The Detroit times., 1909-12-24
F|NEO FOR SEEKING
MYSTIC A|RSH|P
Reporter Sure He Has Found Hiding
Place of Craft That Scuds High
in Air at Night.

WORCESTER. Mass. Dee. 24.-Thc
home or the mysterious aeroplane/
which has been cruising at uuheard.
OF attitudes over Massachusetts, for
the last two nights and causing won
derment To thousands, IL is believed
has been found.
Securing the country about Worces-
ter In search for the home of the
Iillinghast machine. United Press
representative discovered at West
Boylston, six miles from this city. that
~ men In the employ OF Paul b. Nor
gan. OF the Morgan Construction Co.
OF Worcester. were busy I'm some se-
cret occupation on the old estate OF
john u. Cough. the old time temper
ance lecturer. On this estate and situ-
ated In dense woods, there Is a shed
more than 100 feet long which. IL is
believed, contains the aeroplane that
is TO startle the world. No aeroplane
was seen by the correspondent. now.
over. AS he was advancing through
the woods To reconnoiter he was cap
tured by some OF the men employed on
the estate, hailed before a justice OF
the peace and fined for trespass.
This so far, Is the only clue to the
aeroplane That IL is pregnant with
possibilities, however, is certain from
the fact that Paul b. Morgan is known
as an intimate OF Wallace T.. Filling.
hast and Is also known TO be interest
ed in aerial navigation. Two years
ago Morgan spent $4,000 on the aero.
plane OF a Swedish aviator but later
abandoned II as unsatisfactory. II Is
now thought Tillinghast has perfected
m ushi hnnn
over New England
Though TilliRghast himself Is be-
heved to have been In Worcester last
night. thousands all over Massachu-
setts today declare the aeroplane assoc
ciated with his declaration and proba.
! bly, manned by his mechanics was
winging It's way through the skies up
! to midnight. Between o'clock last
evening until midnight its flashlights
were trailed from Marlboro To Fitch
burg and back through Worcester.
thence TO Boston via Natick. Welles-
ley. Newton and Needham. From Bos-
ton the light passed TO the northeast,
circling over Chelsea and Revere,
through Lynn toward Salem. then
trailing back as far as birmingham,
where IL mysteriously disappeared
( from the eager searchings of news
paper men who hoped 10 trail ths
daring aerial navigator and fathom the
mystery which has now perturbed the
entire eastern part OF the state.
Many of the ten thousand people
who saw the light are positive in their
belief that they also made out the ont
lines OF some aerial craft that closely
resembled a monoplane of the type
used BY Latham and Bleriot
They say the machine was under
perfect alignment and that 1t flew
close TO the ground. coming as close
to the earth as 100 feet in Natick. and
! later rising To fully 1000 feet. Some
say there were two men on the craft.
They say at times II attained a speed
of fully so miles an hour while again
! t. remained stationary for Is minutes
at time.
The most remarkable feature ofs.ha
whole affair Is the statement OF Alex.
ander Ranpell. OF Revere, who is an
expert in aeronautics and motors.
II saw not only the lights OF the
airship" he said, but saw the frame
quite plainly and ii seems TO be OF
universal size. / should say the wings
have q sweep OF 20 feet and the tail
/ and propeller seemed about 10 feet in
! length. could plainly hear the en-
gines whizz and from the explosions
OF the motor should say il was either
six or eight-cylinder engine