Timothy Mahoney

Timothy Mahoney
Born	26 August 1877(1877-08-26) Ventura Co., California
Died	23 March 1955 (77) Los Angeles, California

Timothy Joseph Mahoney (August 26, 1877 - March 23, 1955) was an American machinist and engineer involved with electric railways in California, mining concerns in Arizona, and various other industries. Mahoney was the subject of some press attention in San Francisco during 1898 and 1899 after he and his mother, Arcadia Camarillo Mahoney, were sued by Jose G. Moraga, a wealthy rancher and Mahoney's uncle, over claims that Mahoney had promised Moraga he could develop a working perpetual motion machine but failed to deliver.

Press Coverage

• "DID NOT REALIZE PERPETUAL MOTION. Farmer Moraga Says He Was Buncoed by a Pair of Inventors.", San Francisco Examiner (San Francisco, Cal.): 18, 30 Oct. 1898, https://www.newspapers.com/clip/120157232/did-not-realize-perpetual-motion/ 
• "PLAINTIFF SCORES A TEMPORARY VICTORY", Oakland Tribune (Oakland, Cal.): 8, 28 Dec. 1898, https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/72315747 
• "TIM MAHONEY'S IDEA COST MORAGA MONEY - PERPETUAL MOTION MACHINE THAT HAS FAILED. Rancher Suing for His Money, While the Inventor Was Arrested as a Spanish Spy", San Francisco Call (San Francisco, Cal.): 15, 22 Jan. 1899, https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=SFC18990122.2.169&srpos=2&e=-------en--20--1--txt-txIN 
• "OAKLAND HAS A KEELEY MOTOR. A SUIT THAT HINGES ON PERPETUAL MOTION. THE INVENTOR ARRESTED DURING THE WAR BY SECRET SERVICE AGENTS. Jose G. Moraga, Who Invested Some Money in the Venture, Has Now Abandoned All Hope.", San Francisco Chronicle (San Francisco, Cal.): 22, 22 Jan. 1899, https://www.newspapers.com/clip/120157315/oakland-has-a-keeley-motor-a-suit-that/ 
• "MOTOR FAILS: COIN DEMANDED. Perpetual Motion Machine Man Sued. INVENTION EXPLAINED. The Plaintiff Thought That His Project Was Assured of an Early Success.", San Francisco Examiner (San Francisco, CA): 12, 6 May 1899, https://www.newspapers.com/clip/120157363/motor-fails-coin-demanded-perpetual/