Los Angeles herald., 1910-09-13

THE COMPLAINT
The essence of the complaint is as
follows:
That in or about the month OF NO
vember, 1903, DIR. Benjamin h. Neai
was employed by the general manager
of the Gatlin Institute to act as phy-
sician in charge of that institution
a+ Denver. That he remained III tiie
ennplov of the Gatlin Institute OF 80 rs
manager until the month OF Aprli, A'o''
That during all the time OF saiu en-
ployment Benjamin e. Neal anu &c a.
uJas understood and agreed that any
and ali knowledge or information re-
ceived or obtained by him during suEh
emnloyment, either directly or lnul-
recflv' as to the secret formula from
which the Gatlin treatment was COM
nounded, or as to the ingredients Vi
proportionate parts of the same or o.
to the method or system OF piep"ttt tto
tion or the use and application OF tne
madeleine compounded from said 1or-
nn,,Ia. or any other secret IN connec-
+ion herewith, would be kept a secret
hv him the said Benjamin H. Neal
aod would not be divulged or communl-
Gated NV him to any other person OF
persons or used by him in any nannel
other than for the beneht OF the Galiln
Institute.
LEASES GATLIN INSTITUTE TERhI-
TORY
The complaint goes on to say that IN
E,ehrnarv. 1909. the GaLlin Institute
leased the right to use the Gatlin name
and the Gatlin treatment, as supplleo
hv the Gatlln Institute, for the state
Of Minnesota to Ernest B. Stiles. VINO
IN turn sold his lease to the Gatln
institute company of Minnesota: II or
about the month of April, l9OS, beh]
iamin e. Neal became the president OF
the Gatltn Institute company Oh Mln-
1eSota and Ernest B. Stiles its secre-
tarv. and that they continued to oper-
ate and manage q Gatlin Institute III
Minneapolis until about the month Oh
July, 1910.
ALLEGES STATEMENTS
BY NEAL
The COMPLAINT states that Benjamin
n. Neal has given out that ne KNOWS
the secret of the remedy ana tredl
ment as prepared and administered w
the Gatlin Institute conpanys anu r',r, rro |
also given out that the remedy known
as the Neal remedy, or the Neal 3-Day
LIQUOR Habit Cure, was discovered py
him ten Q0) years ago and that ne mas
compounded and administered the
same during the period of ten years
since it's discovery in Denver, Mime
apolis and elsewhere.
SAYS NEAL DISCOVERED NO
LIQUOR HABIT TREATMENT
Tn section sixteen of the complaint
which is a very long one, the plaintltr,
the Gatlin Institute company Oh Amer
lea corporation, alleges that neltner
the defendant Neal nor either Of the
other defendants Bruce, Stiles and the
various Neal institutes), nor any OF
their officers or associates ever dlscoV-
cred any remedy or cure for the liquor
habit and that the only knowledge OF
treatment obtained by Benjamin ~
Neal as to any remedy or treatment
for the liduor habit was obtained py
him while in the employ Of the Gatlln
Institute and while holding connden-
tial relations with the Gatlin Institute
and it's officers and while under IN
struction OF the Gatlin Institute COM
pany and its manager as to prepara-
lion and administration OF the remedy
ORGANIZED THE NEAL INSTITUTE
That to the great and irreparable
damage and injury of the Gatlin IN
,titute Benjamin E. Neal, ERNEST B.
Stiles and the Neal Institute company
If the United States and various otner
Neal Institute companies ana thelr Oh
1cers. together with one James -.
3rnce Of the state OF Iowa and Andrew
p Mapel of Colorado have entered into
! conspiracy, wrongfully and fraudu-
entity to use said knowledge Of Ben