New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-09-23
WHOINVENTED TELEPHONES
THE CLAIMS OF BELL AND DRAwBAUGH.

A SUIT INVOLVING GREAT ITrEGEsTs-CoNKIINd
AND rpMuNDs OPPOSED TO EACH oTHrR
In the little village of EbCrly's Mills in the
Cumberland Valley. one of the loycc- and most fcr'e
spots I'm Pennsylvania lived Daniel Dmwbaugh for half
% century. Nomnally carpenter ho was really Jack
Of all trades" Hy hi friend. he laugincy called
genius by hi, enemies fool By the community at largo
he was considered cranky" Obviou4 Of all comment
hc pottcrcd away in his little shop doing whatever odd
fob. were brought him. and ion his spare moments lie
voting his attention to matters which were beyond inc hh
of Mi, ncighbors and therefore considered worthless The
nsrnoancc of his personal appearance was f'l''m''
los the eyes and forehead of man Of brains II" was very
poor lie was continually mycntiug useful articles ny
which Others. possessed of less skill mt more sc"dneS
prontcd. he invented pump faucet, .tnycmaldnS
machine am electric clock and other articles i-inahly
10 profit 10y his numerous inventions WAS due oh lack oi
means. He could ud ono with enough confluence III
Nj. chimcHcal schemes ~ they were considered To 'd
vance any capital. Suddenly he emerged from hi' OBJ
security. aud today Il the principal figure IN suit Nhcn
i-atlracting general attention.
In the spring Of 17SO the klomm Telephone company
was organized II was Threatened with a suit by Inc
American Bell Telephone Company for Infringement 81
patents granted In 1916 and 1877 Tho threatened sut
resulted In the formation some months later OF tho
Peoples Telephone Company. which took tho patents
owned by the Klcmm Company and having In adi'ion
the inventions ~ Daniel Drawbaugh who applied for
patent ON hls telephone I'm 1880 The ness company or
gnullod with Il g. Mccormick. cvGpycrnoro of Arizona,
Also Assistant Secretary Of the Treasury as president
and cy MAYOR Prince of Boston n7 vlrr pr'h'hi sun
was ~ once BROUGHT by the American Ben Irl'rhoh'
company against the People, Company nor inllnr''
mcut preliminary Injunction vns Granted ~ 'h'
spring of l77i the plaintiffs began taking testimony
before Commi,sioncr OFT ic moved from place to place
Wv accommodate witnesses Philadelphia. Baltimore
Harrisburg and other cli9 vct Visited IN THE wav
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