About
Art collector and inventor who hailed from a prosperous family and claimed to have invented the aerial torpedo.
Before fame
He attended Amherst College where he invented two automatic railroad car couplers and a ballot box to register votes. He attended Columbia Law School.
Trivia
He invented a non-pickable door lock when he was 14.
Family life
He married Constance Plummer on February 15, 1887. They had three sons together.
Associated with
He was a fan of Andre Michelin.
