New Britain Herald Newspaper, July 19, 1930, Page 3

“The eye was connected electrically with a trigger which would dislodge a huge vase to come crashing down upon the unsuspecting victim's head.” Story Writers in New York’s Museum of Peaceful Arts LRI 0 Ly " 3 crash down upon the girl's head, killing her instant 1 LIGHTEST KNOWN But the im. This Photograph Graphically Makes Clear the Extraordinary Lightness of Balsa Wood—Which a Detective Story e e e § | { § | i g j TRAPPED Demonstrating How a Burglar Would Have to Cross the Tell-tale Beam of the “Electric Eye’ to Rob a Safe Thus Protected. HE discove; may not be an unmixed Out of the mass of n edge that is piling up abou electricity, about to food of the chemistry and dyna may have at h for the utte: all chance of detection! Indeed, the cr punishment arm: begun te be awa bizarre and ingeniol struction which v son of homicidal int fact that New Yor Peaceful Arts should ho the more startling ide and scientific murder. Through the staid portal stitution, dedicated to comfort of man, h: walked of detective story writ months, lured by the lor were to be found scores of lots for fiction. They were informed, and gripping tales e al ng lere—except of so sturdy an article? Why 't it be better to have a section of stone cornice y shoved out and down e ‘“‘eye”-wired trigger? This sec- ce was the one which he ; selected to do away with his pecting, imaginary victim e story. gcientific opinion ioned whether Mr. Anderson’s ce would work exactly as it did ir combinations white, contain the essen- 1 green which would et the “eye” to v e can be no doubt that a murder ce could be operated nilar principles. the concom- Writer Used to Transmit Poison Fumes to a Fictional Victim. ories from the with the rested wood, nd the most home to concoct a more than ordin- involved a ed, who suitor. This man mu band by erecting a pa wood between 1 nd the garage. young man would be engaged in customary game of billiards and ing before the sensitized 1 would immediately t a current in opera- n. This feature of the ve"” is now being tried experimentally. It ully ~ been } sing automo Holland Tunnel under t connecting New York y. ul Arts was Arthur reator of the “Craig Kenned detective yarns. Mr. Reeve drew Jarbon monoxide gas, fumes, penetrated d's life. eeve h mplicated 9 st Photos by Ewing Galloway. ALL SET Part of the War Fleet of Gau, Proud Monarch of Bilwa, Is Shown Above in Its South Sea Navy Yard. The Men of Bilwa Are the Champion Warriors of the Solomon Islands. At Left Is Shown One of Chief Gau’s Men, in Battle Regalia With His Shield, Hatchet and Long Spear. HILE the diplomats of t nations in the w ened in London recent on of nav: nief of Bilwa, S unching a new canoe, 1 of his fleet. While the mighty nations of Eu rope and America do not care agreat deal about the navy of Bilwa, the very sight of the huge laced-wood canoes under the command of Gau ) r into the hearts of the nders. pen sea. And the men of Bilw on of which y They are the ¢ of the Solomon amounts to saying t foremost warriors of tive world. They weapons that their an thousands of years ago. o Service, Ina, Great Britain Rights Beserved U121 B O R O N R PN A 0 1 A . O ciently strong t peech. It will heeks regardl e Reeve yarn ored m roved guilty by her reaction, in e to the eye, be- The principle of rument be ake itself eviden eat of a blush have visited the Mu poison so subtle that letection in an autopsy’ There is in existence o s ene—such poison. It slays without a Artist's Depiction of the Operation of the “‘Murder Eye” in Author Ander- son's Detective Story. Below, at Left: Close-up Photograph of the Actual Device in the New York Museum of Peaceful Arts. o But whatever case print that diseases. urse, solemn warning— n appear on this page. But, for the bene. of unsuspecting detective s who have never thought o: fect poison’” is known. ta s, ki a what the: Thers are ample, who teins 2 an expert f even h P Y A 22 22 i S ko i O L mmmamam— PP A,