The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1864-10-22
TO THE puIsIIO.

TO THE PUBLIC.
We notice In the Philadelphia "Bulen" Of the 10th and
lih ns ana other papers Of lstor date, article
headed philadelphia against the Word" and although
without signature, is pompoty its JdlSs siacmsn and
Bad Eng'h clearly establish It's paternyDa7i i'd Evans,
thou art the
We understand the to he, established in the code
Of honor that the who lays down the guacn makes
ue challenge II taken accepted by his opponent, Il
bound to him honOrably and fairly, after to
BE- pronounced gentleman, and to be considered
worthy Of notice. The writer has voluntarily placed him
self just this position, and say that lie is
tlr ly beneath notice, and pronounce him "ro
genti5maH"
First. He stated that Lles Safe neither fire nor
burslar-proor Second Ie challenged anybody t. test
Evans wstsons Safe with LnIle's at the tine
stating how he should open Lille s, he said, to show
.ccr1g. rlird, lie stated Lo could open any Of Lilies
SsB In use n two hours specify Ing number Of Bank
Safes. ard others.
We publicly accepted all these propositions fairly
and squarcJ on his terms, the conditions being equal
Il re-prOOf, and giving him ono nAlr more than he
asked, or than we asked 70 Evans ~ watsons be-
sides Offering 10 place any amount 10 $500 orfO
turo against Ike amount as lie might elect. This 10 not
ALI have called upon him to Lilies SAFES entirely
at risk, merely to try his sincerity and hOncsy 10
making his statements; but he neither forward
like honest prove his assertions by a test nor
has he made any response to any Of our propositions
1htrefuie have the right to say he s mo gentleman
by the and It not for the false statements in
article referred to, should pass him by unnOtced
This article says In substance EyanA q Watson have
received Lilies cast Iron Humbug from sbank at Milford
that 1t had bCen robDedi taat cost SiO0 that It
uafau,eod Lille best Bank Safe aud calls upon bankers
and others 10 examine II, etc
This Safe was No. Mercantile Safe and not Bank
SAFE at a The cash price the time was sold was
$40 The sold years since by travel
ug agent tU who gave his at four months for
tSOO which note he has paid and the President
say this the agent OF the bank to buy ths
saie The purchaser knew 1t not Bank Safo and
did not buy II SUCH and the President oughto know It
short time before the purchase he called the agent
PHILADELPHIA and shown both Mercantllo and Bank
Safes, aud offered a regular Bank Safe, two uches
thick and much largor than the purchased for 50
ten or cent Now, If tho bank paid their agent $500
supposing to be Bank Safe, they were both dpcd aud
si,ildG d, While only swindled As TO the rob-
berry. II Is fact we Understood and admitted in Milford
that three scientific burglars worked tnat Safe du'
| Saturday night and Sunday up 10 about 10 O'Clock
NJ to grind hole through tho door in front Of the lock
Uhe only practicable way 10 operate Lilies San).
piece Of the door tho lock afterwards tried the
bestmeo of snlc in Milford with upright dr, and pro-
uouEC ii Ooughy drill proof hs piece Of the door
| be- seen at No. n SEVENTH streoU The directors
officers Of the bank admitted the door to be all that
Il could be for s thickness, but the President wanted
Nc. National Sank Sae worth $1,000 in exchange even
for the old one saying that David Evans had been 10 NIL
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sons Bank safe, for which they asked about the same
price, agont declined accept that liberal pro
position the bank took Evans WatsOns supposng WI
presume, their security he increased and in tls re-
spCct they are as dupCd now, than thoy
| we've by the Sge't in tine first Instance
As to the examination Of this Safe. join with The
writer and request all interested in Safes the
hardness Of the iron In the door that ground through
| It's thickness ana sol.dty, compared with door
Evans WatBons Mercantile Safe, which Is sold 1T abou
the price, Il size, offered substitute
Next II you viii Gull on Agent, No. 81 4. SEVENTH
Street, you Evans 3 wst,ons Safe that wal
opened by Of the Rebels at Ge sburg with an old
axe by cutting out top panel in less than five inmates
and robbed Thor II you viii 20 to NJ. JOHN Q. VII.
LlAMS No l08 s. Fuu.T Street Couvoyancer, you
Ey ans WatsonS No ~ Safe price S2iO that has
jut been oPoneu by German l0cksmith in about twenty
mint tes by drilling small hole through door, from
Of the lock- breaking thin chled-iron plate between the
door and lock, and by disarTangug small portion OF the
lock ths doOrw opened without POWDER and in way
entirely practical for burglar After these examinations
tn INK you VIII be ful prepared appreciate tho diff
ference between Saie that takes three scientific bur
gaSs thirty hpurs TO open using powder at that and
Safe that takes one man about tweuE minutes open
without noise powder.
Wcco say that hole cannot bo got Through chilled
iron, but do say Is difficult and longer 10
grind hole through chilled iron uah any other metal
In use We say further that there never has been two'
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same tine aimit that the rs nca Mercantile Safe may
bO ground through giving scientific blrsara thirty u
m S-sN hours TO DO IT, We say, also, that hours Is
an abundance Ot time to get Into the Fest Bank
Safe made tLe principle OF Eyaus a watsons. with
plateB yeed elher thai the aud inner can
be dseced and taken apar; IN less time than that sven.
We VIII say further that Will furnish duplicate OF
the opened at Milford any responsible man. who Is
"a gentleman" viii furnish OF Evas & Watsons best
Bank Safes in use, the furnished the Milford
Bank and We viii put up respectable gainst
equal amount, that two EhaO open the EYins Wat
son Safe sooner, and IN way practical for the burglar
than any cana grind hole through Lilies SAFE in
front Of the lock- which is the only practical way to open
IT, and TINS Is only ~ inch thick while bauk Safes
have four TO slN lches In thickness, iaoudng inside
burglars.
One word more ;-Ifthe Bank Of Milford has purchased
the Bank Safe which was offered the President for Oj
cash, the robbery would undoubtedly have been pre-
vented The attempt to rob the West Philadelphia Trust
Fund, which had the size Bank SAFE probably BY
some Or all Of the PARTIES aud the entire failure
under the favorable circumstances the burglars
proves this most Concusiyely. One other fact may be
proper TO notice The public have much coma lence In
Lilies Safe that even bankers have purchased the com.
mon Office Safe aud have been in the habit Of leaving
alone from Saturday to Monday in close Office with
large amounts while It has been almos. the universal
custom with bankers not TO trust the common best Bank
Safe without watchmani and even with this precaullon
robberes are constant. As said in previous article
we say now to convince intelligent men, that 1916 to liz
inch sheet iron Is good protection against either fire
or burglary li 10 2lEch chilled ron the writer has
got hard road to travel ana the greater his efforts the
roUgher he viii hnd the road.
LEWIS LILLE & son.
NJ. @. sADLER, Agent,
No, n S. SEVENTH Street.
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