The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-05-25
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..t.t murphy and sesat smith ~ that pre-.
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,o tet - When w. isnt writing tho
.'trs hr 10 making chcrulifr, and yrrtHf.
10. N- irrv ririnrea ~ srinc ~ tlr sketchea
ir~ Ffirdcr tnF a'ihip that lookcd like
ibr prltinnls wplic Capt Murphy ~discoufsed
rr Nirhtrl Nrgrlu and tho picture Ivy FrieS
ir,,rg ~ ~ Patrick converting the Rims a.
o.. no ~ rrrraa's church In the nest
rn.rc wasn't anything stoten down
II fH.as Nl.a.I.~ uu.l.alg
irrI 10 break ont, howover, for when nv
Jr.yttyr a wont "a investigate they found
thai t' lock had been broken on the
inside
Rut lhr intsc'ive y did not report the
rrcanc' " a life siz' picture ~ PSter on
hrovn 10 Ur facing that dior with a couple
~ skrlrtoD keyH at his girdle. nor that Of
Simon. With u saw, looking -uspiclously
~ thc rolltop desk.
WHEN Questioned rather sharply about
simon and Potter Mr.. FriederanR said that
ho would suspect himself or Joe rather
than even hint Anything against either
81 thom. There were no saw marks on
thr desk. which had been loft unlocked
by Mr.. Friederang.
The artist amended his complaint yes
to-day when told what the police had said
and deck rod that the real secret hadn't
bern sso4xI. iso1u5o the thief had not been
ahF 30 idsnSify .. in . mass of u per and
hSd izken iEs wrong document
Il have found tho secret In n safe do
posi- vault today said Mr.. e~Friederang.
1t is viRsre hs Gun get IL at any moment
thai s~um=u0dy va MS Q church or a hall
or anything eisG decorated in the way that
Michael Angelo would have done The job.
He is tbs omiy nun in tho world. he says,
thai can do IL row, for tho secret is his.
Some time he viii put il in a boo But
no, till he has won his fight against certain
artists
Sargent and La Fargo and the rest of
item put OF any oolors tho s~torekeeper
sells them without knowing what's in them
color VIII ksa forever when be paints with il.
Topove ii tlr artist pointed to q oluster
Of fresco paintings on plaster squares in
the corner OF biz studio MY process,
Michael Angeles process, is to put the color
Ing on wet @Pl.s;er; and The mixture is sqch
comes part Of it There il q uniform
permAnencJ- But wait and see what will
happen 10 TIA colors Of other modern
nainuerA. They'Il run in and peei of aud
won hsr a hundred year,
Thso Mr. fredcr1ns told doe, his faita-
fu essisls1I win ths Titan hair, to turn
the hrse On = frsoocd angel just to show
bor l. Eip1d LIE Est=c test
TIE by kprnkleJ tho angel. and, to
MAKE the trial complete, Mr.. Friederauy
a s~guDUinS brush. TEen he wiped them
genGy wllaf ca flt0wd.
TINS ooHior. rcEvde. test was not usod, but
the callers EeTS convinced th't that angel at
any rato WIS v T-Intad and wouldn't .run.
into thN fkds tEy background trailing tho
hlusA q rR c1sS>[s or tho golden tint OF
ite wing"
IS il = boz or G Eirl?' asked c clller
with tOrus fcia knowledge Of recent
"onU~-gs-SEs o~DnceTniDg ecciosiastionl art.
Ru I'm, FrsGanza& ignored tpnt question.
eotnss ae slSS:d ,Hrn ? boSs % p n Of
Join he TsEssf anEsh?' hn asked.
H saiA hs engA would hs5 as long as
RrpJktT. i was the sort that he VIII
fniTt fD" Ginushts- For DzHsfc halls he
VI. Fs;inthra ~; nz ju,s decorated a
McKCr. Mgjl i KThhs-
"TRY TEsrSESh on me- HRid Mr. Fried
FratE; - H!E..a frssoo pcSup@ OF Michael
'Aron' gGru,1n lsaS1nEs exhibit. IL was
arinaS1G r!I seaL d-Sl broken. They
Ter@ FIRTH Sr 4. BE, at thct same eI-
nib 5lEy l1al SaE q dnzau Of Sofie Fessi
HarrKmi5. Size pus coiors on with a hot
1ror. IEiF;a TO -~ESsst-she's u hurdress.
- 'AH ~" 1hAN 1EAA hEfA ~ 4 VI
heNg.
"TIgse 7ludeg-Ess arc nothing but white
wnshr7:. d VIII teH1 u how i obtained
my scG~...o
In 1Sm CT h1a- MIcrssI Angelo, RaohaeI
and -BrE1n-nf0 WHO digging at Urbno
when Eisy crHRs u1on tho burisd houEe OF
an e1Ist. In one room they found 10
hsrufzticRl1y ssRa,d uns Of color mixtures.
Miohsal Anxab exparimsnted with the
Eh mi, hnrlyNnd Z IND 9pf his secret That
paint hid hsea buried 100 yean wlsn
-AngelD found K rEEray 4O years ago, and
now somo tkntS Just rs good il on the
music mil in Waterbury ] put It thsre.
Well Njespcl Angelo put his secret
down in Il tco& and j found the look in
1880, ] vas EuEtiDg in the Ystican to
restore SONS CT the pictures and discovered
that modern ooA0rs wouldn't do
Il told Pope Leo and no asked mo what
we could do about H. j said to him that
we'd have tn end us cid rule, 30 hS assigned
Reotn NUM- Ind Rector De Vail to assist
me in searching the Vatican Ghrary, and
we found xhaS no sOugh- / copied down
the ecre onlar mixture Inc some other
notes Tn reciFs Is what / put in tho
depos. rauk to-day- The other notes
were what tho thhef gpt5
"After / had mada my copies Rector
M1nE and RectUZ Do Wahi pol tho Angelo
diary To an archaeological meeting, where
there was mnnh excitement, and tho book
vas lost and has newer been found. So I
am the eole posaoaSor 0f the aroat aeof1f