Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-12-02
A TALK WITH A BURGLAR
MEANS AND METHODS USED BY
SUCCESSFUL csAcKsMEN.


from snch society. Yet there isa Ger.
tain novelty in tho sensation. Such nan
pass you on the street and leave no moro
distinct impression than the touch Of a
bank president who has absorbed the
money Of bis dcpositors, AMI Is yet at
large uncxpossd. It Is only when you
arc brought face 10 fice with tho bur.
glar IN dark room, with his blinking
bullseyc shining in your face and the
cold muzzle Of his pistol pressed against
your temples, that the scnmiion Is ox-
pcrlcncod In an ia blood curdling in
teusity. aud | fccl sure you would
rather DO excused from such q meeting.
To have nm old friend ION the force"
say 10 you suddenly some days "Would
you like % meet q burglar Hero no T.
now" and raising a significant finger
draw n plainly dressed and stumbling
figure from the passing Broadway throng
into back room ind say, "This man IL
bank sneak aud burglar" That con.
voys different and perhaps more agree
able sensation. Aud that Is tho SENSE
ton have just experienced.
EAsY WORK TO Ops Any SAFE.
"When'll you fellors let up on a manlT
was the hnt and rather plaiutlyo IA.
quiry Of tho cx.conyict. His face took
on an Innocent aud woo bcgono look.
Tho policeman addressed him fayiliar.
", asked him what he was doing on
Broadway aud string Of questions;
not severely, bnt rather inviting con.
Gicnco and conversation. When the
man found no was not wanted, and that
newspaper man was his other auditor,
he talked Rlibly. II, had bcen reading
u recent Interview with a well known
safe Manufactured.
There ifu't bank yault or Gaio loci,
made, said tho burglar, "that can't be-
opened by an export | became an
adept at tho business while In tho en-.
ploy OF safe manufacturer. picked
locks as q legitimate business from New
York TO San Francisco Every safe
company has mon who can do tho same
thing. Tho first thing q bank official OF
anybody els, docs, whom the safe loci,
gets out Of order, Is 10 send 70 tho manu-.
factory and they fond an expert who
opens tho safe. The ordinary combine
tiou lock Is easily picked. There arc
time lochs which cannot DO worked %
easily. especially modern ones. Some
combination locks have u micrometef
proof attachment. That? Why, It's an
arrangement which "a supposed to pre-
vent the successful uscofih micrometcr.
little machine which can be attached
10 the handle Of tho lock and has an In.
dcator which shows the thickness aud
variation Of tho tumblers.
"some Of these cheap omllnation
locks have u boll.like sound or click aud
these can be easily read. And some CON.
binations run In grooves mud can b. dc
tecied at once Yon might as well have
house door lock and latchkey on n safe
as one Of them. The latest and best com
blnation lock gives ont no sound what
ever, and, while II may DO opened. Il
would take an expert good deal Of
time. There Is good deal Of samene
about tho old style combination locks
and when you get used to them they ar,
a. easily opened as q street door.
BADLY MADE sAFES.
"While the modern bank burglar must
DO and usually IA an expert on combina.
tons, he by no means relies upon that
A dozen years ago could open any lock
within forty five minutes. Theimproye
mcns have been such, however, thai
tina, method cannot longer be dependcd
upon. II isn't true, ne stated IN this SAT,
manufacturer interview, that tho safe
operated upon successfully By burglar.
are simply arproof safes, and that no
10 called burglar proof safes are being
cracked. All that formidable looking
array OF bolts you SEQ ON q burglar proof
amount 10 nothing n you can pick III,
lock- The two side bolts are tho i'm
portant ones, The others catch tho eye
but don't make tho safe any stronger.
"The weight Of material Is not ~ for
midablo 20 u burglar as tho quality, and
there is much poor material put Int,
safes. Now. there Is a weakness ia al
most every safc, and 1t Is the burglar
ART 10 find II out Some have better
stool In tho back than Ia the front, au'
sometimes the steel Ia tougher aud bet
tor tempered IN one part than another
| can tell at once ~ 20 the hardness AM
thickness Of steel plating. Two ha.
drills, however, that would go througl
anything. could put hole througl
two Average steel plates ia thirty min
utcs. The skin aud gnnius that hay,
boon expended upon burglars tools 4
something extraordinary. aud the pain
that arc taken sometimes TO lay Tia
foundation Of great burglarios or a sys
ten Of small ones would be astonishing
TO honest people,
~ know OF case where VALUABLE
safe was purchased for tho experimental
work. For instance, several countr
banks may be found using thosame safe
by the purchase OF one OF the same kim
and make tine experts had an indelinit
time to study out It's weaknesses. The
then descended upon tho selected spoil
and 60, away with the Doodle.
Another way % 10 go right 10 Tn
masu,Bct0ryNud foa how they are made
just like tho fellow dil who wrote tha
article, You have roni account Of 10
pentel burgarios IN certain section
within a yery short tiuej Wen, the
ave usually On certain cot OF safes. 49,
New York Telegram.
stills as "a Means ~ Iocomotion.
In Foue DQrts OF MRlayIa the native