 This was the result of the litigations (motions for a preliminary injunction) in three cases in 1893 and 1894.In a dissertation published 2007 it is stated, that the article was part of the fraudulent "Goebel-Defense" and the intention was to produce credibility for the Goebel-Story and sympathy for Henry Goebel, an "underdog" who anticipated the famous Thomas Edison.According to this view, Franklin Pope was a fraudulent acting consultant of the "Goebel Defense".