The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-02-28
SHOWED HIS SAFE TO BURGLARS.
They Kindly Tell Him How it Can be
Made More Burglar Proof.
From the Neto York Sun.

From the Net0 York Sun.
Two men. one about 40 years old and the
other %, called on Lewis E. Wood, a Jersay Y
City auctioneer, ten days ago, and repre-
sented themselves as agents of the York
Safe Company of Philadelphia. He wanted
a safe. "Mr. Rochat, the jeweler down the
street, has one OF our Safes" said one of he
agents, land if you know him 1 can show
you just what class of work we are doing.
Let's go down and see Rochat's safe, any
| way
Mr.. Wood accompanied the safe agents
to Rochat's store. As they entered the
younger Of the men pleasantly accosted Mr..
Rochat.
How do you like your safer Our COM
pany fixed it up for you. Turn about's fair
play. Mr.. Wood wants to buy safe, and
We want to show him yours"
Mr. Rochat and Mr.. wood are good
friends, and Mr.. Rochat was glad to
oblige. He swung open the doors Of the
safe, which is built against a wall, and
opened the various drawers for inspection.
He showed where he kept his most valuable
jewelry and his loose diamonds and money,
and explained how extremely burglar proof
the whole thing was. One of the agents
made a suggestion or two as to how the
safe could be made even more burglar
proof than it was. Mr.. Rochat thanked
him.
Mr.. Wood did not see the humor of
the remark, I'VE will show you just what
class of work we are doing" until Jeweer
Rochat called on him yesterday morning and
told him that burglars had robbed his safe
during the night. Next door to the jewelry
store is dyelng house. Some time during
the snow storm early yesterday morning
two men were seen to enter the dyelng
house One carried a handbag. They en-
L rl..awa how in
side they locked the door again. Then
they went to the spot in the wall on the
other side of which Mr.. Rochats safe stands.
Half an hour afterward or Whereabouts
hole had been drilled and sawed through
the wall and all through the back of the
jewelers. safe. When Jeweler Rochat's
clerk reached his place of bust ess yester
day he opened the safe and then nearly
tainted. He looked straight through it into
the dyeing establishment and into the face
of young woman employed there.
"Ohw exclaimed the young woman.
81 think it is 'Ohr replied Mr.. Rochats
clerk.
A cold chisel was found in the crack of
the strong box, where 900 worth Of dia-
monds and lot of cash were stored, and
beneath il there was full set of burglars
tools. 1t was evident that the safe agents
had been frightened off before they COM
com pleted their work. The $4,000 worth
of diamonds and the money were safe, but
eight gold watches and other jewelrv valued
at $400 were missing. The police have
good description OF the safe agents"
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