The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1898-11-29
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!. Ons ~ the most remarkable frauds 81
) tho are. Prom me year isIb. when the
} inventor nrst made the results. not the
b process. of his Invention public. until
the year 1885. many thousands of In.
tclllgent men believed In a. and In.
vested large sums Of money In H. The
Inventor declared tina, he had discover.
. ed new power In nature, which " II
: could be controlled and applied. would
drive steam out Of use. His difficulty
was IN controlling u, he said. but he
was engaged In inyenting ways and
! means Of making u useful. and would
soon succeed
lie refused 10 show his apparatus
because be said that until he snould
, take out patents. wicked men might
, steal his plans, and be could not take
d ont patents until his plans were per-
D frcted. But he invariably said that IN
six months the inventions would be
, complete. lie freely exhibited small
box. about one foot square. standing In
b the middle Of a room. which exhibited
by the usual tests. 500 horse power
, The box was not open TO inspection.
! nor would he permit any one to exam
- inc the floor under II. Kelley was not
- an educated man. and knew little OF
10 the science Of mechanics. But he did
y have a surprising insight into the
4 weakness OF human nature. He highly
: estimated the value Of mystery as q
e means Of influencing men.
& lie apparently acted in a simple and
Ie direct way and disarmed suspicion. A
corporation took hold OF the matter,
, Money was rapidly subscribed. Brokers
Is lawyers. business men, freely bought
, Charles II. Haswell, the noted engineer
n examined that part of the apparatus
N that Keeley would permit him to see
y which was merely the box. and Mr.
he Haswell. thrown of his guard by Kee
d ley's innocent ways. reported that ther,
b. might be new and valuable motiy,
d. power discovered. He did not however
lie buy any stock in the company. Blu
a fees Every one purchased in faith
o All felt that Kelley alone should keel
the secret of the nature Of the grea
force, until his patents were obtained
him, It was said. might betray the mat
or ter into the wrong hands. AS tim
IL went on Kelley always said to the i'm
10 patient wait six months He KEEP
ct cool, lived at great expense, shut him
self up in his mechanical laboratory
al and looked wise. He was always per
O. fecting the invention" Months an
ey years passed. Keeley shut himself III
nv looked wise said he had discovere
nv something more, and as usual reptile
he wait six months" Investors got tire
1. OF waiung and sold out. New me
NJ came in with enthusiasm. They agree
IN that Kelley must alone keep the secre
ne Kelley smiled inwardly. When thes
% grew impatient, he said wait 81
IN months, 1t Is nearly ready" The pa
Of pers, the scientific journals, discusse
the nature of the hidden force tina
is would supersede steam. The conserva
1s tive papers threw some suspicious owe
H. it Investors got tired again, and ne'
v ones came in. Ten years passed. an
he the money flowed in. while Keele
he looked honest, earnest and simple. II
of had now said wait six months" 70
ton vaa,g rha crnn ~ fpnlc uac larV.
IN At the end of ten years several OF tn
de new investors become suspicious an
he demanded an inspection Of the box.
nj was refused. They said that Keele
d. had received over 100000 and pro
of duced nothing. Proceedings were take
TO compel him TO explain. He tough
desperately but the court ordered hi
TO explain to one person confidential!
He refused and was sent to Jail, FINAL
In ne consented to explain. The man VIII
L a received the explanation said: u
no must be great. but | don't understan
as it," Kelley intended that he shout
not. One rich woman then supple
a him with money, and he looked hone'
oI enough, and lived like lord. He cor
a. tinued to say wait six months" Man
re- OF the old investors who had sold on
IN still believed in him. A number {
10. fights over the value OF the secret too
nv place. Many bets were made, but coul
tn not be decided. At last the crop ,
nd fools became thin. But money sti
came in, though not largely. A half
m million had been lost.
re- At the end OF twenty eight years
in triumphant deception he dies, and II
p" secret dies with him. He has played
Die splendid game. II is one OF the cleve
Die est fakes OF the age. The belief in
Ter new and tremedous force in nature, "
81. unbridled, fascinated the crowd. Bus
H. ness men, lawyers, doctors, and cap
ful talists were 'scooped in" In any ord
es. nary AFFAIR investors would have insis
nd ed on seeing the inside Of the box. b