The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1864-10-24
TILIIEs OHILLID-UON SBF6
auIL TuE MASTER or THE SITUATION,
,Tho enemy Il arc r. OF AttncIC.
RY THE RULE
A. FSrAUIsHED IN THE CoDE or HoNoS,
m MUST BE PEoSOUsCED "NO GESTLEStAE."
70 THE PUBLIC.

We roec IN tho Philadelphia "Bralin" OF the loth and
llu inst. Oihcs newspapers OF laar date article
headed "Phsdciph!a against the Word" and although
without sgnatare, is pOBpo'y, It's rise S1icnents, aud
bad EH9b clearly establish s palctnityDdvit Evans
thou art usman.
WeundersAnd the rule to be- as established ia The code
Of honor that the man who lays down the ruago makes
the chacrge taken up acccp'ed by HE opporout,h Is
bound him tonoraby aud isy, oyer attcr to
he pronounce gentleman, aud to be considered a. uu
worthy Cfnolce. 1hc writer hiss yountpry placed HIM
sell just this position, and wo say that he s en-
uriy toncath our notice, ana we pronounce him "no
ge,iilmor."
First. He stated that Liles safe neither IRE
blla1r-proof Second Hc challenged anybody tJ tcst
Evans h waisons safe with Lh.,c's NJ the tine
stating how he should open Lille o. As he said 10 tLOw his
ssco,Hy. Thlrd lie stated he could open any Of Lilies
ssGes in in two houss bpcof Ing number Of Bank
gaics aud ohprs.
We have publicly accepted All these propositions fairly
and squarey his terms, the conditions being equal
hrc-pt. of, aud giving him half Than he
asked or than We asked 70 open Evans Watson's,
sdcs ontsns % place any amount ~ to $500 ,ortei
tIc against Ike amount, as he might elect This Is not
all have called upon him to test Lles Safes entirely
at risk, merely uy hi. sincerity and ho5csiV In
making his staten but he nei her como forward
like houos man to prove his assertions ~ test,
hss lie made any response to any Of propo iious
Therefore have the right to say he is mo gentleman
by thc ru e. II the false in
article referred to- should pass MIN by unnotced.
Tits article says in substance Evans & Watscr have
received Lnos Cast Iron Hunbug from bank at Nlliord
that II had been robted; that cost sjo0 shat
guar atecd Lille best Bank Safe; calls upon bankers
and othcis 20 examine II, etc.
This Sale was Nod Mercantile safe, and not Bank
Safe al all The cash price at the time II was sold
SlO Ehe safe was sold sce four ears since by traj
ing agent 20 who his note at four mOnts foe
fsOo which note ho hiss paid and uo President.
says this the agent OF the bank 20 buy tn.
saie, Tho purchaser knew It not Bank Safe, aud
did not buy as SUCH and the Pre- sdcnt oughto know
iUr short time before the purchase he called the agent
at Philadelphia and shown both Mercantile and Bank
shfcs, and offered regular Bark Safe two iuches
thick, and much larger than the purchased 5o
ten per cent off, Now if the bank paid their agent 500,
suppcsins TO be Bank safe, they both dped aud
SNirdl5d, 81 hle OILY swiEdGd As TO the rob-
berry, IL 10 fact well unduStOod aud admitted In Milford,
that three scientific burglars worked that Safe during
SATURDAY might and Sunday up to about 10 O'Clock
PM grind hole through door in Of the lock
(the only practicable way ooperatc on Lilies SaO).
piece of door the !Oek ards tried b. Tie
beeimCotnI nIic in Milford with upright drill and pro
thoroughly drill proof (thls piece Of the door
he al 30, 2l \. SENENTH street,. The directors
ana officers Of the bank admitted the be all that
could be for ts thickness but the President wanted
Nc. National Bank Safo, worth sIOOO In exchange even
fr the old one, saying that David Evans had been to NH
ford and had offered 10 exchange for Evans Wat
sons bShE SAFE Tor which they asked about tue same
price agent declined to accept that liberal pro-
position, The bank took Evans Watsons surposing.
presume, their security be increased, and In his
spot they badly duped or now than they
| were By the agent in tine ntst instance.
As to the examination Of this SAFE, join with tho
writer, and request all interested in Sales TO LOOK at the
hardness OF in The door that ground through
rs hlcLucss and soidity, compared with door OF
Evans WRsons Mercantile SAFE which is about
tho same price, t same size and offered as substitute
EcSt, II you viii call on our Agent, No. Il H. SEVENTH
| Street you eau Evans n watsons Safe that was
opened BY one Of the a Gettysburg, with old
axe, by cutting top panel than ave MINUTES,
aud robbed. The II you will 30 to Mr.. JOHN O. VII
IIAMs No IO8 $. FOUbTH Street COnyeyRncer, you can
EyEns Wason's No. 7h Safe, price $40, that has
just been oreueo by German ocksmh In about twenty
minutes by drilling small hole through door, in front
The lock breaking thin chncd-iron plate between the
door and lock- and By dsaransng small portion Of the
lock the doorwas opened without powder. and ia way
entirely practical or burglar After these examinations,
think you win be fully prepared to appreciate the dif
ference between SAFE that takes thee scientific bur
Glsr hiy hours 10 open, usng powder at that, and Il
SAFE that takes about twenty minutes to open
| without uoiie or powder.
We DO not say that hole cannot bO got through chilled
Iron but DO say It Is difficult, and takes longer 90
gtind hole through chined iron than any other metal now
IN use. We say further that there has been two
nch Bank SAFE robbed nase under Lille patent. At the
same tine admit that the IA inch Mercantile safe may
be ground through giving scientific burglars thirty ia
try-sA hours 10 We say also, that two hours Is
an abundance OF time 10 get Into tho beat Common Bank
SAFE made On tie principle Of ENans & Watoni, will
plates nv etet to- eghcr that and inner doors
be ed Rnd taken apar less dime than that
We will BAY further, that viii furnish duplicate
tue SAFE opened at Milford II any responsible man. who
"a gentleman" will furnish OF Evans Watsons bes
Bank Safes now In use the furnished tho Mifor,
Bauk anc viii put upa respectable sum against al
equal amount that tnO sAallopcn the Evans & Wat
Safe sooner, and Ia WAY practical for the burglar
than any Two men griud hole through LILIES SAFE II
fout OF the lock- which is the only practical way ope
IT, ana ths is only ~ inch thick, while our bank safe
have four 10 sN i,ohcs in thickness, Including insid
burglars.
One word more If the Bank Of Milford has purchased
the Bank Safe, which offered the President for 80
cash, the robbery would undoubtedly have been pre-
vented The attempt TO rob the West Philadelphia Trus
Fund, which had the Size Bank SAFE, probably b.
all Of the parties and the entire failure
under the favorable circumstances for the burglars
proves this concusiyely. One other fact Il
proper to notice The public have much confidence
lilies Safe that bankers have purchased the com
mon Office Safe, and have been in the habit OF leaving
alone from Saturday to Monday In close ohlco wit
large amounts while 1t has been almost the universe
custom with bankers not to trust the best Ban
Safe without wRtchman; and with this precauuo
robberies constant. As said in previous articl
say now to convince intelligent that llG to IL
inch sheet iron good protection against either FIR
burglary Ia to 2-inch chilled irons the writer ha
got hard road travel and the greater bis efforts tn
r0pgher he wiz npd the road
LEWIS LILLE SON.
b. @. sADLER, Agent,
| No. Il 8. SEVENTH Street,
, a GERMANTOWN-BARG IF SOIL