The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-01-20
KELLY MOTOR A HUMBUG?
TEsTTGES OF Fraud IN THE RE-
MAINS or KEELYS WORKSHOP.

Two Fine BrassyTubes and n Larger, Tube
Found That May Have Conveyed COM
pressed Air from His steel Rcservoir-A
False Ceiline--secret Hidden in Boston.
The mystery OF the Keely motor. which was
not disclosed by the,death OF its inventor and
promoter. John W. Keely. and Is apparently
being guarded from scientific inquiry by tho
persons who have removed Keely's apparatus
from Philadelphia to Boston. has challenged
the curiosity OF the Philadelphia Press. and at
the beginning OF this week that newspaper
began a search OF the promises which
until recently held the Keely apparatus.
The results of the search are interesting.
Discoveries were made which seem to indi-
cate that Keely's talk about the use OF vibrating
forces to produce the tremendous results he
showed in his experiments was humbuG, and
that the real power he used was that OF COM
pressed air or other gas working by well-known
methods and laws.
Keely's workshop was nj 1420North Twentieth
street. 1t is u two-story structure built upon n
low foundation without n cellar, and meas
ures 10 feet front and - feet in depth. On
the ground floor this was divided into three
rooms by brick Partitions each with a doorway
In it. The main room next to the street is "a
feet deep. the middle room 49, feet deer. and
the back room Sis feet deep. exclusive OF walls
and partitions. The second floor is only 40
feet deep. and is divided into two main rooms
coinciding with the front and middle rooms on
the floor below. A stairway. hall and Office
partitioned of the front room reduced this to
about 10 feet square. The two rooms on this
floor were the places OF exhibition for Mr..
Keely's wonders.
The newspaper investigators were aided by
Prof; Carr Herring, h a GW%SnsGa no5srs electrical Ie2 en-
professor of physics OF theUniversityo Of Pennsyl-
vania, who. besides being q student OF Migratory
forces. was one of the scientific men who paid
a visit to the Keelv laboratory years ago at the
request Of the late Mrs. Bloomfield Moore;
Prof. Lightner Wilmer. professor Of expert
mental psychology at the University. OF Penn
sylvania. who entered in upon. the investiga-
ton as q study Of delusionS, and DR.. NJ. g. Mil
Ter. In addition to these. Clarence B. Moore.
son of Mrs. Bloomfield Moore. was a spectator,
and Coleman Sellers. Jr., took part in the eX-
animation of the flooring on Tuesday afternoon.
The work which was done consisted OF tear
ing out every particle OF flooring and ceiling
and Of closely examining the walls and parti-
lions for signs OF tho use OF any means OF pass
ing electrical or other power from one part OF
the building to another. A lot of trap doors
were found in the floors, varying in size from
XIX feet to 3x6 feet. or these there were
five in the front room on the ground floor, four
in the middle room and one in the back room.
On tho second floor there was a 3i.-foot. trap
door in the centre OF the front room. a Aka trap
in the centre OF the back room and seven small
traps distributed round about the other parts
of this floor.
The discovery OF a hollow sphere OF steel
under the floor Of the middle room on the