The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-02-18

Experiments were conducted which
seemed TO predict success. and II COM
pany was immediately organized.
Their was but little difficulty in
placing the capital stock. Thomas A..
Edison, the inventor, is said to have
held the greater part of he s2,25o,OOO
issue. The rest was sold TO New York
CAPITALISTS. An iron mine was pur-
chased in Sussex County, and for sew
eral years concentrated iron ore was
turned out
Declared Several Dividends.
But the company made little money.
It Is said to have declared several
dividends in it's paln1y days. During
the past ten years, 1t is said, how
ever. that the attempt had been given
up, for the time being, and the plant
lay idle.
OF ell the employees of the great in
sentor, none was in closer touch With
Mr.. Edison, it is said, than Mr.. Ran
doiph. Mr.. Edison was profoundly
touched by the suicide. Last night, in
The laboratory OF the wizard, at West
Orange. a consultation was held be-
tween heads of departments, Mr.. Edi-
son and William e. Gilmore, president
OF the companies operating under Ed
son patents. It is said that many were
moved to tears.
Annoyed by Horton Suit.
Yesterday afternoon a hurried meet
ing of the directors of the Edison Phon-
ograph Works, the National Photograph
Company, the Edison Manufacturing
Company and the Bates Manufacture
ing Company, was held in the main
office of the Edison interests at West
Orange. At that meeting Alfonso Wes-
tee, secretary of the companies, was
elected to fill the join office of secre-
t-ary-treasurer. he latter made vacant
by Mr.. Randolph's death. Harry S.
Miller, who had been cashier of the
companies for years, was elected as
sistant treasurer.
The name of Captain Nathan c. Hor-
ton, of Orange, who is. under bail to
answer indictments charging enbezzle
ment of monies alleged to belong to the
Edison company, has been mentioned
in connection with Mr.. Randolph
death. 1t was said that the two were
fast friends and that Mr.. Randolph
was annoyed by publication of the
suit. /
Mr.. Randolph's name was signed to
checks given Captain Horton for pur-
chasing land. In speaking of this to-
day, Alfonso Westee, secretary of the
company, said that this was not I'M
usual, as Mr.. Randolph's name was
signed to nearly every check issued by
any of the Edison companies, and that
no Importance was attached to this by
Mr.. Edison or Mr.. Gilmore. Mr..
Westee said that the counts of the
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Captain Horton. when interviewed by
an EVENING STAR reporter. said;
Last Letters Kept Secret.
with all the energy 1 possess 1 want
to say that it is my conviction John r.
Randolph never did a dishonest act in
his life.
II neve did anything In my life that
was crooked wrote Mr.. Randolph in
his last letter to his wife, II have al
ways been honest. My property that
] leave belongs absolutely to you and
to our children"
The four other letters written just
before the shooting were addressed to
Mr.. Edison, Mrs. Edison, Mr.. Gilmore
and to Peter Weber. general superin-
tendent of the big Edison works. The
contents have not been made public,
and Zach of the recipients declines to
be interview on the subject.
Mr.. Randolph's funeral will be held
tomorrow afternoon at 2:30 o'clock
from his late home on Valley Way.
The Rev. Robert S. Steen. pastor of the
Hillside Presbyterian Church of Or
ange. will officiate. The lnterment will
be In Rosedale Cemetery, Orange.
The death of Mr.. Randolph viii not
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ter trip to the South, according to a
statement given out at the office of the
photograph company. Arrangements
for the trip have zee made. it is said,
and the inventor, with his family. and
a chemist from the laboratory. will
leave for Fort Myers, Florida. Feb
rurary IS.