, 1879-04-19
MURDERED JOSIAH BACON.
a Mnp Who Had tho 1Ioattlttv Of Ten Thou
sand DentIst*-And Why IIs flntl 1t.

tcrcst In Boston na tho rc,ort that .1nttsh n.
coil, tho ian,u,,s Treasurer anl sctira huainc.,
n"',aaer @. u tno ooou!ear Dehtal Va'can'ts
COMPANY, wns murdered yesterday III San Fran
cisco l,y a dentist of that rtty. Uarpnfa Iust
ness was to look after a lj,,ea,ion m hei,a1f NJ
-, ~ p",.ps i'e".s VI ~. eo1npnn' hc represent
"' ~ htAs tle oeat" o1 Mr' nacon "ai
Thought to have been possible auicilot but
oven with tlsa receipt Of tic later news today,
public opinion t,as accepted It as n murde,
,r,f,r ,.esS ,,..,,,,.s ~" 90 1",r 'us'
u.'acf a Fery peculiar clreuna1ahces. Indeed,
t''c assertion was boldly made that such
must hayc been The fact, and reports Of prc.
vious tllrea.s bY dentists apainx. his lfp vers
frrcy slrnlatoa Thts hn1i.f snaoa" 1 ~ n,Ians %.,,
!, ,.,,n.s a.'a. =. 's us"et spceu"y eulneu
:" Fo''met IN detail, aud In proof. Dentists
spokc most freely upon tho subject, md some
Of them declared that for years B.con's life had
in ,no,,. tas,sa .,.'s os o' !" sa! T!aasseo' ou'
-, ~, '"a"s 1o.Ro e't'cs THROUGHOUT tue country
nc reason Tor the belief was founded upon tic
fact tl,at Mr.. nacon had 80 oppressed hundreds
Of tic profession th4t their business Ind born
ru,nr7 mn, ,1,.,r ,trs. ...,...a', t"o -. wv"
"."' , nt.' "'cF yves c'no!ttefcd III consc-
uue''es' a'1R'e instance VI this, occurring at
thc otiicc of Boston dentist some two ur ttlrco
years ngo, scrYes to illustrate tic nrobablJIty '
by revenge against Tie mai who hid ~, cinarIr
followed him 10 Ills business ruin On alIia t,t:.
rasion yuufg ,tsan who llntl faiicu il JcntIstry
state Of It.sae rae, md ewura en Yith anv II H.
Ter oatl,s ,I.at llc lIa. hccD terribly wronped y
iiacun, and l.at he wuull xiii hn il ever or. %.
postutIiv oirercll.
Tie t}0o1vcns Dental Fu1canltc Comnanf Ia
corporal i'm familiar In every cty siiIar,. u,It
hamlet w'crc lpIktfstry fs nraritrrt IT, Troas.
urcr, Jnssat l1acon, was d man knowt, uersnI1.
ally. In t]nrsunal apucayutrc Eu wis vrry at r;i,
my. and r'nuY l,ul note,l III lin marked
1r1 ftknFS Al &sI
present autt,erat ut ali tle Nusans. i,r cnn,.
nnn cnscnt. tutI Ut fI,n,n wi,n sfo,.i Z; .mn.
purt hin arl thosc wl.o onposed htn IN his liz.
work Jnstatl Eact,h also tcscnbtr,i S,cuuius
thing lkg pcrsonul fear, his stratlr nihrrcr1,,
TO purpose. ind his imniuval,lc tlet.rminnIist,
to Qain his emil whatever might le thr
consequences. Ills l[te wurk jl,s been 10
linz which there las boon Utmost end
less ltigation,--0ght!iIy the cnen,irs ~
extension, ut every point nt,l WITT, wontIpr,ui
unteltnusa, making the war aggressive when
hr captured. In his spcgIal department Of tj,o
husincss, Tint Of collecting ruyaIties for The usu
of har rubter ur yilcanitc II, making nlaics fnr
false teeth, he nutlguntzcd the 1900 dentists m
luis country bY exuctiug from them sums Of
muney Which They arc legally hound to pay uu
der Judgment OF rourt, but wtirh were never
thelcss generally regarded bY them a. uniuat
AMI extarttonate IN character. 4 bitter feeling
Of Chilly against JUsN bacon Nn3 tht1a trnn-
dcreGl, Intensified, doubtless. by lin ncrsissrnt
and ,1nro1upromisIts Spirit or Tic man. Fo raIn
Ills object and ti,t ends uf The Eomnnny MANY
hundreds OF suts liayo been l,rollsht araInst
those who rcftlsed to pny tlu lfrrnsra rcn,,irri
us ruyaitics. t.Manr men, il uycra nnc drntist
t'havc .Jusuh narun's proegeui1lrs wprricil intn
thu grayc.'t '"|~
When The old GOODYEAR patcnt cxotrcd bv lin.
Itutifn, there Eas ret,erul refni.nt, omnny ti,
practising dentists ~ lin cr,,itrv ,rhn hni,ovat
ilE.t hcncc!urth they wund he freri f,nm nur.
tng the ROYALTY for the i,sn NJ hard rnb',.r f9r
plates II was in tic aIn}jratfon ri r,tHhcr ~ T.,
Grntistry that tic rreat runfnrtv n nrortttion.
era espcctcI 10 t,mi n,nst rYfcrsir, nns;rnas
The l,so al rubbcr does mt rr,,Jrr s,r, snriai
knowledge as OF gnltI md s,iyer in f.n,,tstr"
while It was oltyfuus tint thf, ar,,crai nT,ll,
would profcr to h1y rniher sets ~ q rrat MI
exrrc.1g $lO to thost n]t. NJ ,,,r n,,rt, ,,,',r,
expensive nletntx. hit i,r n brilliant mnrn "rno
cutcu by josinh I}arnn. II" tahia. wcrn +nrnn,t
upon til. dentists md tho crartinn ~ r,,.uit'oa
wss contnucI Il ia saf,l thnt ,Jnsia1, Rnron ,ros
nrrustoucd tn kecn r,ror.1a ~ ,.nnr"rsnt'n.s m,s
lad With dantIsfe frnm1 tffnr To- linz fs,"' nis
works c,rrrfl lt,n aij mar thr courtr",. hat o 10
aitcrwari u.istai tIsa tronsrrns' a. NV ~
recor,ls,, to Iii ftfentn nn,j mlrn,,scs IT, hrnro
int hia sui,s. M man hn,f Gettnr focIiit ,.s ~
ktowIur thc extent Of , bnsiucss n t'rs ~
i -No'A@"o, - N%'A'rthy