New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-04-28
RUDYARD KIPLING'S SUIT.
TAKING OF TESTIMONY BEGUN BY COM
MISSIONER SHIELDS.

The taking O testimony in the suit brought by
Rudyard Kipliag against G. P. Putnam's Sons for
infringement Of copyright was begun yesterday be-
fore United States Commissioner John A. Shields
This course is usual when the witnesses In a suit
are about 70 leave the country and the testimony
cannot be aiken at regular session of court
The first witness called was John Lockwood Kip
ling the father OF the author. who testified that
he was sxty-two years old. that he lived at lis
bury wiltshire England and that he was a retired
officer az the Educational Department OF the Indian
Civil Service He was attached for eighteen years
10 tho Bengal Department and ten years at Bonn
hay He professor in the School OF Art at
Bou,oay and later established the Lahore School
in SIS He said he acquainted with the lit
.ray works OF MS He identified six illustra-
to1s OF fac-similes OF designed for some OF
hs sons earlier works. The titles OF the books
we're Soldiers Three" Story OF the Gadsbys" in
Slack and White" Wee Willie Winkie." Under
the Deodars" and Phantom Rickshaw.' The
witness said the Illustrations identical with
designs made by him for his sons earlier works
His son requested that elephants head be placed
I, each. Mr.. Kipling swore that he never author
red Putnam's Sons TO this design on cover
binding or title-page Of books published by them
The design also appears on Scribners outward
Round" edition OF Rudyard Kiplings works He
had measured the designs and found them to be
the same in size set OF what purported 10 De
,he .Brushwood" edition OF Rudyard Kpling's
works consisting OF fourteen volumes and index,
vras shown him. and he identified IT as set which
bs purchased at Putnam's Wednesday.
r-non Decentralization Mr. Kipling said that
he made the designs for the earlier works Of his
son in 1855 or 1889 Allahabad. He also said that
FOR the Scrioner books he made model in terra
rita and a photograph OF the model which was
ro,ro6Yced on the Outward Bound" edition The
elenhant's trunk in these designs held lotus
flower In the representation was Swasuka'
s,r,bo,ic OF the Indian god Ganesha. supposed TO
ante q
.u-ora there was no beard on the elephant only the
s,ronglv marked chops The Putnams representa-
zion Of the elephant showed the rght side instead
Of the left side with circle OF black ana eolo;
there was no lotus flower or symbol The o,d Iss
pared for A. H. Wheeler OF the Ihoiah railway
TIE next witness was 4 Watt 9 Hastings Hastings
House Norfok-st. Strand, London ne lesuH s
that he was literary agent t ne sor them
He had been In this business for twenty years;
in n' this way Mere Bret Har'e Sir Waiter BesaIt
the Right Honorable a A,,k,e @oIi,ns Conan DOVE
Dean Farrar Thomas Hardy. Anthony Hope;
Beatrice Harraden. Jerome Il Jerome , huGSaT1
Ian Maclaren George Macdonald. Lucas Malet'
Gilbert Parker James Payn and stance ~ Me 53r
Wiikie Collins He knew what publishers wanted
and placed the manuseTpt gwen nm r TS in
England and on the Continent and also in America,
In9ia and Australia The works OF many authors
a-e pg5;ished in what are known as Colonial edi-
lions prepared especially for the colonies. with the
dra mat ia ton rights reserved Works or nction
were generally run serialy at hrst put II was the
usual thing 10 give some publisher the rght 10 an
entire authorized edition after exactng new con-
tract -
Witness had been three weeks in this country at
Nj Kjpling's request 10 examine an authorized
edition % his works He had seen the adXertlse-
rents OF the Putnams and also those OF Z. p. Dut-
ion & Co He had never made any arrangements
FOR the publication OF the "Brushwood edlu9n;;
re saw the edition at the Putnams once BUY ala
not 90 into the store Witness looked al voIufhhe
entitled Seven Seas" and on page III was me
poem Vampire" and on page 25 the poem heces-
sionaL" he read the tite-page which showea th h
il was published by Appleton & CO. ana SAID tnat
he had never authorized Appleton & CO to p publish
the two poems referred to. After looking az olume
XIII Of the "Brushwood" edition enutled Dep42rii-
mental Dtties" and a suhhead 'Barrack Room BAL
lads he said that he had never authorized Pnila-
delphia publishing house 70 publish them he then
pxartrei Volume XIV. entitled A Kin OF Flpllng <
on the title-page cover and back OF the nooK were
printed .Brushwood Edition. Complete WORKS or
Rudvard KplinR." and the autograph CT the writer
There was nothing to show that the contents We're
not written by Rudyard Kipng. He UNDERSTOOD
that this book contained statements attributed 70
killing which were false He never authorized
The extracts from Killings works contained therein.
ard never authorized Putnam's Sons 10 publish any
work or edition Of Rudyard kiplines works bear
ine volume number. an elephants head or the
autograph OF Kpling
At This point the examination was suspended for
: he