El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-11-26
KKELY's MOTOR GUN.

ample support IL Keely would remove
his laboratory to New York. but the in
ventor refused, and the negotiations
ended.
Mrs Moore's father and husband
were members Of the Jessup and Moore
Paper company of Philadelphia. Of
which her son was long manager. He
held legal certificate that she was in
competent to care for her estate. On
April 8, 1890, Mrs. Moore, in Keely's
workshop, executed q oodicil to her will
to provide funds for his further re-
searches in case Of her death, and after
ward she carried ON q bitter war with
the Keely Motor company, the stock Of
which was mostly held in New York.
She affirmed that the goal Of all Keely's
labor was not an engine, but an airship.
The Keely Motor company stock is
held by upward of 8, 900 shareholders,
of whom the largest individual holder
is possibly George Peabody Of New
York. Among other large holders Of
stock in New York are John J. Smith,
of Baker, Smith & Co., Jonas Walker,
broker; A. NJ. Conney, B. L. Alderman
and Radcliffe Baldwin of the National
Line Steamship company. In Philadel-
phia the larger holders Of the company 9
stock are DR.. George Strawbridge, Will
liam Clark, Simon Morgan, Harrison
Snyder, Lancaster Thomas and Mrs.
Bloomfield Moore. Two years ago Mrs.
Bloomfield Moore became discouraged
and severed her connection with the
motor scheme. Her friends say that she
had paid Kelly about 500, 600. Mrs.
Moore has since remained abroad, but it
has been rumored that she was again
assisting Keely.
Kelly surrounded himself with halo
of mystery and worked for O long time
in absolute secrecy. But he made the
most extravagant claims and promises
as to the miracles which he would per-
form with his mysterious "interetheric
liberator" and marvellous vapor. Speak
ing in 1875, he said: 81 propose in
about six months to run q train of 30
cars from here (Philadelphia) to New
York at the rate Of q mile o minute
with one small engine, and will draw
the power all out Of as much water as
you can hold in the palm Of your
hand" And, as though this were not
sufficiently startling, he added: "A
bucket Of water contains enough Of this
vapor to produce q power sufficient to
move tne WOriu OUT Oh lte course. An
ordinary steamship can be run so fast
with it that it would be split in two. -
One of Keely's inventions was his
motor gun, which was given o trial by
army officers at Sandy Hook. but il
proved failure.
Kelly gave some exhibitions in his
little workshop. He at last succeeded
in puzzling everybody. Aside from the
mechanism. which was not taken apart,
Keely operated with q couple Of tuning
forks and fiddle bow. He struck hi.
tuning forks and set a brass ball rotat'
ing at 800 revolutions Q minute. He
rasped the fiddle bow across tuning
fork and raised q heavy weight at the
end of long lever, the power exercised,
il was said, being equal to a pressure
of 90. 900 pounds to the square inch.
He discharged some leaden BALI
about u inches in diameter from 9
small cannon. Some Of those present
thought they had witnessed miracles
Others concluded that they had beer
humbugged. This was in 1885. Still
the stockholders we're not satisfied
Their faith was not equal to the de-
mands made on their pocketbooka Tho
wanted the unystaxy EXPLAINED. LeRal