, 1863-10-29
TIE INTERNAL MACHINE CASE,
Second Days Proceedings.
EXAMINATION OF S. u. wHIpPLE

Pursuant to adjournment, Court met ycsterda,
Eo1n.ns at nine o'clock. The first witness callet
was 'stf11en u. HhiRpls, for The pro*.ert;on.
Ny name il Stephen II: Whipple. Ny hmll,
have resided in North Adams seventeen years
.yidence In contested patent cases, nmoos othcrs
!oe the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroat
tompany; lcommencsd this business Ia the al
ncas transaction With him was In the winter o!
1852; 1&new him i've or ti1 years before that
3-State what business transaction you had With
1852, Mt. Hodge sold me his patent for the Sfai,
q OHIO for $40. $40 IN tix months f;on s.lc aud
the balance In year: II the summer Of 1853 he
lgan. Wisconsin, Illinois and Indiana for 81, 100,
and execute. upon tie payment Of $503 down, a
bond for deed Of those States. conditioned upon
ed. went to work uEaer that bond Ia The States /
taye mentioned. Matters continued In thst ehap1
!ul January: 3sSG. When was at the DsIesau
sr!nn'ent Of record. under the seal Of the Eaten,
0t1ec: Which led me to suppose that the States oI
Illinois and Indiana had been decided to nuother
patty lwsn: TO Mr. Hodge for an explanation );
convey to me, and then I would satisfy the ter;ls
81 thls boho which was Just maturing He sent
h2a e; dfsd, but It was not 5nnning to but 70
maturity of this bond. Ar Hodge showed me TIC
deed but 1t EaB not on record. ref1eed to Day
anything until it was recorded, and as that Va.
iurc, 1860. told him That / was going TO oSio to
look after 1ny interests In the patent that at,
and that would be happy to DO what conll ior
eation he made me his agent to }ooE sfSer hi,
claims in those States, With the understanding
tnat he was to come ont and assist M. us did
ment with me, told ii. Hammond Of tas tustsu.
ment in my Possession. acd everything CONNECTED
1t to him. Finally / did transfer 10 Hsmmona
an my interests under tha: instrument. n M.fcd,
ls61. AodEe GaDs @ to Chicaso and wanted me to
and the railroads. ! Was tnea at Aurora. Nj.
Hedge cancc. to sec no two or three tfmss. On
one occasion he came and spent an evening with
me- Whep sF re sansslea t.: agreement la the
ny ccu1se With reference to him and the rliiro:d
composites, he 1osc up and sid: "Ar. WhTppla.
~ ~ TOT @ g9i3s to cmbisrats me in my efEosts to
gel ny rights OF 1h:ae railroad CO np4nies: If
you DO, will not fnroke the powers Of Col
aea.uEt you, but tie powers of-.'' He sat
dowE upon thef, and said: u brought a}5 with
me to pnt these roads into Court, aid / bfoucGt
revolver: On the 9Th 0: October, ISL. a. 10
ocock, .as at the Office Of 1hs United STATES
tommiesione:. On Court street. Bos,on, taking !
ing p1oct eded some ten minutes. I was arrested
sud went Nith the officer into the passaes. The
arst Han A. saw was Hodge. II s1td. follow mat
there, asked the officer what thie was for. IIs
said 70. stealing bond. Next day was tsE.n to
North Adams aId pu: under bonds Of $1.6.0,
vas taken to Leno9, the county town of Berk.
shire comfy. While there in p.isoa ! yrotz let-
ter TO Walker, Of the 1rn OF WalKer s Dexter.
M ss1c 1as snS 3sh y q NJ man came
ty and came to Chicago. An Indictment was found
against @ ne. Last July 1appsared to attend the
hsa ssa but tie nde
4 the roadt, wac at the Office Of the e. 3. q.
Z. R. Waa there frequently Iknow Nj. .Hud zc q
handwriting: fThs letter attached to the box was
Sng 1eoa1 q Mh a9s shy Hs Il saS M ssna
hsveno doubt about this betass Hodges hand wri-
ting.
WAS my ball; I don't know ho r he came to be my
bail, or at whose solicitation twas: never asked
any man to be mJ bail, noE would I; stated to
that they knew their Gnty; It was not for me to
inform them: was ta their employ;
On the fth ef June; 1867. I Lived within fsw
rods Of Mr. Hodge. The fsst talk In reference to
was IN bis shop. MI. Hodge makes models ia his
shop There is a work bench there. {The asree-
ncnt Of 9th Of juno, 1860. was shown TO witness}-
the agrecnent Was made came to Chicago. Nj
Hodge advanced money tome:
The date Of the t1anfer to hammond Was on tho
Eth Of August, 1850 There VAS at that time no
their employ. That was not I'LL October At Auso:a
| euperintended making the models Of patent
brakes. ! put the models together. .Detwesn 1855
and 1se0 I lived II North Adams. In 1854 I was
ae: ociRted With Henry h. Paine, OF waite: light
let aIr. Paine have a Thousand dol
|srs to assist In carrying On his experiments,
which resulted In what he called a motive po ~er.
did rot see the letter On the boz taken from It;
received another letter connected with this bog;
have not got TINT letter; gaye It to Mr. Hall be-
lore The machine was exploded. and he ,gaye It
know Willard Ray of Moth Adams; / saw him at
the Tecnont Honse some time in 1859; did not
9 u MI Ray that Hodge had 1he advantage Of ne
3.o. Low. ent twould be my. turn next;
8m 9is ~ NJ n; r;hilips of Moth Adams. Mass;
S1sts q Vermont, that something would shortly
r.s pue concerning Ar. Hodge, that would sur
csms f segoody mnn, calling hltnself MI. Ford
That was IL Nora Na1ase eome time lsat April Or May
n,E ta1a %antsd S;. to know about Hodges patsnt and
n;ea Wy inal ne bad sued eeyen eailraad cn1nns-
hned - olG not 1sA " Ford tha: they We're cum
not aoas ap e IT. tat
were at the expense Of the trial md yia a!a an
nth the money. ard that IL would be- ths eh Iar.
eM 1ain9 51G e 9o h fgat ot Nj
toaey had been at North Adams but d9 nos ut ~;
am That tue railroad companies paid the ern ,nS -
{Mr. Ford here came III, and witness identinsd
nm 1did not stste to Mr. Ford that Nahetnish
patent Rinct 1854 and that consequently b. had no
means to GHht this suit. did not state that
ebonld not baye done anything about this matter
PM ior t5e railroad company but they were bo 1ud
va. Ct the expense of tie railroad comp anies I
tola ~. fo:d tkat1 recetved tho aanouymous let
tet ano regarded It "a hoax till came to Chi
faeo; ee,ea At ~ thaf Tin time did 60 regard It a.
auyth{nr OF tha fknr dnntf tvn- ,s%stLn. fts-e