The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1883-10-17

A Machine Witch Kills a Man without
Noise or Pain-Why Its Inventor Was Re-
fuaed a Pafent


well-known Bridgeport Professor, who
refuses to give mis- name, makes public the
facts concerning an engine which he calls
the instant and nOiseleSs annihilator OF hui
man life, via ich can be operated without de-
lection and which the United States Govern
nsent has lust refused to patent for him,
because OF its dangerous character, and from
fear that Il will be used for nefarious pur-
poses A reporter OF the Times visited this
man to-day, and was shown the machine.
THE principal objection to il, said the in
ventor ION the part OF the United States
Patent Office was, | believe. the fact that they
feared l was in league with belligerent Irish
men, and was seeking the protection OF our
Government in the future work of killing of
English members of Parliament who are
hostile TO the Land Leaguers.
Il have no objection now to exhibit nv
invention | have spent years upon it-in
fact. it has taken ali my leisure hours for
nearly decade; but as L find L can not be
protected by patent, and that my models aud
plans have been seen by many persons in
Washington, and can prevent ne one from
using the same. have no reason Tor further
secrecy
The invention consists OF brass belt
shining like gold and of fine workmanship.
Ii is forty two inches long by five inches
wide and is five-eighths OF an inch thick
As the inventor took 1t up and turned it in
various positions he patted it lovingly, and
then abruptly wanted TO know If it was not
indeed a beautiful piece of mechanism
do you see that he exclaimed, pointing
to slightly projecting nipple that was ex
actly IN the middle OF the belt, 81 can drive
q pellet from that nipple that will penetrate
the skin OF an OK at a distance of sixty feet
If the OK is alive, | will guarantee TO kill
it within fifteen minutes, by means OF the
same pellet There will be no noise from
the firing OF this deadly missile as YOU shall
lief lnav cir tnlx mia my
lebow to my side and the machine goes off
with the force OF rifle. The pellet a you
will note" and here the inventor took down
case containing several greasy, greenish
looking objects, about three inche long and
as large as the leads OF pencil, 'is as heavy
as so much lead, but no lead enters into its
composition. 1t is all poison, concentrated
by pressure, leo parts into one part, and the
ingredients of that poison is my secret.
Now, if you Will wait moment l will
bring in dog that have in the back yard,
and which | decided this morning TO lay on
the altar OF science You will then be able
TO judge as 20 the effectiveness OF nay beauti-
ful invention
In the absence OF the old man the Times
correspondent took up the deadly belt and
examined it closely. Though the outside
was OF brass il was lined with steel and was
very flexible and hollow. The front was
wider and thicker than the sides and back
and the whole machine felt much heavier
than it looked A hinge allowed the back to
open and the belt to encrcle the BODY.
Once in place it snapped together much like
a handcuff The entire front was composed
of smooth brass on the underside of which,
right under the nipple, there was an attach
ment which seemed to be toenable the wear
er to load the belt. Otherwise the machine
looked far from being dangerous.
The Professor came III struggling at one
end OF rope, with misunderstanding street
dog at the other. AS was going to say just
before | went out he said with this beau
tiful invention of mine man with ordinary
care and intelligence can take off any public
individual at any time and anywhere without
mourning the slightest risk for himself and
causing no pain to the person attacked. DO
you know that the cruel and dreadful deaths
of some Of the European crowned heads have
caused me much pan? The idea of the flesh
and bones OF Kings being strewn along the
roadside from the force OF bomb explosions.
to say nothing OF her other system of deStruc.
ton which have been employed from time to
| time by aSSasSins, is dreadful. 1t has seemed
to me that such deaths were cruel and unnec-
esSary. Now, L have worked night and day
| to provide real reformers and legal execu-
| TONERS with weapon that wi i remove hut
man beings without pam. | ask mankind
| nothing. | have received inquiries from
| few people in reference to this machine. A
well-known Russian reformer, q good man,
1 IL.
| ton from lrishmen as yet, but an attache or
the Cuban journal Separatist, the organ of
| the revolutionists OF New York, was here last
week to see me concerning il. As am pro-
tected by no patent now, propose to furnish
nothing but working drawings, but want to
show YOU the machine in action"
| The poor dog was doing by the stove
| The Professor brought out an air-pump from
| the closet, placed the belt under it, and pro-
| ceeded to charge it with tremendous pres.
| sure. When he had finished the gage in the
| pump stood at %, 900 pounds. The belt was
| then quite rigid, but gave no evidence of the
| terrible strain upon it. After he had re-
moved the belt from the pump he threw
| aside his coat clasped the belt about him,
| placed one OF the pellets in the nipple. and
| arranged two little steel levers, one under
| each arm. which he then connected with the
| belt After replacing his clothing, taking
care to put the nipple through button-hole
| in his waistcoat where it was scarcely observ-
able, he announced that he was ready.
Watch me closely" said he; You will
| hear no sound " Facing the dog, he pressed
/ his left elbow against his side. which action
| he said cooked" the stra nge device, making
| it ready to 60 off from a light pressure on the
| other side OF his body. Next his right arm
| fell. There" said he, with nervous mo-
| ton, wiping the beads of sweat fir ON his FORE
/ head. THE dog is shot. In less than fifteen
| minutes it will be dead There was a pro-
| found silence in the room. Nothing but the
| ticking OF the old clock on the wall broke the
stiffness. 1t did not seem possible that the
dog had been struck with anything. The
Professor explained that the penetration was
so swift, and the hole made by the pellet so
small that it caused very lite pain, no more
| than made by the point OF a pin. Suddenly
! the dog gave a piercing shrek. jumped from
the floor into the air. and fell back lifeless.
| He was dead.
ut is not necessary" said the Professor.
that these projectiles.' as he picked up one
| of the pellets, should reach vital part to
cause death. ii is only necessary that the
| projectile should enter under the skin OF the
| animal or man The warmth and moisture
| OF the body dissolve the substance of which
the oellet is composed and the instant drop
of blood that is tainted with it enters the
| heart. death ensues'
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