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VOL. XVIII. No. 30.
published Every Saturday.
Stole from Huner.
F. HUNER, who obtained consider-
able notoriety at the time his factory was
burned some years ago, succeeded later in or-
ganizing the Huner Piano Co. with headquarters
at the corner of University Place and 13th street.
Judging from the outward appearances, princi-
pally signs, he started in for business; however,
the factory was closed, but Huner lately has
been making pianos at West 23d street. Thurs-
day morning he appeared in Jefferson Market
Police Court to press the charge of stealing a
piano against F. D. Blaich. The description of
the theft was startling, and for cold-blooded
nerve is probably unsurpassed.
Blaich, with four others whom the police are
trying to catch, drove up to Huner's one day
last December and leisurely sauntered into the
factory until they met Charles A. Peuckart, an
employe, who was watching several pianos.
"How do you do ? " asked Blaich flippantly.
" I am very well," Peuckart answered.
" What do you want ? "
Peuckart had hardly had the words out of his
mouth when one of the quartet, who had slipped
around behind him, suddenly dealt him a stun-
ning blow behind the ear, felling him to the
floor. Before he could rise his assailant, with
another powerful man of the party, sat deliber-
ately on him while the remaining three began
to prepare a piano for shipment. After the
covers had been adjusted, which took a few
minutes, Blaich said to one of the men who was
holding down Peuckart: " That man will only
need one of you to hold him down, so one of
you come and help us carry out this piano."
One ot the men immediately obeyed and four
of them carried out the instrument to their
truck. The piano was quickly loaded on the
truck.
Peuckart, still lying on the floor with a man
sitting on him, heard the wagon rattle down the
street. During the entire proceeding not a word
was spoken excepting by Blaich, and he only
gave instructions. It had all been done so
quickly that Peuckart, who does not speak much
English, could not gather his scattered senses
to make an outcry until the piano was beyond
his reach, and then he found a powerful thick
set man making a chair of him. Peuckart said
in court that he tried to rise, but his strength
had entirely left him, and that he was a mere
puppet in the hands of his captor.
The two, one sitting and the other lying, re-
mained there ten minutes after. Then the cap-
tor, thinking it was time to make good his
escape, suddenly jumped to the door smashing
Peuckart in the face before leaving and dashed
away. Peuckart, not knowing enough to fol-
low his captor, turned in the opposite direction
and for over an hour wandered aimlessly around
in search of the wagon with the piano on it. He
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flew Yor\[, February 17, 1894.
finally returned to the shop and reported the
robbery, and upon the description given Blaich
was recognized by Mr. Huner as an old em-
ploye.
Late that same afternoon a warrant for Blaich's
arrest was secured at Jefferson Market and placed
in the hands of Detective Connolly. Since then
Connolly has made every effort to find Blaich,
but did not succeed until Wednesday, when he
arrested him at the corner of Avenue D and 9th
street as he was about to return home after a
sojourn out of town.
Hardman, Peck & Co.'s Warning.
NEW YORK, February 12th, 1894.
EDWARD LYMAN BILL :
We desire to warn the public through your
columns against being deceived by certain per-
sons who have the audacity to infringe upon our
exclusive rights in the use of the name " Hard-
man '' as applied to pianos. We wish to state
not only that we own, and have owned for years,
this exclusive right and t itle to the name '' Hard-
man," together with all the patented improve-
ments contained in the Hardman piano, but that
we have placed our interests in the hands of
counsel and shall protect our property, our deal-
ers and our customers to the full extent of the
law. We do not wish to advertise these un-
scrupulous attempts to appropriate our time
honored name and business reputation, but we
think it our duty to the trade and to ourselves,
as well as for the protection of American manu-
facturers in general, to make this short state-
ment before the settlement of the business by the
courts.
. Yours truly,
HARDMAN, PECK & Co.
Age of Trade Marks.
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RADE marks are understood to be nearly as
old as the industry of the human race.
Ancient Babylon had property symbols, and the
Chinese claim to have had trade marks 1,000
years before Christ. Guttenberg, the inventor
of printing, had a lawsuit about a trade mark,
and won it. As early as 1300 the English par-
liament authorized trade marks, and the laws of
the United States have also protected them. Ex-
traordinary means have been required at all
times to guard against the fraudulent use of
marks of manufacturers. If there were no means
of identifying the trade mark, the best goods at
once lose their value. This was discovered very
early, and it is deemed probable that the suc-
cessors of Tubal Cain were the first to use dis-
tinctive marks on their manufactures. This is
about as near as it is possible to arrive at data.
MR. GEORGE STECK is about to take a trip
to the Pacific Slope for the purpose of secur-
ing relief from a bad attack of asthma. We
sincerely trust he will return entirely recovered
and rejuvenated.
$3 00 PER YEAR.
SINGLE COPIES, 10 CENTS.
THE Steger piano is an instrument that is very
popular in Chicago. Mr. Steger is a tireless
worker, and is always oh tap with some bright
ideas for further popularizing the product of his
house.
ONE would think that Mr. Henry Steinway
had his fill of law proceedings, yet we under-
stand he has brought three new suits against
the Steinway & Sons corporation. A? a matter
of course these will be about as successful as his
previous experiences in that line.
AT the very interesting course of lectures on
Piano-forte Playing and Teaching which is be-
ing given by Mr. L. A. Russell at the Newark
College of Music, one of the leading music
schools in New Jersey, the Fischer grand piano
is being used to illustrate the many points
treated of. Its splendid tone and responsive ac-
tion mechanism has been favorably commented
on, not alone by the lecturer, but by the large
and appreciative audiences who have been for-
tunate enough to be present at the many recit-
als given.
WHALEY, ROYCE & Co., Anglo-Canadian Co.
and A. & S. Nordheimer were among the chief
purchasers of the 500 copyright works, which
were sold at the recent auction of the effects of
I. Suckling & Co., Toronto, Ont., Feb. 5th.
MR. GEORGE W. TEWKSBURY of the Chicago
Cottage Organ Co., sailed for Europe last Sat-
urday by the French steamer " La Gascoigne. "
He expects to be absent three or four months,
and while his trip is primarily for pleasure, he
will put in a good word here and there for the
pushing firm with which he is connected.
UNDER the present energetic management the
Briggs pianos of Boston are making quite a re-
cord for themselves. If you have an opportunity
of examining them, you will consider they de-
serve their great success.
AT the recent reunion of the employees of G.
G. Conn of Elkhart, Ind., $12,000 was distribut-
ed among 147 employees. It might have been
much more if the political party which Mr.
Conn supports had not inaugurated a policy of
distrust and suffering that will in the end
work damage to the industries of this country.
In course of time we expect to see Mr. Conn on
the right side of the fence.
THE Thompson Music Co., Chicago, agents
for Sohmer & Co., expect to move to larger
warerooms in a short time.