New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-12-09
FORERTNNEE or CALLING
CLAIM OF \ CINCINNATI NAN ~ No.
VENTED THE RAPID-FIRE bhEE' ~
LOADING GUN.

LOADING Gun
From The Cincinnati Enquirer ~.
In dngy little workshop facinf has OF" dwe;t f~
The last fourteen years an oid ila th, p,ve been
the vagaries Of tickle iortuhe inventive gen.
ranked to-day as one OF the Sfed' '"'e"'
fuses Of his time ,r, s,vinr that truth
There r. threadbare timeworn say srasl.y Of he
Is : srSn has bs-n p-ov,i many times ana ~ h.
haps nowhere could S,y e.' d.,ed y
a., vas away hack in the lays oit,gs;f,,l5 the
m;n'siraton, h. psRSi back his spsctac!es "a
g,zei through the cob~son'd hr h, mo- days
80, hcyopd 1T was away BACK IN M NJ :, ii,1
s,rre ~, bean to experiment with br,ecn-. a'
rSe ire Dating gu2 vas n9 9acea NJ Rsay
ihen and no one dreamei , OF -I n,szze
orlnance other than by the m.%@, 49,, , h,lfsad.
dead sme n,ted Over MS cSgn' of man waS
h''i ;mrnei his genius toward orsn2uhs '"s ''
deadly forms of destruction kJ tSs hos; five years
MI, ~ ufs +, that Invention. besides r,nder,.s n" nv
sen psnniicss in endeavorns ~ ~, revolver was
NE NE oniT weapsn known that loaded from rands
breech My invention woun n'S ~, - u course,
nsr minute through one barre ma d.., - ,rcer than
n gsnt fed pee taking b.; a ", u;,, sizing
he ordinary musket Il work fhr nsc" the fever
hrecch Naturally. IN" lArSe' '"~ 49,
rounds could I've nrei .,, ,.a ,,ok il 70 Wash.
,,eion during Perce's administration an 9Th the
a., tbs resident WAC WAS mucn 'ahvn - vho
inventon | WAS referred 10 JeneIh,," was strange
nv IN Secretary OF war, but ne va ss,rn,s
was v' ,,,fery opposed breech n'Tn :, ne
10 "' .hov could be 81 possible ser inanes
~ colonel Cras. cher OF tle -, 70.
Soc,rtroeut opposed II for otner rs,tnSs onvthing
pepar 49, ,i,bout having accomplished amp ., na,
when buchanan was elected NV gun thor.
,,.,r, n,ed ~ Washington and had my sssstng,on
JoutLi.?S ,sstei hy Major Bel or inc Nn.S.iie,ts
euSnn', Us brought the matter TO the .nronarly
49, AMI AIR buchanan tod ne 10 se' -, ~ 70 rho
hi ,ntition and he would refer the MAJ 49, who
s'silO. -, - Mar / did and MY ~ ~ ,,rk.
go - Secondary was pleased Win '.,sr Tor
W -, ,he Weapon that he gave me az ,,,n with
IL .anuf,cture of 8. l. and q poulu s ~ ord.
,ns,r,rtIons 10 draw upon the Depi' II nnaerak.
mance Tor the amount necessary LOT ,tn loaned up
nt"N Ala 81 hat Colonel Craig again 'Io snnnoss
nH, 49, ali Kinds of objections. MAIN! -,,nent.
a'ir holman and Dahlgren We're SNppsr.onent
, -, understanding guns for the 80 saw
ik W. ~, favnr,blv disposed toward 'nein NOT
anu Nv ne LONG AS ne he'd his position V0' rame
Una, have my invention adopted ali the
p,n ogain to Cincinnati having eNpe ill., Years
,rnsv had and five years or ny nsnh. loadng
nt,ssard The Calling and other lived the
"uns came into vogue but ne ee,,boueh | was
ssi1nn,ast benefit from my invention, aa..e
sl'sn,., at,,,or OF that class OF weapons ~ hy Mr
~ T,c original gun brought 10 Wasnnis Dsnartrnent
- vas exhibited in the lnlted STAT ;, violence
i,rirg the Worlds Fair at CHICAGO do q, saw the
u.' . lean originality. Yet, strange 10 the
ol N'i hImseif who preceded by many ,.es com.
S,mous military inventors OF ms M ana Slxth-st
ara,iveIy speaking, unknown az 10 'iocksmith
paraI ,v nIving the humble calling OF On invent
TINS cry pa VA Nr Lee, II never tried 10 sse
,:,S;,c esie OF any account since rSs IDEAS
any any, any use | have had. OF course ~ time or
ISM any sver felt that I could AFFORD the ssN %
Money To make them Of any oehen' ~ "'
am content TO remain as am
Such Is the irony or late