All This Is That: Testing bullet-proof vests

Wednesday, March 05, 2014

Testing bullet-proof vests

By Jack Brummet, Police Ed.

W.H. Murphy of the Protective Garment Corp. of New York stood less than ten feet from Frederick County, Md. Deputy Sheriff Charles W. Smith and let the deputy fire a .38 caliber revolver straight at his chest. Murphy never batted an eye. . .

"The bullet which Deputy Smith fired into the vest Wednesday was presented to him for a souvenir." circa 1923

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