Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-04-18
BU RGLARS AND BOLTS.
THE REQUISITES OF SUCCESS IN THE
UOCK-BREAKING PROFESSION.

LOCK-eREAKING PROFESSION.
No Lock Made which Can Successfully
Defy Real Expert The Burglars
Adept-How Hotel Doors Are Opened.
81 do not think. said an old gentleman who
hal SlSnt the greater part Of his life in a safe
mandatory, that there ever WAS lu"k
that could surresSfully defy a real expert.
The man that double looks his door and chain
boitS 1t lies down to slumber with a sense of
ssurity that is absurd His shding bolts are
his enemy, his lock weak deception and his
chain bolt gas for naught should a meml,er
Of the fraternity drop around with business in
his eve OF the profession, the combination
safe worker Is 10y all odds the most expert and
skillful. He goes about his work with about
the same sensation that the s,lentist tackles
an utrIcat" problem The proficiency they
ATTAIN Is simply wonderful Safe makers
give a guarantee that when a combination
gets out Of order they can furnish man
q open il
RE FORGOT TIRE COMBINATION.
In -. Louis recently gentleman having a
safe Of a well known make lost the formula
He raliei ulsuu experts, who informed him
the safe could not be opened That night
burg lar~ raId,d the house and rified the safe.
An eight wNrks mystery was the robbery
some wears ago Of the Wooster Ohio hank,
containing county funds The cashier forgot
tina combination, and for eight weeks the Off
cers worked in vain on every conceivable
formula to get at the $4,000 in securities
that they ne,piei. One day a mysterious
stranger named Brooks saunterti in and in
formed them he could open the safe. Rather
mrrcdu.ou>. they let him try. He dropped 10
ms Knee before the door and began to turn
the knob The sound seemed 10 please him
and IN = few moments he gave the ponderOus
donr pull 1t flew open.
Having acquired mastery over a certain
make tine burglar Is too shrewd To give away
his se,ret. | saw one famous professional
hrrak down and cry bitterly when sentenced
for ten wears Ii was not the punishment
that made him feel bad, but the setback II
would give HIM in his business. TheSe men
srmhow or other keep posted about all IL
pruvemeutS They have money and pay well
for information. They become as familiar
with a ln.k aS a musician does with an old
tune. In fact, II Is ON their sense Of touch
and hearing that they mostly depend. An
other thing YOU NAV not know is that few
safes arc robbed by explosions The blowing
l. GENERALLY done after the burglar has got
his swag and is ready to skip, and then it Is
only 10 hide the method by which he has
overcome the combination. As distinguished
from theun. ives the experts apply the name
OF 'rouEher to the individual who does this
last simple act, which requires cumpara-
lively little skill
SYSTEM OF AN EXPERIENCED ADEPT.
/ l., in,
liar 10 that Of a music teacher who is trained
TO detect a single false note in a large chorus.
His souEe OF learning, besides practice Is the
scientific and trade papers, which chronicle
every new discovery in mechanism. He must
also be familiar with the resisting powers Of
the different explosives, as he may sometimes
be called upon to use them, but this is always
his last resort. The Quincy HIS bank was
robbed 10y the pneumatic method The inter
sticee were puttied up and powder drawn.
Fixing pistol the burglars attached a string
retired to a safe distance and fired it, eX-
plriinE the powder and blowing off the
door.
Fifteen wears ago the Beneficial Fund
Philadelphia. was robbed in a singular manner.
a common knitting needle was used. the bur
glars having famIIarlZed themselves with the
lock With wonderful precision they bored s
hole where the spindle held the ,tumblers
drupI-vi the latter and opened the door and
stole $.sNuDO.
A cashier in Massachusetts bank forgot
something one night and returned He was
surprised 10 find man on his knees fouling
with the lock The robber proved to Ia Shell
Hamilton. one Of the ShInburne gang. He
was given only two and one-half years on
condition that be gave full confession. II
was then discovered that the method
of the gang was simply TO remove the
dial and place a piece Of prepared paper
behind, ~ that when the person opened the
safe the combination would be registered on
the paper.
There are countless ways of beating the
locks ON hotel doors" continued the reporters
entertainer The most simple and interest
inE Is the taking racket The depr,datlOm
OF dum,>tiCs. aS they are called in the news
papers or taking MolleS, as they are known
in pu~iatory circles, are more numerous than
Imagined After learning what rooms are
orrupI,Sl 10y guests with valuableS, they pre-
pare to pave the way for accompiceS on the
outside. Carefully removing the screws Of
the bolts, they bore the holes larger, moisten
the wood and then replace the attachment.
The wood dries and when the thief comes
around late at night it Is an easy thing tC
push the door in. The most noted robbery OF
tins kind was at the United States hotel,
New York. where a country merchan; lost
SGuU IN government bonds. They generally
leave a jimmy or other burglars tools on the
outside Of the door TO ward Off suspicion. -
Cincinnati Enquirer.