The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1919-05-15
LOCAL man HAS
A 'CAMERA-GUN
Halt or TIL Take Your Pic.
ture" May Supersede,
''Stop or I'll Shoot" In
KenOsha ct AL.
is IT camera -FLAGGE?

If you surprise burglar in the act
of taking your bonds or silverware and
can t kin him, take his picture and let
it lead to his apprehension and arrest.
If your re held up at IAN ideal place
for murder, relieved of your money
and valuables, and left to the mercy
of some good Samaritan, Just bear it
patiently until your assailant is MAX
ing his getaway; then pull your won
dergun and take his life OF his photo
graph as he skuIks away in the dark
ness.
This is not a pipe-dream. It's real
ity, made so by the genius and efficiency
of a Kenoshan, Matt Miller, who lives
at 8 Park Court and works at the Allen
Tannery.
But Mr. Miller believes in working
overtime and without extra pay. Ac-
cordingly in the early morning or late
at night he has been perfecting cam
era-gunn that not only shoots and
shoots with deadly accuracy but also
takes photograph at the same instant
that the shot is fired. The device is
most ingenious and with proper. exploi
tation might be made widely marketa
ble
f'I don t have TO keep it a secret any
longer" the inventor said this morn
ing. 81 have applied for patents on it
and am sufficiently protected that
don t have to be afraid that anyone
will steal my thunder. Tt works per-
fectly and m convinced that it will
be very useful if | can arrange for its
manufacture. - s
Mr.. Miller is of the opinion that the
latter viii be easy inasuch as the de
vice is simple and will require only
little equipment to put it on the
market
The camera-gun = may be a varia.
ton of most anything from a 80 to a
us including the average rifle or ever
a sawed off shotgun. It shoots a
star-shell which acts like fashhght
and so makes possible the exposure
for the photograph. The latter is regis
tered on a tiny film neatly wound on
cylinder and, when developed and
printed, furnishes a picture 2 by 2
inches in dimensions. The negatives,
Mr.. Miller contends, are of sufficient
intensity, to admit of indefinite en-
largement and SO make possible the
Identification of speeding autoists by
their numbers or of desperate criminals
who have been seen but allowed to
escape.
IT can't say just how many differ.
ent uses there might be for the Gamer
gum" Mr.. Miller went on. TeI7 just
know that it does what I say it does
takes picture at the same time that
it shoots. I have perfected it for S2is,
and 38 IS, and rifles and I hope to make
it work on higer-calibered pieces"
On Saturday Mr.. Miller presented his
project to representatives of the local
police force and ex-army officers The
men Flet in on the secret" were en-
thusiastic about the "camera-gun and
complimented Mr.. Miller on his
invention. s4
The local "wizard of Menlo Park''
expects to hear from his applications
for patents in the near future and there.
after to begin the manufacture of sthe
gun that shoots and sees. !" He hopes
to be able to interest the police force
of Chicago in his commodity, persuade
them that it is indispensable to them,
and thereby secure sufficient publicity
to make the eamera-gun best-seller
from the Ghetto to Chinatown.