The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-08-27
NO MORE NOISE THAN
SWAPPING or THE FINGERS
United States Army Officers
Make Severe Test and De-
clare Gun Perfect

Springfield Mass, Aug. Pin the
I presence of committee OF United
States army officers. Hiram Percy
Maxim. iEt veteran inventor. has dom
onstraie ed beyond all doubt that the
noiSclcss Gun Which he has invented
I IL a sicccss. lie proved during the
ficsls hold both in The armory and in
I lhe fields near North Wilbraham that
his now gun can be fired within $50
fcet a. person without that person
! bearing any noise excepting one
sounding as lf someone we're Swapping
6is Hngrrs
70 drive home TO the minds of the
rniccrs tie tremendous revolution
which t'is grn would cause ia war.
lrare. hiHSim utilized little cricket
which b. found in 4 hI.h The oni.
GERS coulG hear the cricket chirp at
u distance of GGty yaf1s, and they
heard II chirp even when the Maxim
euu WIS being fred.
Army Men AstoUndcd
Those present at the test, which was
the Official government test, were Mi.
Maxim, Acting Commander Major Nor
ton. Captain Alien, Licatenant Meals.
Henry Sopthcy. city engineer of Hart
ford. Conn. and six enlisted regular
army men
The party went to the armory
where tests for penetration. noiseless-
ness and accuracy wore conducted
One OF the soldiers. a crack shot with
the rife fred the regular army gun
several timea, the explosions ringing
0ut above the noises OF the factory
where Uncle Sam makes small arms.
Then Maxim adjusted his noise kill
err TO the weapon. The officers stood
about waiting anxiousiy; a couple OF
the soldiers smiled in an incredulous
way
Hear No Sound
The sharpahooter took aim ct tar
get far down the yard He pulled the
trigger From the white metal plate
more than 100 yards away there came
sharp metallic sounl. The bullet
had plowed into the steel, but not
a sound excepting a soft one. as of
fingers snapping. came from the gum
Then slowly q slight kissing. SO
light as 10 be hardly audible was
heard aa1 the officers looked at one
another IN bewildernnent. The soldier
klo did the firing looked at the wea-
pom IN his hands and held II from
him an Instant. then laughed In a
childish way. He realized that he
| had in his possession weapon with
which he could slap from the house
tops and have none know from whence
the bullets came. The party adjourned
to the fields.
More Severe Test.
Forty regulation cartridges were
given to the narksmcn. The officers
posted themselves 1909 wards from
where tho sharpshootcr stood and he
VAS given the word TO FIRE Mcthodi-
rally he spod bullet after bullet in
z distant target, at the time the SER
vice gun emitting report that was
lHdiblc COCO feet away in the village.
llc was then signalod 10 and Maxim
adjusted the noise Killer Eight
tines the soldier fred and eight times
( he hii ,h" Target All The time the
officers we're coming closer TO him,
Thoy eould hear toe steel proicctile
smash pgHinsl lhe iarget-b but they
hoaed no other sound. Finally when
within i5o feet Of ihc soldier, they
heard faint sound. II was The ham
mci OF She gin striking The cartridge.
hu they heard nothing more. nor did
they SEQ smoAc on Gre coming from the
weapoa.