Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1884-12-31
Frp0,tyg kErLYs sEOREr.
A Connecticut maeb,n,ss WI" says the in-
xrusor n Q Fraud.


p,idccport (,onn.) special says: A
stofy Is current here tnat a vesersn !"
ci,ni-t named Baker, an oia res'oen. "
dsinlla with q sensational storyt 10 tell. lie
r. ,erresentsd MS taying been for Tue
n,s, two years an employee at the
rwortshons Of the Keely- Motor Con.
r,ny' IN Philadelphia. as tile representa-
Two ~ New York capitalist, by whom
ne w,s 10 be paid for the discovery and
sxrosure Of Keely's much-advertlsed secret.
Now Baker returns TO denounce kec'y as
a fraud and give the outlines OF nook
which he promises to write Tor tne comet
zion NJ wall street and other parts OF this
too.copfIdipg world. Baker claims to have
be.r drawing 5000 month from the New.
Worker while pursuing his investigations
a,d N have had the full confidence OF
Keely. Keely, he says, was very careIuI 10
ems aging him, keeping him NJ the most I'M
IMPORTANT employment until ne ieit toa. tne
msn was trustworthy. Baker said 1t re-
ouired year and hall to discover the Sc
cret. This is Bakers description Oh the
motor TO reporter.
"Tbe motor proper consisted OF heavy
outsjde covering OF metal shaped to deceive
tbe Al ectator in every way he may look at
II. gbe outside looks as II the machine
consisted Of large massive iron cylinder
,,yitb valves, wheels, and outside pipes.
These are supposed to assist in the act OF
generating the famous new force, when in
fact the outside shape has little to do with
,l,e working parts. Those parts are on the
inside. The force Is, pure and simple, air,
The least bit tainted with a chemical to de-
ceiye. as everything else Is made to do.
TIE air il pumped from sescn TO twenty
one steel tubs on the inside OF The
shell. The tubs are OF sufficient
strength to withstand pressure OF
from 10 to 10000 pounds. There Is
mechanism inside the shell that permits the
compressed air TO pass from one chamber
or cylinder at a time into distinct and
separate cylinder which contains The piston
that operates the 1y.wbeel OF the machine.
By fhis method the machine can be Kept
running five minutes, or perhaps longer
and vet show very little change on the
pressure. gauge. The plan is TO allow only
one third Of the AIR TO escape from oAe
cylinder, and then that one is disconnected
and so on until but one cylinder has Deen
used 10 that extent. when the machine Is
STONED and a great show Is male, as OF
course the indicated pressure Is exactly the
sane as It was before the wheel went
around. Not drop OF water Is used al
any time. The water story is all bosh."
Such in substance u a long story as IL Is
told by Baker, who alleges that keely Is
far from being a practical mechanic ana
never talks 10 one, though when a stock
holder comes around Keely deluges him
with mixed fantastic iargon, using hun
drod terms or more that no mechanic or
scientist ever heard before. Baker AYERS
that the idea Of a motor was given to him
in Newark, n. j., as long ago as 1857.
when DIR. George A. Prindham, then OF
Newark, now Of Philadelphia. constructed
a machine in many respects like the keely
motor at the fire-engine works OF Gould
Brothers, on Railroad avenue, Newark.
Keely, he says, captured the idea by haunt
ing the shops. Baker omits to make public
the name Of the New Nork capitalist in
whose interest he has been playing the de-
tective on Mr.. Keely.