The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-03-19
SAYS THEY'RE HONERMARTlNS
goPkFNSON SWETH WRANGBES
HITH CROSS-ENtNINER.
AurL - Tor Clauaea aud Hears Fr0m
-,Iu.ti-e kaach Thai Hes Net .
:. .r'l~man Court Interrupts 90 Quiet
rr. witness Hos Martin Painted.

q rsInson smith was the chief Wit
pee. ~. defence Yesterday in William
49, -u't against William ClauSen,
OIL h~fore Supreme Court Justice
p. ui .lur.ng tho two hours that he
-. r No stand l,e furnished testimony
.-. o.. .. wrd- r,.ngr "T subjects. He
, o.. ..u''y got b.V"nd the control oE eN-
Be-. iward " Hatch. who cru-.-ax-
- a HIM. md this resiii'.d in counsel
-. Ing several times that no was not
,..# .rung himself - gentleman. and
f shr -,.u..s ted in-trurtioos from the
.. 10 answer questions properly
ST. smith was pale aud trembling
tt-.ugr Nart of the CrosS-axamina ton
49,. . ono zts - - =. pa=As.! one les 81
IN ~ h- VS. occupying OF the witness
.-.I and fell backward Oh the rtand
10 nearly fell oR a second time.
here WASH I the slightsst doubt in Mr.
S-l'hs mind that -Nasr Newport and
.r-s Old Mill. the two alleged Ne rims
involved IN The suit are genuine and that
Irue-s also painted most NJ the picture
Ntsnoon In Medteld'
The forenoon session closed early to
r-rnt Mr. Smith and other witnesses
- go 70 Mr. Evans's store and SEE the two
war IL anu AtA- ARAussNA MI oullNn Nl-
,r' ID a. the frat witness Of the afternoon
W. smith Sid that by profession he was
painter. also a winter. and was an
engineer He knew Homer Martin and
anew no technic. he said and had seen
10th Near Newport and The Old Mil
-hort time before. They were painted
tv Homer Martin he said
ir- YOU positiveS- asked Jerome lis
n-r. counsel for Clausen
absolutely. said the witness
81 t. what you think rega riding the
Innes~ Won also srw about an hour ago
I think that Innsss painted a large
part Of 10
state Why you believe Near Newport
vas PAINTED by Martini
picture - very like a check which -
torn from a check book wh-n YOU pre-
-ea; The check st the bank the moment
tho ma u looks at il he knows what house
uS.re from, but he doesn't pay Until he
nss cNamincd the signature An ertist
dozen write With pen but with n brush.
and every artist has an individual touch.
Marion took his brush. and he used =.
great dcal Of medium varni-h or whatever
vas He took the color on hrs brush
r'Ire and dragged u scross the canvas.
lu lfNNNNu NFe- w Inc fTNlNn
20 Ert he different tones of the original
pigment That - what sone ,rtists utli
mother psculiarity - Martin was
- grave points. tisa was not - great
s-''-' TO wus not a great drAught-Tnan.
20 vas - very ssh mar. ~ had had a
E-sa' deal ~ trouble and during a poT-
~ . hfs hie was very poor II went
IT. h,s Work The most striking char
te-lsti' OF sN"ry pa,ntsr - how he puts
'.- yignsnt - the canvas. hoN h~ moves
o., ush. Ion can tell ~ as YOU can
e -gls'urs You can't forge Ar az
o. ,ish work
" ninth sad ths, this -tatsuent
4. he'd tsTticularl- 80 he Oid MHll
~ Nsr,Ins Were AZ Tainted the sane
p. ~ depth II f"ahng d-p-nding 90
- porr teltoN : condition
l." -1tuees SAID that one '-nrner ~
- a. NsWpnit looked az 4 70 hsd l-en
'.s-ovsd
Row DO vo'i d~'as' that
p the same vsv Won "ap +is-sru
. br,Ish wogA n ! had the pic'ur.
ere 7 could ssttle IN. whole hing 'u
-ftsen minutes. They could So n a.
eel a. 7 could You can 500 aysrv NOV"
- Martins brllAh on the canvsa. and
s-sFv move ~ the res'or~r below
Replying 10 a question a. 50 whsthsr
q Nsytin could b. forged easily ~ -a,d
dent think the-e - man living
"
a. Expert painter An amateur Or dealer.
OF the fnness -Medheld Valley I
'.nk a great deal II II was painted hy
lcness The foreground = probably
= out the ccior scheme v Inne5= lnuass
-Ad four periods " painting 'irs'
crew nm N Baltimore when ] Sas ahnY'
% During the fret p~riod bus -rhIec's
-e-s -cughly treated and be painted
lie - nTtrrss anaN
,sras harh a man who painted m minute
ds'Ais Ten OF fifteen year, later hrs wors
-As very broad. and ~ the lat veara
~ re life when he did the Creates, work
- any American painter. he painted hls'k
4ndertones and pAtted his pairt- ~ tor
= them think tbs lnn~sr - p7"r -
80 ven YEAR period.
W smith said he wss equally CERTAIN
e. 10 the sqthsns'city. Of Martin Nor
randy Budge. which l'r Humphreys
- Stevens compelled ClsTssn - admit
YES false
Cross-sEan-ined nv Mr. Hatch Mr. Smith
ss!1 he vas p years old and had followed
re profession ~ engineering ~ make
What engineering work have y"u
.1nsi'
S,acls ~ Liberty. Race Rock high
'p.se Government works al w and
7oTn the coast is thst enough, can
49, vou many more. I've sn~Dt four ~
e months every year painting m
Pc
10 You d@nominsts yourself nov
rs'.'~v'N
-t@s painter and writer
Wren ~ Won pain IN or7 : ~
= r-s@ ~ ~ f~r sbou' G't~sn 'e'rs
i-u.t ran, -ou " lecture - ~.
~ Hatch ~her the witness started
.-.i s. his statement
rsuid do vou = lot - Eo"j. az
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