Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-16

ground of arrest was an action brought
to recover damages for deceit practiced
and committed by Clausen upon William
T. Evans in the sale Of two pictures. one
entitled Near Newport" for which Mr..
Evans paid Clausen $3.50. and the other.
..Old Mil Near St Cloud" for which Mr..
Evans gave $500. both guaranteed by
the dealer to be the work of Homer D.
Martin. but merely remarkably skillful
limitations, Mr.. Evans alleges.
The Inness Paintings.
Another picture which Mr.. Evans
bought from Clausen. which the former
now alleges is forgery. is entitled Late
Afternoon at Medfeld.' and is purported
to be from the brush of George Inness.
The three pictures were recently with
drawn by Mr.. Evans from the Corcoran
Art Gallery.
These paintings. which are denounced
by Mr.. Evans as not genuine. it Is claim
ed are really the work of a brilliant artist
Of this city. who has not achieved much
success with his own works. but who
possesses positive genius as an imitator,
and at least a dozen of his limitations Of
dead American artists. it is said. have
been sold at large sums as genuine.
Clausen declared today that the alleged
lnness painting was purchased by him
from Mrs. Inness the widow of the paint
er. and 1t was in rather a poor condition
when he secured 1t: but that when Mr..
Evans saw and admired 1t he sent 1t to
Arthur Dawson. who does his restoration
retouched where necessary. Mr.. Evans
afterward. 1t is claimed, paid $500 for 1t.
OF the man who did the refining and re-
touching Mr.. Clausen said:
Painter Of Some Note.
mt Dawson Is a painter of some note
one Of his pictures hangs In the Lotos
Club. of which he Is a member. He is
In my opinion one Of the most skillful
men at restoring and retouching pic
lures In the country. His work In restor-
ing the Inness which Mr. Evans pur-
chased was entirely legitimate"
Mr.. Clausen declared that he still firm
ly believed the two Martins to be genuine.
They had been slightly resouched by Mr..
Dawson. but that was all, he said.
One Of the best known dealers In Ameri-
can paintings in the city, whose place is
also on 5th avenue. stated today that
he had long doubted the authenticity Of
thu alleged Martin paintings
when first saw them l doubted their
authenticity" he said, land my opinion
has since been confirmed. I have seen q
dozen similar paintings. purporting to be
VII j considered imitations-by the
hand Of genius at initiative work. Take
for example the old Mill Near ST.
Cloud. There are altogether too many
| once brought me for sale on the same
| day. I characterized them both as for
geries. A number of private collectors
besides Mr.. Evans have been deceived In
| the same way"
Clausen remained in the Ludlow street
| Jail this morning His effort over night
| to procure the 5000 bail fixed by Justice
Davis proved unavailing until this after
noon. when Mr. Clausen's lawyer. Jerome
Eisrer appeared at the jail at 12 O clock
with the bail bond Of a surety company
in the sum of 5000. fixed by Justice
Davis yesterday. Mr.. Clausen was prompt
| ~ released. He refused to talk. but
| said that he might issue q statement
through his lawyer later in the day.