The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-12-05
THE WAR AGAINST MONOPOLY.
Criminal News That WIN Perhaps he Found
In the Newspapers Files OF 1910.

Criminal News That WIN Perhaps he Found
In the Newspapers Files OF 1910.
! The daily papers of 1910 may contain
much that will Ire strange to readers whose
memories run back quarter Of "A century
For example. with the Cullom Antitrust
amendments TO tho Sherman Antitrust
law In operation, people may expect to
read news like the following:
ORANGE, y J Jan 10 Agents % the
Antitrust Bureau OF the Commerce de-
par'ment made an important arrest this
morning when Tho:ras \ Edison WIS mkrn
into custody at hi home u l.l"wcllyn Park.
charged with violation Of tn" tullom amend
ment The arrest was made under the para
graphs defining criminal act ions by AN IN
ventor The bureau regard, Edison n one
OF the most vicious criminals with whom Il
has had to deal Up To the time Of the enact
ment Of the tullpm amendment h. Na- an
open and notorious inventor and patcn'"".
and under hi patents he enjoyed mouopolirs
in attachments for taking machines cleo
trio lighting machinery. automobiles, Ac
Ne l. charged with n number ~ offences sine"
TIA. enactment Of the law, and hi- bad record
will be- urged against him OIL his trial
IoNDoS July John Jacob Aston Of New
York was arrested here to-day by scotland
Yard agents on r"Qusuion from the United
States, charged with violation of the Cullom
Antitrust ameudmeut- He will be- ar
raigned in the Old Bailey Ambassador De
Leon regards AStors case n most fragrant
He is known 20 have invented and patented
a number of mechanical appliances som"
years ago he dedicated some of hi- inyen, ion>
TO the public Tn" Antitrust Bureau regards
this action on his part A. mere hllnd, d0h"
for the purpose OF d"c.iviug tive public ANtor
was photo eraphed for the rogue, gallery
and locked up without ban.
WAsHINGIOS. june II 1T was announced
at the Treasury Department day that
George West nshouse, accused OF being the
inventor aud pat-utee Of the airbrake used
on most of III. railroads in the United states
had refused to confess. although the evidence
against him IL very strong Westinghouse
has been put through IN" third degree sew
eral times but ~ far he has not weakened
in his denial OF any wronedoiug lie is
now locked M in solitary confinement VI"
has made Application to be released on ball.
but the Department, will not allow this
Detective Shore was assigned Yesterday
~ Capt Titus to trace the heirs Of Singer
the inventor OF the sewing machine The
invention was committed previous to the
enactment of the Cullom Auti-Irust amend
mcnts but under the sections directing
conilscation Of profits flowing from Illegal
monopolies the United states Government
has asked Capt Titus to gather information
regarding the Sin ger heirs
II is probable that the men formerly ON
ployed IN the sewing machine works will be
sued for the pay received by them. on the
ground that they shared in the Illicit profits
CHICAGO. May i-Polircman Manginn
arrested "A man who refused to give any in
formation about himself. Al the Auditorium
Hotel to-day, on suspicion OF being an inventor
and patrntre From papers found IN his
pockets IL is thought that the man is Adolfus
Adenbust who l. wanted by the Treasury
Department for inyenting non-reiilla bic
bottle
MEXICO CITY, May q A party OF thirty
five eNilei inventors and patentees from the
United States reached here to-day Several
womer iugitives were In the party, and al
we're in pitllblc state of exhaustion. The
Municipal Charities Department will care
for them unit their extradtion is arranged
and military ghard will prevent the escape
of any OF them Ambassador Perkins say
that several OF them are desperate inventors.
whose records are in the Antitrust rogues'
gallery in Washington. and that the United
states Government is anxious to punish all
of them.
mob OF several thousand persons tore
down the statue of Ericsson. which stood
near the Barge ONCE az IN" Battery The
statue was erected by admirers Of Ericsson.
who hailed him ~ the inventor of the monitor
class OF warships This was previous to
the enactment by Congress under which
all inventors are declared outlaws The
police made no effort to restrain last night ;
mob, II being we'll understood that the Coy
eminent intended to remove the statue soon
II was remarked that the leuder statue
Of King George III which was melted into
bullets for tn" patriots in tn" Revolutionary
War, stood near the site of the Ericsson
statue A. the mob destroyed Eric@>on's
statue last night. members Of shouted
Another dospot destroyed"