Show CURIOUS WEAPONS i CARRIED DV BY COPS Some Rusty Others Bungle- Bungle some and Many Not Working TARGET PRACTICE BEGINS Captain Burbidge I Inspects the Guns and Shows Laxity of Department I Before the police pollee loft left headquarters I Saturday to perform their customary V duties dutle they were called d upon to produce pro pro- duce Itice their firearms for or in inspection h by CaptaIn Captala John B B. B Burbidge This was wn an nn unusual procedure for ordinarily when they ther line lino up tip at headquarters before be te- fore rore leaving for Ol their beats beaL the program program pro pro- gram grain is limited to a brief lecture on the thC duties of th the he lIn day such a ns keeping a sharp lookout for certain suspicious Jo characters character doubling up on beats und occasionally a rebuke e for fOI certain shortcomings on the pr preceding da day But nut It has been n a long lime time since th cops cops' were w required to produce their thel shooting shooting- irons and the effect t of th the was amusing Some of the tho bluecoats responded led to th the command without a n moments moment's dc do- In lay and produced glittering six shoot f ers rs of the re regulation type that were as he beautiful as jewel jewels They were now new well oiled loaded In every elY chamber oas easy a y on the trigger Ir and In perfect working order The owners knew know inn th t the these guns were of oC the best brand and the they drew the instruments of destruction de de- de- de from their holsters with a smile mlle of or satisfaction Were cre Old There were wel several S guns sun however howe I that were wen rather mediocre They hall hail been excellent nt in their time but their owners had not bestowed as ng much care car careon careon on them as might have ha been dE' dE desired d dby by the officers of the police force forc Some Somo were rusty and occasionally there was a n Ii hitch itch In their mechanism These There The e policemen n were In Instructed lo to tin Policemen o n n are expected to carr carry I guns gulls of the regulation pattern caliber on a 4 4 caliber frame flame It was natural therefore that some Iome of ot the officers should wear wal a downcast expression ex ox- slon when they produced firearms that rl resembled s the blunderbuss of or old Some of 01 the guns gun were only a poor imitation of th thy the well known British bulldog In Iii them the natural order of or things tImings was re Er reversed ed rhe They were 1 caliber on a 38 frame fram Others were strictly up lo to date dale but not the regulation regulation regu regu- lation laUon type Among these Fe objectionable ble blo revolvers were a n few tew automatics Although h the might do o wonderful execution the they were tabooed because herou c cIt it was Impossible to see their inner workings and it 1 Is still thought that thal only onh an expert gunner knows how to wield them All AlI of or the policemen were Instructed to provide Io themselves ehe with the regulation police gun I I leg In Target ct Practice Captain e offered no apology for ial n Q ii r iii hut 1 1 lt I vas do doubtlessly O lJ th the e experience of oC Policeman McCormIck while he ho was wat J trying to effect the tho arrest of the robI rob- rob I I her ber who made a n raid roid on the tIme Wilson Oon bar bar bor carl early Saturday morning I fired one shot hot at the fleeing high high- i way waman man and 1 Intended to do more moro shooting but his revolver lc failed to toI I work When hen the thc robb robber r returned the compliment with Interest the policeman policeman policeman police police- man thinking that eH discretion was the better part of valor dodged behind a brick building The most Impre Impressive commentary on fin in mick McCormick encounter was a the target practice In the basement of oC the police station afternoon After In InI Inspection In- In the policemen were wele Instructed I to return at certain hours and try their marksmanship at t the expense of ot the municipality for the department had been heen provided with an ample supply supply sup Sup- pI ply of rc regulation cartridges e Tho The bombardment homI born bom- continued ed throughout lt ho the I afternoon and the men with the tho 4 II I- I caliber guns were the star p performers perform perform- I ers el ers ers-at at at least leall In V volume I e o of sound I |