Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-10-24
TO KILL EASILY.
Al AnnihiEator of Life that Works with Pres
sure of 20, 900 Pounds.
[From the New York Times

[From the New York Times.l
4 well-known Bridgeport (Conn. pro-
fessor, who refuses to give his name,
makes public the facts concerning an
engine which he calls the instant and
noiseless annihilator of human life,
which can be operated without detection,
and which the United States govern
ment has just refused to patent for him,
because OF Its dangerous character, and
from fear that 1t will be used for nefar
ious purposes. The invention consists
OF brass belt, shining like gold and of
fine workmanship. It Is fOrty-two
inches long by five inches wide, and is
fiye-eighths OF an inch thick. As the IN
ventOr took it up and turned 1t III
various positions he patted it lovingly,
and then abruptly wanted to know II
it was not indeed beautiful piece of
mechanism. do you see that?" he
excl aimed, pointing to slightly pro-
lecting nipple that was exactly III the
middle of the belt. 81 can drive a pei
let fro "A that nipple that will penetrate
the skin of an OK at 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 mis-
sile, as you shall see before you leave.
I simply place my elbow to my side and
the machine goes off with the force of a
rife. The pellet, as you will note, and
here the inventor took down case con-
tanning several greasy, greenish looking
objects, about three inches long and
as large as the leads of pencil, sis as
heavy as so much lead, but no lead en-
tiers into its composition. 1t is ali poi
son, concentrated by pressure, 100 parts
into one part, and the ingredients of
that poison IL my secret. Now, If you
will wait moment, will | bring In a dog
that have III the back yard, and which
I decided this morning to lay on the
altar of science. Yon will then be able
to Judge as to the effectiveness of my
beautiful invention.
In the absence of the old man the cor
respondent took up the deadly belt and
examined it closely. Though the out
side was of brass it 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 1t looked. A
hinge allowed the back to open and the
belt to encircie the body. Once In place
it snapped together much like a hand
cuff. The entire front was composed of
smooth brass, on the underside of which,
right under the nipple, there was an at
tachment which seemed to be to enable
the wearer to load the belt. Otherwise
the machine looked far from being dan
.gerous.
The professor came in struggling at
one end of the rope, with miserable
looking street dog at the other. GAS [
was going TO say Just before went out, +"
he said, with this beautiful invention
of mine a man with ordinary care and
intelligence can take off any public in
dividual at any time and anywhere with
out mourning the slightest risk for him
self and causing no pain to the person
attacked" The professor brought out
an air pump from the closet, placed the
belt under it and proceeded to charge it
with a tremendous pressure. When he
had finished the gauge in the pump
stood at go pounds. The belt was
then quite rigid, but gave no evidence
OF the terrible strain upon it. After he
had removed the belt from the pump he
threw aside his coat, cIasped 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 re-
placing his clothing, taking care to put
the nipple through button-hole IN his
waigteoat where it was scarcely observ-
able, he announced that he was ready.
Watch meetosely," said he; you will
hear no sound" Facing the dog, he
pressed his LETT elbow against his side,
which action he said & cooked" the
strange device, making it ready to
90 off FROM a light pressure on
the other side Of his body.
Next, his right arm fell. There, " said
he, with a nervous motion, wiping the
beads of sweat from his forehead. "phat
dog is shot. In less than fifteen minutes
it will be dead" There was profound
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 any
thing. The professor explained that the
penetration was SO swift, and the hole
made by the pellet so small that it caus-
ed very little pain, no more than that
made by the point of a pin. Suddenly