The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-04-26
THE MEDICINE NOT GOOD.
A Lawsuit From an Unsuccessful At
tempt to Make .sMoore's Remedy"

A IawsuIt From an Cnsuccessful At.
tempt to Make ssMoore's Remedy"
"Moore's remedy" and the failure Of an
attempt to put n on the market. form the
subject matter OF an action in the superior
court In which the principals are f. w
Gillette and Jerome Catlin- The primary
cause Of the suit is a shipment OF cascara
segarda. sent by Catlin TO Gillette AT Chi
cage, the agreement. according 10 the lat
ter, being that the profits or losses should
be divided equally between the parties
The bark ives sold for 1870 on June $,
1885. but prior TO that time Gillette claims
10 have paid si.574ls freight. insurance.
storage and carriage. making the loss
ss5s.7s. Gillette therefore asks for Judg-
ment against Caflin in S47s.3s.
In his answer. fled in court yesterday.
catlin sets out the terms of a contract en-
tered into In 1853, and he then states that
he shipped 1s,4.5 pounds of the bark. cost
ing cents pound laid down In Chicago.
ard reasonably worth Is cents q pound.
Catiin says Gillette could have sold the
bark al a handsome profit, but refused to
do so. and thereby has damaged him in
81. as55 So
In May. 1859. Gillette and Catlin agreed
to manufacture tonic and liver remedy
composed largely Of the bark, ncorice
roots and other ingredients. and to employ
for that purpose Jerome Neither, who
alone knew the secret preparation. Metz
Ter was sent to Chicago at a salary OF $50
a month and expenses, and prepared
enough of the remedy to I'LL 2.l34 quart bot
ties In the process OF manufacture It II
necessary that portion of the ingredients
be intermixed and allowed to remain sew
erai months. until a substance formed
upon the surface which Theoretically
sealed the bottles. and any moving Of the
bottles before the remedy was In proper
condition totally ruined the preparation.
But 1t appears that Gillette was anxious
TO learn the secret Of the preparation and
accordingly tried TO analyze the remedy to
discover the formula OF its preparation:
and u Is charged that without consulting
his partner or the expert he disturbed the
mixture about May l. 1890, and in doing so
totally spoiled every bottle Of the remedy
For the above reasons Catlin says he has
been damaged In a total of $3.50, and he
asks judgment accordingly
But Gillette, In addition to urging that
Catlin's demand, being based on an UNI
written contract. Is barred by the unwrit-
ten law of Illinois. statbs that Catlin APP
preached him In 1850 and told Of medicine
known as "Moore's remedy" manufac-
tured by a secret process in this city. Cat
lin. II IL said. stated that he could obtain
the Information necessary to make a SAM
pie lot OF the remedy and asked permission
TO use Gillette's place of business in Chi
cago. In time Metzler prepared a liquid
and set 1t aside in bottles in order that a
coating might form, and although the bot
ties were not disturbed no coating APP
peared. Instead. the mixture became foul
with maggots and vermin. and created
such a stencil that 1t was found necessary
to remove the bottles. Gillette saws he
then told Catlin he would have to discon-
tinue experiments on the premises,