The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1884-11-13
A Man who Laughs at Locks.
HOW COMBINATION SAFES YIELD UP THEI
SECRETS TO AN EXPERT.

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| HOW COMBINATION SAFES YIELD UP THEli
| SECRETS 10 AN EAPERI.
clocks? Locks won't keep burglars out
| WHY T o,n ono, .nv bind of loo,, tb., t.s oro,
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| oeeh invented, without Key OF comoihatlon.
| The speaker was close-shaved, clean-cut. pene
| tratino lookinp man Ua stood in a 1octsmitb,,
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shop oh t. street, uahSiihS tue oiai ol c2ihpi
| nation lock on the end of Il bent wire.
| .s'They omen if he looks at 'em." said a youth
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WV ''oo" ~ '''''0O'S oN'ni'''h7 VIC p''e ~
| broken lock, Old keys, drills and odds and ends
of wire. brass and steel which were scattered
| ,hont tho sbor Tho sian IN front Of ,bo doo,
i road ..practir.I T Jorksmitb ana "a fa pnanar {.
..Eo yo, mata =. n,.,.tice nt hro.l[;nn o,a,
safes y, asked rhe Star man
~ n,eI S.fes when nohndv elsa can y ranIie,
tho ,m;th ,ri,,;nr ,ba er;to - I,ao, ;nn,,iiri,,e
Iook With miohf have nnered him had IL bee1
a lock ..Thaf i. | omen safes when the lock.
are ont ot order or thr continuation LOST same
times man viii oil fhe lax of his safe md i,
cots o,,mmpd nm so th.t the tnn,hIers von,t
work and he can't oct if onen some men ar,
foruet FIJI and lose their cnn,h;n,tion s.fas ar.
sold at sherif's Sale sometimes and the oyna,
being mad. won't give nm the comhinntion
When ANYTHING OF that kind haupens they snur
for me-,
s.Do Won blow Them omen -"
I.\p If the Ork is broken so that ii wont
work drill a little hole alonos,je ,h4 di,I and
nick The lock with a small bif of wire If The
lock is ali right, only the combination is LOST
90 TO work 10 find il and don't defarp the =, ff
nj ALL IT takes me from ihree seconds to six
hours TO omen a safe according TO the kind and
the metboh 1 an,loy :,
:" But how ran Won find the combination
| Does il not t,,ke y lono time?,
s.Rv testing As TO time. if depends upon
circumstances If know the man who SCI The
combination I can find il in A very few minutes
IF ! d"n,t # taiel lononr You See ! stndy
the chirarter of fine man and if | know him
pretty well can strike his combination through
hi. character Whom a STRANGER comes to me Ia
saw he has lost his continuation make a study
of him. And in nine ease, out of ten | can ht #
the second or 1hi,dtrial Rut if he did NOT ,rt
tbe comhin.1in,, himself il i more ditii.ult
Then stndv the lnrk instead of the man InI
| am sure 10 oet if onen in a few hours on. no.
1t woul,n,t 10 TO tel you how. safe oupnpr>
are dangers in a community They are ALWAYS
watched bv the ,,olirr. They Keep AN eve ON
me all the time | have Them irving nv door
all hours Of 1hp uioht and there's generally ONE
somewhere aroun1- No. cou,Cn't teach Won
how to omen satee Rrt Won might MOI lind il
easv to Irarn Therr i a tinG of a,>ori,ttio,
hetwppu mo and lorks-an understanding as If
were W. have tn. same vyuy of thiukiuou
.Could ynm nnrn ;, hlr1l,r nrHof lime inrk ~
asked thr >,.rihr
~ can omen The he. lock that WAS eyer made
in five or liz hnurs These little office safes
woul,In't mIt tbnt much time ON. They ,on't
nav enouoh | inst take 4 hammer and break
ihe knob otf and can oct intn me safe in abollt
three seconds
..What do you oct for oneuinu a safr>"
.Enr a littIl thr1e >eronh s,fa oct $40 For
Iarop safe, like they have in hank. and brokpr,
offices. and where they don't want The lock in.
iurpd / oct Solo
.CouiI Van nnen tha oreat safe in the United