Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-05-24


asAiefsiaaalng that ,als bal the ssoia
ave I..ht 10 sx.l ~ tbs tnstcd Stst~s
That Page hsi tsea sisen ea-,ss b. bas
iFpa and he dial n.si kna~ hos ,nuch
bad teen o<s.i tor that puFr~e fss.
Dad claimed that be established sn uf'ace
IA Syracuse. pail tsS for fsat asst cas-
bsfnri cut ilis stay is s.Faeass hal
tscsn short and they eoulin had han
there The Siires ts-ople feund eat -
lufslo that r.ig. ~as shipping troas
into Canada sa,i that they hai ma FAC
tos. an that ritntFy.
Paige. sh,ses NAts'--
Re. ilr~ct &xanainaiioa ty Mr.. faggas,
showed that Paige Ispre~nted tia, be
bad spent yes.s pssteStlEs tho s4scsF,
Ikcre ss- Eothing ske u. Although Ia
the early -sns something similar had besa
bs asE, sut IA New Jersey. Page aprsr
entity shoNei by sales IN eur town that
u was wanted lie then ssni to itc~d
CITY With 4 party Il our citilea. and
did what f.sAesi like a IA: business
We found put 10 taj ubtA,Csd aqua
lures h. representing that the isop.e
would rot have "a take the machines
Whea Nc went Ia MllW sgkee We found
that a siniler machine was on the mar
xrt- A slight difference IA the iron
trimmings was all We found that the
year previous Page & Neil bad sold
the Fi,ht a. manufacture "a 1. r. Wood
wacl Thea Ne found that factory
sas running at Newark. New York. We
PAID nln so.tu Ia furnish iruifs !
can't say how much they ~cr. worth;
be probably srnt us about nifty of them.
The money vas paid Paige m Detroit,
and hr went east Ia establish agencics.
hc said. lie led Us Ia believe that he
Nas STAYING at Syracuse. bat II he dbl
II VAS short stay for We couldn't md
hIui. although be represented that he
hal established All oIhcc. paid tto Tor
rent. and had been burned out. Paige
vas next seen IN Buffalo. We .ound out
Afterwards that he Was shipping irons
% Canada. though We had no factory
there.
TIA the re cross ex Judge Wing said
that Paige may have told hun Il other
patents Tor -llc-rs; he didn't remember.
IL the thing was IA success Paige was la
have one third II the profits. Paige put
In three months selling IL Ia us. and IN
April We put the machines on the mar
kes- .ude- rstem attempted Ia prove
by the witness that Paige put in several
months working up business and paying
his own EXPENSES, but failed.
tie direct examination 10y MIR. Taggcrt
brought out the fact that the machine
made at Owosso dad not differ mater
ially from those made al Ludington.
Judge Iatem moved Ia strike out the
testimony IL the witness. claiming that
-. o 81 .t..f. A.. A
kept within the rule. Denied.
Paige's Reputation at LUsiington.
Judge J h. Mcmahon IL Grand Rapids.
formerly 10 Ludington. assistant United
States attorney. was next sworn. On
direct examination the witness testified
tina, he knew Paige 10y sight and by
reputation.
In Ludine'on his reputation is bad. p"
On cross examination witness testified
tina, his brother mad never been inter.
ested in the Slicer company.
Henry l. Haskell of Ludington. propri-
etor 81 the basket factory. testified that
Pages general reputation was bad a,
LudIngton.
On cro-s- examination the witness said
that with one exception he had heard
aSdAhrt saw
deal.
Detective Darr sgore that hr first met
Paige IA Ludingion IN February. 1851.
and that prior Ia January 1. ls.si. Paigcs
reputation in Ludinc,ou was bad.
Marvin J. Paige was called IN robuttal
and his attorney attempted Ia show up
the Ludington deal. Objection was
raiscsi that the testimony Was brought
out IN cross examination. which was sus-
tanned 10y the court. Paige denied that
Reporter Cobb had quoted HIM cor
rcctly IN an interview OF January 10. in
asmuch ~ Page had been quoted -
saying that ne felt worse over what the
Buffalo papers had said than what was
printed Ia Grand Rapids. Paige said be
stated THAI anything ~ that nature
lmeanlng the saw set story would hurt
him wherever " was printed.
Court here adjourned until this morn.
ing at lo O'Clock.