HOW TO CARRY A PISTOI.

Press, Volume XLVI, Issue 7346, 26 June 1889, Page 2

HOW TO CARRY A PISTOI.

Askalmoetanyman t no j, and he will lift theian dive into hie hip pocw * W ? Every pair of and sa universal is the practice a weapon there that itT*™ *"«* tailors as the plstol^ e t n Tn £*4 xnan never thinks otZny ia ?l *> in any other part of his attire anil*** h u eCar K rie u ifc the butt toS that he has to twta* his <£&?>* elbow into a awkward and cZlt* position in order to draw it. i n emergency, the pistol carried In pocket, butt to the w^h'hifiu? 1 * weapon to the fist or a stout stick? M,

THE DANGER OP A HIP-POCKEf ! In 1879 a drummer (commercial ttiL, ' for an Eastern whisky house had aH* I with a saloon-keeper In Helena. mZ?* 8 I about the price and quality of a S"* , I' whisky. The dispute became aS.* 1 F audthe saloon-keeper, in nSJftS f tana language, accused the drnmm " deceiving him. The drammeriXX* and warm, and he reached ± kerchiefto wipe the perspiration bH j brow. Unfortunately he had the^.? , & cious habit of carrying his cambric fit * hip pocket. The I a pistol from under the bar andn? I drummer was gathered to hi« jtaJ? > Although it was shown that the had no pistol, the fact that he" play" for his hip pocket was undtoji and the coroner's jury exonerated I saloon-keeper on the ground of |

TRY THI3 EXPERIMENT. «t Men who were likely to be can*! ««*_ ¥ : to ace pistols soon discovered thai iSE? § the butt to the tear made the BwaLllr*. a pistol in the hip pocket leescSffiL* i"' the butt to the front enabled Sfe o3B ' * quicker. Anybody can «&£&? '" to hie own satisfaction by ahS»K?.*i hie hand in that pocket. */• palm of the hand against thehla »k I shoulder must be thrown back ana «!' I' elbow swung to the rear at snnL '■' f ortable angfe. When the pbtffli aSSE ! in this position, the muzzle is noktteTt? S wards the body for an instant aadww £ a man is excited that is a dantreronai »«««? |. particularly with a V first and most important things ta l 2 learned about a pistol la that the nm J? £ Is always dangerous. After this enS ment, put the hand into the pocket »S the palm outward and the knnovl against the body. The position of aS \ is easy and natural, the elbow Is odumlS the side and lower down than bofortMi? £ the shoulder muscles do not bind »£? I constrained. When the pistol k&ur» I the muzzle points downward muiTi; t past the line of the body. tt v p

THB SACK COAT AND SIDSftICKR. The first; marked improvement on tin hip-pocket scheme was made by the i! I complished gun-fighters of VJreluUCtor Nevada. Dick Paddock, who £aa fkSa with his partner, Tom Hughes, byOflfee Mac Donald in the Delta saloon, was the introducer of the sack-coat side-Docket I Idea, and the first to demonstrate to t marked . advantages, Dick'a IjktoHw f - faculty was stimulated no doabfc by theii vent of Farmer Peel, a bad man with % < gun, wh.oßkUfolly perforated Dick's t* ■ posed edges, while the latter was seekJas I shelter behind an awning-post. Tnefe? J mer was very quick on the draw, couH i shoot as well drunk aa he could sober, and altogether was a man against whom It was well to take every precaution. Ona evening Dick sat behind the stove in i saloon, quietly smoking and minding hb f own business, when a drunken raffias, I who had made a big winning at fare, I entered, and began making things hum, 1 The ruffian flourished a big platol, mi I ordered everybody up to take a drtisl, J threatening to kill all who should refoa iHe wantonly knocked one man down with' the weapon, and it was evident tisfchj; . was becoming deadly dangerous.

. THEBULLBT AJTO THE BTttMT. " . Paddock eat tilted back Iα hb ehftlj, f--with bis hat palled over his brows tni Hi ■■ hands carelessly thrust In thesidfrßodbfe f of his sack-coat, apparently paring to I , attention to the ruffian. The w® w,. him and ordered him up to the ba»,. Pad, s' dock did not more. The bally I up in front of him and said: "Will joa f drink with mc»" ' "No, I won't." replied Paddodr,trit&oal moving or raising hie head, ; ; .^ There was a muffled report, 4m! fc&3 bully doubled up on the floor with sbollii . through hia abdomen. Dick would nsS | bare revealed his new trick but t&* Isf- i •tenders were quick to see a thing ef that kind, end it was not long before even [ , gun-fighter on the Comstock had ft'sas- ; ' coat with bigslde pockets, f The advantage of the side pocket !sfts& : the pistol can be fired without drawing It, i the ball passing through the cloth or tte t lining ot the coat. The poc&efc mutt J» large enough to give room for thehirnniei to fall without danger of catchios ia tfc cloth. The new hammerless revolvers ffl the beet for this purpose, as there Iβ Mf exposed mechanism about them b[' cet entangled with anything. A veriv-J tion of this method Iβ to eat through the lining of -, the ■«s*, so that the hand can pass from the coat-pocket through the coat to tee hf f pocket and seize the pistol, which caftUo, drawn unpercelved and fired from tress i the coat. An overcoat side-pocket is We best place for-a revolverwhen one ia gsfc| $ - home late at night and is liable to ©sU. footpads. It is better to be without v weapon buttoned up under two coats UKf,-hip-pocket. <& man; feels cheap whenjiD highwayman makes him hold upbls bam goes through his pockets, and eteaesßL pistol. ! THE SHOULDEB EOIATEBi An Engliuhman, until hahasjW? America and becomes civilized, ea*nsMsU revolver in the inside coat, except when he has It at the mm of his trunk. In that pocket ifc »s afeffit f handy to get at as a plaster between ones shoulder blades. When a man W a gun he wants it in a hurry, bat It !&mg " about four motions to reach weapon from the inside breastpocfetjess the hand must travel from the newse position at the side of the leg.adisteffiSfl nearly four feet, in making these ; If the coat is buttoned across the <$»?>» 68 it Iβ likely to be. the difficulty b » / creased. The shoulder holster, vb» something of a run of popularity to JW* ~ Mexico afewyeara ago, ia open to "»* same objections. The holster was J B» = pended under the leffc arm by»«3gj passing like s croesbalt over the r-P • shoulder and out through the leftawfc { of the vest. To retain the JWWf JJ place and hold it firmly while drawiaf w pistol, the lower end eometimo'J&f J fastened to a belt worn around the urssw \ The disadvantage of this methodis «», the.rlght haniT must travel mmfh body and back in order to draw yAM ; the weapon. A shoulder hoister Is «g \, only to coneeaFa revolvor too large tf •* ,- carried In a pocket. * ' f

THB &SSSOK FROM fUSB *L \ In the evolution of the ptatdwfcww \ tendency has been to get «i e .,f*EU ) nearer the cuetomary position of tttenef - hand. A step in the right dlreetfeSj made by the late lamented Mr Hoofig - Brown, when he winged Jh** a ßj/Z with a derringer, which he ps£«?| his right hand trousers pw* 4 revolver can be carded «"]£} pocket, but the bulge is «W"S A derringer in each pocket is fcna ewfi thing for a man who does not card M «fc a large- gnn and can ba happy tented with only two shotsi a 6 a : man who displeases him. Bhe is to wear a dress suit very oiW« much into polite society, where the ew of a navybutt would excite remarfe-v; derringers are distinctly superio^ him topack, When a man pins Wβ ttg to one or two flhots; be should naeJOT"of larae caUbre. No | smaller than 40 calibre, and 4» ia bett^-1 half-inch round baU, eqntvalsnt calibre, is none too small fora "tawyga gun. The smallbore pistols osay Ing, : fetal wounds, bat do» no*Jß the paralyaing chock tbrtpetoiygß; end £o the argument. , formation has been culled boat w (; American press. >. ; When 'moriarcne go *mM kU *K l lM " guise of ordinary mortals theyin7ag*| have the lack to faU in . peasant who treats them ness and Independence. P lß .crii wa& part of thY sport Emperor of Austria and &**»&£ Saxony; in Stvria the other day. », rf begged for a Ifft in his cart, aad »j*SJ from him revealed, their fcWJ dignity. " WeU, frfenda{ he^e f c* f abashed, "if you be the BrngeWty , Austria ana thi Kifigof »Jg : better teU you who I T fellowa. lam bia Holiaess the POP* p