Bisbee daily review., 1911-05-28
BOTH HANDS GONE,
 OHIO PRO6IGY IS
 CRACK RIFLE SHOT
Winemiller Carries Gun With a Leather Thong and
 Loads With Mouth
PULLS WITH HIS TEETH

WAPAKONETA. O.. May H.
 Possessing only the stump of an arm
 on the left side and no arm at all or
 the right side. and using his teetf
 to pull the trigger, Al Winemiler is
 conceded to be one of the mos'
 amazing rifle shots in Ohio, n mol
 in the United States. a statement
 that will be attested by all who have
 entered into competition with him
 either in shooting at clay pigeons
 live birds or a bulls eye target. Sc
 far as is known there is no living
 man handicapped as he is who hns
 made such 6 record, and no. Gor tbe
 purpose of revenue or exhibition
 but purely for the love of spor'
 that he has followed from boyhood
 He would rather win a match with
 no stakes at all than forego the
 pleasure of the competition. His
 winnings since the last of January
 have been two quarters of beef. one
 beef hide and one dollar in cash.
 What makes Winemiller's perform ance all the more extraordinary is the fact that he did not lose his right arm until fifteen months ago. His left hand was caught in the eogs of a traction engine and crushed into a pulp in 1893, and an amputation above the wrist became necessary. Up to that time he had been an en- thusiastic hunter, always scorning a shotgun and employing rifle ex- A- -e zN small game.
 He had a wonderful eye for range and with his old one-shot rifle and black powder charges instead of the metallic cartridge that he uses now, be made some wonderful scores. His accuracy of aim continued even after his hand had been crushed and removed. This accident did not in terfere with his love of his chosen sport any longer than 1t took the stump to heal and to enable him to devise a strap hold which he used in lieu Of a hand. fl
 Arm Gone, Keeps on Shooting.
 In January, 1910. Finemiller's right arm was caught in q four-inch belt running from 9 bolt cutter in he shop of the Wupek Wheel company. He was drawn up to the line shaft and whirled around untI his arm was mashed and managed close up 10 the shoulder socket. The surgeons took it off entirely. WinemilIer made a marvellous recovery and as soon as he was able to be about he began devising means to enable him to keeD on shooting.
 He bought a twenty-two repeating Remington and had a hole bored in the trigger. Through this he fastened a wire and covered the free end of it with a leather bit which he could take in his mouth. This device was made under his direction by a gun smith and then he went off into the woods where no one could see him so that he could practice and carry out the plan he had in view.
 This town is sixty miles north of Dayton. in the gas and coal region, and almost everybody with a rad jus Of forty miles knows the armless marksman and is rrOud of his skill and courage in continuing in a snort after being crinrled in a manner that would have discouraged ninety men out cf a hundred.
 When Winemiller is ready to 20 into action he selects a stump or a fallen log, wiggles out of his coat. shakes inc box of cartridges out of a specially prepared pocket. removes the li7 with his teeth and durnrs inc cartridges on the gro1nd. Then-and always 10 the amazement of a veter- an marksman-he places his Rem ington at rest, with the muzzle point ing upward. holding it in position with a leathern throng strapped 10 the stump Of his left arm. leans over and presses the suring of the maga- zine with his teeth. causing the re- ceDtacle 10 open. With his mouth he drops in the cartridges. The maga- zine is snapped into place by press ing the Sop aga's'st a tha ae stun, and the armless shooter, again em- pioying his teeth, puts on the cart ridge box lid and returns the box to the pocket in his coat. Then he lifts the stock of the rifle to his armless socFet and draws a bead at the object at which he intends to shoot. The thing is in the form of alooD, fas- ened to the barrel and Is slipped ov- CT the headless stump. holding the the gun rigidlv in position.
 Presses Lips, Gun Is Fired.
 Those who see this republication Of necessity being the mother Of in- vention are somewhat perplexed to know how Winemiller will pull the trigger with his teeth and avoid de-