River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1882-05-25

A man landed from the steamer G.
b. Knapp at Glenmont last Saturday
evening. lie seemed unwell and ac-
knowledged having been on drunken
spree for several days, and desired
lodging for the night at the boarding
house of Odds & Lord. The house
being full he was given some blankets
and made-a comfortable bed on some
hay in the barn. He was found the
next morning outside on the ground
lying upon his face. One of the men
asked him if he hadn't better get back
to his bed in the barn, and he replied
that he guessed he had, and suited the
action to the word. About an hour
afterwards he was found lying upon
his face dead. The deceased gave his
name as Bill Mcdonald. Nothing was
found about him giving any clue to
his identity, and his pockets contain
ed but sixteen cents in money. The
Knapp landed at Glenmont on its re-
turn trip last Monday and the officers
made inquiry for Mcdonald who was
MISSED from the boat soon after its
departure from that point on Satur-
day. The captain states that the man
boarded the boat at Saltwater and
was enroute for st. Paul; that he had
hnar diCcinafiYaOr cnxrnraJ xuaolec.
that he was given a berth in the stern
of the boat, and after leaving eGlen-
mont he (the captain) went to the
berth to see how Mcdonald was get
ting along and found it empty. AS
the man could not be found it was sur
missed that he had either got off at
Glenmont or jumped overheard. lie
complained but little, and his sickness
was not thought to be of a serious ma
ture. An inquest was held upon the
body by justice r. r. Bourn on Sun
day, and as no marks of violence were
apparent it was not deemed necessary
to impanel jury. The remains were
buried in the cemetery at this place.
The Bank of River Falls has bought
a new bank safe of the we'll known
house of Mosler Safe and Lock Co.,
through Mr.. B. F. Smith their Chica-
go manager. 1t may be interesting to
the readers of The JOURNAL to know
something of this huge fire and bur-
glar proof bank safe, its size, con-
struction, etc. The safe stands sixty
nine inches high, forty inches wide
and thirty-three inches deep; is made
after new patent, with eight steps
and fanges; round corners outside
with one entire sheet of steel covering
the whole safe without joints; door
inside on fire proof part is octagon,
being brace and support in every di-
rection. In the interior of this safe
is the burglar proof vault, or chest,
which is sixteen inches high, twenty
six inches wide and sixteen and one
half inches deep. This is made of
layers of alternate plates of black dia-
mond steel and boiler iron made lam
mated, five plates in one plate, and
this chest is of eight layers on front
and six on walls of this above describ-
ed material which is also guarded by
the very latest time lock attachment,
five tumbler combination lock. The
door of chest closes with crane
hinge; has tongue and grooves, in the
grooves is section of rubber that is
soft and flexible; the burglar proof
doors are forced up on the rubber and
the tongue on the out side force the
door to it's place with the lever and
crane hinge, SO the door is perfectly
air tight. The Illuminated metals are
joined together with conical bolts;
right and left hand screws commenc-
ing on the out side and building the
chest inward, so in order to get into
this part where the money is kept it
will be necessary to go in and work
your way out, unless it is opend by di
rection of bank officials, and they
alone can open it. 1t will be the very
best safe that can be constructed, and
will cost when in the bank Office
nearly fifteen hundred dollars. 1t
weighs nearly three tons, and is sold
under warrant that it is fire, burglar
and drill proof.