The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-04-01
ONESIDED HILPRECHT QUIZ.
4SSYRIOLOGISTSH HERE HAVE NOT
BEEN ASKED TO TESTIFY.
BAekeTs % Dr.. Peters in His Charges
Against the PennsytNan iA Professor
Say the Committee should Have
Been Made Up 81 Men without BIAS

In TIE arch oloE5al branch q Assyrian
assizas therp vas a continuaticn n Pnila-
delphia Yesterday o. the e1 pate pro-
ceedinEs o de,eTmins whether or net Dr.
Herman Vosrot Hifrr-cht has oEezcsd
against the AssyTlO.9 gical c0de. The IN
uuiry vas conducted rshild cl1=N5 door:
10 reporters we're admitted. and. as on the
preceding dsys, DO; particle Of information
could ~ CLEANED from Provost Harrison
a The university or any d The Other mem
bSrs d the jury at TIE finish.
The jury, which sty!as tell an inveStiza-
ton committse, comp. is = c hairTnzn }. lev
eTing Joues. a lawyer and a member Il the
board q trustees Of Ty. HilprccAt's depart
ment. % whom d. H.lp-pchi sid he would
submit his defe1cs on kis return from tie
West: Provost HArrisoR- yice-PTovost I'd
gar Smith Samuel ?. HocstOn, d.. Robert
G. LeConte and Joe~ph 3. HaTis- Al
these men are connected either With the fac
ultv or the board Of trustees q The arch
geological DEPARTMENT Of the University
Of Pennsylvania
Philadeiphia papers yesterday denied
q r1Iulor that Dr. HlVr~cht vas % resign
his osEca a. curator % the department.
a AssyTiology. Tie doctor SID he had
no intention Of res RI..nz. b.: that le wculd
deter rs sailing for Constantine. -. where
be = one q the cyIrators q the Ottoman In
PENAL Museum un'd tie h@srng was
ended
Neither Dr. John B Peter. rector q
St NEchaeIs Church. this city. who brought
the ckarges sgaiust Pr-t. H-precht. Prof.
Prince Ct Columbia and Prcf. HaTpsr o.
tie University O.: Chicago, who hare CO
robora;ed the charges, nor anv O! TIE ave
trustees Of Dr Hlprech;'s department;
Who resigned On account q then. has cean
asked % present his testimony t.fcre the
fnvesflEa ton committee DT. Ward O.!
the Iad6pendsrt said yesterday
L am not disposed 20 accuse }. Lever
ing Jones, the Chairman Of the committee
Of bias in DIT. Hilprecht's favor. / know
from the papers that Mr.. Jones vas n the
West until rsceutly and that Dr.. Hilpre cat
stated he would sI5Ul. his defence 70 him
Immediately upon lis return and would
publish IL. provided Mr.. Jones approved
L. Since Mr. Jones has been Rack several
davs and tie cefence mas not been puo-
Lsnei o. g. reasonable 20 infer haiti did
not NEE, his approval
Similarly Or Hiiprech' declared so-on
after the oTer.inE q the controversy that
he WUL-l e-fALtleN lllt dALIelL4ClLN OF the
Tenp.e q Pc. sid % have been found al
Nippur. ~ publishing prints Il * or eight
az The tahles he has rot done so. Il
II not reasonable 70 MAKE q similar infer
encas
! know very iittle ahou: tie iaves,! sa,-
frg committee. but 20 nv mind Z tEere i
10 te an investiEatisn, il should Re ON
Quoted by Two o. three eminent seer fists
and two or three bushes mn OF lawyers
no one d whom should lave had any I,arJI-
san c,1nnec-ion With the cuntrOversy.'
Prof. PrnCe q Columbia heartily agreed
With DR.. Wards idea q an inyestiEatiOn-
i am no; a principal parry 70 tie oJn-
troversv.' said Prof Prince. L have sim
ply gone 20 Philadelphia. examined tablets
bat / know about and p pOrted in corroU-
Grafton Of Or. Peters, Position 20 the trls-
tees Of the university. I am in touch With
Or. Peters and ! know that neither he nor
any a hiz friends has been requested 70
aurear before tie sp-callsd investigation
COMMITTEES in Philadelphia.