Waterbury evening Democrat., 1891-03-28
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Stray Leaves From a Reporters Note
Book.
When "The Stowaway," which APP
peared Monday night az the Chicago,
was being produced at the opera house,
Captain Pinkerton, the detective, called
at the theater to renew his acquaintance
with the two burglars who accompany
the troupe. Said Pinkerton: 81 am
surprised to see you both here doing a,
demanded the "kid!'' "Wot's a fake?''
"Why, this safe blowing" said the de-
tective. "No use of you trying to con-
vince me that you men can blow safe
in four minutes" There's the safe at
the door," chimed in Hennessy; take a
look at it." The detective carefully ex-
amined the safe, and after satisfying
himself that it was all right, he said:
I'm tell you what I'll do, Spike I'll
put $500 in that safe; you do the same,
and let me lock it on my own combina-
ton, and if you get the money out in
| five minutes it belongs to you: it you
don't, 1t belongs to me-" agreed.
said Hennessy and Mccoy in unison. By
this tine the curtain WAS down on the
first act. the money was placed in tt e
safe and the continuation changed by
Mr. Pinkerron. The safe was then moved
| on the stage and when the cue Was
given for the burglars, Hennessy and
Mccoy jumped through the window and
in an instant were at work. There was
rattle of tools, flicker of dark
lantern and in a time the drill could be
heard cutting through the steel door.
In just two minutes the drill was
jerked off and Hennessy inserted a
powder blower while the kid
mediately the hinges were being
cut. Then the fuse was inserted, wet
blanket hung over the door, a match
was seen to flicker and in just three
minutes and forty eight seconds there
was rush of smoke, and with heavy
jar the massive door fell on the stage.
In all his thirty years experience MI
Pinkerton had never heard of u safe
being cracked in such short time.
A patent has been issued for an ad,
Unstable bridge reaching from car to car
I.preventing freight brakemen from fall
ing between the cars in passing from
one to another. This bridge has been
endorsed by prominent railroad men
from several roads. To equip car like
that would cost only one-Quarter the ex
pense of air brakes, thus saving hun
dreds of lives of men who have to run
all seasons of the year and in all kind:
of weather on the tops of freight cars
| 1nlS WIFI duCOhdClC COuplefS WOltll
save hundreds of lifes each year.
A certain young man residing OF
Union street has lost all faith in the
pocket dime savings banks. When the
"fad" was first introduced few weeks
ago he secured one of the banks anC
now and then deposited dime, ex
planning to his roommate that when il
was filled he would take day off. The
bank was kept. on the bureau in theil
room. The other day the roommate
noticing that the bank was nearly filled
in his chum's absence deposited couple
of dimes to make the even five dollars
and then opened the bank and approprl
ated all but S1.00, making a net gair
of $500. The unsuspecting owner con
tinued to drop his dimes in the slot unit
the machine was again nearly filled
and a second time his chum dropped ;
few dimes in the bank and then removed
most of the contents. This time thu
owner suspected something and afte
the boys had leased him half to deatl
he was told how the thing was done
and the money was returned under Ger
tain conditions. He has no further us'
for the bank.