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Show Policeman Says Jin Jitsu Ss Old New York "Harness Bull" Talks of V. Japanese Wrestling. SCHENECTADY, Jan. 21. "J saw In tho papors a day Or two ago," said an old member of the Schenectady police force, "an assertion by Prof. Wllllard bf Baltimore, Balti-more, that any man. who Is ablo to box skilfully cav successfully sland off any cxpononUof Jlu JIlsu. "Well, ho may be correct. I don t protend pro-tend to bo an expert In Jlu litsu by any means. All that I know of the system la ono or two llttlo tricks. Ono of these Is a trick pretty well known to policemen gen- 1 orally- "It Is commonly known among tho police po-lice as tho crazy grip, probably from tho fact that it Is fn goneral uso In asylums for tho Insane whero patients who be-como be-como violent have to bo handled and subdued sub-dued without Injuring them or pormUtlnp them to Injure the attendant. It Is harmless, harm-less, but mighty cffeqtlvo. and If Prof. AVUlIard will permit any ono to try It On him, he will readily bo convinced that he Is powerless, even with ono arm free. "I havo completely subdued many an obstroporous prisoner by using this simple sim-ple llttlo grip. This Is all thore Is to It. and anybody can soon convince hlmsolf of Its efficacy." , , And to Illustrate, tho policeman seized hold of his auditor's left arm with one hand at the elbow and tho other Just at tho knuckles of tho hand. He bent tho hand down nt the wrist, at the same tlmo Bllghtly raising tho elbow, keeping a firm hold of both. "Prof. "Wllllard says that when a man Is seized by one arm he still has the frco arm with which to strike or shoot" continued con-tinued the policeman. "'Well, your rJgljt arm is free. Try to strlko mc with It, or IC you happen to have a gun, you may shoot me if you can. Try It." It was tried, but the policeman put a slight additional ' pressure of the Imprisoned Impris-oned arm and tho attempt was abandoned mighty gulckly. It was a-physical Impossibility, Impos-sibility, as any orio may seo by trying tho trie!:. Qnce a man'gets that hold on another, provided ho has sufficient strongth to retain re-tain his grip, tho ono thus seized is wholly at his mercy. "Give mo that grip on Prof. Wllllard," said tho bluccoat, smiling grimly, "and If ho can uso his frco hand to strike me, he's at perfect liberty to punch my head off and I will mako him a present of my month's salary In tho bargain, if ho does |