Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-05-23
WILDER THROWN OUT.
Pan Electric investigating Committee
Declines Wilbsr's Af6davits
as Testimony,
The Reagan int,rsiaie-r Commerce Bill
Reported % The Eouse Mih
u Substitute.
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special 70 the GascItt
WASHINGTON, May 2e,--Aftcr Aitor-
pey-General Gaflaud's testimony closed
late yesterday afternoon nr. Rogers and
Hon, Casey oung were examined bcroie
the pan-Electro Investigating committee.
MIR, Young put In the evidence certain
records of the department 81 the interior
lie demanded the privilege also of intro
duciug evidence OF the pf0prrty OF the
governments bringing suit. lie said he
proposed TO prove by competent
evidence that the patent that had
been attached Ay thr Rovernment
had been obtained by fraud from the
patent oillce, that the otilcer who gave II
was derelect IN his duty, that he issued
the patent through corrupt Influences,
and that he was paid by the patcnteo to
issue the patent. These facts he would
prove by papers or witnesses Tho sem
satlon of the day was caused by MIR. Van
BonthuysCn, who introduced In support
OF his testimony an AFFIDAVIT made hy
Zennrblsh WILDER, who was the piiucipal
examiner In the patent Office Ia charge Of
the division embracing all applications
Tor patents relating 10 electrical
Inventions during the years 1875, 1876 anl
until May, 1877, ABOUT Which latter date
he was promoted To be examiner OF inter
fcrences. vigorous opposition TO us
reception on reading YVES maia,alned ny
some OF the committee, and an executive
session was ordered Tor to-day, when tho
propriety OF thopaper being received as
evidence was discussed. Mr.. Wil1er
says that, as examiner, the application oi
Alexander Graham Bell, upon which was
grapted Che letters patent March Z, 1875,
Tor multiple telegrephy, was referred 20
lim, and was by him personally examined
and passed TO Rsue, aud that he (Wllberl
rave ibe ailliayits IN The Bell controversy
which were used AZ the hearing before
the commission ia ihu Int FLOR dppatt.
ment, consisting of Secretary Lamar, AS
sistart Secretaries Mnldrow, jerks, and
Commissioners OF Patents Montgomery,
which commission sat for The purpose II
advising ihe department ot Justice ~ 60
the udvsability and proprIely OF the gov.
ernment bringing the eult against the
Bell company. he says that 10 none Of
these gliidawts did he L II the exact facts
and the entire truth, but that now, IN
order that the parties mey be yindlcatud,
and the injustice rcctihcd he has con.
cluded 20 tell the whole truth aud moth.
| ing hu. the truth, regardless cf
the consequences without hope or prom
ise Of reward. lie then declares that tho
previous AillCavits were executed Jlly
80 and Aug. 3, 1888, Oct 10, 1885, Nov.
z, 1885, and Oct. ~, 1885 that one OF
these ailldaylta, Wit the one oct. Fl,
1885, was given at tho request OF the
Bell company by Mr., Swan, OF It's couu.
sci, when he (wilber) was suffering uu.
der the influence OF alcohol, and that he
was In effect dupod 10 Sign, not fully
realizing the statements therein con.
tuined, and that Mr. Swan paid him
500 thereon for the Bell company The
Pan-Electrc Investigating committee
decided to-day not to admit the WILDER
affidavit as testimony and adopted the
following resolutions
Resolved, that the evidence be finally
closed and that the committee proceed 10
make report To the house Of the evi lence
Gdduced and their conclusion thereon
The committee will meet Monday next
for conference II Is probable that week
or ten days win be required accomplishing
the report.