The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-09-04

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! Our commissi IN room that afternoon
/ was piCtirssgu" with Oriental shadinRs.
| The two claimants Wer. present On either
! sld-, Il tn. room. Chus a. alert as a hawk,
I Girrhl A. suhduad a. a dove. Tn" long
oval table was piled with outlandish manu-
scripts. the depositious IN the case. heavy
with inks and sucCeSsiops of beribboned
seals Or Menken. from the Smithsonian
Institution. wa- examining these with deep
interest He had Kindly consented 10 act
as interpreter.
A. usual OR chairman was the last
rlctuls.r u tn, commission 70 arr1v-
Doubtless. a. Mr Bvng often said 1t was
part II his studied design To keep himself
cunspicuous. but the charges Of insinccr-
ity that h. based upon IL made the feel
that the Congressman was pr"Judiced.
picture stataesquely T-rfeCt then
was tn. senator a. h. stroll.-d into the
room His sliin. erect carriage. his am
I brn-ial curl. his we'll iittIng clothes and
tbs. rcd Caruation IA hIS bottonhOle, the
graceful wave 81 his white hand all Joln.-4
and combined into an ideal Of Statesman
ship a. firmly fixed. ! might say. az the
/ supersttions the two claimants shared
Their. was an eXpectant hush. there was
a concentrated gaze as through a series
| Of affahle paIsss he advanced TO his place
at the head 81 ia. table.
| one. Il these aaabla paurcs vas in front
Of poor patient GInghi "" laid kindly
hand on TIN Old man = druoped shoulder
/ H.. brrathed a kindly greeting m nI- de-
! iect.-d ear II Was obvious that Tor thI-
strauger in a strang" land ho had sym
patty and good will This conclusion
was strengthened ia my mind by the fact
that by neither a nod nor a look did the
Senator aCknowledg" that acquaintance
Of which Ench Chu" had boa-t-d
In. procedure which senator Giles pres-
emily formulated and followed was a.
obviously IN Giughis favor inst 81 all
h. called upon Dr Menken To translate
and read the agreed facts IA the case a.
forwarded from the Indian courts.
Briefly stated. thcse were ~ follows
4 runaway from tho Ranger. SturtevaIIt
attained celebrity on the least barbarian
Of the Nicobar Islands acting as arbitra-
tor Ia th.. native Disputes. Ut. as h" Ignor
autly Expressed ~, as reveree' His
s,r.ugth was put to a strain. however
when in later years the question 81 the
Ownership 81 the BUddha gems was sub
mltt.d 10 INN These gems were IN pos
an uprising Ia favor OF low caste man
named Gin CHI that they reluctantly turned
over the diamonds now enclosed in the
Buddha yas-, 10 Sturt-Vsnt. ] he issjie
was na~ow. The priests cont.nded
thar UiuRhi had freely and absolutely
given th.. gems to them. GinRhi claim. Il
IAat Whll. he had lst the priests hold IA.
stones for certain religious USES the
unde rztanding Was that title should not
vest IN them until he and his direct de-
AaaH h. T...r = I
some sort. SturtsvAnt In the very midst
Of the controversy put TO sea with the
diamonds, and met the fate already de
scTIbed.
here observed senator Giles when the !
doctor had li.ishsd -SturtevaIt /
marked tbs exhibit 'Ginghi' and attestsi |
II with his own name a. refsroo. II not |
this AT least prima facie evidence that ne
had dscidsT In favor Of tho original
ownsr;-
While wise mods Of concurrence were
goir around tho oval table ! saw Chuss
face again comfort with rage. Mr.. BynE
also saw IL. and tho glance hs now sent
back 10 ma was tingsd with doubt.
/ Will call Lol Gtnghi to tho stand.
continued the Senator. thus adding "A
plaintiff preosctSLcs to the advantage
Of his query.
plemsGtsd by his dsposiiiOn translated
by Dr Msnkss. was simple aid strong
He proved that las was tho diroct and
Last descendant Of that Ginghi VINO had
found The diamonds tO tho despite -
himself aud heirs. He showed how one
AL all of tha-S auOsstors hal psTisha'i
frpm Iarsec1ItiOIs because they hal steal
Easily refused Ia yisid empty title - ID"
missing gems Tha tale q yindiCtiv".
. elsutls=- prissfOraft had full effect uu
tho Tn-fnb..rs - tho commission. IL
appsalai 20 thsir American mar hood .
There could 10 no doubt that they shared
the chairman's prerispoeittou.
But Erich Chsls changed all that when
he took the stand. Beneath polite man.