 In other words, his decision was based on the reputations of attorneys (whom he knew) rather than the facts of the case.Such corruption was business as usual in this era, a time when money and political machines influenced the courts.In a November 2015 episode of Drunk History, this controversy was reenacted with Martin Starr as Alexander Graham Bell, Henry Winkler as Wilber, and Jason Ritter as Elisha Gray.