The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-11-14
THE PATENT
fxsdeavoring to Got ut the Bottom Of the
- - Bell Patent AohcnnO.

WASHINGTON, Nombember 13.-The tele-
phone case was again called up before the
Secretary of the Interior to-day.
Mr.. Storrow replied briefly to the afida-
Wits. He says he had put in q sworn
s~tenographic report of the Pittsburg trial,
in answer to the allegation that the Bell
Company had been invited to come to Phil.
adelphia to negotiate with the Globe Com
papy, and they had sent down a repre-
Sentative, but the Meucci people had de-
clined to show anything, and he returned,
no wiser than he came. Mr.. Beckwith in
quired if he would be permitted to put In a
counter-afidavit, sworn to by hve gentle
men. to the effect that no such invitation
had been extended by the Globe Company,
that the Bell people called upon Goodwin
and his associations, and had spoken OF
millions of money, and that the gentlemen
representing the Globe Company had
drawn their watches and given the Bell
representative
TWENTY MINUTES TO LEAVE.
In answer to an inquiry by the Secretary
Mi. Ganett said that if it was deemed de-
sirable the petitioners would cause tests to
be made of the workings of the various
models submitted in evidence. Ii the other
side assailed their testimony as working
mOOcl6 US WOuIN llhO PAV AA SARSAo SS9S
mony. In answer the Secretary expressed
a preference for afidavits rather than oral
expert testimony, which, he said. always
had the effect of stampeding him. Mr..
Storrow expressed a wish to put in an ath-
davit by an expert touching this line OF
procedure. The Secretary said tbs: the
case would resolve itself into a question ot
expert testimony, and no doubt both sides
could produce evidence to abstain their re"
s~pective cases. Counsel for the Bell Com
pany expressed q desire to
EXAMINE AND TEST MoDELs
! Submitted by the other side, and a long
discussion took place between the Opposing
counsel as to the custody ni the models;
| The Secretary rather impatiently desired
| the gentlemen to come to an agreement.
| II they could not do that he would require
| the models to be examined in his presence.
| After some discussion it was decided to be
| gin the arguments tomorrow. Secretary
| Lamar warned the attorneys that they
must be brief, at he expected to finish thu
| case this week. Mr.. Blackwell, who wal
counsel for the defense in the Pittsburf
case, made a statement touching the pro
| eeedings in that case. He said the Court
had declipsd to 20 into the question Of
rHE vAf1ps1Y ~ TnpsDslL PATEar.
H- en- |rE
- Mr.. Blackwell said that the Rieaa instru
ment would transmit speech. and the Cour'
said il that could be shown he would refus'
the Injunction. but on second thought, b
said that that point would a no diner
ence. and the question Of the p~racticabiiit!
Of the Reiss instruments wal not discussed
The instruments were not explained to th
Court or looked at except in a casual wal
Mr.. Deckerson pointed out that Bake
wells statement placed the Pittsburg cour
in a very disagreeable light. he aPpeale:
to Mr.. Blackwell to try and remember
Judge McKenna had not said that It Nj
Storrow would acknowledge that Reiee
telephone would transmit speech then ,
would deny the injunction, and that NJ,
Storrow had declined to make any sucn &c
mission. Mr.. Bake~ ell admitted that sue
a statement had been made, but said it n
. ferred to another occasion, and he pers'ste
in his first statement.
Adjourned until tomorrow.