Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1911-08-19
PUTNAM

Judge Holt in United States Circuit
Court, Rules in Favor Of Plaintiff,
The Johns Pratt Company of Hart
ford-Patent Rights Iliyoived-Strik-
ing Italians Return o,Work-AIumni
Reception on SeptemSxsr 5.
Judge George G.. Holt of New York,
who is spending the sum n err in Wood
stock, came to Putnam III -1day morn
ing to preside at speci: n session OF
the United States Circuit: court, the
first ever held by this com1. in Wind
ham county as far as any one about
the courtroom Friday could remember.
The case heard was one in which
Hartford firms We're interestet1 and in
vOlvlng claims as to the infl: ingement
of patent rights and the transferring
other. Arguments in the prem IS es Were
made by attorneys repreSen ting the
different interests, there being mo evil
dence by witnesses.
From the arguments made sit was
shown to the court that the Johns
Pratt company of Hartford wasy seek
ing to have set aside the SALE of
quantity of fuses electrical equip
mentI by the trustee in bankr uptcy
of the Sachs company estate of I'll art
ford to the Croker Wheeler comp any
Of the same city, claiming that the s;ale
was in violation of the terms Of the
final decree in it's suit against the
Sachs company, which had been using
in it's fuses a fiat metal strip in in :
fripgement on the Johns Pratt cou1,-
pany's rights
The attorneys for Allen FL. Sage II re-
trustee in bankruptcy for the Sachs
company, commended that there was nor
contempt of the injunction by the sale,
by Mr. Sage to the Croker Wheeler
company for $4,000 of the fuses men
hn 1nf had hQar cold IN
Wheeler company with the distinct
understanding that the metal strips
ON the inside were a patent infringe
ment and were not to be used or sold.
The attorneys also presented that the
other parts Of the fuse were not an
infringement of the patent and could
legitimately be disposed of that the
creditors. of the Sachs company might
realize from the proceeds. of such a
transaction.
This ground was held as untenable
by the attorneys of the .Johns-Pratt
company, they contending that the fuse
was in that class known as com bina-
ton" patents and as such no part of
the device could be sold without VIC
lating the terms of the final decree of
the Johns-Prat company's suit against
the Sachs company. 1t was also pre-
scented that the sale of the metal
strips was forbidden by the Injunction.
and that a sale that, could not legally
be made by the Sachs company could
not be made by the trustee of the lat
ter company
In presenting their side the attor-
neys for the trustee set forth that re-
peated attempts had been made by the
trustee to dispose of the fuses in dis
pute to the Johns Pratt company, but
the most that they had ever offered
for them was 50, 500. Now that a Gus
toner had been secured who was will
ing to pay $4,000 and had taken them
at that price the Johns Pratt COM
pany wanted the sale set aside. This
fact was held as immaterial by the
Johns-Pratt Co. attorneys, they call
ing attention to the fact that the
infringing goods could not be sold
without the consent of the Johns
Pratt company. They then asked that
the sale be set aside and that the
Wheeler company be given an equal
chance to bid for the property.
Judge Holt ordered the sale annulled
and that the Croker Wheeler com
parly return. the goods purchase to the
trustee of the Sachs estate that an op-
portunity may be mad to DID Tor them
as above suggested.
The goods are in Hartford.
Italians Back orr the dob.
Apparently the little war cloud that
doomed on the horizon Thursday when
the StflhluS IedldIlo, VIII nav COoh
the employ of the Connecticut Con-
tracing company, threatened fight If
any attempt was made to Nil their
places before they got the back pay
due them, was diSsipated Friday. When
the men went back to work. The ar
rangement under which they returned
will assure them of getting pay for
such work as they may do in com
pleting the contract.
Putnam EIks Are Not Sorry.
Members of Putnam Loge of Elks
are not sorry because Sergeant Walsh
is a prisoner in Greenwich jail. He
should have been there or in some
other place of safe keeping long ago
for having gone about the country and
being wined and dined as he himself
says, by simply announcing that he
was a member of Putnam Lodge OF the
Best People On Earth. Walsh CAME
to Putnam about two years ago, dress
ed as a sergeant in the United States
army and representing himself as be-
ing engaged in making 9. transcon-
tinentai trip afoot. He was well used
here and after going away must have
conceived the idea of claiming he was
an Elk and member of the local
lodge, for he was soon afterwards
heard of as representing himself in
that role. Letters denouncing him as
an imposter were sent to every Elks'
lodge in the country from Putnam,
but it was not until recently in Green
witch that he was rounded up and lock-
ed up. He was still working that same
old gag. This Walsh will be remefn-
hered as having passed through several
eastern Connecticut towns on the trip
that he made himself an Elk, making
Norwich a two days stand.