Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-01-20
xEELY SECRETS LAID BARE
Of Inventors WORK
-,,n', niscIoses Mysterious T""'"S'
philadelphia Press' ., :,

IDhtiqdplDhi1 fIt0E1 |
T., Wow of the tremendous Ill., tho
the question of the genuihehes and
famous Kelly motor eApei lii'N,. of q
sa,,",.i,o nm its own Investigations "a =
lonV" ins Tho press has just concluoeu
80 ir,,'astiootion of the dismantieu WIZ
- 80 Iohn ". Keely, at l-V hoi ~
3,.',P. t,,,, erect. in an endeaVor 10 ~.
-. ~ hottom of the secret OF Tue ~
81 w Ia This work the Press was as
n nte.o1 ~, Professor Carl Herring, con-
snl,ing electrical engineer OF "iue "a
rorience. Professor Arthur W. poousp.
Assistant Professor OF PHYSICS VI
university OF Pennsylvania VINO pe'l ~.
being a student OF vbratory IoIOeL' -,
one Of the scientists VINO pau tbe
Tho Keely laboratory years ago az Wy,
,.a,,,ast of the late Mrs. B.oomIlel"
Atpore. professor Lightner Wilmer fIo-
80. Of Experimental Psychology AT lhS
I-,i,.orsitv of Pennsylvania, VINO eilteiVu
in upon The investigation as sluuS
! do1,sions and Dr. NJ. G. Miller VIM H'1
b,d speclal training i'm exploration anu
research I'm the way OF mound-ulsslnS
and accordingly superintendent al the dls-
g,no operations and plotted the Ies'i'9.
| In addition TO these gentlemen -,
! r Moore. son of Mrs. Bloornfleid MoOle'
was an Interested spectator anu Co''n i,a''
Sellers. Jr, took part IN the eHailill,e'l 49,
of tho flooring on Tuesday AFTERNOON
vi ~ ,,,a most important find of all was
| made. .,,,~o,,ob.
Tho investigation was most tnoroub",
every blt of flooring was ripped up, anu
everv nook and Granny explored u', ~,
tho hoorings or under the Walls. ~
debris left i'm between the Joists anu j,
barrels was sifted, and no opportunity ~
and any teI-tale evidence was ms
what the results achieved were - sh' . II
I'm the statements OF the experts N"o
snent so much of their tine III poin
o,,ar the debris and following M the
promising clues when the boafus OF 'lle
aoorinr in the main eXhbition-room were
torn M and some idea of the possiolh-
tios of deception were thus lald pare.
sinca communication between the upper
and lower rooms Of the famous laDora-
tory was not only found 70 be easy Du'
was apparently one Of the Constant COLI
ditions under which all the experiments
ton was carried on. .,i.,,
In nutshell the discovery OF tuDl"s
under the floor of the main eNhlDi. 'on-
room and I'm the brick partition wa" De
r tween the eXhibiGon-IoomS' III -,
ton with the possible use OF the greet
s+eal snhere as a reservoir for conpi ef9-
"a air or compressed gases mas Co"-
T ,,irced all the investigators that lhls 80
= not only the possible, but the pIoDdoie'
e -. ,bot moved the Keely motor
n Tbss tubing Is of the kind calculated L,
r stand high pressures. and the amoun, oI
e r. found and the position Of the rev
e nieces found i'm place is held by the lA
IS ,,stiqotors 10 go a long way to"'r'
IL solving the secrets OF the famous l'boi q
II tory. Whatever sinister signihcauee u"
, finds made curing this inVrs'lSatloH "
- The press may have they are gwen
:. ,,acrIior value by the denial Of Lanc3Sie
as 1Rrbor,as one of the supporters Of Eeely
De that it could be possible to uhe]rtn "''
g hidden tubes i'm the laboratory.
n Mr. Thomas. who was asked by Pres
is ro,orter what he would say If he. WEI
III to'd that tubing had been found uhu'
~ tbo Aoors and in the walls OF the hee
NJ laboratory. answered promptly:
he such a statement would be ne
a AZ The tubes have been found
Thomas has been answered i'm most 81
nbatic 'polar positive" manner ana
IN kmav unwittingly have helped the OH,
Is, experts who acted for the Press III sol
50 ing the mystery of the famous mo'oi Z"
III the forces that moved II.
~ The views Of Nj. Herring and Profess
nc coodsneed summarized i'm few wore
nj are thai the presence OF the tuDlhs "
10 Tho snhere indicates the use OF norm
err forces and possible deception on the p'
he 81 Kcelv. In this view Clarence b. Moo
OF corcrrs while Coleman Sellers behe'
Ike The discovery Of the tubing is most S
-, ntciore and Professor Ligntner Win
-ne fcols that the possibility Of trickery CT
80 Grms the diagnosis that most psyche
he oists make as TO the delusiye charac
out NJ the Keely mystery, which may now
ma a mystery no longer.