Morning journal and courier., 1884-09-25
THE TELEPHONE SUIT.
Increasing Interest In the Argument
 of Counsel.

4AcFeASAM& 1hLGEeSE FGne AFS of Counsel.
 NEW YORK, Sept. 24.-The small court room of the United States circuit court hay ing proved inadequate to the accommodation of the crowd of business men and lawyers who desire to listen to MT. Sorrows argu- ment in the suit brought by the Bell Tele- phone company against the Peoples Tele- phone company, the case was this morning transferred to the large and much more con venient courtroom in the postoffice build ing In order to allow MT. Storrow to com plete his argument before recess to-day the court opened half an hour earlier than usual. Judge Wallace was almost hidden from the spectators by the many mechanical devices which were ranged along the top of his desk. All the lawyers in the case were promptly on hand at the appointed hour, with the excep- tion of ex-Senator Roscoe Conkling, who was, as usual, half an hour late.
 Mir. Storrow began the third day of his ar gument with voice so clear and unwearied that no one would have supposed he had been talking without a break for two days. He makes no attempt at oratory, but talks right along in a quiet conversational tone which is pleasant to hear and easy to follow Continuing his analysis of the voluminous testimony which had been taken in the case, MT. Storrow said that the defense had claimed that Drawbaughs invention of the telephone was the talk of the town of Eberly's Mills for seven years previous to 1872. But when Henry Drawbaugh, the inventors brother, was placed on the stand, he testified that he never heard of his brothers in vention until July, 1872. Henry was q man of considerable wealth and influence He owned distillery and owned number of railroad cars, which he used in his own business. Had Daniel Drawbaugh required capital for the manufacture or development of the telephone, doubtless Henry would have been willing to furnish it. The majority of the witnesses called in the case were farm CTS. They knew little or nothing concerning acoustics or the principles upon which the telephone was constructed. Hence they might easily have been mistaken in what they saw heard concerning the alleged inven- tion. Why had not Mrs. Drawbaugh, the wife of the inventor, been called among the $50 witnesses brought forward by the defence, servant girls and others who had talked with Mrs. Drawbaugh about the alleged invention and were placed upon the stand to tell what she had said concerning 1t, and great lmpor- tance was attached to their testimony. Why, then. hesitate to call the woman herself It was also singular fact that no sketches, drawings scraps of paper relating to this wonderful invention had been preserved by Drawbaugh! He testified that whatever sketches he had made were made upon drafting board, and had afterward been pianed off Mir. Stor- row then called the attention of the court to the testimony of man named Kahney, who had been called by the compliments. It ap- peared that after giving his testimony and returning to his home Kahney had written letter to MT. Storrow, informing him that he would like to change part of his testimony, as some facts concerning which he was in doubt at the time had come back to his mind The facts were damaging to the com plainant's case Kahney, however, intimated that he could keep out of the way of the other side if desired. Mr. Storrow endeavored to secure an opportunity for the witness to appear again. been accused by the defendants of acting un- fairly in the matter. He desired to resent the charge, for he had done all he could to set the witness testimony right.
 He was your own witness" interposed ex-Judge Hill, who sat at Mir Sorrows side.
 FfHe is your liar! He is your Harp cried MT. Storrow. striking-the desk before him with his fist.
 After the outburst of feeling MT. Storrow seemed to feel better and continued his argu- ment with renewed vigor.