New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1897-01-27
The Bubble
Bursts.
The Brambel Fake is Being Gradually
Exploded.
The dispatch Concludes 1t to be a
/ Case of Wheels in Somebody's
Brain Pan.
The Sleepy Eye Sensation Not th'
First One that Brambel has
Started.

AS the Review hunted all alcng and
last week insisted. the Brambel inven-
ton is rapidly developing into huge
fake. SO conflicting are the stories, and
SO ralpable the inconsistency of his
claims, that even the Sleepy Eye people
arc beginning to tumble, and as an evil
ucnce Of this we quote the following
communication from Sleepy Eye citl
zen to the St. Paul Dispatch:
Is Grant Brambel a great inventor or
Il great Munnchauseu: The people Of
this community are puzzling their heads
for an answer to the riddle. For the
past month, the press of the country has
tcemed, more or less, with stories of
marvellous invention by a telegraph oper-
s;.tor of this place. 1t was no more nor
less than rotary steam engine he had
invented, and it was destined to revolu-
tonize modern mechanics. No wonder
the world of physics was startled by an
engine, small enough to be carried in a
mans arms. yet that could develop 100
horse power. Bnt still Brambel pegged
away at his telegraph, sounder, though
money was pouring in upon him in a
golden torrent. He himself told, or as
sisted in the telling of, these marvellous
Il ctr cs >f
Eye filled the columns of credulous pa
pcrs with tales how eastern and foreign
exploitcrs were falling over themselves
% secure control of this marvellous in
'ention. The latest tale is that Brambel
as sold out the entire interest in his pat
mt for the princely fortune Of $6,670,-
90, and that letters Of credit to that a.
lount were deposited to his credit in a
hicavo bank. Brambcl makes some
lch claim as this, himself, but still he
oun,ls away on that telegraph key in
e local office. 1t is a new experience
the Western Union company to have
six times millionaire clerk in its en-
10Y.
1t Is certain he took out y patent for
Yotary engine, and it may be ;hc great
volutioniZer he claims, but nobody
re believes he has received any amount
money for it, if he has sold 1t at all.
}ehas no evidences Of the possession of
.'lions. and nobody here will AL nit
3ing seen any contract, bill of s,.r,
memorandum of agreement or any other
;ument which would confirm the
IN. Brambel says that the letters of
rcdt are in safety deposit vault in
hicayo, and intimated the purchaser of
is patent was the Allen Steamship Com
any, and there You are. 1t might seem
made by letters of credit. and, if so, why
the letters should lie in that form in a
vault, but Brambel says so, and, again,
there YOU are. And here IS Il little his
tory.
Some years ago. Brambel was an orer-
,tor at Skenatales, Il station on the New
York Central railroad, and created Il SEN
alton by announcing his invention of an
lectric lamp, which he had disposed of
,r $4,000 He said he was going to
Ike trip around the world, but he on
came to Sleepy Eye and does not bear
he evidence of having had the $4,000.
II would be loathe to do Brambel an
3iustice He may have patented this
,tary engine and may have sold 1t for
.yeral billion dollars, more or less, but
Is the sentiment here that the good
sople of Sleepy Eye have been ''strung"
. the story.