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1012 Thomas H. Bates, Cross Examination.
1 By Mr. Kingsley :
Q. I show you a letter dated October 14th, 1911, and ask you if it is in your handwriting? A. Yes, it is.
Q. Addressed to the Motion Picture Patents Company, is it? A. Yes, sir; it is in my handwriting.
Mr. Kingsley : I offer it in evidence. The paper offered in evidence by counsel was marked by the Examiner "Defendants' Exhibit No. 14," and is as follows: 2
Defendants' Exhibit No. 14.
133 Moreland St., Rox., Mass.
Boston, Oct. 14th, 1911. Dear Sir:
I am compelled to write you about a matter that I believe you will concede is to me an injustice.
I had made a Moving Picture of the athletic acts of my little son who had exhibited remarkable strength. He was only 22 months old when he could raise with one hand a 20 lb. dumb Bell and do acts upon the trapeze marvellous for one so young. He appeared to large and enthusiastic audiences in Boston and Portland Maine. I lecture and explain to the people the features as they are unwound from the Film, and present the child to the people.
The act is a vaudeville act, but your agent has interposed and threatened to withdraw the syndicate Films from any theatre permitting me to lecture and show my film. This is Blacklisting me and taking the bread out of the mouths of my family, because I don't make films for sale. The one I own is the only one of its kind in the country, and was made by a local photographer here, for myself alone, and how he could say that it was a competitive film is beyond understanding. My use of the film is to explain the acts of the child, and describe his training. He has now by his act forbidden me to be employed by any theatre using your films, virtually telling me to starve.
I am sure you do not approve of this and write to you a concise statement of the case. I am in receipt of letters from managers who would employ me were it otherwise. I