The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-04-21
GAS FROM WATER; MAN SEEKS MORE
 SECRET CHEMICALS
Col. Enricht Disappears To Buy Chemicals For New
 Motor Fuel.

Farmingda1e, L. T.. April 21.-CoI, Louis Enricht. the man who says that he is going to revo1utionize the auto mobile by showing the world how to run cars with plain water plus a little of his magic green fuid,'' has left this town in his high powered car for some point or points known only to him and his son. He has gone to buy two chemicals which he lacks in or der to compound a few quarts more of what the natives call "automobile dope and other names The inventor, believing that his ey- cry, step is being watched, has run out of the necessary chemicals with which to make more of the fluid which is puzzling the public and experts He is afraid to go into any drug store to purchase the needed chemicals for fear that a spy will go in after he leaves, get the same substance, and then by the process Of elimination, learn the secret.
 Col. Enricht declares that all the stories of his merely going into. the village here and purchasing the sub- stances which go to make up his ma gic fluid are absolutely untrue Ac- cording to him, he has been so care full about his secret that whenever he goes to New York or other cities he buys but one chemical in a store. ftThe secret is mine, and, until somebody gives me 8 fair reward and promises to make the substance a public bene- fit, I'll guard my rights to it even l if I have to use this,' he said, putting
 his hand to his hip pocket, in which
 he carries a big automatic pistol. This 1 he claims, the local ma gistrate gave him a license to have.
 The much spoken of invention is 1 spoken of with respect in the mans ! own town, alone Here the natives | r I5I,,,.
 able and educated man who should command the respect of everyb ody.
 Besides, several of the taxi men have
 tried the water gas'' and seem to be 1 delighted at the results that they get | from it.
 1 But scientific men are baffled. Some of them believe that the inventors in vention is not 9 real one. and even if i he has something to substitute for the | gasolene, it is not commercially prac- | tica1. they argue. Others are spend 1 ing their nights trying to work out what the new fluid can be and what | it's properties are
 The Colonel merely laughs at all
 these people, and at all their conclu- sions, which, he says, are ttdead | wrong and 'fway off, In fact judging 1 by appearance, the Colonel is not at all annoyed about the success of the fluid itself Of that he says he is as- SuF0Q. b0Slo0S, ne pC1HIS out that | Situated as comfortably as he is,
 his large well furnished home, where he has his laboratory and a house. full of books and paintings, he is not worrying about the financial success of his invention.
 ''Yet want to get what is by all justice my reward,' he repeated.
 | The Colonel claims that the water
 acts as a cata1ysis for his fluid rather l than that the fluid catalysis the water. "But this is not the whole real story 1 of what chemical action goes on when the secret liquid and the water are
 mixed together he informed a re- 1 porter for The Evening Sun in the next breath.
 In fact, MT. Enricht is as secretive 1 about the chemical reaction that goes
 on in the mixture as he is about the
 substance that go to make up his magic fluid. When this sub ject is ap- preached he turns to the topic which apparently troubles most-the people
 who are watching him and threatening his very personal safety.