The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-10-31
NEW GUN POWERFUL
Weapon Could Wipe Out Whole
Army in a Jiffy.
Machine Invented by SwIss Fires Mil-
lion Bullets an Hour Without
Zee Of Powder, So Press
Agent cialms.

New York-A gun that, its inventor
says. can shoot 1.00e, 900 bullets an
hour at cost Of o20; that uses Meth.
er powder nor compressed air. and
that fires bullets that do not require
shells, was shot for the enlightenment
Of . delegation Of New York reporters
the other day. They saw the gun
shoot. but they were not permitted to
see that part Of the gun out Of which
the little steel bullets came with such
rapidly.
A Swiss named Bangerter was In
troduced as the inventor. and the
press agent who staged the exhibition
stated that Bangerter used to make
watches.
The reporters asked nearly as many
questions as the number of bullets
this terrible weapon is said to be able
to discharge. but there was no infor-
nation coming as to what made the
gun SO lavish In the distribution of
its little steel missiles. In order that
the secret should be maintained that
part of the mechanism that 1t Is said
causes the rapid shooting was GOV
cred with oilcloth. Only the motor
that operates the gun and the little
bucketlike receptacles into which the
bullets are poured by the quart were
visible to the reporters.
The exhibition was on the third
floor of the building at 70 Broad
street, Stapleton, S. l. In little room
adjoining that in which were placed
the reporters was the gun. There
were targets made Of series of big
boards arranged in box fashion, each
plank about a foot behind the one in
front of it. There were four boards
in each target
At four p. m. the shooting began.
The first of the targets were dragged
into position. A moment later the
motor started up. Then the bullets
started to fly. They riddled the tar
get into pile of splinters foot high,
and they did it in less than a minute
All in all, 1t was estimated that no
less than $4,000 bullets pierced the
target. Not only the first of the big
boards was riddled into a shapeless
mass. but each of the other three as
we'll There was hardly enough left
of the target to make a dozen decent
sized safety matches.
The reporters were permitted then
to enter the gunroom. They saw a
motor, from the wheel of which a belt
was operated. The belt connected the
motor with another wheel, which was
part of the mechanism on the top
of which was the oilcloth-covered
weapon out of which the bullets came.
They also saw the little buckets, on
either side of the gun, into which the
bullets are poured as they are needed
The reporters asked to see the gun
in operation. Mr. Bangerter ordered
another target swung into position.
There was another whirl and a Sec
ond storm of bullets struck the target.
The fusilade lasted about ten seconds.
Again was the target demolished.
But Mr.. Bangerter and his asso-
ciates refused to say anything about
what was under the eoilcloth in the
little gunroom. They did give out a
typewriter statement, however, say
ing that one OF these guns could
face an army Of thirty regiments of
soldiers or 10000 men, and could NOV
down that entire body of men as
easy as knife cuts the grass. There
is no earthly possibility for any army
to successfully face the fire from a
gun of this kind. which pours a VERT
able hailstorm of bullets into the at.
lacking forces, who must either sac.
rif1ce their lives or turn in retreat.