Democratic Sentinel, Volume 2, Number 5, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 March 1878 — KEELY. [ARTICLE]

KEELY.

an appit#* career of mingled prosperity, popularity and immbttf gery. Thfttaisere was ever, any reasonable prospect of success in"Vhfi attainment of sought by%eely is altogether unlikely, although he made, himself (perhaps)* and hundreds of’ wealthy men 'tapfeyf ha it. Taken as &. whole, it may be doubted whether -this motor fraud, with which will associated, is not nuqsy How in hoodwinking sensible, sharp, rfM>sw<j business men asdong as %b 4(J[ how he kept ttiem tolerably satisfied, tb s«j? the. least, by excuses' and reasons gTveaajfeoifotime to time for the delay to brim? this, monster motor out, is another Qf the* many mysteries connected with this; gigantic mechanical swindle. '* rAja (a well' known, a stock" company, was.formed, huge in diraensioire and. abundant in., resources, by which tbufr machinf, when copqyleted; was tqf tlr* owned and the “ power” negotiated. -Under* the idea that the new jores, if mice developed and property would supersede the psa of; aiearuj iuea, «vanqed money to noth ifi e most lavish and reckless Vnamifr, thinking there was “ million#,. in itJL sure. And whenever any atolkholddr became suspicious, and went on to Philadelphia ;to investigate a little, Keely would gravely take him into his workshop, show him some experiments which were enough To stun and befog anybody, declare oracularly the' cause of the delay, and then assure the victim that, as soon as everything was right and ripe, the machine would be forthcoming, and the world would be at their feet beseeching them for the privilege of ueiqg the. wonderful power. After a time, the stockholders divided into two cliques, with headquarters at Boston and New York respectively, and Reply, by managing and manipulating both, or rather selling himr elf first to one party and then tf> the other, succeeded in drawing'-ont the cash from all and keeping himself well supplied. But now, it .appears, the funds are all gone, the game is nearly or quite played out, promises have cedsed -to dazzle and betray,- and poor Keely has at last been forcedi to -.the. wall and i has financially collapsed. Fit termination to fit project ! First, the machine went under or up, and now poor Keely goes with the machine to tbs land, of unverified hypotheses and unrealized dreams. Let us hope we now have had the final act and even scene in the Keely motor farce.