The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-03-24
CLAUSEN'S BOOKS OBSCURE
ENTRIES iBOIT PICTURES va
on ~ ABLE To FIND.

which He Denied Giving Mrs. Leg
gett1 Art House Cleaning -('heck .
snd stubs That Cannot ne Wound
William Claus~n wac cro-a examined
nearly all Yesterday m william 7 Evans =
suit against him and when confronted
With q record from his ledger show in Z
that a payment for ta-5 had hs~n made
20 Arthur Dawson on a Martin painting
be declared that the entry was false and
had been put in the hook without his
knowledge lie was questioned closely
regarding checks and Receipts for IN
two Martins which are the subject ~ The
suit. which pap"rs are "Xp~ci"d IT, -
the sun cCt - testimony bv a Handwriting
expert
ClauS-n called the plain q connoiS~-ur
at one stage ~ hls testimony and Edward
W Hatch who was quest inning htm.
inquired with some heat 4 Clau-an was
speaking sarcnstiCallv tlaI-.'n sad
be wasn't.
sls that IeEgett picture brought into
court an original Wyants- asked la'l-, Il :
counsel. Jerome ki-n'T.
1t - not II lsa copy
Did YOU have th. original
\ did
what w-r" the circumstances.
MIR and Mrs Francis u l-gg-it
had b"rn customers and friends 81 min.
for a long time. re- bought = house ~
Madison nV"nu" and with M" house h"
bought numbar OF marhl" statues
got word from Mrs INgg'tt 20 com" To
The hous" and look AT th' status Sh,
-aSit they w"r' m th" WY They had
cost q couple ~ thousand dollars. IN"
saii VAN wont there Mrs lagg n
show m numb"r ~ pictures ant
said Look 80 thr paintings my husband
rcullt N" wanted tp I'll oil Ia"
Vic'Ur's and bought thirteen Of them
Tor son Mrs lcgR't insisted that
I remoy" IN" PICTURES from tho hous" ~
onc- and IN
he -c't morning Mr. l.egge't came
IN and ii he didn't went - hav" tho,
picsu:r. sold lie I'D Mrs Ieggett
had s,ld ,tner- without hi- knowledge
md he NJ I had - ~ and recover them.
Ne ssksd me what prntt | would want
to -eturn tho pictures - him and IN
sisted that has wife hid no authority ~
ssn them I sad. There's Nysni
among your pictures that like very
much would be wiling - take that
Cor my profit He sad You can k~ar
the wyant want t. teach nv wife
lesson Keep the originsl and haN~a copy
made for me and send ~ {" me mouse.
! kept the original and had Herman Erh
make a copy II II on the Second finor -
my gallery The picture was worth onlv
a couple e hundred dollsr-
What did YOU d. with the "rigin.I.'
i kept u IN exhibition End sNd u
later IN Col n ~ Wilson It the Lotus
Club. ! told him ahout the TRANSACTION
DID Won sftsrwH "a have dealings with
Mr. Legge''
Yes. lots " TIMES up ~ the dsv II ms
death
C1aus@n denied rhat no had erased tho
name Rudel from a painting by thaJ
aFtist and substituted WANT - en-
psovees nad testified Ne said ths' the
wyant sold 70 " Victor Newcomb. which
h alleged - no = Rudell. vas bought
from Mrs Wyant He dIdnt know where
the supposed wyant came from that no
took out Of q sale hsc3lIEe LOUIS 4 lyeh-
nhaiSr DECLARED thst Dawson had made ~
and mat q was copy II lehmaleT-
Nyant. hut he knew u didn't come from
Dawson He exchanged . r niger t'r
the lnneas Henry smith d'~t0I-t~d Nr
Smith paving the difference M prl."
Aftsrward he -oid the lnne-s again
He never told Ranger that he wished he
nad klIl'~t Artil' lawson me hrSi ilfu'
he saw him -lats Afternoon m Mei
field which Mr. Evans declares - false
was bought from Elizabeth lnn--- the
painter widow
did YOU tel Nr nos, he Whole ;, irtrr"
business wasa IunCo Ram"s-
= certainly did not
Clau@sn said hat his gross business
for about three years prior - the Evans
action had he"n between So GS' and 81 ,1J
= wear. Of which ABOUT SO 0ssp was profit
A -
he sad He sald h- had a private record
Of every picture. bot he book Wss stolen
from Rim He bough' about tWen'v
Russnlls and didn't know Whether they
the Martins W"r" entered m al- stock
book tno
Don't Won know that two Martins and
tnnesss afternoon m Med" are not
entered theres'
4 don't know -urpo@" I directed
nv clerk - enter them
Look AZ tins list ~ thirteen Attributed
Martins IN your exhibition anil tell m.
where thor" - book with single entry
concerning them
Il had nook. bu, haven't got i,
do YOU swear that any NJ the books
taken ~ N" receiver contain those
entries9-
I'm swear the books contain some
Of them but I can Z tell what books they y
be IN
1T may he possible that they were left
cot on purpose by your star witness
whom do you call our altar vi'nesss-
skarsch
DO you deny everything he said
Everything
DO YOU know how MANY witnesses YOU
cay have he'd
Clausen's counsel objected ~ tho line
Of questioning and the Court sustained
him
ClAuaen said concerning his books
I never had . liking for bookkeeping
and was entirely In the hands ~ ms
employees
Hs aid he didni keep track ~ his ar.
count With Arthur Dawson He Couldn.'