[SB019010a], Clipping, Cincinnati Gazette, January 19th, 1889
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- Title
- [SB019010a], Clipping, Cincinnati Gazette, January 19th, 1889
- Bibliographic Citation
- "Edison Swindled Out of a Quarter of a Million Dollars", Cincinnati Gazette, January 19th, 1889
- Editor's Notes
- TAE thinks that he has that he has discovered that he has been swindled out of $250,000 by alleged sharp practice by Tomlinson. Tomlinson was found guilty of the "basest of professional conduct," betrayal of a client. TAE is known to be a generous man and those connected with him have reaped profits. Investigation revealed that Tomlinson chared $50,000 to draw up the contract for the sale of the phonograph. The balance of $250,000 that TAE didn't receive could only be accounted for by Tomlinson and Gilliland.
- Thomas Edison accuses late legal adviser John C. Tomlinson and electrician/inventor Ezra T. Gilliland of cheating him out of $250,000 in the sale of the phonograph
- Author
- Cincinnati Gazette
- Mentioned
- Edison Electric Light Co
- Gilliland, Ezra Torrance
- Lippincott, Jesse H
- Tomlinson, John Canfield
- Edison, Thomas Alva
- Date
- 1889-01-19
- Type
- Clipping
- Folder ID
- SB019-F
- Microfilm ID
- 146:184
- Document ID
- SB019010a
- Publisher
- Thomas A. Edison Papers, School of Arts and Sciences, Rutgers University
- Has Version
- Archive.org Viewer, Microfilm Series Reel 146
- Item sets
- [SB019-F] Cat. 1160