, 1875-09-25

hn VA. proprietor By v!rtuo Of part authorship,
lIa.c!sson hnvlug rtatcd thai fact 10 him;
which was dled in tho Milwaukee, eulA copy Of
which le He'd with tho affidavit of Mt. Emuon4.
Kankin nnxt datltca that IackBon IN any man
t,clia1es That such adaptation ra. made hy ono
John i'urceli. an actor of Nav York. Ito also
claims tina! tho translation 10 lia personal khow~
ndgo nAs not complotcl until December. tA74.
II III admitted matt that jackson copyrighted tho
play, but It ts denied that hs aequ rod any copy.
rinht Of tho tsAnstatiop or any o1clnsive right 10
pnblihh 1t, but that on tho rf1ntrary Jacknnn
tld7or pretended - soo'ro rl1te ~ \ trahsla-
tor. hit represented llin,Aof 10 10 tho original
nnd sole authnr: 1t Ia submitted tl,at on tho
factA stated Jackson could not onttio hitnsalf to
protoot1on a. Ausls0r or proprietor Of the play
under tho laws Of tho Unitsd Slates-
II II htBo a'imiite1 that jackson AneiBnoA his
copyright to tho eonosinantt. b1t douiod that
they tllescby became vested wtl, nuy exclusive
Right In It. In regard to tho assertion that
D'Ennerr aud Eormon ttavo rovor authorized any
ono brs jackson 10 traEslato y Lua Don1 Urpila-
ilnnH," Rankin denies it. and on tho contrary
tho authors contcnt, long teforo 1AcAhoh tfanh-
lated It, and tras Also. likewise with their conaent
translated Into English hy Jolln O1onfotd, and
pnt on tho stage in iondon under tho t'tlo q tho
"Two OrDhana." That play is identical viii tio
one ovued by the conplatuaats. Not Only thiu.
but E. q. WAlrayen Hr0ta . navel enitod3ln{;
precisely The same fncl39ntA and pol WhIof' Vas
phsht,sl in Now York by Munro T. 70, TN
is nov produced Id Ch!cngo by tue dotehuala.
1taDkin mud lis wife.
I,aulin next ssataa that l.n llas copy of tho
English verrion Of OKonfurd, Hhtch h1 tlas com.
pkrct With conpialna1th translation. bY Tho nil
III e.. II. Varn!nntpt, and lie t!nds tAsn to 1e
ns s p, 1,iayctl tic "rTo Orphans" 40 translated
by Jaok kso por oe. o tnse 70 20 2;o 10, ont pIo
j,on,lnn Ti,,cs md, I'll conctusiost. dohics that
ho ID ipeolyopt, aud aAks to bava lie sult akAnst
Inn l,Amascd. .....
J. II. M'v1CKEK,
Charles H. VandetlluH. and Rankin htmRaf. hfr.
McsieIscr states that ho knows tho reputation Of
tho publishing -houHo Of French Il Co., sntl thas
thoy would not publish play wrongfu!sy or stir-
reptit!o',a!y. lie ta also acquainted with John
O1cnforaa reputation, aud that It is unescop-
,iooalle, ho being dramatic author aud critic
CHARLES it. vAxpESnnFr,
tn Lis affidavit, statea that llo ts All EnBlieh &C.
tor. Of prosont. l'oweyot: residing III America.
and Rankin. II September. 1874. ha vas In
I.ont1on, aud then bRw the "Two ORPHANS ~
played nt tho Olympic Theatre. - trans
lated by. oxcntord, and published BY
came ca am to = A@ortca, - and ' ssW tho '' saao no
performed At tbs Union Bqusro Theatre. In Ills
olinon it In the ssn,o play nj shat per-
formed in J,ondon. In Atienst Iaat ho procured
n copy Of Oxenford's translation from London,
mud has atnco baen engaged In revising It for
Rankin TO play.
Inst Wednesday. ht RaEkIn's roquost, afiiant
Hays, Eo teoEraphea 10 Londun to know wlethar
0xcnfords revision, WAS ruatla with D'Ennery
and Cornlon's permission. and whether it wah
p!aycl Bop.. II, 1874, In Lontlou, lie received a
reply answering bath questions Ia tho aitlrma-
tive. lie was also informed that Oxanford
tranHlated it. and aaacrts tint neithor would Ok
oxford translate. nor would Freuch d Co. print,
anything aurrapttionsly.
itankiI,'s affidavit IL to tho effect that The In
junction in Indiana MAS granted OF parte nhen
he VAS about to 1eaye tho btato aud he made no
tlofeuac, bccauso l,c did rot caro- whether an In-
junction ras iHsued thon or not.