Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-07-12
,oIBT,Ja WEAPONS.
! :. THEM WHICH A TRAVEL
 7 aveo UP iN PARIS.

oo;son Known ' nasdIy Work h silent s,,lssins Manner
 a.e most beautiful and at
 ..,o murderous objects l have
 all my travels l picked np z ..;,, - my trip there last sum-
 '. Atkinson of Savannah s'D9 both of them from an old \ n tbe Quartier Latin, and he y U tbey were, without doubt, anos ns in existence, as far as his v of death dealing instruments 5 Ss also told me that he had la y ,hem of an old Spaniard who k ',at ''a most of his life in the South sln countries. .,. .ure he must have had them tis ' aspecial order, for, as 1 have .,siad, during all my travels ] " seen anything that would h I, approach them for viliainous' 5 as purposes. A Al s,.t. as you see, looks innocent 'D ,hon I aak you what you @s, rou will replys-
 q .l,sr matchbox, answered the he gingerly handled the beau . 5ased silver object.
 b that spring.
 |@ easy touch the lid of the box m a powerfully hinged spring ss,ad the interior. and ill com- about one-half of the capacity s were a dozen wax matches. you'll find q tiny button on 6ext you aud near your thumb s that lightly. D
 mggestion was followed a lit zapointed, creamy white, curved e5ped into view from that DOT 4 ibe box not occupied by the Z s that9'
 2 ssjd Mr. Atkinson, lis not Iess than the fore fang of the horridus, the great American a. md one of the most venom sgsnts known to iehthyologists. Hoiiee that the fang is sharp e IL it's point; that it is slit sEl lnea ID the middle. and that 2. g. You will also observe that a5sr oolored, jellylike substance .a within the hollow of the a. is nothing less horrible than am of the orotalid3, and the < Doison, the most deadly of Y a0gn to man. A couple of a < man 5 hand CT face mean and horrible death-nausea E aiinq. retching, conyulaions, 'sysis, complete paralysis, state z lsath in q most horrible form < .gslling to horrible proportions apse as il rapidly turns blacA Yiralenee of the venom. You
 the fearful agent, bake it be. # szs. freeze it between blocks alitwill still retain its terri ble iea may inoculate a rat with n, and he will die ill g few
 dog in five and a man in minutes so an hour, according nsant received and the condi- Alystem at the time. The blood 5 N fat can be inoculated into 8 lld the blood of the second into nd so on down through 100- 'uhjeets-without recourse te la venom, and the last subject quickly and convulsiyely as for it's virulence is absolutely
 an readily see what a terrible 
 would be in the hands of an Ans villain. A scratch or two, 'ssd would be done, while the
 uid simply imagine that he
 sGraped by a pin. Yet in g
 With some of the despieAols
 ind murderous thugs who are YoGF fair city I do not think ] !!!5!:5 's any seruples about using i;
 hsm myself.
 g ad be difficult even for a first 1 Nlan 10 discover at the first lsS now the man met bis death. apanlon piece, of deyilish in needle gun. Peculiar look. $ It not9' asked Mr. Atkin,
 psssed a richly engraved and ss. lated object that looked liks
 Seen 8 miniature double bar
 gun and revolver to his
 v handled 1t with extreme
 a'Iie gun is about five inches
 na yet 1t contains within
 a0ss, in the boxlike part be-
 me watch spring steel bar.
 < pistol grip, enough of fisnd-
 10 lay out 2 dozen strong
 a'gs Is a strong but powerful M laaa Of a highly explosive snleh, by the peculiar con 'ile chambers, makes so lit
 as' lt could not be heard by a sla 'ess away. The instrument
 1Ol is q bunch of fine cambrie a' nave had their heads slight
 V oifer resistance and catch
 aas E force, and their points
 ' tue very same sort of ven
 spoke until they are thor
 l9ded with it.
 cave the gun they aeattey