The Progress., 1889-04-20
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FINE BURGLARS TOOLS.

FINE BURGLARS TOOLS.
The Notorious Paddy Oody's Celebrated
sVest-Poc1et Edition.
# rs Every one Of your readers must re-
mem ber that six or seven years ago.
there was aregular deluge Of robber-
les les perpetrated throughout the coun-
try in the safe line. "A set of safe
tools had been invented bv two no
storious burglars, Paddy Cody and
tiii' Cost. who III from ten to fifteen
minutes coula open most Of tile burg
slaf-proof safes in the country Tie
police all over the United S ates
@ma,te strenuous efforts to unearth the
secret of these implements, but for u
long time were kept in the dark,
owing to the secrctiveness of the in
vcntors.
Il 'In nearly all these robberics the
victims were retail jewelers. located
IN the country towns. and their
heavy loss"s prompted the wholesale
dealers. for their own protection, to
form what has since been known as
The jewelers. Securitv Alliance.
The detective work of this powerful
Organization orr. Was given entirely into.
.he hands Of one agency.
a boul this time lie jnwrlrv store OF
T. Vail q Co., at Ls Porte, Ind. was
IL bbrd OF a large amount of diamonds
and jewelry and from the manner in
which The safe had been opened / Sur
missed at once that it was he work of
Glib Yost a.d his gang, Knowing full
well that 6. b Yost would come to
Chicago 70 dispose Of the stolen stuff
4 had sharp lookout kept for him,
and not long af erward succeeded in
arresting him, together with Billy,
alias BID Hollihan. Johnny Meany
and Eddie @ Qliiln. All except Meany
We're convicted for this robb ~ and
sentenced to various terms III the
Michigan City Pcnit.ntiary in Indiana.
After this the too's became well-
known among expert burglars aud
he secret Of their construction leaked
out. They consist Of drill, which
Its into asspind'e. The spindle fits
.i'lto . sleeve. which is. placed into Il
press,'re.bar. O., top Of the sleeve is
81 wrench. which feels into the drill,
ss.ttt lss male to hold
t'aps When q iv:.-ciehth inch hole is
lnnred betWcen tile combination and
tho handle OF the safe, and ;he threads
cut intoit (about twelve threads to the
.inclD, then what are known as the
ressl,re-bar and screw are used,
which fiji the threads and break the
dog connection between the handle.
and combination. The handle is used
70 fit on the topof the spindle, and the
entire mecllanisnr is attached to the
safe by a link. which adjusts itself
over the pressur -bar over the handle
of the safe. Tho link was generally
used in case Of Il T-han,lled safe. The
whole power or pressure which en-
.bles the ools to do their work is OBJ
taine1l through the agency Of the
handle on the safe
'sln his way al ordinary firc-proof
q blrglar-proof safe can be cpcnedi in
from ten to 5fiftce minutes. These
Tools are very Mlyanta geous. from the
fact That the whole kit d0es not weigh
over five pounds and can br carried
hanlily III the inside coat pocket For
their lightness III weight and facility
for Icing carried about the person ,ln-
noticed they were termed among the
crooked fraternity the 'vest-pocket
edition.
''rhe Paddy C,dy tools nre still used
extensively by cl.aeka,,en / antici-
5',;.tt numerous safe bl,rglaries with
,tlit m throughout the country, although
4 must add that il, general the me,lr
=bers Of the jewelers. Security ALI
5.'l'e once arc given !: wide berth by those
vho have u wise re ard for their
'e:,stl' aud peace OF mind, = Robert
f'sas;se. .top, IN Jet0e1srs' lfeeSty.