The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-03-31


! OF the original In the Soud lilies
church ana this Is the one purchased
| by the antiauary from BRUSSELS
! In October. 1910. Inspector General
Marcou. OF the Beaux Arta making his
rounds OF museums churches. etc,
containing art oobjects under tho
states guardianship, sent the govern
mcnt a report In which he doubted
the authenticity of the bust Of st. Mar
tin, as it had been exhibited AT the
Paris Exposition OF 1900.
This report was communicated to
you" declared the judge at the trial.
addressing Deputy Dcimns, now a mem
Der of the Chamber of Deputies. Also,
you Were tod than IN investigation
would he ordered ana complaint
, made against John Dee for theft
| That's true testified the deputy.
However in advising 'he sale of the
i bust in question, 1 was acting in good
faith. 1 advised the Mayor chazonel
to sell the bust for sS,00o. 1t is not u
, question of originality"
VIVA, you say is very grave. you
/ know. But you did no, tell any one
| in the commune that the bust was only
Ia copy
l
people would not have sold it. Besides.
If the Mayor had not told me the OBJ
, iect was 10 be sold to u foreigner, |
| would not have advised him TO do any
thing"
| That is to say" the president of the
court clucidated, had the purchaser
been a Frenchman.y you would not have
advised the salc?"
I'll explain. II you VII permit me.
Here is my argument: II you sell such
! things in France, In Europe. you
| are liable to have trouble: whereas II
/ you sell 70 an American, you are not"
] This startling rcpiy. cheeky as "a
! Missouri. insulting TO the last degree
to American national pride, astonished
f, piled:
! Which we might interpret as: Swind-
/ ling AN American hasn't the import
ance that swindling fellow country
man would have
! One can always interpret differently
ones words was the response given
by ri. Dclmas, member OF Frances Ma
tional Assembly.
During the trial both the true and
the false busts OF ST. Martin were used
as Exhibits" and stood the table
! in the courtroom. Morgan has made
tho French government present of
the bust for which l'renchman paid
only $4,000. reselling it to him at a
S5s,GoO profit.
! The entire police department, from
chief down to the humblest patrolman.
was used by one solitary man to hold
up n stranger and rob him OF his
| money in a small town near Toulon
| a we'll dressed man entered police
heaSSuarters al La Londe and asked 10
! see the chief
| 81 am Inspector Dejean," the natty
looking individual declared important
~. Il am looking for n man named
Giaochetti. charged with robbery. 1
want your help
/ An inspector OF sendarm is a
mighty parsonage in "a small town in
f, France, Promotions depend upon him
= to n. large extent.
Count on me. Monsieur i'Inspecteur,'
the official replied III u jify. Merely
have the kindness TO intimate what
YOU wish us to do
u want YOU simply Il obey instruc-
tons, Inspector Dcicdn declared of
fciously. 81 know whore my man is.
Simply have couple ~ men go with
me to make rho arrest The man is
a, the Cafe de France
! The wanted" man was not at tho
cafe when tho inspector ago two gen
! dnrmes arrived, but NJ. Dejcan said it
i was all right; nc knew where he had
gone.
! At the Cafe du sud, tho Inspector ana
the gendarmes found and arrested
! C;inochett. despite his protcstations
At the headquarters the man was
searched. He had about 500 in bank
notes on his person
! That's part or tho money" said De-
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