This is one of the neatest items I ever listed.  It's a violin cased Sawed-off Shotgun with a swivel carry strap added to the butt in order to hang from the shoulder in concealment under a coat. The case has a plaque affixed to it by the missing handle with the name Lee Felts. The man I acquired the outfit from included a letter stating that he bought the outfit from an estate sale in West Virginia about 8 years ago. He also stated that the family said that their father told them that he got it from a Lawman who said it had been left in a Hotel room years ago maybe 1920. This letter will come with the outfit.  With a little research I was able to find Lee Felts and how he came to own such a obviously serious weapon.  It turns out he was a brother of the co-founder of Baldwin-Felts Detective Agency and worked for the agency . The partnership was formed in 1910 and had it's headquarters in Bluefield ,West Virginia. The company provided guards for railway and mine payrolls .They also undertook detective work for the federal and state governments. By 1912 they had become basically a hired muscle agency participating in many shoot outs in both West Virginia and Colorado. Albert Felts actually designed an armoured car known as' the Death Special' , it had machine guns mounted on it along with a large search light.  Lee Felts  and his brother Albert  were killed by Police Chief Sid Hatfield in one of these shoot-outs  in what became known as the Matewan Massacre. I suggest you do a Google search as there's quite a bite of info. available. I managed to put together an extensive file that will come with this grouping along with the book "The True Story of the Baldwin-Felts Detective Agency" .
I'm selling this outfit exactly as it was found.  I believe the childs gown(home made) was used to stabilize the shotgun in the case.. This 12 gauge shotgun was made by Keystone Arms Co. with a patent date of june 20,1883.  It's barrels have been cut down to 19". The action works well and locks up tight.  A really interesting time in American history that I knew little about until I acquired this neat outfit.  
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