BURGLAR ALARM

BURGLAR ALARM

Application filed March 11, 1886

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM BAKER CLARKE, a citizen of the United States, residing at French Lick, in the county of Orange and the State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Burglar Alarms. ... The special object of the invention is to set a trap for burglars, which will instantly ring a bell or fire off a gun, pistol, or other firearm as soon as they attempt to pass over it. ... If desired, the guns may be loaded with ball and arranged with respect to the end A' of the plate so as to shoot the robbers. Where used in barns, chicken houses, or other outbuildings, this may be done without the objection, as in the house, that it is calculated to injure and deface the walls.