New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-11-10
TELEPHONY INVENTORS
NINE CLAIMS LAID BEF0nE Mn. LAMAR.
4 COMBINED TTFORT AGAINST TIE Bull PAT1Nf-
....r1 800 cL.-r. E-I-E.

MR.. GAELANp's COMPANY ~ TIN POLE
WASHINGTON, Nov. 9.-'Ihe hearing 0l ths
telephone eases before the Secretary OF tie Interior WIS
set down to-day, aud tie arc Of the Assistant
Attorney. General OF the Interior Department was
crowded with counsel and persons interested In these
eases Secretary Lamar opened tie proceedings by
stating that nine petitions had been filed III this case
Inasmuch There seemed to be n concurrence Oh
sentiment AMI wish 10y all the parties concerned III '"'
controversy that the Whole should be taken up ~
once and considered whole, M Lamar preIeIre"
that there should be discussion to hay on the question
OF the rover OF the Government to institute sun 10
vacate patent and that tile respective picants VINO
are movers in this matter should BEGIN with ther
evidence and submit their cases.
The first case called that OF the Globe TeleIhon
Company. Mr. Humphreys, the attorney for the com
pany proceeded TO petitions flied Ia its behalf
In brief petitions set forth that the patent examiner
who passed Ecrs patent under the impression that
it related to a system Of mutirley telegraphy; that
Bells original Telephone imperative That ms was
admitted by himself; that he could not trutuly claim
priority OF invention Of the teicI hone because u was
commonly known that Reiss Meuccl, Gray and others
had made and used telephones before Bells application;
that il c0ud DC shown that MeucCi had cd telephone
IN si0 and that lie had not abandoned his invention;
that the Western Union Telegraph Company, controlling
certain telephone IaCnts, had entered into contract
with the Bell Company to compromise their difficulties
bv which the Western Union Company received 90 per
these great corporations had united to compel the Ieoe
70 nay trlnue to them Therefore tho Globe Teller hone
Company prayed the Department OF Justice TO BEGIN suit
to vatate tile Bell patent.
The remainder of the petitions we're read In the order
OF their ana included substantially the same
matter set ont IN the foregoing petitions. During the
reading Of the petition OF the Cu,hmau Go npany. Mr..
Humphreys stated that there a contract in existence
made between Cush,nat ami the Bel Company by the
terms OF which Cu.hman agreed to remain quiet and
avoid Interference with the Bell patents That document
was III tue hands the Attorneys for the Bel Company
ma later on they would he called upon to produce H.
I'm the petition Of the Pan Electric Company Is set
ont that Gray h.cl q cayeat for telephone the day
Of Bells application and mat contrary 70 the law tue
contents ot Cray caycat made known 10 Bell Dy
an Heal of TIE Patent once and tat within few days
Bell made important amendment 10 his application
covering the matter described IN "r"ys GayeLt Pr
Ganty stated That solicitor General GOOde M! acted
por Sn' cn1nr ana Of the ieis, and other instru-
ments hy be inning tue sllit ~ Memphis
Mr.. St0uOW stated that the Eel Company had no
desire submit written answer to The petitions; It was
sufficient To deny generally everything ihat hdi been
set out asserted that all ~ tLc allegations material
To this investigation were d-pOycd by the Iapcra Wch
the petitioners Themselves had presented an Icirted u"
with perhap, few other records from the Patent once
Mr. liHmphrcl' then proceeded 10 Ie2a tae 'niS' ,
aldavt OF /cna- Wilbur an cN examiner oi me lht.ht
ONCE who was IN charge Of the electrical division at ihe
time the Eel patent passed The audnt states
that after examination ~ gray cAleht ana Zen
gray. 10 comulcte Ia, cirr1t within tlrc" months.
Those orders had been Osrd and patent issued 20 Bell
In all his experience IN e.e' ch ears PA. see H'nt 'I
known OF similar ruling. h'd the u-ual course
been followed alter the -u,pcn-orF orier Bell could not
have received "A patent am hdd lltd'cl cd'tdl U,t"
renewed IN $50 mo- patent could have issued 10 Ht;
AlInt did not suspect pookcine-> at Tue TIME he u"
NOT believe that Bells application Iur a king
telephone bat Tor uutpi'N terTaphy ana - convinced
that hl, device Us described IN ms original Application j.
X Ia.ou an electrical expert ant inventor, q
a. pliatus Is capable OF u1n,nlit nS rpe'rL lie also
describes Mratci IhItu,''n "lT ',',,t ,n.I H "'