Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-05-02

get the whole thing on TIA feet and
Sheldon will be able to pay back the
women, as | want to see him do, The
international Crude oil Engine COM
pany is only tentatively formed now.
HAYS EMPLOYED ON SALARY.
1.-THE engine exhibited in the base
ment at 1855 Broadway Mr. Adams
continued, was purchased from the
Manhattan Transit company, and TO
that engine Hays, who Is wonderful
inventor, attached his own patented
principles We moved that Hydrolo-
gen engine over 10 Astoria and there
we have built our own engine under
the supervision of Hays, who is still
employed at salary.
" Where does Mr.. Hayes, or How
ard live?"
"'Well, I can't say exactly" Mr.. Adj
ans replied hesitatngly, ] think he Is
now living in the country with his fam
lily for the summer.
'Mr Hays lives at 10 West Ninety
sixth street, or did until yesterday aft
ernoon, Subpoena servers were then
searching for him to Ghtdri his pres
ence at the district attorneys office to
tell what he knew about Paul Sheldon,
1t was said that Asst. Dist Attorney
Rand had begun work of examining
into the sky rocket career Of the miss
ing lawyer promoter,
"Wilard r. Green of Denver Colo,
was I'm San Francisco. Cal, In 1893, He
had his attention called to remark
able engine that was then. MS the Hy-
drologen engine was last summer be-
ing exhibited in basement Mr.
Green was struck with the remarkable
power Of the motor and the cheapness
with which It was operated, Hays, or
Augustus Howard as the English
man and patentee was then known
| finally got Mr. Green Interested to
| such an extent that he advanced
Howard he says, about 100000.
willard r. Green, who is now In
this city and is stopping at the Wal
| dorf- Astoria, when seen by a Herald
| reporter, said;
az am surprised that Hays or How
| ard Is In this city. / knew the man in
! San Francisco and by both names,
| went to see an engine he was exhibit
| ing and advanced him money. | had
! expert engineers and mechanics exam
ing his motor and they pronounced 1t a
marvellous invention. Through an ac-
cident Il was found that the motor was
a fraud. This discovery was made one
day while Howard was away from the
place. It was found that oil was being
filled into IA cylinder by secret and
hidden process and the oil that we
thought was only n lubricant was n
fuel oil. which accounted for the tre-
mendous power Of the motor
HAYS AUSTRALIAN RECORD,
"On complaint Of Mr. Green Chief
OF Police Lees sent Hays or Towards
photograph to sydney to see II the pc
lice Of that city could identify II. The
photograph was identified as that OF
Joseph Doyle, alias Godfrey, alias Ma
son, alias Bowler, alias Smith, alias
Sims This was the record sent tc
Chief Of Police Lees:
Hays, or Howard, or Doyle, was cor
victed In Sydney on July 20, 1888, OF
three charges of stealing. He was sen
fenced TO five months at hard labor.
HE was convicted OF forgery, utter
ing and false pretenses on Jan. 20. 1888
and sentenced to 1--WE years penal seryl
tude. This sentence was later reduced
to three years,
again Doyle was convicted on foul
charges OF false pretense and sentenced
to five years penal servitude on April
l2. 1888. He was discharged on remls
sion IN 1890, and was rearrested In June
1891. on charges of bgamy and forgery
|
full name may be- was awaiting trla
on these latter charges the prisoner es
capped from Jail and was not recap
tured.
Hays now wears spectacles and hi
face IA smooth shaven. lie Is livinl
with his cerondwife and his tw
daughters, Eva, II years old, and Dor
othy, years old The wife and chill
dren frequently visited the basemen
of less Broadway when Hays hydro
ilogen engine was on exhibition tire
months last summer, This was Will
&C.. u. Knapp, Jr. & Co.. bankers, wer
advertising the General Hydrologic
Enginoscompany's stock FOR sale az 3
cents per share The Knapp bankin
house has passed out Of existence an
Mr.. Knapp, Jr, after few months
clerkship. has gone back TO the finan
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