New-York tribune., 1884-01-09
WITNESSES FOR D1 CESNOLA.
-, PRIME AND MR.. BALLARD HEARD.

,sts. tat 81 has been buried had tne stSsue as ny
IN, The sessions OF the Investigating Committee
bouss bos al stone Wa shown with small otgect IN 0ss
ref like mirror should say " was % o & ~ Color are
a ;.rlar 10 The ones pointed out on NO l9f Inc So
called mirror believe to ee s tbe object In her
nJis otos flower That il the opinion OF GOWN ahd
New.SSn park binding knew Of the album and photo
lS lnU wben II only contained Ave or six specimens ~
tcrSycr hal occasion to what photographs Were N
W. Wu.cum', possession have no doubt tnat ] the ieti
" tu.i-itsS vos torn out of the album Chafies
e2m e2mli'ec General d Cosaola and myself were present
when the album was brought up from Aey, y, c an AZ
i've th Henkel present never heatd 1eeI9 ,i ~
ccsnoa give Benke or any one else orders 70 Sonces ms ms
Co. M t6e leaf missing March II, ISL
Extracts from WidnsOn's Egypt" were read al thls
,olnt Mr. Prime said that Wilkinson and Rhind were
The h.hest authorities on Egyptian archaeology was
shown that Egyptian scuptofs rom
prest. solely by costume The Egyptian "drIlor was
--Anced Tho witness said:
The apparent difference in the height Of the armplts
nav he accounted for by the fact that one arm n de @
AID t5e other hanging down. No 40 the Doy VIII IIo
anye may be Paris IA Of comparatively recent date
In answer 20 an objection by Mr. Choate that Mr Bangs
vas taking up time latter replied that MI Choate had
sad that the soaoe Of his existence was in his Mr'
pancss ssoxaminatiOn. Now he was being soiacea'
and stnl complained. The witness continued;
The minutes Of the proceedings Of the lnyestisaung
COMMITTEES taken by stenographer ana as Tar Us
know are correct -.
ON tho redirect examination Mr. Bangs objected TO the
157 was the work Of two hands The Court ruled that
NJ Co,e might show that the witness was competent
Mr. Prime said: ,,.-
Thae stpdd Greek and GrBco- Egyptian statues This
q irrco-E gvptan work. have examined some thOu-
S Of objects OF this material from 1894 to the present
time. Il Is by one sculptor
On recrossexamnatlon Mr. Prime said that he had haa
~ dl Of experience in investigating the auhe ltictty
~ aptou,ies In 1854 or 1855 ne had been associated
with wilkinson In Egypt and be remembered on one
occasion that be was requested while he was on board
his boat TO come 70 the shop VI
one Ali, dealer, 10 advise Iof OF
five American gentlemen the purchasers lie Always
rave weight 10 what the dealer said IN forming con
clusions to object, and n one important purchase
made by hmsefhe had accepted the word Of the dealer
ON the onestion of location small statue small head
end diminutive stone object shown to Mr. Prime
and he pronounced them ancient
THE REPAIRS TO THE COLLECTION.
Charles Ballard, the reparer OF the Museum was
cacd TO the stand His direct examination was finished
the counsel for the defence announced when the court ad
tour1ed with the exception OF few concluding qnes
tsops Mr. Banlards testimony substantially as fol-
lows:
lam repairer Of objects Of art and muscbo9es. do
hnsjnese al No I3 East Seveneenthst have been here
about fourteen years. was born IN France near Geneva
in switzerland. learned number OF trades; lnSaans s
,1ork for The Museum Mr. Hutchings gave bronze
object and told fix il so that the oxidation woud
De stopped. did 80. IN June 49, Do-aA Ihe Eene'"4
work OF repair at the Museum was nearly a
iold to undo all The repairing done previously and repair
anew. put the objects in tank ti OF water ana Wheh
they fell into pieces cleaned them thoroughly removed
ali the plaster aud put the pieces t9se'he | aEn opcIy'
Tie pieces themselves showed what belonged tOselhcr
the fractures General di Cesnola told TO get some
thmg to stop the dlsintegraton Of the stone and
%Sf' an& the ts dust sP Of the Cymice stone Did not
use tne % Tsf too I u Wer hair brushes small whsk
hrOoms. drills, hammers saws chiscls and Tiles used
fbcsw TO cut brass rods and pieces of chiseied
Off no
stand on their bases When General di CeSnoa told me
iDf 0 ibefn The little Hercules was one Of these
The Of Venus was in the bath two and hsif
days Then the encrusaon began to peel Of About haf
the mirror became visible. / showed II to General
d Cesnoa and be told me to take on he resi- 3 Ine eu
crusatOn, dd so wta piece OF olaity Wood sa Pcheu
10 point when the euCrustatOn was removed the mir
Tor was the shape 1t is have never done
any work on since; Ineyer had any WIN
Alley such he says and he never told me that the only
vay out OF the scTape TO remove the plaster mirror
and carve "a stone one. | never talked with employees
about repai Mr. Feuardent had a conversation with
me- me that he had made savage jump
Iy tellus him the mirror had been carved told MI
Feuardet that the mirror badnOt been carved that II
When Tdr saw the priest No o. the hand and patera
were attached to the body. placed in position the fore
arm gwen ne by General ii Cesnola Irepared the base
o. the hIe Hercafs g4 hpV pour 'te Ee Thai
would be possible. In fastening the statue 10 the
base found d that hat nv 0RS leg ,sSf %Ss Fl P15 PGpsa
said nothing to General al Cesnola about it. He was
very busy found the piece belonging to the shoulder
tened 1t with cement. l did no carving on it When
back The marks Of the panks are stu there The hole
drilled in the right foot was to show the sc1ptors com
witness described The repairs made to support the
statue, as previously described by General di
Cesn0la.l DO not khoW oI any o'TeI Wy I'll IN
which the repairs could have been made put small
n size to make good other stone that had cTmeed away
from oblique fracture never said TO Mt Cox that
had put them in TO give the statue greater heghth
M Ballard gave the details OF the repairs they have
previously been testified to- and described again what
done to tho ssrcophagus. The case will 90 on to-day
THE SUIT AGAINST FATHER MCCARTHY.
WHY BRIDGET CRUNIN SEEKS $4,000 AS DAMAGES
-HER STORY.
The default in the suit Of Bridget CrOnin
against the Rev Father Mccarthy of St Cecias Roman
Catholic Church NJ North Henry and Herbersts Brook
yu % recover $4,000 damages for assault having
been reopened the brought TO trial in the SUI
pIcme Court in Brooklyn yesterday. The first witness
vas the plaintiff, girl OF eighteen. She
testified that she had been the organist
OF Father McCarthy's church The alleged assault
took place in January Is53n Father McCarthys house in
Herber-st, He made her promise that she would tell 10
one on April "a however she told Bishop Loughlln the
whole story Before going TO him she told Ler mother
After the time when Father Mccarthy assaulted her. she
continued to play the organ In the church. and she did
not give It up until April %. During this
time she did not attend Father McCartAy's mass She
resigned orgsnist Of her accord and was not dis
Before told hcr mother she tOld several
the choir girls OF the assault and they all continued 70
sing in the choir On the redirect examination, the wit
testified that when She up the organ key 70
Father Mccarthy she told him that she rad enough OF his
insults and that her mother proposed taking action in the
matter.
The only other witness for the prosecution Mrs.
Kate Dixon, the former hOusekeeper Father Mccarthy
khe testified that when Bridget CrOun called Father
ASCSrthy she was called upstairs by him Atter few
minutes tho witness heard noise Of scufe
ana ne glrl say: Now you let ne down" A
few days aterward while dinner one day Father Ne
Carthy told the witness hsd Kissed Rrid Ms
Dixon stated on s-exSmnation that Fatbcr No
Cathy had caused her arrest after che left his epioy
tho charge OF stealing his prOperty INF ne
charge had been dismissed by Justice Naener And She in
tended TO hin for damages for false accu,atfon