The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1877-03-24

answered the burglarL "I'lf1 show.
YOU how to blow open any sdfaliu
New York without any tools. . just
take mo to safe"
There happened to be safe IN
Judge Kilbreth's private room : and
the writer acquainted the magistrate
with the prisoners proposal. 'yBy,
all means, said he, .''let us learn y
and in n moment the room WAS filed
with spec tators. :. '"}1'
HOW SAFES ARE BLOWN OPEN. '
Tho'prisonor knelt beside the safe,
which was locked.
"Look, said lie, cat this door.
1t fits so tightly that NO instrument
can be introduced in the cracks and
powder cannot be inserted. SO far
SO good. The burglar" continued
ne, 'simply sticks putty all along
the cracks except in two places, one
at the top of tho door and one at the
bottom, where he leaves about m
inch of space uncovered by tho
putty. At the lower place he puts
quantity of powder and he sucks
out the air from the upper place
either: by suction pump, which Isl
the better way, or by .his mouth. !:
The vacuum created in tho safe
draws in tho powder through the
small crack below Tho entire
work does not occupy moro 'Hthant
five minutes. We spent one day
in town, but the hue and cry be-
came 80 great we were compelled
to flee after dividing the. booty. II
was q greenh9rn, and they gsye mo ,!
but ten, lousand dollars. .' :.
"Our ne tt exploit was boarding
railroad train and throwing 'out The !
express safe, which we carried a.
mile in tle~:woods and sblew opep., r
It contained only $4,000. This we ,
gambled away, and then I set out
for st. louis, where detective az
rested me. 1 was tried and con-
yicted at Cincinnati and received n =.
sentence of twenty years in the
penitontiary-and L richly deserved
"Did your pals try to got you
out 2" -r,.....'.r .'',. 4,
eyes, they put up considerable.
money for lawyers; but my guilt
was too we'll proved" HI.."N - Il
"How did Governor Hayes come
to pardon you - $751;. ,,.i, c.,.,,,,
''Well, served ten years, and T
had made zip my mind from the
first to bear my punishment like
q man. I complied with all the
prison rules and was never subject
ed to discipline. I had no friends
in tho outside world, and the Waxc
den told mo good behavior did It.
I tried then to get work, bn8
couldn't; I had earned $65' while in
prison, and I lived until the PRESENT
time on this sum, but three days ago
it gave out and l made up my mind
10 60 back to prison, as I was
starving" -.
..' SYMPATHY IN COURT,
Dr. Harris here here interposed !
and asked Henson if he, would live ,
on honest life if he got work. 49,.
The ex>convict raised his oyes
to h eaven and fervently called God
to witness that he would.nr r. +d
"Thon, said the Doctor, 'I will
see that you are placed in honest
employment" ...'''
Alderman Morris gave him So
with which to buy food: and prom
ised to furnish him suit of CLOTH
ing at once S'''
The man'e gratitude was profound.
He seemed dazed at the kindness of
those about him. 1t was 80 differ
ont from that to which he had been
accustomed, and the tears filled his
eyes. He could only find utterance
for "God help you all. You have
made a man of me"
He was temporarily committed to
the Tombs until he can be provided
with employment as promised.
Pianos should be closed when not
in use, in order to prevent the col
lection Of dust, pins, etc, on the
a0rn1 hoard oO1 a1aO fo ,,rauarvn