Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1862-03-11
The SAFE CONTROVERSY
LETTER 10 LEWIS LILLIE i!
sARGEANTs CHALLENGE! !


/ LsDis 1 tttte, Asqt Trey, N r.:
Sra: Yours Of the 4th inst, published in
tho Cleveland Morning LEADER Of the 7th
inst, has been read, and its contents noticed
BY me. As 70 your msgnsnimity or mine,
the pablic will judge; also whether the
terms are ungensrOus or unchivalrous. If
you refuse the following challenge will
"moVs Immediately on your works"
CHALLENGE.
will place one Of our Treasury locks on a
safe in this city, instead of New York, and
will bet you the price of tho safe and lock so
furnished and tS2OO) two hundred dollars that
you or your agents canuO. blOV, punch, or
piek the loek from the door Of said safe with
out drillingor blowing the safe to pieces.
will also bet you the same amount, (the
price of the save, lock and two hundred
dollars, that can bow open sny safe you
have in this city at this time. l am in
formed that you have (since our Arst con-
troversy in Nov. 1851, when picked seve
raj kinda Of your famous looks,) furnished
later edition of your lock 70 parties in this
city, will bet you (sIOO) one hundred dol
lars against the same amount of money,
that can pick said lock. am also in
formed that you have furnished 70 another
party new bank safe, with Q still later
edition of your lock, the dial of which you
copied from COVert's patent" to deceive
banks and bankers by giving it the outside
appearance Of said lock. Now will bet you
(50O) Eve hundred dollars that can blow
that safe to piecesj or ifyou will put $4,000
two thousand dollars inside of said safe,
will give you ($IO) ten dollars per hour in
advanoe for the privilege Of working on the
lock, the money to be mine in case sue
csed in getting in i0itkoEt injury to the lock
or safe; time not to sreesd tlOsnty.toHT hours
which any burglar can have between satur-
day night and Monday morning, you to have
the privilege of making one entire change
of combination during that time, making
the time about twelve hours. do not pro-
pess to meet you In New York city, because
the Yale 4 Greenleaf Manufacturing Co.
have other agents to attend to you there, az
you very we'll know. The principles have
arrived at by labor and skill are my capital,
sir, and I prefer not to sell them to burglars
or to you for ($9, ,OOO) two thousand dollars by
publishing them for enc wsek in the news
papers Of the city of New York, which you
request me to do.
Mr.. Lille, is your guarantee" on your
lock better than that given in this city less
than ten years ago on the celebrated "HObbs'
Lock" by Day & Newell, copy Of which is
below; if 50, wherein :
.saa ("C0PY.")
tfWGRRAETEE.-We hereby guarantee that |
if the above named lock can be picked or |
opened by any person without a knowledge |
Of the true key, to refund the amount psid |
for the same on demand, or if the lock gets |
out Of order with careful usage 10 refund the |
money or furnish q new lock at the option |
of the purchaser. DAY 4 NRWRLL,
Per J. ". Newell, Agent"
The above kind of Locks has been picked
at Lowville, n z, Oct. 1lth, 1881, and
bank robbed by burglars.
Doyou agree to refund the money which |
you receive for the lock or the amount that |
may be stolen If your look should be picked |
and bank robbed Yours respectfully,