noticed
the mistake until attention called to Ii III court
had wish 10 mislead any one
Mr. Choate put in evidence number Of official orders
addressed to Colonel Cesnola, commanding cavalry
brigade and dated 1862 1863. In reply to state
ments and implications Of Mr. Bangs that the memory of
General CesnOa better in regard to the agreement
made by him with ROllm & Feuardent than II was
about other matters happening at the same time.
General d CesnOla said that his memory had been re-
freshed that point by reason OF memorandum made
specifying the general nature Of the
agreement which he about the time that his
respOndence on the matter was concluded