The Washington times., 1908-12-01
FRAUD CASE
HEARING IS BEGUN
Heany and Everding Placed
on Trial Before Jus
tice Gould.

John A. Heany, inventor. and Henry
Z. Everding. patent attorney, were
pat on trial before Justice G0Gld. this
morning. ia the alleged patent fraud
conspiracy. Ned W. Barton, formerly
an assistant patent examiner VIII soon
begin serving a three-year sentence
for participation in this alleged crime,
I having pleaded guilty YESTERDAY
Jesse Adkins, special assistant to the
I Attorney General. told the court this
morning that upon the question Of the
authenticity Of two typewriter sheets.
the, whole case against Heany and
/ Everding hinges, and In a vivid word
picture told the Governments story OF
| these ordinary, everyday, but mo-
mentous. sheets
What Case Hinges On.
II Is upon the question Of whether
| or not sheets one and two Of the speci-
fcations Of Heany's patent on an in
/ candesCent globe, which covered also
tungsten hlaments. were written at
/ the same time as the rest of the speci-
hcations or at a later date, that the
/ prosecution rests its case.
/ Mr.. Adkins made the opening state
ment tor the Government today. the
defense reserving its statement until
/ the evidence of the Government is all
/ in.
I'VE expect to prove" said Mr. Ad-
! llins. that the hrst two sheets Of the
amendment to the application filed Feb
ruary % 1905. were taken out and de-
/ strOyed. and two other sheets changing
| the application. substituted in the Pat
( ent Office files. We shall show that
q different paper was used and a dit
I terent machine And We expect also
| TO show that there are in this amend
ment interlineations made on a type
( writer IN the patent examiners office
| presumably by Barton"
Comes as Surprise.
! This reference TO Barton brought ev.
! eryone in the court TO attention, for II
was expected that after Barton's plea
/ of guilty yesterday, no references
would be made to him during the trial
but it has been decided by the Govern
ment that the trial shall be conducted
as if Barton had not made his confes
sion, and been already disposed of.
| Strange friendship between Patent
! Examiner Barton and the inventor
| Heany, Of the Teeter-Heany Company,
for which Everding was solicitor. was
/ asserted to exist by the Government S
statement. It was stated that Barton
visited Heany in New York; that they
visited together. that Heany, when
here, stayed with Barton; and that
the three defendants spent hours and
days together in the Heany laboratory
Draws Vivid Picture.
Even the scene when the three me1
prepared the two typewriter sheets OF
7 which the fate of the two men hangs
. and which yesterday sent a United
States official TO prison, was pictured
/ by Prosecutor Adkins
, Mention was made OF the fact tha
Barton, when dismissed from the Pat
| ent office last winter, was employed by
the Teeter-Heany Company, in whost
/ laboratory, Mr.. Adkins says he con
( Quoted many tests and experiment.
while still in the Patent office.
! Witnesses from the Patent Office were
put on the stand shortly before moor
TO show the usual course of patent ap
pncatiOns in the office and to prove the
! secrecy observed IN order to emphasiZ,
the irregularities alleged by the Gov
ernment It is unlikely that the testi
mony concerning the alleged conspiracy
+ or unlawful acts Will be brought ou1
this afternoon.