The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-06-23
MYSTERIOUS WRIGHT.
SUPPOSED TO HAVE TAKEN A
TRAIN AT WOODS CROSS.
His Statements Regarding His Won
derfuI Electrical Discoveries
Partly Verffed-Such an Inven-
ton Was Talked OF in London.

The mystery regarding the sudden
disappearance of Charles Wright and
as to what manner of man he is, still re-
mains undispelled. Yesterday Police
Sergeant Ford and w. 7. Bear the
lhackman who drove the mysterious
man on the night of his disappearance
went up City Creek where the latter
pointed out to the officer the exact
SPOT where Wright left the carriage
and started up the hill. A thorough
search was made in the neighborhood
but no clue of the missing man was
found. Wright when he left the hack
man started westward up the hill
which is very steep at that point and
If he continued the course on which he
started would after gaining the summit
descend on the other side and probably
reach Woods Cross station and it is
surmised he did so and took train
from there for parts unknown. 1t is
possible however that he may be wan
dering around among the hills and as
there are several sheds in that region
which were formerly used for sleeping
places when shafts were being sunk on
mining claims he may have found a
shelter in some OF them. 1t is not sup
posed he had any food with him when
the strange impulse to take to the
mountains seized him, but he was well
supplied with liquid refreshments, hav-
ing two bottles of champagne with
him and a bottle of whisky in every
pocket.
A talk with the celebrated mineralo-
g1st Professor Vincent, last evening
rendered TO throw faint light on the
identity and character of Wright, and
to some extent coroborates the state
ments made by the man regarding him
self
The professor has just lately re-
turned from London and when there
had occasion to make extensive re-
searches in the Great Seal patent Office
in regard to patents of electrical in
ventions which had been issued for
many years past. The latest was one
corresponding to that described by
Wright as having been taken out and
sold by himself for over a million dol
lars recently. The professor made no
particular investigation of the merits
of the patent but says it was for a
process by which electricity could be
generated at a nominal cost and that
1t was the subject of very general dis
cussion in scientific circles and created
a good deal of stir. Prof. Vincent is
a good deal of an authority on electri-
cal subjects and says it is not at all
| improbable that the discovery is a
valuable one and may be all that it is
Cldliueu. lOr 1t ny wright.
| His impression was that the right had
been sold for a large sum but he paid
no special attention to that part of ii
as it is a common occurrence for Ameri-
can patents to be sold in London for
almost fabulous amounts. He got the
| impression, however, that something
wonderful was going to be sprung on
the world in that connection which
would entirely supercede the present
methods of generating the electric
! fluid.
| The patent he believes was filed by
either Newton or Cartmill both OF
whom are prominent patent agents
| but the name of the patentee he did not
know. 1t may have been Wright and
from the descriptions of this wonderful
man which he had heard he has ar
| impression that such a parsonage was
in London in the early part of the
present year but he had no personal
acquaintance with him.
Wright is certainly a very erratic per
son but genius and madness are sc
clear akin that it is impossible to de-
eide in which category to place him
One thing, however, is pretty certain
and that is that he does not belong tc
the bunco steering fraternity, for he
victimized nobody here although he had
| opportunities in plenty had he been sc
| inclined and the voluntary returning OF
! the $3.50 Diamond ring to Joslin & Park
is good evidence that he was not or
! that kind of a lay out.