Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-08-13

torneys, declined to reply to this question.
Mr.. Greeley-"Was anybody locked for
this bad Search?'
Mr.. Bond did not know.
Judge Wilson questioned the witness re-
garding the experience of some of the men
prominently corrected with the search
department of Wedderburn & Co. to show
their familiarity with the work they had
to do. -
copy of a letter was introduced by Mr..
Ford, counsel for the respondents. which
had been written by Mr.. Wedderburn to
Mr.. Ford nearly month before the latter
became an employee of Wedderburn & Co.
1t requested Mr.. Bond to assist Mr.. Julihn
in handling the search department. Mr.
Bond was then in the employ OF f. D.
Stocking, but in reply to questions by Mt
Greeley, he said 1t was understood by MI
Stocking that he was to do extra Work
after o clock. if he wished to do so.
When questioned regarding the sales de-
partment of Wedderburn & Co, Mr.. Bond
said he had nothing to do with 1t, and
knew nothing about the manner in which
it was run He said Mr.. Hughes was at
the head of that department.
Mr.. Greeley-"Do you know anything
about the qualifications of Mr.. Hughes as
an expert on the value of inventions?"
Mr.. Bond-'I do not"
The silver Medal Awards.
The sending out Of silver medals by We'd
derburn & Co. was discussed. Speaking Of
monthly prizes awarded, he said the board
awarding them was composed of Senator
Stewart, ex-senator Gibson of Maryland.
Representative Swanson, Mr.. Moses of w.
b. Moses Sons, Mr.. woodward and Mr..
Eckloff. This board. he said, met once a
month and were in session four or nVe
hours. 1t was shown that inventors were
allowed to have their inventions compete
for a prize each time they paid fee, which
gave a man taking out patent four
chances at prize. The assistant commits
sioner questioned the witness regarding the
e., ri leo nrH
Mr.. Greeley-''Do you know whether
there is any roll of honor kept by Wedder-
burn & Co. of those who win silver
medals?"
Mr.. Bond-'T don't know
Mr.. Greeley-"Do you know how many
of the $4,000 cases searched by Wedder-
burn & Co involved the giving of a silver
medal?'
Mr.. Bond-"I don't know"
Witness Declines to Answer.
The witness was questioned by Mr..
Small who asked a number of questions
which the witness declined to answer. and
counsel for the respondent advised him to
decline to answer number of them. Mr..
Small wanted to know whether he was
member Of the firm of Wedderburn & Co.,
or whether he was only an empioye;
whether he helped to prepare the answer
to the charges against Wedderburn & Co,
but he got no information, except that Of
fered by Judge Wilson, who said the an
swer to the charges was prepared by him.
Mr. Small wanted to know who comprised
the company of Wedderburn & Co.
Judge Wilson-''Don't answer"
Judge Wilson said it was a stock COM
pany, and the stockholders were the COM
pany.
BondT'
Mr. Small had Mr.. Bond read the inscrip-
ton on the Wedderburn silver medals. TO
hot Ia dOnG6
Mr.. Small-.'Does this not make a walk
ing advertisement of every man who gets
a medal?"
walking mediums.
M. Doolittle then put questions to the
witness He asked Mr.. Bond whether he
knew of any instances in which Weddef-
burn & Co had, after the first rejection OF
an application for a patent, sent copies or
references cited by the patent office to the
client"
Mr. Doolittle wanted to know how the
..form letters of Wedderburn & Co. were
sent out, and Mr.. Bond said they were
used in the embryo" correspondence.
A .sHog Catcher Application.
BEFORE adjournment for the day the case
of an application for patent hog catch
err. made by Wedderburn & Co. for Hersh-
berger was reviewed.
The application was rejected by the pat
emf Office Mr.. Bend read the letter In
| which the favorable report was made TO
the client II cited references and told the
client the amount OF. fee needed for his
Mr. Greeley-..Is not that the same as the
unfavorable report sent out by the COM
| pany, saying references are SO and SO, and
giving the amount Of fec needed to make
Mr. Bond-.sThat is substantially that,
hut in those cases the form letter az