New-York tribune., 1883-12-11

.. ,.s,,1 1at,ons and the results OF them mainly
eop,sea IN the two Cesnola collections In the me1ropo
itan afuseum While making these COLLECTIONS nc WE
under the constant supervision Of Intelligent men, u' io
the Greater part OF the time, Of scholars There was
M Ceocaida the French Consul and from tune 70
time soe GF the Nc 1sn Ssps sGf hee Sl %ho looked
upon everything he dd and who Iond nSe hsSe nm. krU
,estionahIe in bis sctions II Impossible for BIN
ner these circumstances, 10 commit fIlld ana pr- oh
ts a. impossile as 4 would do 1t in your
ity AN Park He pursued his excavations there win
he Was able to accomplish great results He uneat6ed
mines and discovered objects OF aniiqniy geSh gre hen IN
discovered by any one man II Would n 90 dSo not, o
Vneartbed all these temples hut if he had kept them u
covered II would have been very desirable y ne ha
made accurate ate @apS pa Sne hut G m voTd he taken
means which the Government only could provide, Men
ss be might find he compelled by the necessities OF
the situation IT up. The first collection was SUD
antialy discovered M The latter end oi the AUTUMN VI
THE LONDON TRANSACTIONS.
In 1871 he opened negotiations with Rollin Fcuar-
dent and it agreed that lac should ship his collection
10 London that there it should be put exhibition and
sa,a n posslc TO the British Museum the understand
ing being that if they unable 10 sell 1t he might sell
Il elsewhere provided he first paid to them the advances
which they had made. Ron Feuardent held that col
lection as security for the money which they had ad-
yaced General di CesnOla said that Feuardent made
no honest effort TO sell the collection 1t Is admitted by
the paint that he received great portion of the eoec
tion as early December, 1871 He produces letters
waiting 10 be sent 10 him in the month of November,
1871 He does not pretend that any Of was displayed
the plaintiffs own clerk has made deposition IN which
he says it arranged in different rooms hat Shelves
one OF the Keepers Of the British Museum teStes that
be learned Of the collection by card and that he ma
not 80 it until II had been arranged ioI e1lHo@o non
at No 81 GTea-Russell-st IL Is not pictended that
was unpaeked and exhibited The paintih himself gives
you the name OF the porter by whom ihe aItanSS & Mns
the objects ont OF the boxes. sandersons m date OS
tOber shows that the work was done In Ociof anu pau
inony which General d Ccsoa win give. The paintin
has produced General di Cesnoas letter. dated scPeh
g Mre radI nc fur II Is Therefore fact
the pain had that collection in his hands Tor
position where purchaser could make an intelligent
examination OF IT, He has not mentioned snele lhn
scum OF single person To whose attention ne brought
that collection except tie officials Of the British M-
That time is clearly proven TO have been after he
bcr He the fast OF tecoecon in his hands as early
as March and So S 10 a nS o,p STn % hew it,
The plaintiff comes here TO you now ANA sls th tQWn
the end Of autumn, when the collection IN bis hands
in London General d Cesnoa said 10 him that i was
necessary for him. IN order to get some money ~ az
charges made out for larger amount tnn II really was
The plaintiff stated that the true amount OF Pms clses
mn 10 that time was about 81 400 He says then that at
the defendants request he made ont fraudulent bill
that he then went with the defendant 10 Morgan the
banker that he there received from Morean check ior
s2 500 Of which q 400 went 20 plaintiffs account
81 200 the defendants account also goo cash TO the
Now as ihe plaintiff himself shows you, his first state
about tits matter was this That he hnd reeciyed
from Morgan. the London banker cheek loi lle en-
tire value Of the collection Ihal Is eohtnea III IN, LIt
he made fraudulent bin double the amount for the pnr
pose of allowing the deiendant to get money sooner an
he otherwise would from the New-Iorlt people f1om
tbe figures that he had published in little pamphlet
in year 1891 wherein he had represented the cost o
the collection TO be S6i2S0 you can easily see Wal me
other statement was that he had already Inade about 5
transaction, but which he was prevented by hs eouSe
check for 81 500 had 81 600 To his credit with Nor
gan; he had ample funds at his command IL i not iiue
that he asked tO have fraudulent b MADE O IA nOt
"A fact that The plaintiff made fauduen bill. Tic
evidence viii Yury clearly show that 40 early az thc
plaintiff the items OF account II viii be clearly proven
that this charge winch the pntnnn brings against hn u
pose Is entrc, manufactured aud has no foundation IN
fact These are tile only two points You VIII nave Ia cA
amino as 10 the London transaction.
WAS GENERAL DI CESEOLA GUILTY OF FRAUD
As to the other charge that General di Cesnola
guilty OF fraud sending the collection TO the New-lork
people-we produce here Mr.. Johnston's original con-
tract and the Of it that IL Mr. Johnston, after
purchase, shall conclude that the collection Is less
valuable than represented TO have been or less val
liable than had led 10 expect General d Cesnola
will refund 20 him portion Of his money! the question
of the he decided by any two persons agreed
npon by himself and Mr. JehastOR. The collection
then sold Mr. JOhnstan. II came 10 New-York, and
there General Ill CcmOla followed II for the prOse OF
putting 1t In order aud then displaying Tor exhibition
in the building FOurtccn-Si. That exhibition Nns
"a be merely temporary one Ihi was perfectly Wen
understood by the trustees and by everybody cs'; aud
thai ultimately the whole collection would bc rear
erected for that purpose Many of the objects which had
FROM London were then incomplete. snDr
General d Cesnolh shoHid make the best exhibition ~
them thai he could under the circumstances Very
hastily the collection vas arranged Repairing Hns done
the way IL cUuld c done in the time ~ hi- disposal
Mr. Hutehings testiScd nl"n crD examination thai he
could Hune only one oiDcti upon which any work Wac
done other than repairing ihc pieces which were then
proven by the Witnessrs already pr0aced id these
pairs substantially all ndOno after the collection
in order Nothing done az the FooIteeptn-st build
ing OF which "g p peis1h has hn{ rfhI TO complain a
became necessary to i1ole the entire COLLECTION there
General III CcSnOia then retained fTOn Cyprns and
appointed Director Of fc Museum and gwen full author
M 10 nut the collection complete order II was then
found that the caccous stOc had suffered greatly by
exposure and that OF the objects had dcFrioraicd
owing TO atmospheric Dhdcnce II was also found mec
saTy that they should be l1InaIe ty repaired. The
pairs done under ~ direction Of General d Ccsnoa
fter full consultation with the tnsletr General Ill
COsn0 utici the supervision Of MI Prime and Ills s-
eociates ths went through the labor Of arranging The
entire collection The Ce-hn1 Co!rrton i>eli coinil~d
a very slnsl portion Of the objects which were then
owned by the trustees; Inc original rcl'rs ~ nave
bath and the dIster which had been usrd hi making
repairs for the oA hbiuOn IN the Fomtcent-st building
was removed 1hc "oIk was an d"nr uHhcF the super
vision of Mr. Savage, Mr. Baiilud Gcuepa CesiOi aid
Ol tc Mu9Jub, w IIstCd u from tI6 Ia
time Jte .-JIn occupied nearly year
IN th2 month nf March, 1850, via ascertnned that
the President of The Uued States wOuld lag uIale 10
attend If the opening Of the Museum deferred until
the time originally G4Tccd upon. II therefore de-
eidcd open Museum March, $50. and that
cessilacd great hstc. a few piece, pat on cALi
bitiou which still had on them GclcnS repairs. The lit
tc Hercules was Gf these There k the Of ul
the difficulties regarding rc,OTatiOns discovered 10y
Mr. Savage These were among objects. which had been
repaircd In the Fourteenth ~. building fG temporary
purposes As for the more important objects ail the
pairs had udonc and all that large collection Df
Ilape VA
according the bost Judgment Of the trustees and Cen
cla di CrsnOla. There cOnccilIncnt about any
Thing All the objects In the collection were OPon 10
public examination Nothing could havs been faicr
Amer the repairs had been finished there placed with
the collection General di CesnOu's book on Cyprus
which contained full and careful statements Of the CON
ditiOn of objects when found. The charge Is that
Gencrnl CcsnOla Nanittrh foreery u he 1d DE