New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-10-16
AFTER DUVEENS ABROAD.
Mise May Seek Extradition on
Grand Larceny Charge.
AXE CASE OF H0LLANDER
,,d;ctmeuts of Art Men Held
Here Expected Tomorrow
Rich Men TO Testify.

Preliminary indictments against Henry
: nyveen and Benjamin Duveen will. it
4 expected. be handed down by the
land Jury tomorrow This viii by no
-,eaDs put an end to the investigation in
- case. however. and a further inquiry
,,- me grand jury may, according TO the
.sse-al authorities. reveal conditions
which would make possible the extra
5i-ion Of TIE other members Of the firm,
1rho are at present in London
Arnong the millionaire customers Of
+be great international art firm who will
10 called upon TO testify before the
,-snd Jury are John d. Rockefeller, J.
pie-pont Morgan. Henry c. Frick. Mrs
.-orris ? Huntington. George ! Gould
and = Altman. Mr.. Wise. the United
e-s-es Attorney. said on the night Of the
-.s+ II the Duveens that the govern
-,e,- had reason 10 believe that the art
dealers undervslued not only goods
,,-o,-rt IN on their own account, but
chose in which they acted as commits
sio,e-s for their rich patrons as well.
should this prove true. the question
I'll arise whether such undervaluatlon
-,as made with the knowledge Of the
,e--ors and in that case the purchasers
--o7-15 be responsible to the government
FIR The duty Of which the government
Vas derived and liable 70 the penalties
-hs- are provided in such cases-for-
4e,-,,-e of the art objects brought over
and criminal prosecution
NAV Arrest Duveens Abroad.
= on the other hand. the commission
e-s rr6e-vslued the goods, thus depriv-
snz the government Of duties. ana
CHARGED their customers the full amount
which should have been paid as duty
-be case becomes a parallel 10 that OF
Alexander EoIan6er. who is now hgnt-
,-- ezra oirion IT Italy In such case
-le zo7-e-rmenr would seek the indlct-
7-e-- and arrest Of the other members
~ the Duveen firm on a charge OF lar-
0srv rom their customers
Collector Loeb has q force Of lquida-
,-~s working On the customs records OF
4--no-tstiors by the Duveen firm anG the
+,,o,,s a-s records seized by the acting
5er1rv surveyor on Thursday. 4 com
harrison OF these records viii show no"
extensive the alleged frauds OF the gov
eminent were and over whas period they
sr1ended- The Collector put account
srts IN other branches Of the service 70
work YESTERDAY with the liquidaJOrs in
order that the labor Of comparing the
records Of the government and those OF
ne firm might be performed with the
greatest possible dispatch.
Some OF the Heaviest Buyers.
7 Pie-Dont Morgan was one of the
most extensive purchasers from the
Iuveens.. he IS said 70 have bought
$4,000 worth Of the Rodolphe Kann
collection for which the DUveen Broth
ers paid S5.eeo.6a0 in Paris in 1907.
only z portion of his purchases vas
brought over 10 New York, however, UP
20 The time the duty on old paintings
hs6 been abolished. the rest remaining
- his home IN London.
TIE Rodolphe Kann collection con
tained among other pictures Of great
value six paintings by Franz Halls,
number Of Gainsboroughs, Castagnos.
Ghirlandaios. Van Dycks. some Rubenses
end q Rembrandt The Maurice Ksnn
collection. bought by Duveen Brothers
II 1907. was also sold in large part in
America. but this was brought over
after the removal Of the duties.
Mrs. Coils ?. Huntington was also an
extensive buyer Of the kann collection. /
Is we're ex-senator ". a Clark. who.
however. kept many Of his pictures in
his home across the sea. George J.
Gould, p A. 3. Wicener and Benjamin
Altman. Henry c. Frick dealt with the
Duveens a. times. but the greater num-
her o. his purchases We're made through !
another house
While The grand jury did not sit !