Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1912-06-11
No BULLETS
IN THIS GUN
New Weapon Shoots VapOr
Which Blinds and
ChOkeS Victim
Temporarily
SHOULD BE USEFUL

NNSfllNt'lON. juno l0.--Ihe bull
lctless gun has al last made its an
pearance. II is a German invention.
and instead Of bullets, it shoots a gas
which temporarily blinds and chokes
the victim
The cartridges used contains sew
eral INGREDIENTS. which when cx-
rioded. combine TO form a yapor OF a
peculiar character The gun itself
differs very little In appearance and
mechanism from the ordinary double
action revolver.
The action OF the yapor may best oe
imaSined by considering the position
OF the person shot at The appearance
OF the weapon, the report, ana the
iiAre Of The powder combine TO con
vince The victim that he has been
shot az with nm ordinary Grearm
His eyes ana mouth open in sur
prise and the gases generated by the
combination of the chemicals envelope
his head completely. penetrating his
eyes and affecting his sight.
FOR several minutes he is practi.
caliy blind. simultaneously the mu.
ccus membranes OF the nose and
throat are irritated and the victim
snceZes and cholges. For 2 minute or
two OF the victims inds almos limos
Fihls O breahc
IL IS obvious that no Individual,
even if he were as strong as Hercules,
would be In 2 position TO put up much
I light whilo In such a condition.
The shotless gun Is intended prin-
cinally for the protection OF tourists,
commercial travellers, doctors, cyclist
automobIiists. bank officials, mail csr.
riers, watchmen and policemen No
one wants to kill criminal unless
II l. absolutely necessary for ones
own preservation and this invention
is intended 10 make such O course
unnecessary.
Chief William J. Flynn. OF the
United States secret service. has de
eided 10 adopt this weapon for use
IN the service. IN rounding up banks
OF counterfeiters and other offenders
against the Federal laws, the chief
believes the chemical gun will prove
just as effective, and at the same
time more humane, than the ordinary
weapon, which frequently kills the
prisoner Overpowercd BY the fumes
OF this new gun, any criminal how
ever dangerous, may be readily capl
lures and by the time the effects of
the yapor have worn on the prisoner
IS safely maracled.
Pepper In Cartridges.
At the Laboratories OF chemists one
OF the Ca' tridgas used with tine :dem,
ical gun was thoroughly analyze.i.
Il was found to coInpri5" q paste
board .. I q. with q iuimiuatn.S cap ~
oas end similar TO that USED in the
ordinary bullet cartridge Immediate
ly next to the cap was q small charge
OF coarse grain gunpoNder. Then fol-
lowed large charge of capsicum.
or red pepper, mixed with lycopodium,
an inilammable yellow powder cen.
sisting Of the spores Of club moss and
q slight trace OF saltpeter. The re-
remainder OF the holder was filled
with lycopodium.
With the pulling fthe trigger the
cap eXplodes the gunpOwder. and the
force OF the explosion uuites the red
pepper ana lycoDodium and produces
the binding, suffocating yapor upon
which the principle OF the weapon
depends.
To test the effect of this cartridge.
q guinea pig was produced from the
laboratory and the gun discharged at
the animal at range of some three
feet Tie guinea pig seemed 10 suffer
no pain. but was unable TO open its
eyes Tor the space of q minute. and
seemed 10 have some difficulty in
breathing, az the fumes penetrated its
nose and throat
The tesa, however, hardly did jus
tire 10 the weapon, for. naturally
enough the uinea pig was not in the
least alarmed az the sudden sight OF
the gun, as human being would be.
and kept his mouth shut and his eyes
nearly so. With a human being, OF
course. the surprise and shock would
operate TO open the Victims eyes and
mouth and give the fumes getter
chance 10 work.
Several times In my experience
said Chief Flynn. Il have wished for
lust such a weapon as this chemical
gun. In dealing with Black Handlers.
counterfeiters. and other criminals,
who usually operate in banks. II Is
almost always necessary to round
them up at the point OF q gun.