Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1862-03-12
THE SAFE CONTROVERSY |
LETTER 10 LEWIS LILLE !
sARGEANPs CHALLENGE!

LeHis lille, Esq, Troy, N F.:
s1R. Yours Of the 4th inst, published in
the Cleveland Morning LrADER of the tn
inst, has been read, and its contents noticed
By me. As to your magnanimity or mine,
the public viii judge; also whether the
terms are uneenerOus or unchivalrOus. If
you refuse the following challenge I viii
"mOve Immediately on your works"
oHALLESGE. 49,
I will place one Of eur Treasury locks on
safe in this city, instead Of New York, and
will bet you the price Of the safe and lock SO
furnished and Es2OO) two hundred dollars that
you or your agents cannot blOI0, PlfNeA, or
nick the lock 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 safe, lock and two hundred
dollars, that can blow open any safe you
have in this city at this time. 1 am in
formed that you have (since our first con-
troversy in Nov. 1851, whsn picked Ssye-
raj kinds of your famous locls,) furnished 8
later edition of your lock to parties in this
city. will bet you (sIOO) one hundred dol
lars sgainst the same amount of money
that can pick said lock. am also in
formed that you have furnished TO another
party new bank safe, with & still later
edition of your lock, the dial of which you
copied from " COvest's patent," 70 deceive
banks and bankers by giving it the outside
appearance Of said lock. Now 1 will bet you
(5O0) Eve hundred dollars that can blow
that safe to pieces; or ifyOu will put $4,000
two thousand dollars inside of said safe, l
will give you (s1O) ten dollars per hour in
advancs for the privilege Of working on the
lock, the money to be mine in case I suC-
eeed in getting in WITHOUT injury to the lock
or SAFE; time not to eressd tsOenty.fOHr hOars
which any burglar can have between satur.
day night and Monday morning, you to have
tbe privilege of making one entire change
>ombination during that time, making
=. about twelve hours. I do not pro-
~ -, - It you in New York city, because
r. - 49, s'Nveenleaf Manufacturing Co
~. ~ otbsr agents to attend to you there, as
10, - v.II know. The principles I have
arrived as BY labor and skill are my capital
sir. and I prefer not to sell them to burglars
or to you for( ($2, ,OOO) two Thousand dollars Oy
publishing them for enc week in the news
papers of the city of New York, which yor
request me to do.
Mr.. Lille, is your "guarantse" on you
lock better than that given in this city lesi
than ten yearu ego on the celebrated "HObbs
Lock, - by Day & Newell, copy Of which IL
below; if so, wherein
("OoPY.")
HWARRAETEE.-We hereby guarantees thai
| ifthe above named lock can be picked ol
! orrned bv any person without knowledgi
| - the true KEY, to refund the amount psiC
e. e. a. same on demand, or if the lock get
10 ~, - orIer with careful usage to refund tn
UooDsv or ;SIrnish new lock at the option
- --iS az rnrcbaser: DAR ! NKEELLS
y Wv Per ]. ". Newell, Agent"
The above kind of Locks were Picke'
at Lowville, N, Y, Oct. 18th, 1851 and
bank robbed by burglars.
Doyou agree to refund the money Whicl
YOU receive for the lock or the amount tha
may be stolen if your lock should be Picke
and bank robbedf Yours respectfully,
I JAMES 9ARGENT.