New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-12-05
THE COURTS.
MR.. FEUARDENT STILL TESTIFYING.
EIGHTEENTH DAY OF THE TRIAL OF THE SUIT
AGAINST GENERAL III CEsNOLA

EIGHTEENTH DAY OF THE TRIAL OF THE SUIT
AGAINST GENERAL III CEsNOLA.
Yesterday was the eighteenth day of the
trial Of the Feuarlent-d Cesnoa libel The court
room was well filed President Barnard of Columbia
College sat With General iii Cesnola. John W. Hamer-
scy Professor Augustus Merriam and Admiral Nichol-
son were also present In answer to questions OF MI
Bangs Mr. Feuardent sought TO prove the statement In
the book pamphlet for which he avows his responsibility
70 this effect; "The fraud consisted in the endeavor to
mike II appear that the whole of the collection of C
prloe antiquities found in one place, namely In the
Temple OF Venus at Golgo discovered ana unearhed ny
d Cesnola himself think it most probable that MI oil
Cesnola made but few excavations anywhere In cyprus
and that while he may have found few objects at inc
place he chooses call Gogo be made no such una as
he asserts he did and also think unlikely that he ever
discovered the Temple OF any temple whatever in
that place"
The witness said that he formed opinion that some
NJ the objects In the collection did not come from GOSO
OF other objects he had formed no opinion Mr. Choate
lpterposed the charge read was wholesale charge
and Mr. Fcuardent could not exculpate himself by show
ng what he believed TO be discrepancies In statements
made nj different times in respect to single statues Mr.
pepardent was permitted state what his grounds we're
for disbeleyng the statements made by Generai I'll
Cesuoa touching the single statues to which no reerred
and he said that they drawn from various puDnca-
tops This answer was stricken out by the Court, and
"
20 which they belonged could not be permitted Mr.
Feuanient when called upon TO produce chapter and
verse 10 support his assertion that General di Cesnoa
bad never discovered temple OF Venus. pointed out
passages I'm Ceccade Doe, Calvin and Cesnolas Cyp-
usn and the Revue des Sciences OF Turin, which he
claimed showed variations in the statements concerning
tho temple and its dimensions. One OF his references
was 10 angs letter Ceccades book, which Expresses
tbe writer's theory that two temples Among
other reasons for doubling the existence OF the Tempe
Witch Mr. Feuardent gave that the statues winch
General az Cesnoa states lie found there belong 10 widely
dGerent perOds some 10 the carly Egyptian, others 10
the late Roman He thought IL singular that 50 aso
coilection should have been found IA temple WHOSE
walls were OF mud. Photographs were shown and COM
parson of publications were made seeking 10 esutonsn
the snct that objects exhibited IN the Museum Us
MARI ~ the Colgo find had been previously referred 10
"a having been found at the temple at Dali or elsewhere
I'm aome cases. t said that statues and other pieces
now ascribcd to GOgo were found before excaVauohs
made there 80 A., 1900 holang
the horned head and the Court suggested that le July
were evidently weary OF hearing the same tesunony
over and over again. and called upon Mr. Bangs 70 limit
A. few minutes afterward Mr.. Choate objected 10 the
testimouy as mmaterial the ground OF fatgue TO-
mark which enlvened the wearied Jurors perceptlpY.
MIR Bangs asked II the proportion OF noses was large In
! the Cesnola collection -, -. ..,.o.. -,
| Mr. ChOateWe cannot go INTO inc Wnole supJee' VI
| the use OF ancient again.
| MIR Bangs-I know IL. | knew that the very sugges
tion OF ancient noses would open Mr. Choates mouth
Mr. Choate objected 10 any testimony concerning Mr.
Fenardent's pecuniary damages from newspaper puDh
cations going in, allegations were made III ths
pleadngs and Mr. Feuadents counsel expressly s1ate'