The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-02-27
NORMAN WARDS F0LLIES.
sOHB INVENTIONS THAT WE'RE TO
AsTONIsH THE WORLD.
The Gun Durstcr'a Dupes IN the Fast nd IN
the West 1.-THE Difference Between Things
on Paper nnd Things Ms they are In Fact.

II
tue Wcst-Tbe Difference Between TbinVs
on Paper nnd Things rs they are In Fnrt.
Among the many persons who us embed
before the Register In BANKRUPTCY in washins-
ton city, ON the s0th Of December last, b. prove
their claims aeunst Norman Wizard. the cham
pion gun burster, WIS Mr.. Milo Sige, President
OF The Fi~hkiil Llnding Machine Company. In
1911, Mr.. II. d. HAYES, a we l,hy millwright OF
Boston, introduced Norman Wizard To- the Presi-
dent OF tho Fishkiu Landing Company, as the
inventor OF a wonderful boiler attachment
which az an economizer OF fuel and preven p
tive or explosion WIS superior to any other ap-
paratus, aud was, therefore, positively certain
to iring "A fortune to every ono Interested Ia It.
The FishkilI Landing Machine Company took
hold Of the boiler attachment and In "a short
time paid Norman Wizard handsome sum for
the exclusive right t. make IL.
At great expense the proper oontrvance for
making the ATTACHMENTS were provided. and
three or four Of them were produced. Norman
wi rd suggested experiments and time and
labor were spent upon them under his super
vision. In this manner years passed. and tue
fishklll Lending Company, Instead OF coming a
fortune out OF the invention, was becoming
heavily credited Co its Inventor. But Wizard was
a smooth tOngucd, plausible fellow; and al
though he wholly neglected to put the Invention
before the puUic. he made golden prophecies,
uilu ndu lltlle OuO 1ODS done Tor himself when
ever he wished. he made a show OF energy nv
ordering nity boiler attachments. and they were
nl,dc a. total cost OF S5Oco, and shortly after
tachment Company, with Office In Broad
street, New York, and n large stock capital.
Then he relapsed into Indifference. The nity
machines grew rusty, ana wero thrown aside:
the stockholders lost their patience, and tine
Machine Company tried 10 spur Ward up but
he remained llst.ess and torpid rs to the attach
ihent. wnIle he grew active In gun and boiler
bursting for the Government. Owing the Fish-
no All fttI . .o
Cnruntery - order nuG Der OF pate mt pruicctIes
made, and thus ne added part uf his IndeDted-
hess Tor lna IN u The old I'LL, iucre asing lt W
nearly $1,000
After this tho Fishkin Landing people heard
from Ward ONLY Indirectly. They were told that
us B'ller Az chheht Company had dropped
out OF existence, ana That although the right to
make the attachment seXclusively their own.
!he nnNysumtnt WAS making u ana equipping
tne naval vessels with T.. men, In n lyem her
last, III owed the notice 81 WiArd's bankruptcy.
Among TIC crcdilorr was, g. the establishment
81 the Flshkil Lthding fOiks, " 49, Hayes OF
boston. vino b d intioduced WARD t. tnem.
"A YES is credited ia thu sum ~ 40 LOl Tor worl,
uo had doni iuf NlMd, aud money he had aI-
vancCi to him.
Inc oni'ers Of the Fishkin Lending Machine
Company undoubtedly possess much interesting
knuwledEe Of WARDS affairs, but they nre not
incinea 10 tell wh.t they know. Ia. rr, sidcnt
sage sought the alNicc ~ his fellow toNnsinan.
Wun IN q. Van Bu-kirS. master mecnanic OF
the New York, Boston and Montreal Railroad
he might have - en- warned against " i1rd be-
lore u VS. too late. Van buskirk knew Wizard
at tiirt rs the prime mover of concern that was
To outfiNAl the Novelty Iron Works In New Yori,
then the great IRON works Of the nation. Wizard
selected JdutsV.ll., Wiz, as the ned for hts
operations. spli the requisite amount Of stock,
an IN lNJ or 10 erected tue Weston Novelty
works, whtcn, alt"ough de or ted with the
most lrCteuiious signs aud proyded with costly
machinery. speedily ciJsed its doors ami was
aotndoued. Leaving 10 ana Ia, creditors, Ward
next apt cared Ia Pfarie du Chier as the inven OF
OF an lee BOAT that wOuli most ingeniously over
come al tue ulth iutics Of winter travel IN the
Mississippi. Niard caDvlssed every settlement
tetWecn Hrairle du Cnicn ad st. Paul u
get subscribe rs TO the stock Of the con
Germ. In those days the Minnesota Stage
COMPANY was AS great 'wcr In the
nnrtucin valley q the Nissls,ip as any
railroad monopoly has since been IN the
-. IL cirned All Immense NUMBER Of pas
business. Tue western people were Jealous OF
las prosperity, and were aanOyed at being
ooll4ed To travel 50 uncomfV Tort oily IN the long
cold winter months. Hence they Jumped at
ties ana to reduce the prOnts OF the lnonop-
oily. Wtird was master of tue situa-
ton: lie found many purchasers OF ice boat
stock, and within few months he began to
bu,ld the boat. He spent nearly eighteen
months IN building the les 10 {. she u al spa-
ctous cabins, s,loous, aud berths, and w.s fur
nished IN the most elegant anu costly manner.
Tue boat was t. skate OF swim. - best suited the
nayigatOrs fancy. She nad runners beneath
aud plOnged arms on the sides To nelp her over
the ice, and IN addition there were paddle
wheels 10 push her through open places or AIR
holes, ana great automatic hooks, or arms,
with which sue WIS to reach out ahead nd
nj herself out Of water wnen sine came to ice
az IN. Sucn was tie ice BOAT on paper. when
vita her cabins etri Jpcd and machinery rs-
we'd, she was suffered to fall apart the river
sld-.
gave the " est " ide berth, mi II was not unul
We read Of ms making cannon for the Govern
iueht lhat We knew what nAd become OF him."