The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-04-03
A Burglar-Proof Safe.
From an Exchange.

tfFom an Exchange
This ls not an advertisement.
L don't pretend to say that Jim
kezeVin was a reputable acquaint
ance. In fact, he was II very tough
subject, considerable portion of his
liie having been spent in jails and pen
ltentlaries when he was not in worse
employment.
met him in Chicago shortly after
he had been out of Joliet, and he re-
lated to me, among other things, the
particulars OF u disastrous attempt
he had once made TO rob a bank in
Texas.
"Fhree of u.s." he said, chad gone
through train down thar. Tother
!ellers I'll call Jack and Bill. They
may have gone into Congress or took
to preachin' afore now, and wouldn't
want TO pull 'em down.
''It was a little way west OF Texar,
kama that we struck the train, aud we
went through it as easy as rollin' OFF
log, though we didn't get enough to
let US retire from business. We
stopped of, divided the swag, changed
our duds, and took the next train on
TO Austin, OF course we didn't sit to.
gether, and were strangers to each
other
al sot along side of n sorter bright
young man who was fond o. shootin'
off his mouth, and naturally got to
talkin' about the train robbery, and
that led to other things, such as
breakin' into houses, and stores, and
banks.
Il gave him some interestin' p'ints,
but he gave me one that was the most
interestin n-leastway to me.
"I'm cashier of private bank,
said he, 'in little town near Austin,
and we've got a safe there that I'd de.
fy the best burglar that's made to git
into. 'Taint much OF n safe, either;
but we keep pile OF nloney in it,
and Jest go away and leave it thar
every night, without a watchman or
anybody IN the buildin'.'
81 axed him what made him so sure
o the safe, and he said it was lock
he had invented and put on, which he
was goin' to git a patent fur the same.
young man, thinks |, I'vegot you
Jest whar | want you. No man Twin,
let alone sech greeny as you, kin
make safe lock that me and my pals
can't git away with, and you'll know
to your sorrer afore long
so Igot a few more p'intsfrom him,
and arter few nights me and Jack
and Bill went to that small town to
take in his little old bank
eve got inside the buildin' without
any trouble, and we Jest laughed when
we turned the bull's-eye into the safe
l. nf ha l,,Jt
have. 1t was the poorest excuse for
a safe | ever sot eyes onto, and thar
warn't the least bit o. doubt of our bein'
able to handle it. The only fear had
was that the young Teller might ha'
lied about the money that was KEEP in
it.
eve allowed that the cheapest ana
easiest way would be to bore a hole
into the lock, put little powder in
and blow it off, and so we bored the
hole.
"Soon as it was bored thar came out
O the hole the rottenest smell | ever
smelt. 1t must ha' been a mixtur' OF
asafntida and sulphur with some
other stink that was wuss'n both O.
those put together. Carr'n warn't q
patchin' to it, and you kin bet that
we plugged up that hole mighty sudden.
~ reckoned that we'd struck the
secret o the cashiers safe lock, and
that we needn't worry it any more.
So as soon as we'd kinder got over
the effex o. the stuff, we took a sec
tional jimmy and started to pry open
the door.
"That Job was done easy enough;
but, when the door opened, oh, Chris
topher Columbus That Internal,
rotten, sickenin' smell rushed out and
knocked us fiat afore we could begin to
get out O. the way. Twas q million
times wusser'n ef we'd knocked hole
in the roof of a den o skunks. Pm
keen to sw'ar that thar never warn't
nothin' like it this side o'--you know
whar. The three of us keeled right
over, and all the sense we had was to
lie thar an throw up our very in ards.
Chow long we was stretched out
thar / can't say; but at last | man
aged to crawl to the door Jest as it
was opened from the outside, and in
walked that young cuss of cashier
who had Dragged of his safety-lock.
"He had a lantern in his hand and
some other fellows with him, and a
cart outside. He threw open the win
dys mighty quick, and me and my
pals was trmbled into the cart and
toted off to Jail.
"He came to see me thar, and
brought me terbecker and things, and
talked mighty sweet.
f'You men made @ fearful muss in
the bank said he; but / don't mind
that, as you did ne great favor |
knowed you was in the business o.
liftin' things, and SO / put you up to
that game, and waited foryou to come
along, and ! was down stairs working
the stink mill while yon was at the
safe. My salary has been raised, and
| am so grateful to you that mean TO
do the right thing by you.
"But that didn't keep him from
helpin' to sw'ar us into the convict
gang when we'd got well enough to go
to court. .'-Exchange.