The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-06-23

best Of my ability" the witness said.
DO you deny these things, sir?" asked
I the court.
II cannot recall them" said the wit
ness.
DO you or do you not remember that
you were in jail for two months in Lon
dom" asked the Judge.
Il don't recall" was the reply.
DO you recoIlect that you were ar
rested and taken to Bow street," asked
the Judge.
II cannot deny what I do not remem-
ber." said the witness.
Judge Demands An Answer.
Il shall have to commit you unless
you answer the question as l put 1t to
you." said the Judge. 'I will give you
plenty Of time. Is II your position that
the things. the arrest. and the general
circumstances that Mr.. Little ton has
told you. could not and did not happen
to your"
Il cannot say that they did not hap
pen I cannot deny what I do not re-
member" insisted Mr.. Periman.
They may have happened and you
might have forgotten? Take your time"
said the court.
IF they happened do not remember
them" persisted Mr.. Perlman.
81 will give you two more chances,
said the Judge, and IL you do not an
swer / shall commit you"
Possibly it may have happened.
and 1 do not remember" said the wit
ness.
lis It," asked the court, "your posi-
tion that you may have been arrested
in England under the circumstances
detailed to you and you have forgot
ten all about it,"
1T may be-" said the witness.
"Au right" responded Judge Hand.
Then came a milton OF the plaintiffs
lawyers to withdraw the suit. Judge
Hand ruled that the case could be
withdrawn. at the same time ordering
that the exhibits in the case be i'm
pounded in the custody OF the court
Among the questions Mr.. Littleton
asked before Judge Hand took charge
OF the witness were ones indicating
that Quint and Weber had taken in
SIS, 600 from answers to their adver-
tisements, and that this had been de-
posted in the Ludgate Hill branch of
the City Bank OF London, and that on
the date OF the arrest this money had
been drawn out The witness said
he had no recollection OF that. Mr..
Littleton also asked II Sir Edward
Carson, now a member OF the English
cabinet, and Sir Edward Clark, for
years a leader OF the London bar, had
not come forward as counsel for Quint |
and Weber. Again the witness said
he did not recollect.
Wins LOnE-FOuEht Suit.
In the spring Of 1916 Perlman won
a long-fought suit against the Stand |
ard Welding Company Of Cleveland, t
Ohio, then the largest manufacturers |
Of rims in the country, on the ground |
that the rim the Standard concern |
his patent Heavy damages were |
awarded Perlman, and the Cleveland |
firm was enjoined against the making |
of demountable rims. In the process
of settlement the Standard Welding |
Company was acquired by the PERL /
man corporation. Perlman then start
ed out to sue a number of COM
panies making detachable rims, the /
Firestone being one OF them.
The United Press Syndicate, in De-
1916, distributed a sketch of
Mr.. Perlman in which 1t was said
that he was born in Kovno, Russia,
in 1851, and was brought to this
country in 1865. The sketch recites
that Perlman went to school at Provi-
deaee, r. l., until 1871. when the
family came TO New York, after
which he entered the College Of the
City of New York He was employed
on several publications and helped to
form the Pictorial Associated Press
and to syndicate the sermons OF the
Rev. T De Witt Talmage.
The sketch gives no further history
of Mr.. Perlman until IL recounts eX-
periments he made from 1900 to 1904
with a demountable rim for auto
He applied for his patent in
1906 and It was issued on February
1, 1913. No. 1.O52. 2TO.
W. NJ. Sweet, assistant to the pres
ident OF the United Motors Corpora
ton, of which the Perlman Rim Cor
poration is a subsidiary, recently con-
firmed the report that Perlman was
out. He said:
Mr.. Perlman is no longer connected
with the Perlman Rim Corporation
either as president or director, but
up to the time of the disclosure in the
Firestone suit, Mr.. Perlman had the
fullest respect and confidence OF those
associated with him. No one has yet
man. Neither has any policy been de-
cided upon with reference to the COM
pany's patent right on the demount-
able rim, nor as to bringing other
suits. but the future policy will be