The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-12-28

lists were selecting the bullets the seconds
dropped the tubes into the barrels. When
the bullets were dropped In they fcll into
the tin tubes; the rods were rammcd in. the
tubes stuck on the ends. and out they came
with the bullets inside o. them. or course
neither principal was injured. aud the affair
was amicaby adjusted.
On turning Snowman Ashley decided to
make use OF the idea in a somew' ut different
form, 4 spectator was to fire i'tol loaded
With ball, and Ashley was to catch the bullet
| enormously successful. but It would not
pass muster now hecause TIE met cd was
clumsy and necessitstsd As,,leys, rcing, of
TIE apple The trick was adopted by other
frs, sTd 2i Watt Watt.
was the killing Of Snowman in Berlin by
The occidental ,,b,ttuton Of a loaded pistol tl
nssyt appeared q S,rassburr in a sket Oh called
tho aprle,, in hi; mouth while his father, shot
| miraculou~ly in the fruit, which had. of course.
been manrua,ted The trick bnIle, was made
p pamsa bGoma S T Sy rSa Ssai
| was used and the boy wa. killed on the spot.
nor, ira Sic Sa;s wasthat 81 murder brought ought
| fifteen years ago In q then unsettled portion
Of australia ccn,ursr wa. nnno ,n. s to
| turn being the bullet trick The bullet was
selected and marked by on" Of the rcus' men
OF the audience, dropp.d into the pistol All
while while on Of their number, a cad shot took
aim and Aired. When the smoke cleared away
mari sd bullet b,tvren his teeth, Ju.. as b.
was bowinc in aek9o wledsment Of the ap;;
at e tho conH % sT" head II You are @ good
at entchn.. bullets catch thu be cried as he
pulled Watt Va ts s.o told A Of S. Eel o. S;"&
suicide A man named Sarteie loaded the
pistol himself with a real bulle, and took his
audience TO IRE AZ him He asked that his
mother should be informed, Of, what had hap
he Ss soof Snch ses
Of, which they naturally understood when he
isll dad 4 narrow escaps fTom death wa was
prepared tho pistol and had asked stupid
looking young man to come M on the stage
nsd ire f.. M 70 peady When
man cried out; stop" and Jumped on the
stage in an excited state: He declared IN that
a brass bu ton. which would have done the
work Soa s.nssn ,eads sndSs trick in
the history. of magic was introduced by
AsS9Has s bua yeSr S 'w1 sard
at him, -Four bullets were selected and
to BE- in good order The bullets were PLACED
on y t,ay and handed to the men. II seemed
that deception was quite imross,bie. ,When
the smoke cleared away Horrmi mn stood snil-
ing on the stage, holding tue four bullets
in his hand While this Is 4 simple tent II
Is nevert heoss an extremely foolhardy one
and has with the last Ave years caused the
death of at least seven performers. in the
novel method employed by HERMANN tho re-
suit Of the experimcnt denended entirely
npon the cartridges Sont!ininG the solid
bullets being exchanged for cartridges con-
tanning imitation bullets. These imitation
bullets were made. as in Houdlns feat. Of
wax coated WIN plumhl 90. The officer in
command of the Ole OF soldiers VISA confeder-
ate he would take the cartr idces that had
been examined by the audience and ex-
change them for the dummies, which were
the ones nft"rward 10 God into the rifles
The genuine cartr idges were handed to an
assistant. who, extracted the, bullets and
CAV them ~ the performer, who. when the
soldiers Ind fired at him. would allow them
90 drop on a plate that he held in his hands
Tho danger In this method Of performing
the great shooting trick lies ip the LIABILITY
OF tho offlccr who handles the cartridges
not changing n sufficient numb r or Rettirg
them mixed. and u has been known that even
IN" soldiers would substitute a real cartridge
for dummy.