Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-05-25
BELL TO BOYLE.

rna profe ssor Writes Concerning the
Wnber AfiGayit.
W,su,xeroy May 24.-Chsirman Boyle,
If the Telephone Investigating Committee,
,o5sv received the fOlloSing eommunica-
non from Prot. Alexander Grsham Bell
sor submission TO the committee:
WASHINGTON, May p, 1886.
ciax. E. Boy's. Chairman PaH-Eisctrie
Committee.
DEAR SIR - | have read in the Washing
ION 2ost and other newspapers OF May Y,
Isss whar purports 20 De g copy OF an
,.a:,.;r 9TH 30, FisS WIlbsr, sworn to
,,.,.r seven ..y.k, 20, and oHsred 10 your
committee H. rSOns who oHered this
N me comu;tsg are now az Baltimore
and new D;l-aus 10 the Uailed States
Copr, Tending cults for infringing my
psreuts An informed that testimony for
fnal hearing 10 now being taken
in both these cases II these persons CT
snv one else associated With these detencss
think thai any court would believe What
Mr W,l,er swears % l. sould be their
duty and their interest to, call him as W.T.
pass he would then be Cross-eXamlnec
and MA truthiuluess or want OF truthful
ness established It they believe them
thew will do 80 am nos disposed, how
ever. 10 le, hi4 statements wait Tor de-
nisl and therefore snul,ss With this my
affidavit. also call your attention to his
various aFdsyi's made before this one.
At the reque.t Of NJ Van Bau.hysen
and others he made an affidavit st "eso-
iDyton on July Il, 1855, and repeated 1t
on Auya.t 3 Tnis WAS 6led before the
Secretary Of the Iuterior ~ he petitioners
for the Goyarnment suit In that his only
round for attack upou my opinion rested
gnon y written camTaGicniou OF February
-. 1876. ald o. mS P'@ssot op.nion OF the
rules Of ls~ on the sGrJ c. lie dId no
suyyss, any o,h47 comuauaics'ioR nor sny
fraud On O,ro7~- 10 1885, before or
any one ialerrs'ed wi.h ne lad comuani'
canon with hir. NJ opponents took an-
other affidavit irom him ard ted |. before
the Secretary lt the lnterl1c, ana II Is
printed on Page %l2 OF tae printed record
Of the ,esr:mo.y then used. In taGt ne
states in terms that he gave no lntorns.
tiou abou: the Gray caveat beyond Whal
3 pears 10 the official communications n
tie 6les subsequently Me Wioet made
sn al, ,jsvit Or'oopr p. 1888, which was
us-d uu 1ehait ol mY patent b iars ire
Secretary Of tie Interior. 1t contsned
th4 following. In tie conduct Of such
spphca,ion there was 10 fraud OF any klnd
whatever. nor any transaction S5ny CON,
muuica'iou, oral or written which So9lu
support any such allegation in the least
manner whatsoever. e thsr on The part oi
Pro! Bell or his attorney myself or any
o;heS person whatsoever. ] cal
your &r,entiou TO the fact EhIco
appeared before me Secretary OF the
afilavit covering more than tTelve pages
!ools,sp is in Ne. Wl6ers hand@ritink
Subsequently,, and on November 10. 1889
Mr. WIler male another affidavit tor my
opponents which they used before The Sec
retary Of the Interior, IL conialEsd no
lusion 10 the topic now referred 70 II Il
printed on page 81 of tSe record OF psti
TONERS proof oef15e the Secretary. | re-
quest ,hs, son will kindly communicate
this letter and the enclosed affidavit tc
your committee.
Yours respectfully.
ALEXANDER GRAHAM BSLL.