MITTEN HANDCUFFS SECURE CRIMINALS (Oct, 1933)
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Source: Popular Science ( More articles from this issue )
Issue: Oct, 1933
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Issue: Oct, 1933
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She sure seems happy to be handcuffed.
MITTEN HANDCUFFS SECURE CRIMINALS
Only the tips of fingers and thumbs protrude from handcuffs of a new style, invented by a former member of the Canadian Mounted Police, and shown above. Each of the metal gloves is hinged in two leaves equipped with locks. The mitten-shaped handcuffs were devised by the inventor in the belief that the ordinary type makes it possible for a desperate criminal, being transported overland, to attempt to grasp his captor’s gun or attack him with the hands.
I think the criminal could knock a person cold with those big hunks of metal on his hands there.
Comment by Caya — May 15, 2007 @ 11:04 am
Doesn’t the proportion of finger length to thumb look odd?
Comment by Stannous — May 15, 2007 @ 3:21 pm
Of course she’s happy to be handcuffed - haven’t you ever seen an RCMP officer? (sigh)
Comment by Blurgle — May 16, 2007 @ 3:16 am