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The Suppression of Fuel Savers and Alternate Energy Resources 509
So, here's luck to a grand new idea. Long may she perk, and far may
she fly!
Patents Block Thieves Taking Gas Economizer
Inventor Thinks Theft Is Attempt to Force
Invention's Sale
Loss of three models of his 200-mile-per-gallon carburetor sometime
Wednesday, was reported today by C. N. Pogue, local inventor. Thieves
broke into his workshop, located in the Amphitheatre rink, through a hole
in the roof, and escaped undetected.
The thieves will gain nothing by their raid, the inventor told The
Tribune today. The invention is fully protected by patents in all principal
countries of the world, and its theft will result only in delaying Mr. Pogue
somewhat in his work of improvement and perfection.
Mr. Pogue believes that the robbers, to whom he gave credit for exceptionally
smooth work, did not take the three carburetors they stole for any
financial gain. He is of the opinion that their object was to discourage the
inventor and his backer, W. J. Holmes, to such an extent that they would
be willing to sell their rights.
Offers Turned Down
To date, Mr. Pogue said, he had turned down countless offers to buy the
invention, into which they have put thousands of dollars and Mr. Pogue
almost twenty years of work. They prefer to bring it to perfection themselves
before placing it on the market.
Mr. Pogue described the manner in which the thieves accomplished
their purpose, as he sees it.
"There must have been two or three of them, and they probably spent
several days in their operations. How they could work here for that time,
while the place was guarded day and night, I don't know. I am convinced
that they were outsiders, but that they had help from someone who knew
the ground here well."
Kept In Workshop
Mr. Pogue kept his carburetors and the car with which tests had been
made, in a large workshop inside the Amphitheatre rink. The thieves
entered, perhaps through the rink, then climbed to the top of the shop.
Here there were traces indicating a prolonged stay by the raiders. There
were footprints in the shavings on the roof, and remains of meals. The
raiders gained entrance to the shop through an opening in a switchbox on