In 1916 a con man ran a car on water and fleeced Henry Ford
In 1916, a bearded Long Island showman named Louis Enricht gathered reporters on his lawn and offered them a gasoline substitute that would “sell for a penny a gallon” — wartime alchemy, with gas running short on Europe’s battlefields. He had them inspect a small car’s empty tank, fill a bucket with garden-hose water, then tip in two ounces…
