The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-07-13
FEELS LIKE A POKE
EXPERIENCE OF A Ian WHOSE
CLOTHES STOPPED A BULLET.

| Chicago Man By the Chemical Trsatnsat
| of . Fibre has Copstrueted . Cost
which Stops Bullets Fired From 9
| Heavy Pistol Ten PAGES Away. With
People See It Work aud are Convinced
He Hints 1t the Way in which He
| Made It
Chicago, July 12-Brother Casimir
Zeglen covered his breast with a piece
Of his own bullet-proof cloth yesterday
afternoon and set himself up as a target
| for lead bullets. He was not hurt.
DIR. F. H. westerschulte emulated the
examule OF Brother Casimir. He said
the sensation Of being hit by 3S-caliber
bullet, fired at a distance Of ten PAGES,
wcs like being poked in the ribs.
These were final tests TO determine the
Qualities of Brother Casimir's bullet
nroof cloth. The inventor demonstrated
his own faith in the invention by giving
his own body for a target. The bullets
were Of cal,bers from 80 to A, and all
we're fired from a distance Of ten pacecs.
Brother Casimir thinks his thoroughly
alive and healthy condition ought to be
sufficient proof Of his claim to having
invented the first genuinely successful
bullet-proof fabric. The cloth OF Dove
and other Europeans proved valueless.
Ever since Carter H. Harrison was
assassinated by Prendergast Brother
ho- at m
Every moment that could be sparedfrom
his regular duties as member OF the
Roman Catholic Order OF Resurrection
lists was given to the effort Of producing
a fabric which should Withstand the i'm
pact Of q bullet. He felt certain he had
succeeded, but gained but little encour-
agement until DR.. L. c. Borland became
interested in his work. Then tests were
made N the usual way-by the use OF
cadavers and animals as targets. OF the
results of those tests the public has been
told.
1t remained to be demonstrated that
the new fabric would protect human life.
Neither Brother Zelgen nor DR.. Borland
had any doubt Of the fabrics efficacy in
stopping the fight Of bullet There was
a question whether the force Of the bull
let's impact might be so distributed that
the blow might still be dangerous. The
tests made yesterday were for the pur-
pose Of settling that point.
d. Borland turned the roof Of his pri-
vate hospital at Ogden avenue and
Twelfth street into place Of test. Men
whose integrity could not be impeached
were invited to be present. Among them
were a half dozen newspaper representa-
tives and the following:
Or. w. L. Copeland, professor OF anat-
o.ny, Chicago College Of Dental Surgery.
DR.. William S. White. demonstrated OF
natomy in the Chicago Homeopathic
Medical College.
DR.. L. c. Borland, professor OF anat-
omy In the Chicago College Of Dental
Surgery and lecturer on surgery in the
Post Graduate Medical College.
Dr.. A. W. Mcfarland.
Or. P. L. Burns, assistant demonstrate
er Of anatomy in the Chicago Medical
College
DR.. Joseph Prendergast, lecturer and
demonstrated Of histology Chicago Col
iege of Dental Surgery.
DR.. G. Alonzo Mcdowell. assistant
demonstrated of anatomy, Chicago Col
lege Of Dental Surgery.
William Boyd, sergeant Of police, TWEEN
ty-th,rd precinct.
T. P. Chrjanosky. fsl.g
H. Bryant.
F. LorenZ.
A. W. CHASER.
Guy Williams. -
e. NJ. Landes.
The human target was 30 arranged
that the person offering himself for ex-
pertinent could not be injured unless the
builet-proof cloth failed to do It's work.
A shield was set up made Of timber with
several sheathings Of iron. making it bull
iet-proof. Through this there was sort
of tunnel, across the mouth of which
was stretched the bul1et-proof cloth,
patch 20 by IA inches IN SIZE, so it came
ABOUT on a level with a mans breast.
The cloth was firmly fixed. of course. SO
4 could not be torn loose, the object be-
ing tc let The human target lean against
the fabric. bringing the cloth as closely
il contact with his body as IL It were
his coat or vest.