, 1873-06-14
MARK TWAlN'S SUIT.
12o Takes Exception to q Publfsfcr's
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| From The Nsto Fork Tribune .Tano II.
n curious suit camo up boforo Judge lngra-
tnam, yesterday, in oh9mbera q OF the supreme
as Mark Twain, ia tho plaintfff, and Denja-
min J. Buoh, q publisher, defendant Oircum-
stances lod to tho action somo tin,e in April,
WHOM Mr. Clcn,ons was called upon, as hts fo8i-
donoo in Hartford, by gentleman who intro
t!ucod himaoH aa Such, and who sought to in
q. dnco Mr. olomens to write for him az original
medium (which he was about to issuo. Mr.
olomena declined, informing the stranger
| TINT 1t would bc impossible for him to
enter Into =, ny now epgssomonkts for the
soon to atart Of Europe, and was alrcady occupied
In writing book. He told nlr. Such, moro ON
phatically. that llo would not writo him . skotoh
for 81 900, but finally consented to lot him uBo
my particular ono Of D cortnln number OF
skotohos which had previously appeared In an
English publication, and h1r. ClomonB marked
OIL the fow That ho WIS willing ho should select
ono from.
Tho Btrangor departed, and nothing moro was
hoard from him until tho day prior to n1r.
Clemens' departure for Europe. On that day,
while coming to Now York on tho Hudson River
noad, number Of pamphlets were distributed
smo snS1s nsos Ia ap ane
t"ned IL liqlly-oolorsd- lerao-laftorod cover
snS snS ffF9wns Fa1o1 65sadn ID a9
Bkotchoa and Ohoioo Selections of Wit and
Humor. A. Curious Dream and others skotohos
Revised and SOLICITED by tho Author, Mark Twain,
Price, 10 conts." Tho smile which tho object
first awnkonel changed into gonuino annoyance
as Mr. olemons discovered that, instoad Of tho
ono Bkotoh he had consented to have published
in his interview with Such, who WAS tho pub
lfshor Of tho pamphlet all The sketohos ho Ind
marked out, from which to make tho eeleo-
tion, wore reproduced horo, aud his namo
was used with unwarrantab1o freedom.
Besides those The book contained an
to him, although he cmphatica1ly declines to
father it. Tho very day ho loft for Europe q
suit waH instituted In grant haste, and Judge
Tancher granted preliminary injunction.
Tho argument, yoBterdny, Wna mado by Simon
Bterne, mir. Clon1ons' counsel, for tho purpose
OF rendering tho injunction perpetual. Tho
complainant, besides showing tho 1aots already
stated, claims damages to hRvo boon infliotod to
tho o3tont Of S25 000 as tho negotiations at that
time ponding betwoon tho complainant and
certain publishers woro materially inter-
forcd with. Nrr. Twain also atatos
that he would not havo hnd his
Bkotohos appear In this form in m advertising
medium for $50, ,00o, for tho simple reason that
it As an impolltio thing for an author, whoso
composition is characterized by ita lumor, to
publish In disjontod collection lis humorous
akotohos. The defendant appeared by Mossrs
Traphngen and Matthews. uo admitted tho
conversation with Mr.. Clomens substantially as
stated above, but claims that ho was authorized
to publish al the sketches ttat wero pointed out to
him. Aa to the skotch not written, by Twain, ho
excused it by stnting TINT 1e found 1t in Tho
Ph'tany Pheloio credited to Mark Twain.
Judge lngraham took the papors, roserying his
decision.