Rubber slapper – billy club alternative from 1933

From the April, 1933 issue of Popular Science:

Rubber slappers have taken the place of wooden clubs familiarly known as billies, in the hands of Indianapolis police. Invented by Chief of Police Michael Mor-risey, of that city, the new weapon is a flat, heavy block of rubber with a slot for the fingers It is declared more humane and fully as effective as a club, for it can deliver a stunning blow without drawing blood or cracking a rioter's skull. In the photograph above, an officer compares the slapper with the stick formerly carried.

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