Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-01-08
,IB WEAPONS. ,1 WHICH A TRAVEL o UP IN PARIS.

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 aid MT. Atkinson, is not i sg than the fore fang of the 1 aridus, the great American l
 and one of the most venom ] ats known to iehthyologists. ] 8.g..ca that the fang is sharp 1 at it's point; that 1t is slit ] huce up the middle, and that l gF You will also observe thai |bg oolored, jellylike substance | Id within the hollow of the { atis nothing less horrible than D of the erotalide, and the l 1olson, the most deadly of l taWn to man. A couple of i .A mans hand or face mean l and q horrible death-nausea ] hing, retohing, eonvulsions, ] isis, complete paralysis, state | death in a most horrible form ] rslling to horrible proportions 1 pse as it rapidly turns black 1 irulence of the venom. You l the fearful agent, bake it be- 1 ks, freeze it between blocks ] twill still retain it's terrible i u may inoeulate a rat with and he will die in a few a dog in five and a man i'll minutes to an hour, according unt received and the eondi- 'ystem at the time. The blood rat can be inooulated into q the blood of the second into d so on down through 100- bjeots-without recourse to l venom, and the last subject quickly and eonYulsively as or it's Yirulence is absolutely n readily see what a terrible would be in the hands of all us villain. A scratch or two, sd would be done, while ths id simply imagine that he scraped by a pin. Yet in a with some of the despioable Id murderous thugs who are our fair city l do not think l } any seruples about using is hem myself.
 d be difficult even for a first ,ian 10 discover at the first LOW the man met bis death. panion piece, of devilish in- a needle gun. Peculiar look is it not?" asked MT. Atkin- assed Q richly engraved ana lted object that looked like yeen a miniature double bar gun and a revolver to his handled it with extreme tile gun is about five inches nd yet it contains within bers, in the boxlike part be- , fine watch spring steel bar pistol grip, enough of fiend- f to lay out a dozen strong Irge is a strong but powerful aade of 8 highly explosive mich. by the peculiar con the chambers, makes so It. at it could not be heard by @ 'eet away. The instrument on is a bunch of fine cambrlo have had their heads slight to offer resistance and catch ing force. and their points l the very same sort of ven' a I spoke until they are thor odea with it.
 leave the gun they scatter .te to the most vital spots, r terrible work is quickly hing short of a post mortem ] of the most rigid kind " the cause of death. '--St. bile.