New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1847-05-22
Business Notifies.


pvxT Log ptcxrSc-ss Certificate signed oy
Cav Rou,k relating TO our operations on one OF jones'
ocL. IN the door Of the Custom House, mas recently
b.. nub.hsd in The Tribune II 10 necessary thsi we
.bovIs ;oplv state plain exhibition offscts and nere
h r-a, the erroneous impressions which the unwsry
NAV have formed in regard the relative merits OF ''e
,s lei. true we did STATE ss the Ceriihese repre-
..n,., N Gov Pouck tina, the fundamental principles
on which Joress Locks are constructed were defective
and tia, they could readily be picked, &C. u Is also
rue that we were permitted to operate on his LOCKOUT
mark the conditions It expressly understood oy
Gov pock and ourselves that the lock then on the door
of the Custom House placed there by Jones himself
should be the lock submitted for trial and that should
no, be taken from the door during our operations on H.
With th, understanding took dimensions OF the lock-
and after preparing the necessary instruments 70 PICK
il we were informed By Gov. Bouck that be had mot
vi,hstandine his promse suffered Jones TO take this
lock from the door and substitute another In It's place
Gov Bouck after allowing Mr. Jones 10 exchange the
locks on seeing the instruments had prepared in
formed Us that be did feel at liberty to allow us to
operate until he had first consulted Mr. Jones who was
then in Boston assigning for his reason mat the under
standing between himself and Jones prohibited our
u.ng to pick the lock, any other instruments than
crooked wires. Thus were our operations postponed
by Gov Bouck from day to day snd our arrangements
repeatedly frustrated and thus ended our experiments
which Gov Bouek thought justified him in giving Jones
a certificate that we could not pick HE lock
Nov whether such limited and circumseribed opera
,;. ,ers guaranty that Jones' lock cannot be picked
we leave for discerning public to decide holding our
selves In readiness TO pick the lock now on the door oil
the Custom House at any time Gov. Bouek may permit
A testimony that Jones's best Combination Lock ke
,hs, on the Custom House. has been picked, We n' ,.
duce the following Certificate signed by Robinson Co.
Bankers. and J. & Haines Cashier Of the Merchants
Bank, Buffalo:
We hereby certify that purchased OF ii. C. Jones
of Newark New.Jersey some IA months since one OF
the Patent Combination Bank Locks with numbers
which was placed upon the door OF our vault and re-
presented by him to be perfect security against bur
glars and we farther certify that A. c. Hobbs ore OF
the agents for Day Newers Patent Parauoplic Bank
Locks did PICK and open the without the least in
Jury 10 the Lockhe having the key or the
interior Of the lock 10 our knowledge.
Signed ROBINSON CO
Buffalo April 1877
certify that locked the lock above mentioned and
placed the key in my pocket where : remained until
the lock was opened which was done in my presence.
Signed, JOHN s. HAlNEs.'
III.
bolster up the character of his lock- has recently pub
lished sn article in The Tribune which reads as fol
lows
The Lock spoken OF by Robinson & Co. was the
very cheapest kind Of Combination Lock il had none
of my patented improvements such the revolving
cap pipe and pressure tumbler. II manufactured
by Hall of Boston, and disposed Of to Robinson Coin
Dec 1874 (snd not IL months since stated by them,
that time the most valuable safeguards noin
troducsd. Such Is the Lock which the agent OF Day
Newell journeyed to Buffalo to pick and now falsely
represents as of my manufacture. II. C. JONES,
Bank Lock Manufacturer Newark, N. j."
Since Mr. Jones published the article above, copied
from The Tribune Mr.. Hobbs has written letter to
competent ocksmlth in Buffalo who has taken the lock
be picked from the door and examined the ssms-we
here give his BUFFALO, May l3, ls47
d" Ma HoBBs-Dear Sir. Yours OF the 10th is received
aud will your questions in relation TO the lock
on Robinson & Co.'S vault which know you picked
let. The lock has tumbers
ID. There is a revolving cap and pipe that turns
with the Key and closes the key hole
3D. There Is a tunbler under the boil. that is oper
sed on By pin on the bottom Of the key which raises
the dog.
Attn. The head Of the bolt Is stamped H. c. Jones's
Patent (sigued) NV. DAVOCK."
Yet with his stamped the bolt, and all OF bis
patent improvements in Il Jones denies that he Ia the
manufacturer Of the lock. Now what confidence
be placed in the statements of who will resort to
the miserable alternative Of publishing palpsble false
hood to hide the defects Of lock that stand
It's merits We leave II for bankers and the pub
lie TO decide
And in order 10 end this newspaper controversy We
repeat the Challenge that previously made, fol-
lows MAY L. le4T.
One Lock Of each manufacture that is sold and
in use shall be selected and placed in the hands OF
Committee chosen by the parties for that purpose and
the Of $500 placed behind each lock- and subjected
to such test as the Committee shall decide.
DAY s. NEWELL. $50 Broadway.
Now, If Jones has picked lock once be can
again consequently he will hazard nothing in accepting
this challenge ii Just and cannot fail TO establish the
relative merit Of our locks-will he accept IL We
pause for his reply. DAY NEWELL,
$50 Broadway.