Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1875-05-20

RuReLAEAs, AvAUNT!
THE FIRsr NATIONAL BANK

THE FIRST NATIONAL. BANk
OF this place has now attached to the door
Of IFS burglar proof safe enc Of Sargent &
Greeplsaf,s patent double chronometer
bank locks. 1t vas adjusted and put in
place. Saturday last, By the gentlemaniy
special agent of the firm, Mr. A. B. Nor
cross, who fully explained its workings.
This lock is SO constructed that it can
he set TO run. by winding as j watch or
clock, for any number Of hours. from one
to forty-six and being SO set or adjusted.
it holds the sliding bar and bolt locks
Of the safe firmly in place until the time
or hour it has been set to run shall have
expired, when. it having run down the
safe can be opened by the manipulating of
the regular combination working lock; but
until the time for which the lock is set
4 shall have elapsed. no one, not even a
bank officer intrusted with the eombina-
tion by which the safe is locked and IN
locked, can gain or have Access to the con-
tents of the safe.
OF late years, masked burglars have be-
come 50 desperate that they have resorted
to forcible detention and Yiulence in order
to effect an entrance to and obtain pos
session of the safe deposits of banks. In
many instances entire families have been
grossly maltreated bucked and gagged,
and bank officers forcibly taken from their
residences, in the night season. mufiled and
tied, and compelled, at peril Of their lives,
by gangs of disguised desperadoes. to un-
lock their vault and safe doors-and so
have outlaws secured and carried off vast
treasures, and in most cases eIuded detec-
ton. But, thanks TO the inventsr ST the
chronometer lock. James Sargent. Esq, Of
Rochester, n Y. these drea ded marauders
are being everywhere circumvented in
their nefarious operations. The vigilance
displayed by wide-awake banks aud ban k
ers, as well as that eviueed by others who
are intrusted with the keeping OF public
funds, will soon cause burglars to let all
such corporations as banks and cnstodians
of the peoples treasure quietly alone;''
and those Immediately concerned (the re
sponsible Officers) can sleep more soundly,
undisturbed by fear Of the uneeremonious
Yisitations of the professional burglar and
his confederates.
Messrs. Sargent & Greenleai, in their
circular introducing the lock, state that 1T
is designed as an additional security, to be
used on the same door with any other style
Of locks, without disturbing them, and
wholly independent Of them; and can be
iplaced on the inside Of a vault or safe
door, already in use, having an nnoccupied
space of s 8 inches, without making a
hole through the door: and it can be used
or not used, as may be desired, without
prejudice to any other lock on the door. !
The advantages Of this lock as stated
briefly by the patentees, are as follows
1t affords perfect security against inside
or outside parties. who may have surrep
titiously obtained the combination Of Other
locks, which has been done recently, il
; various ways. It is positive securit,
against masked burglars forcing the cash
ier or custodian of funds, to open the Yaul
or safe door. Should the ordinary lock b,
e picked punched, or blown off by nitro
. glycerine or other explosive compounds
this lock, being proof against force o
e bribery, remains intact, and holds tn
> bolts of the door secure, until the hour o
t opening
, The cost Of the lock is five hundred dol
, lars But small sum when the beneficial
advantages as hereinbefore set forth ar
!. taken into consideration. 1t is an exqui
site full jeweled piece Of mechanism
From ocular demonstration, we are full
convinced that it works like charm;
and we would say to all who have tn
), custody of public funds, procure double
:. chronometer bank lock from the factor
- of Messrs. Sargent & Greenleaf, Rocheste
Ny.