Show iosiiy IWortheimers Suit Against Castellanes Aired ARGUED IN FRENCH COURT I Count and Countess by Counsel Do mand a Reduction of the Debt Provisionally Pro-visionally Estimated to Bo at Least Two Million Francs and the Restitution of Objects Taken in Exchange Ex-change of Wortheimor Court Takes Matter Under Advisement and Will Bender Judgment Soon 4 Paris Dec 20 Before the First Civil Tribunal of the Seine today Maitre Bonuat resumed his speech begun December De-cember 20th when the case was adjourned ad-journed for a week in behalf of the Count and Countess do Caatellane in the suit of Charles TVerthelmer a London Lon-don bricabrac dealer to recover payment pay-ment for art objects sold to the defendants de-fendants In an elaborate argument counsel set forth the counterclaim of the Castel llnes l who demand a reduction of the debt provisionally estimated to be at least l two million francs and the restitution resti-tution of objects taken in exchange by Werthelrner under the penalty of 1000 francs for each days delay in the restitution resti-tution from the day of Judgment finally final-ly l claiming damages to the amount oC 200000 francs Counsel suggested that experts be appointed ap-pointed to appraise the articles involved in-volved and suggested that these experts ex-perts be chosen from an ordinary list or from among the presidents of tho exposition Juries He explained that George J Gould of New York in aiding the Castcllnnos In this suit desired to accomplish a duly which the court had previously confided to him while tim Castellanes after throwing off Worth clmers yke brought the case Into court because they thought the publicity pub-licity of the hearing was better than the mystery of the suspicious pacts and equivocal arrangements In so doing do-ing counsel asserted they did an act of dignity and courage Maitre Foucald counsel for Worth elmer replTed saying that the authenticity au-thenticity of only live articles of the value of 600000 francs could possibly be questioned and whIle Wcrthclmer affirmed their j genuineness he would consent to another export examination on the understanding that if the articles ar-ticles were declared spurious tIme 600 000 francs was to be struck out of the bill but If they were declared genuine the Castellanes were to pay the full price no revaluation being admitted Wertheimer counsel added opposed the restitution of the art works which the Count de Castellane gave him In pledge for payment of the total of the bill on the eve of his departure for America I Maitre Bonuat again spoke asserting that the Castellarres only secured delays de-lays In payment and the withdrawal of Wcrtheimers suit by fresh purchases of articles for 250000 francs which wore barely worth 15000 francs This counsel coun-sel claimed was selling delays at usurious rates The Castellanes counsel coun-sel continued demanded an expert valuation val-uation of all the purchases and not of a few objects The case was adjourned until January Janu-ary 9th when Judgment will be delivered de-livered |