New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-01-30
MIR CHOATES ARGUMENT.
.,NrRA1 pr cEsNoLA A PROSECUTED NAN.

.rp FrCAHDENTS COURSE DENOCNChp-Arf
ING FOR JUSTICE.
The largest crowd present during the proceed
.e. in the Fcuardenta Cesnola case assembled yeser
80 oaing to listen to the closing of Mr.. Chostes areu
ut tor the defence Mr.. Feuardent never looked UP
ocee during the day busily engaged was DO III
aims from pamphlet and carefully marSlng uen' "u,
Nine nencl General d Cesnoa and MI Prime sat w INC
eff Of the court room the door nunoer oi '"o
trustees Of the Museum were present ana great many
,ades Mr. Bangs did not appear in court during the
afternoon. . ~, Dab tho
bo,oqrapher produced three letters; one containing
not from General al Cesnoa for negatives one ASKING
enc witness TO print several hundred copies and the thru
s,r, rs TO the truth OF Mr. Feuardents charge tDat
nno,ocaph existed representing the priest without 'he
forearm 49, ,u..
Mr. Caoate began by reference to the charges
contsucd the Cook pamphlet urS" y, 10
card 10 that portion Of 1t which charges
.hat the statue No. 80, instead OF coming
CIV, Colgoi came really from Salams aud that the head
No 510 an the Museum really the head that beohgeu
ait "On the latter point" said Mr. Choate' you your
selves are the best judges The head was paceo upo"
,ho, Statue. and no more fitted It than the head OF
natrarch would At upon the body OF babe I'D Tue s'
80 Their, had crept in the of four, five or SIX
,nt,iacapt objects the statement that they were rom
colgo when they were from salamis. On that sehner
neg they base the tremendous assertion tn"t "euci" vi
Cesnoa had falsiied" - r
AS
laipg does not pretend now that when he wrote the
a,tele in July 1880 he single item OF iniorha-
ton on ich to sustain it, On the STAND ne mas su'
tally confessed that he nor anybody else 10 MS 'on
knowledge knew of any restoration nthe Museum MI
Uutehngs who knew everything that happened III fOui
4eenst saws that the only restoration he knew OF was
the big Hercules, which has been delhoh'u'V
ed 10 be no restoration at AL All "si00
that restoration is trying to restore sonio
,n,ssiov mart. upon the theory of what probably
4,.o uitilQ rem
eating tooebcr what are known the fragments OF the
original All agree that what was done IN
Was substantially undOnC ia the Museum MI il"o'
seems had views OF his own about reSlo atoh' ps u
ory was that one leg or arm was missing 10 ous' " "
restored hi Cesnola the other hand, sad NO. theie
,,,st be no restoration. Whatever has been done III
that direction must undOne, and these statues must
exhibited 20 the world as they came INTO he uanis VI '
aiscoverers In Cyprus MI Savage has told you "eher
al Cesnolas orders Don't put together any pieces IN
-, o, are absolutely sure that they parts of the
or,aY That these orders perfectly carried oII
there is no dispute Mr.. Ballard says the lnstructohs
10 him the same.
WORK DONE IN HASTE.
An agree that the work which intended to occupy
tive months was accomplished in two weeks Ims was
do,ein order that formal opening the Museum shol
take place possible to secure the presence VI
the President OF the United States The President han
said he could come in April or May; so the oon VI
March WAS fixed upon Immense stress Is 2d ON ne SUD-
tct NJ washing over the fractured parts with milk and
solution OF stone 1t appears that this Cyprus stone
where there has been fracture, is subject TO msn'o
grafton Mr. Ellm, when asked respecting the AstoF
reredos in Trinity Church, which closely resembles l"S
Cyprus stone said they washed it with milk lie tuIhef
said: Il do how often you brush hhe-
Stone niece of sculpture, there Will always be
dust > ana hc says further that Is the uNerS'i p'dc
tce 10 wash with milk, and that the idea was Known ID
the ,tonecdtng trade long before be was born Ana yet
they undertake say that this was m idea OF d Ce'lot
invented for the purpose OF deceVnS We pu'Lc. some
apostles Of the school, Ike MT OIdei say Ilcte
should be no restoration IL oI4h." III h' "a. :,
dozen pieces, exhibit them IN th9t way iihty
say the sarcophagus was al,eFei co., 5,,ctoIJ3,b
testified that he had conpaTel mem VIZ o
taken in Cyprus and that there was reHaIkaee udie'e
Irbat so1nled rather startling but carefully examined
the original and the photographs and IT was SHOWN t II
was in Cyprus The legs of the big Hercules II IS sad were
up in alternate sections Oh stone ana p s U
stautia and entire and put upon me base soostit
and entire do not think you viii donDt that thoeleeI
belong To the statue because of Their size =.
Then that magnificent object without ne ,t t Muu
has trotted out seventeen times during tMs trl
you familiar with the facts about mat as u Is p
who inserted great blocks OF stone piece Oh IyPdus
stone inserted In the space between tbe fer p,s
and head In order that me rod might De inserted
the front Of feet adjusted to the base by saving
of inches and one two and a-halI inches NOW,
whether iii Cesnoa thought It restoration OF repair,
"oh but my learned friend says Ne bs 14 I'M nov a P did
not intend 70 make a restoration There may be a
mum h around the ankle If they to restore
Wonld they not have made sandal stIapf
SOMETHING ABOUT FRAUDULENT PAICHWoRks.
Then we have the double sphinx This was found In
broken uieccs Was proper TO preserve these broken
legs and put plaster and cement as was neces-
sary 10 keep them In place 10 show the
public the form Of the original, or was
tmproper The plaster used to perfect ana nod IN
thrown away all that toundl No. II was one OF
fourteen pieces which the painn says was mtlS uI 8t
"apatchwOrk of wholly unrelated parts IL was pg3us9V
before you great flourish Of trmnpcts MY friend
MI BANS thought he would have an experiment ana a
result. lie had pounded the back o. Tue neal ana "
sounded hollow There piece OF PATCHWORK instead
of head II was determined TO 20 to the bottom OF the
mysterious sound They raped tOn the back OF hehcal
and all Of sudden ~ came on o. si h0I
business Here was fraudulent patchwork OF unIe-
lated parts put together with cement anda black hr
TO he tine root Of vegetable growing |AIe ID was
buried under the ground PThP1 ig} or lS4S or f TI
so he dropped the uar right away.
Faing on the slrcophagus they fell back upon the dog
II Was evidently a uougel. They claim that IL Is a
"uatcbwork Of unrelated parts The witness
said it was made mp largely of plaster j. was
brosen around tue launches and The ankle. ne said the
painted but It proved TO De me original UNI
head They said beard and nose aud head were made
OF plaster. II turmoil out that Inc hel0 htl lalu ~
sla6e in IL and that at some time tn' Whoe mass cam on
and was restored by cement Then !hey Eot Mr. W ara
upon H. and asked him if he could find some plaster:
SWELL" ne says " do not think there is any plaster,
but finally up in the check bone III one hlte pthoie
hole 6ad Neon male il appeared 10 have been hle U
with cement aud that there were pieces Vi s'O"o '"''
70 the beard
SHOULD THE STATUES HAVE BEEN HUNG
These instances l have recitcd fair Here is col
lection Of antiquities centuries How you going
toexhibt themI has suggested that we ought
tohang them up by the neck. That would be artistic and
archaeological Perhaps there should be some hanging
by the neck In connection with this LaughterI
Perhaps you would pin them to The walls IKE
butterflies Then they said something OF noses.
nnnRer 81 noses IN the Cesnola Collection 9ishter hnt
p !, Ia e.