Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-05-02
| UTAH LIGHT MAN
IS IN TROUBLE.
Albert Hays, Inventor of the Pa
troleum Burner, Hit Hard
In New York.
ARE MANY CRAVE CHARGES.
a., rnto Prominence Some Years
400 When He Was Going to Make
Several Salt Lakers Rich

,i,ort Hays, the inventor Of the PEE
IN, burner which was purchaser
,qo 600 by M. IL. Walker, h. H.
r.osworth, w. A. Nelden, Il, F. COL
s"rn and Frank j. Cannon, is in trou'
l., New York. He has had on ex-
s",,,,on until recently certain pateh'
~ some features Of which grossly
,.trinpe on the exclusive rights ana
D, ,snts ne sold to the local men. the
E,ay york authorities claim to have eV-
,aorce that the man Is everything ne
".nId NOT be. and has travelled u.der
nan -S Wew York Herald OF April Is
says; ...o, no tho Herald dis
- me astonishing fact that one or
v ID Iassoclatlons OF Paul Sheldon, the
, se promoter, during the last TWO
oys and one of the promoters OF the
Ins,,,I HydroilOgen Engine company
h",,ss has been an Australian con-
~, Who as late as 1899 was wanted IN
s,,Snev for bigamy and forgery, nav
e S.S escaped from the jail there While
awaiting trial. J.. ,u,or,
'Tl,is remarkable character Is Albert
uoys alias Augustus Howard alias
ipHneer nm alias 'Plunger Howard,
atiss Charles Vivian Doyle with
a,iu aliases Of Godfrey Mason and
smith His criminal career Is Wen
tnown in San Francisco, Cal, ana
iorms a part Of the records OF the po-
ucs department there, where he was
AZ one time prominent in racing circles
and on the oakland racetrack'
Not only are Hays ana ms many
alice but his photograph and record
srs In the archives Of all the police de-
nartments throughout Europe and IN
he rogues gallery in this city and
very prominent city in this country
rbe pinkerton agency has this mans
nbotopraph and record In each one or
he agencies as thief, forger ana
swlndler
"Wlthout molestation thus far, be-
cause Of his having escaped identifca-
tion perhaps, Hays the man or many
alasas, has been frequent visitor TO
the former law office, at No. "a wall
street OF Paul Sheldon and the ALTERS
partner. st. Charles b. Gwynn, during
NE last IS months. Hays made
many trips to Washington, ID. c., dur
ing this period to obtain, he SAID,
various patents on oil fuel motors and
lamps,
During the last four months Shell
don and Hays have been negotiating
for the purchase Of an engine and the
formation OF a company with Thomas
b Adams of the banking and broker
axe firm OF Henderson, Llndley & Co.,
4 al 100 Broadway, in which firm Mr.
Adams partners are Francis Hender-
son, D. A. Lindley, Allen l.. Lindley,
James A. Janney and Arthur w. Howe
Mr. Allen l.. Lindley Is the New YORK
Stock Exchange member, having
bought his seat on oct. g. 1902 Mr. Adj
ans told Herald reporter that In
these transactions he personally, anc
not his partners, Is interested In Hays
patent engine and the formation OF the
International Crude Oh Engine com
pany
Mr.. Adams made the admission yes
terday that he was aware of Hays OF
Plunger' HIPS former criminal career
but seemed to believe that all sale
about Hays had been inspired by enc
mics. A reporter for the Herald VISITED
Mr. Adams at his office for the SECOND
time yesterday and handed him tn
Photograph printed in the Herald Thu
morning. and asked him II he knew
whom II was.
Eyes that's Hays, Mr.. Adams re
Piled after CHANGING at the photograph
Are you acquainted with his rec
ord2"
"'Yes, ] discussed that months ago
the banker replied. Il have gone int
all that matter All that you know 1
based on accounts brought abou
through man who had transaction
with Hays IN San Francisco
But do YOU know that this MAJ
Hays Photograph together with hi
record In this country and in Europ
are a part OF Pinkerton's record o
crmlnals"
KNEW SHELDON AS A SWINDLER
" Yes, but then what Of that?' MI
Adams asked. I am not ashamed to b
FOUND Interested In what | believe I
Dc one Of the greatest wonders Of tn
mechanical world, this engine Hay
mas Invented, l know OF case wher
man served his term In Sing Sin
PRISON but afterwards retrieved himsel
ana became not only an honest but re
Peclabe business man."
How did you become intereste
II WIN sheldon and Hays and their en-
CINE scheme2"
have known Sheldon ever since
was a clerk In the law Office of Meyer
Il q Anable. A friend of NINE a MI
Sesup, got me TO go up to the base
ment at No, 1856 Broadway, wher
ne Hydroilogen company was exhibit
,uB an engine, Jesup told me of IN
wonderful possibilities OF the engin
aha said that all that was needed wa
etneDody to lift At out of the flnanciI
nlre II was In. Sheldon, William Lock
mart Hays, Augustus Becker an
yners who were behind the Genera
Vdroilogen Engine company were vi
ape TO raise sufficient funds.
sheldon told me how he had dc
ueuded women and men. and flnall
agreed with him and Hays to purchas
az interest, form company and MAX
we thing success. | feel sorry &c
sose women Sheldon got the none
yy,pm, and II these articles In III
4 herald do not thuyntsth NV plana n