St. Landry democrat., 1891-08-08
4 BURGLARS STORY.

My profession isn't q very Dopula
one; there is considerable prelude
against it, don't myself think it
much worse than a good many Others
However, that's nothing to do wit
my story.
Soneyearsago me and the gentleman
, who was at that time connected will
S me III buslness-he's met with reverse
2 since then and at present isn't able tt
l 60 out-was looking around for lob
} being at that time rather hard up, as
you might say. We struck Il small
country town. | amt a-goin' to give
:. It away by telling where it was OF
what the Nanls of it was.
There vas one bank there; the man.
ager was y rich old duffer-owned the
mills, owned the bank, owned most OF
the town. There wasn't no other olli-
Ger Snf the cashier, and they had a
boy who used to sweep out and run
errands. The bank Was in the main
street, pretty well up one end Of lt-a
nee, snug place, at the corner OF q
cross street, with nothing very near
it,
We took our observations, and
found there wasn't no trouble at all
about 1t. There WAS an old watch
man that walked up and down the
Street at night, when he didn't fall
asleep and forget it.
The vault had two doors. The
OUTSIDE one was chilled iron, and had
a three-wheel combination lock. The
inner door wasn't 40 door st ell.
you could kick it open. 1t didn't pre-
tend to be anything but fire proof and
| wasn't even that.
The first thing we done, of course
was to fit key to the outside door.
AS the lock on the outside door was
an old-fashioned Bacon lock, any
gentleman in my profession who
chances to read this article will know
Just how easy that job was and how
we done it.
L may say here that the gentlemen in
my line OF business, having at times a
good deal of leisure on their hands.
do considerable reading, and are par
tlcular.y fond OF Il neat biz of writing;
IN Tact i'll the way of literature, | have
found among 'em-however, this being
OPPRESSION, drop it, and go on With
the main job again.
This was our plan: After the KEY
was fitted | was to 60 into the bank,
and Jlm-that wasn't his nanra, OF
course, but let it pass-was to keep
watch on the outside. When anyone
passed he was to tip me a whistle.
and then doused the glim and Law
low; after they got by goes on again,
SIMPLE and easy, you see. Well, the
night as we selected, the President
happened to be out oftown: gone down
to the city, as he often did. got in
inside all right, with d slide lantern, g. I
breast drill, q small steel Jimmy, q |
bunch OF skeleton keys and green ,
,alze bag to stow the swag, | fixed
ny light and rugged my breast drill, t
Ind got to work on the door right
over the lock. 6
Probably Il great many of your
caders are not SO well posted as me v
bout bank locks, and may say for
hem that a three wheeled combina- C
ION lock has three wheels in it, and q
lot lii each wheel. In order to I'M "
ock the door you have to get the three s
lots opposite to each other at the
op OF the lock. OF course, il YOU O
now the number the lock is set on 81
GU can do this; but if you don't you n
ave to depend on your ingenuity.
here is in each of these wheels q small 8.
ole, through which you put O wire pc
trough the back of the lock when YOU
lange the combination. Now. if Won di
III bore hole through the door and o,
ck up these wheels by running a wiv b.
trough these holes, why, you car. Il,
pen the door. hope make myself h;
ear. was boring that hole. The Sc
Dor was chilled iron, about the neat tn
t stuff | ever worked on: W;
] went on steady enough; only stop pa
ii when Jim-which, as said before, ba
asn't his real name-whistled out ";
lie, and the Waterman toddlcd by. ":
heard Jim-so to speak-whistle
ain: stopped, and I'm blowed if Je
ey didn't come right up the bank be
cps, and | heard key in the lock.
vas so dumbfounded when I heard m;
at that you could have slipped the
aceiets right on me. ] picked up my TIN
1tern, and I'll be hanged if | didn't .
the slide slip down and throw the alb
ut right Oh the door, and there was :
, manager. Instead of calling for ha
p, rs | supposed he would, he took wi,
tep inside the door and shaded his sta
ss with his hand and looked at me. hes
moved | ought to knock him down hes
Il cut, but I'm blest if Icould, was
Yo
Who are your" says he.
Who are your" says !, thinking G
It was an innocent remark, as he -
nnencee it, and a-trying all the Il
'e to collect myself. Spe
/ M the President of the bank" bee
$ he, kinder short; something the mo.
tier with the lock-" '''
y George! the idea came to me con
n. con
Yes, sir" says |, touching my cap; bell
T. Jennings, he telegraphed this me.
lning as The lock was out OF order veil veil
he couldn't get in, and Pm come sna
10 open it for him. t Ipe
told Jennings week ago. saws + 10
That he ought to get chat lock- ~ us us
Where is he?" Duli
He's been e,writing letters, and he's c con
2 up to his house to get another ho -
er he wanted for to answer oe
Well, why don't you 60 on" says lee; i,
| Ira