Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-04-11
DOVE DEFIES DEATH.
4 German Tailor lnYonlS a BlIls.
Proof Coat
AMMUNITION WASHED oS mu.
Impossible 10 Make War Whom Men,
Horses and ship, are Covered viii
thr krmnr.

PEULiN, Apnl It's cslll Befliu
di'patch.l-EE In military aIAir
Throughout, Europe are discussing the
recent experiments made with the
bullet proof coat Invented by Heu
Dove, the Mannheim tailor There
seems 10 DO no longer any loom ior
doubt that tho afmor Be- all its Invent Q
claimed ior Is gud that he was JusiNli
10 refusing the priuceiy ltrs made O.,
him by army contractors anu 0ihcrs
Who aro dcsifous Of putchasing his
secret
AZ the Russian embassy Count
-chouyhl1n lfCi two thois at the
tailor while the latter was encastd iu
mis- bullet lrIui coat an ts Dove suf.
,aIncd absolutely no Injuries the Rus.
ia ambassador pronounced himself
datifiiUu.
The experiments before SchouvnlJn
began with thorough tust uf tue new
RHO ia uur VA the German army.
From uUx VI cartridges one was
tulcctoi NJ random, the rifle was loaded
aud was thcu fired alta block OF tuliI
oak which was pierced by the email,
steel.likc bullet rns showed that tue
rife aud cartridges were of the rrgula.
lion pattern ana VOL calculated %
test tue value of the ui0 ciliclcu. ftecl
CulfunUs ever made.
Alter The Hn0t ut the block 1f OAK
Dove dressed himsr'l ia hiH bullet
proof coat aud offered himself ~ d
target While the rife was being
nimtu nj the tailor the spectators were
strung o. Au extreme slate Of .tvous.
moss uud inatncavely closed their eyes
iuauutiputl0n VI trulug Dove killud
upon the spot but alter the re-.
! port " the fla raug out aud
/ tho tailor was seen standing nppaf.
I emily unhuft there was % feeling o. lm.
muuso relief among all present DIVE
! evidently noticed the state Of excite.
mcnt produced by tbs experiment Tor
ho smiled much 10 the relief VI tho
! Ou'l0ukefs AMI saia: III feel nuthinFb
A s,oUnl shot was then ffcd Ill.
TuCtly at the taiiut's heart, but 10 had
~ little effect ~ tue net, tue tailor
was absolutely uuhurt aud both hul.
| lciu were found embedded la the bullet
| proof oIat
]
/ experiments which wufu even m0fr
/ Interesting than the hfsl. A horse
was covered with bullet nf0of cost,
/ tor 10 IN proposed that tue cavalry VI
/ the future shall be protected by the
wonderful material invented by the
/ TAILOR Of Mannheim
! Ia this case number Of shots were
/ htcI iu quick succession at The animal
. ~ IIH
| well trained cavalry mount, started
sligntly NJ the hfst shot apparently,
| however, scarcely disturbed By the
report UI the ufr. Ihcn other shots
were fred b. quickly A. possible, some
OF them sinking hlmOrt in the came
| place as previously, but the horse con.
tiuurd eating ~ u nothing rxtfnofdiu.
AIRY was happening.
As Ia the casc Of Dove himself all
tho bullets bred ~ the coat cover.
ing the horse were i0uld imbrddeI b.
the material, but the uuimsl itsulf wa
/ unframed.
Hutr Dove was enthusiastic over the
rvsulis N the experiment, anu received
the congratulations Ot the army
officers aud ut cts VINO vii.
messed thutr oouCluriyc experiments.
A naval on .ur VINO was present ut
tho cGucrimtuti ASKED Herr Dove %
bis bullet ptoui armUr could be- applied
10 wafships aui ho was assured by toe
Inventor that "a ship protected 10y hls
material could stand pounding from
all tho warships IN tho world without
sustaining any considerable damage.
o! course this IL only Herr Dowe's
tueoTy, but as he seems 10 carry out his
theory In regard TO the bullet proof
coat Tor soldiers, Il does not seem uu-
likely that hu may DO able 20 carry Out
his theory IN regard % projecting war.
ships.
DOVE has been NJ work on his inyen.
lion Tor long time. The flfst oKpefi.
menus OF any Importance took place
near Mannheim shortly before Christ.
mas,
The targets were covered with the
new material uuu alta range OF shout
| 10 yards uu| lets from the new army
z tit went through the targets and fen
tiattoued 10 tho gfouad Just behind
them,
This caused Herr Dove to resume
work upon uis coat with the object OF
! making the material absolutely bullet
proof bud hu now teems 81 have sue.
cuoded, The new garment ~ described
~ looking like ordinary army .rmur
material, the resisting secret substance
buing placed beneath the outside cloth.
| The gafAen. h. iu tue nature 0i "
breast plate aud b. fastened 10 tho eide
buttons Of the f0ldiurs' ulllOrm, 10 b.
| only 10 bn used lu actual warfare anu
| weighs about six pounds