The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-09-06
SUIT NOT ALARMING
so SAY THOMAS A. EDlSON'S
LAWYERS.
Contentious in New Jersey Action
Have All Been Met in Action
in Maine Courts,

Sensational allegations contained in the
bill filed yesterday by James L. Andem
and others against the New England
Photograph Company, is declared by Her.
bert w. Knight, of the firm Of Helm &
Knight, counsel for Thomas A. Edison ard
the Edison Photograph Company. to be
Identical with the bill filed some years ago
in the equity and law ranches of the Su-
preme Court in Maine. which resulted.
after an exhaustive trial covering several
months hearings. in the dismissal of the
bill on every point made by the complaint
ants, who were charged with all the costs
Of trial by order OF the court.
The filing of the DILL in New Jersey by
Mr.. Andem is declared to be u persistent
attempt at revenge pom Mr.. Edison and
the latter's photograph companies. This
statement was made without any qualih-
cation by Mr.. Knight. as counsel for Mr..
Edison and his companies.
Mr.. Andem's history in Ohio Is one
that might give frenzied finaneiers point
ers on manipulative processes" said Mr..
Knight. II refer you to the records in
the suit brought by Joshua NJ. Dawson
in the Ohio courts against James L. An
dem as more than supporting what have
said. Mr.. Andem is charged in these
papers, on file in the Ohio courts. with
having procured the receivership through
his own employees of the Ohio Phono-
graph Company, of which he was the chief
stakeholder, having another employee made
dummy receiver for that company, who
subsequently presented his report to the
court. recommending the sale of the prop
erty to one William f. Brown for $3.50.
These actions were subsequently proved
in court in the testimony taken in h
Dawson suit. and the whole proceeding
was set aside and Andem was required
to give an accounting. The amount found
due to Mr.. Edison under this accounting
a considerable sum-still remains unpaid.
In 1909 Andem left Ohio after making an
assignment to his creditors"
Mr.. Knight produced the records of the
suit brought in the courts of Maine aid
pointed out that the attempt made by
Andem TO make 1t appear that the CONF
plainants and allegations in the bill filed
yesterday were new. was baseless. Every
complainant and every charge or allegation
of any character whatsoever appears in TIC
records of the suits against the New Eas-
land Photograph Company entered in the
courts OF the State Of Maine.
1--WE are not particularly impressed with
the Importance Of this present suit" said
Mr.. Knight. But, of course, we will nle
our answer. l do not think. however, Il
will be necessary for US to do much more
than 10 produce the records from the
Maine courts to convince the Court Of
Chancery of the injustice Of action by this
complainant and his colleagues.
Il think 1t is only proper to add that
throughout his career Mr.. Edison has never
failed to carry out every personal or com~
mercial obligation he has made. He nas
never failed in the full performances Of
every contract and the allegations Of fraud
in this and other suits instigated BY Mr..
Andem are absolutely without any founda@
tion whatever"