, 1863-10-26
EXTRAORDINARY TRIAL,
The Great Internal Machine
Case.

EXTRAORDINARY TRIAL.
The Great Internal Machine
Case,
The pececnt week viii be stgnalized, Ia the Re-
cordc1e' Court, by tril Of one Of the most e1tta
Ordinary casce thst eyer demanded the attention
OF Court ofJustics-3 case destined, VIC talnk,
to rink among the "cELErRss cAueA5' ol Anon'
can Jurisprudence. Although the tAnsacsion'
which is to be the subject Of Investigation IN tMs
trial. was at The time OF its Occurrences detailed ~
lenrfh In the TRRuNr, still ~ nearly year hAh
elapsed since that publication brief aansloa TO
its m oct prominent points, with eonhaoe1apie an-
ditjonsl Information whicA VIC have been able to
collect On the subject may be neeessa1y to enhhle
our readers 10 understand the testimony In the
case. witch viii from time to time appeae Ia our
eolurEn. -.
The case ie that Of the People OF Illinois vs.
Neh.miah hodge, Indicted for attempting the
lie Of one S. N. Whipple with al tnferua1 ma
chine.
PRELIMINARY TnANsAo71oSs.
Nehemiah Hodge, the defendant In the case, Is
apract.cing lawyer Of North Adams. Mass, To
his legal Knowledge, he Is said to
urits Tic qualities Of Rht1p anan-
cicr and ingenious mechanic. and in his
latter capacity hc invented and patented, aoms
time about the year 1919. an improvement in RAIL-
road bsAkes, which has obtained extensive use
upon the railroads OF the West. It sppelrs that
in tho manage ncnt Of this patent the dehsada.t
has tad ftcqutat negotiations With one Stephen
M. Whipple. the history o. which covers nearly
tho whole time that hiss elApsrd since the pateut
was issusd. Without detailing these negotiations,
1t Is Only necessary to say, that on tho9th Of Aug
1t53. Whipp1e, having previously the asency for
The plte1t, for Hodge, in some Of tue middle
States, agrced to purchase territorial rights Of
him in.sc Of the Western States Tor s., s,5oo-that
this nstctneht Ater being partially oxecutsd, was
subsequently abandoned ~ both PARTIES, and that
On tie ath OF 5nhc. ls69, lodge Arranged Vita
Wtipple to come to 1lhao1a and assert his rights
against 6nId1y rau'oad comp aaies' that were
1is,uG his Invention "ttaont recognizing bis pa'
tta't. NMppac came 70 cniesso to'oeotase's' aAa
putbed Hodges c3at,ns Tor saoont two months, bit
| on The Jet OF Ausnst, lds', Ills communication
With Hodge saaacnl5 ceased. ana ne entered INTO
tho employ Of the zau-5osa compaaaes' whoae
ciaaiss a1o a.tstes'e "ete &a'eeS0 ~ LIE p1een'
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Iitted oiAtes Cont sgains1 Nblpple' tose'aef
"lth tne Calcaso. burlington q Qalaey, Inc va
]enR q Chicago Union, the chicago g Noek IL
lana' INC No.la"es.etn aLo .~o sf 'atee o.aes
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Companies ane~etsc ss1at Tue fieets anoer Lie
patent were vested In nsmfasad, Superintendent
Of tie Chicsgo, Burliegton d Quincy Road, ant
produced. in support Of theiz answer. the assign
| ftf,tn Whjnn1H n Hammond NJ cIH
ment between Whspple aud Hodge, whereby the
tight In the Territory In question was tsauefet1es
to Whfpple- Hodge piled thAt this agreemen'
bsd IN IN mntual,v anrnsonel md tbs witiat
! su,reudrr.6 by WA1pp1e. and thst only py ttcaNu.
cou,d he subsequently, rayc obtafaed nes1ess,o;
mH In rn.,rtepsns. of h,s assertion he tiled ,
sur1,cr,crtsrv hn for tl,e raac,11.t,o..of the In
,tTnmcnt. .nd prosecutea Nl,onls for ite lAsc-s,
IN the criminal CONT Of Berkshire coauty, Mxsea
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rent for thc LARCENY. eua tho suits betwee,
po5r,s and The Rs,lroad compaalcs were pusae,
zovi,,o,ou.lr thut on lie 1st Of january, 1853
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