Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-01-28
DEATH DEALING BULLETS
A Dynamite Cartridge Full o.
Slaughter.
f"ri> mad ships aud Fighting Men
May Be .ladc TO Vanish iuto tnc
STR = ENplodes Only when 1,nrls
is hit.
From New York nerald.l

captain John l.. Brewer asserts that
he is now prepared to put these United
states in "A position To defy ali the ma
lions of the earth. singiy OF in Il
bunch. II We want Ia expand VIC can
Sei%e any fair possession We happen to
fancy. lie declares, ana laugh in dcri-
sion at those powers which would seek
to prevent US from working our VIII.
All We would have TO do would hc 10
shoot ut them ana ror,, and ships ana
hShtinS men would vanish into thin air
To accomplish tins end. captain
Brewer says, the gevctnmen, has only
to adopt his dynamite cartridge. ana
thus fortified could dare the whole
wroid to war against US. and it would
be AFRAID 10 ACCEPT the challenge So
much lie claims Tor his invention.
o"p'ain HreWer. famous Wing shot.
WI" has spent forty years Nith IL gun
III hiS hand. maintains that after long
study ne has solved The pluhlem :
hr'hs dynamite IN u prujeculc. lie cX
biained his plan 10 me yesterday az
ternoon at No. 81 West Twenty-th,rd
street
WORKED on 1T FOURTEEN YEARS
IL first became Interested in the app
pication OF the high explosive 10 orLi.
nance fourteen years ago. he said. ami
straiShtway began his experiments. HIS
ann was 10 discover Il means Of firing
Il proJectile loaded with dynamite with
out bursting the gun. His task lay in
nhdlnS q means of expulsion SO ihat ihe
conclusion would not explode Ia nEa-
mite in the gun. He said little ABOUT
ms project 10 anybody. but put in his
TIME experimenting. So lie worked
until year ago last May. when he
discovered the secret for which he had
been in search.
lie found, he insists. tina; he could
lire a bullet loaded with dynamite ana
not have II explode until 1t hit the
mark
His device is Il thin metallic shell fill
ed with dynamite. This projec,ilc is hi
ted to an ordinary cartridge and firsd
from the gun with common oowoer.
Just as any other bullet is loaded into
the cartridge
WHAT lie CLAIMS FOR 1T.
In his invention Cactain Brewer
holds that he has Obtained 4. Halter ira
Jectory, higher velocity less combus-
,ion. less friction and greater penetra.
ton than ever before had been attain
Ell. HIS cartridge. he maintains can be
used III amy sun. 1t does not require a
specially constructed weapon. 1t can
be fired equally we'll from a fo~ling-
piece or II l3-incn rifle on a war ship
i ne proJectile can I've made t. liz amy
bore. The bigger the piece the greater
me quantity of dynamite used. Thus a
bullet from ii-caiiEre rifle would con-
tam about fiNe-eighthS OF an ounce of
dynamite, while one FOR Il riilcd can
non would hold proportinnately more.
10 explode Tie proiectile When it
reaches It's mark, the inventor asserts
only the most triling resistance is
needed.
1T would explode in going through n
piece OF hlotting paper" he declared.
Il can now fire dynamite with ~;
much safety IS can an ordinary hul-
let have fired 500 dynamite pvoicctiles
from different gums, SO | am sure O,
what ! say.
'one of the most famous ordnance
experts in the country, u man of in
'ernational fame. has been associated
closely with me for four months watch
ing my invention. and he is unstinted i'm
ms praise of 1t. have applied for n
patent and expect To receive 1t any
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