The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1895-12-12
KEELY AND HIS MOTOR.
INTEREST BEING REVIVED IN HIS
ALLEGED INVENTION.

nancicrS who Have Never Received
Any Return for Their Money.
Chicago Timcs-IIcrald
Twenty five years ago tho country
was startled with the announcement
that is man named lieoly, in Phila-
dclphia, had discovered Il new force or
applied an old ono, and that it would
IcvoIutiOnizc the mechanics OF tho
world.
For twenty-five years thcro have
been periodical Appearances of the
motor craze, when expectancy held its
breath for the instant demonstration
of success. In this lapse of timc an
average OF $4,000 Il year has been CON
trlhutcu TO the CXpcrimcnter, kcely,
and no man knows what he is doing.
Last Thursday night IL gcntlemun
lccturcd before tho Peoples Insti-
tutc, and declared that in tho field of
physics kccly was the master of tho
world. llo may be; but even tho
lecturer doesn't know what Kccly has
done, nor tho methods Of his inVcsti-
CATION
Two or three times exhibits havo
been made before Il small number of
experts selected by the crcdulous in
rcstols or before some of tho heaviest
investors themselves. On these OC-
c;laions kccly has done things that none
Of his visitors understood, and they
have gone away and said SO. He will
not explain, and he never has. But
for many years he had only to ask for
money anu he got it. He has built Il
handsome homo in Philadelphia and
has furnished it in good style. lIc has
Il little shop two blocks away from his
residence and there his experiments
arc conducted. He goes to the shop
day. There are no windows in the
lower story. The door is heavy and
strong and there is no bell. lIo docs
not want visitors.
kEELf Is SiNrN EIGHT YEARS OLD.
John Earnest Worrall Kccly is IS
years old, large and stout OF frame,
with y clean shavcn lower jaw and
gray black side whislicrs Hc IS above
the medium size OF men, and gives one
the impression Of great strength. He
Is nervous, and talks SO rapidly and
with such perfect command of his sub
Jcct tha, Il listener can scarcely follow
him. lie began life us an apprentice
! in an uphriStcrcrS shop. He is very
magnetic and can mold men IT'S he will.
iou might be unwilling to give
him ten cents for his whole secret"
said Ehiladclnhinu the other day
" ibut you go up to his shop and iUt
| him talk with you half MI hour, and
II You have $lOo, O0O you will give it TO
him. and thank him for taking it,"
That is an indication Of the force OF
the man. He is IL character Of the
most remarkable pcculiaritics. He
has dominated tho rich mon who have
contributed to tho treasury OF his
company for tho past quarter Of a.
century. When they have begged
fn lni hn ,>f l. :,
mechanical power he has laughed ut
them. When they have threatened
to Withdraw their support he has
cursed thcm and told them to go. And
they would go, only thcy have sat at
his feet, have listened to tho bcguilng
of his tongnc, have caught IL glimpse
OF big bodies moved by something they
could not understand, and they couldn't
quit if they tried.
Once or twice backcrs have dropped
out. But they were those who had
not como under the influence Of the
man. Every once in II while there has
been an announcements Of tho pcrfcc,
tion Of the machinery of tho Kccly
Germ has gone kiting up into the
clouds. Other times, after Il long
period of fruitlcssncss, the shares have
gone down. They have ihctuutcd all
the way from 10 ccnts to 200 cents on
the dollar. Fortunes have bcon made
on thcm--und other fortunes have been
lost. 1t used to be II fuvoritc invost.
mcnt for army officers. No doubt half
the officers in the army own Keoly
stock to-day. Some Of tho paper on
which it is printed may be yellow and
dusty, but the certificates are there.
Tho new rumOrs OF an approaching
completion OF his motor through John
Jocob Astor, William *. Vanderbilt,
William Cullen Brewster and some
other New York capitalist who haze
made an investigation that convinced
tltcm there WAS something i'm the
kccly motor and arc ready TO back the |
dlsco\crcr for any amount up TO fifty |
million dollars are ratcr contradictory. !
1T Is declared tho New Workers. will |
have nothing TO do with the scheme |
unless kccly will move his laboratories !
and workshops TO New York. And |
that the wizard has ilatly refused to-
do. He doesn't mincc matters and |
even with rich mcn---cvcn for IL trinc |
like Iifty million dollars. If he sue
cccds IN pcrlccIlng his machine he |
will be independent Of the world.
AT the beginning OF his published
career, kccly succeeded in Interesting
discoveries, and they got up u com
pany. Then he made an exhibit of jus t
SO much as he wanted them to see, and
the stock was offered in the market.
Thcrc were several years of that, and
then the promised porfecting did not
come, and the Quakcrs ilaggcd in their
fidelity. Finally most Of them with
drew their financial support. Those
who still believed in him could not
give the money, and tiftcon years ago
kcely was in hard straits. Then Mrs. |
Bloomfield Moore, Il rich woman, of
the quaker city, camc to his rescue,
and she has give him about $lOO q
month ever since. She is curious
old lady, and If she doesn't believe in
Kcely she makes people think she
does. 1t is she who is engineering the |
deal with the New York kings of
money.
WHAT IS CLAIMED FOR THE MOTOR.
But what is the Keely motor?
There is only one man in the w0rl d
who can answer that question, and he
is probably at this moment in the back
room of his shOD in TWentieth straot