The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1893-03-15

,r,, three Saf6-CrdCklng eploOuo9 1ol-
,..-; a. so ouickly ono upon the other,
~ .:....., the police and the agents Of
,.l.... mi. manufacturers that there is
' Gang Of Burglars working in tie
Darectives nave been pat ON the
| anil tits confidently expected that
.+s will be made in a few days. The
,..,l,ries have started the merchants to
,,Ip,inn safe a great deal, and many are
mining their steel vaults anxiously,
I,,.,nse aI the safes thus far toyed with
have been opened witch ease
A clever safe expert, talking OF the
bnrclaries, said: The work seems to
I,ro been done by men who thoroughly
understand the beating of a combination
bnrobr-proot safe. You see there ale
two STYLES of safe-crackers, as we know
bo, the new and the old. That's how
tbe police geta clue in working up
oosa The old. style craftsman used
novder He first drilled hole beside
tbp lock and then blew it off with
charge of powder. The improved method
is to first knock off the spindle and then
drive the combination lock back into the
safe, Then all the burglar has to do is
+o helm himself The Spike Hennessy"
STYLE of safe burglar is going out of fash
ion. During the past ten years only
five safes have been blown open. 1t
makes toomuch noise. All the others
have beep touched in the latest style.
Tba assessors safe was tempered with
few months ago. and it was las plain as
dav the work of an amateur who had
lust learned enough of the quiet, easy
way to break open a vault to knock off
The combination knob, but there his
knowledge of the business ended. In
stead of drilling in little to one side OF
he combination and driving it in, he
thought it was necessary to bore in
through the key hole, as it was a key
and combination safe. That settled it,
IecoIld have worked a week that way
bld couldn't have got in. The result
as that he simply injured the safe and
aased the city the expense Of having it
pened,
The burglars of today are more con
derate Than they used TO be. If they
uldn'C gel in IN the days of yore they
Iecked the safe just for satisfaction.
pcoIlect a singular affair in the little
face Of Smartsyille, up in Yuma county.
nenight burglars broke into the gen
bal store to tap the safe that was sup
ESed to contain at least $4,000 worth
gold deposited by the miners the day
tore. 1t was an iron affair, weighing
oat 700 pounds. The rascals were
pad to blow it open for fear of arOus-
the town, so they simply packed it
INTO an adjacent canyon, blew it open
took everything in sight. They only
few hundred dollars, though, the
a having been secretly sent to Marys-
where it was banked.
Several years ago the safe of whole
commission house in this city was
Ell and it was several hours before any
could find out just how the job had
done. You know it is a common
lor men working in an office to put
memorandums on the side of the
Well, this one was simply COW
IN one side with pieces of paper.
burglars got in one night and soak
p one OF the papers ond cut into the
'ne could not get in in one night,
=! pasted The paper on again and
JACK the next evening. Then they
,7o The job and pulled out everything
'07 III The safe. When l was called
'o'e the problem of how the safe
'V'n looted without touching the
'IIed up a book and saw a hole
INT inside Then one of the young
l"Poyed remembered having seen
"nlIe dust on the floor beside the
y the day before the money dis
5'o' BE had thought nothing of
'Dg 'ate-crackers had an oppor-
"oo The second nights work.
""oayS, continued the expert,
4"l's DO not place the confidence
'"ey used to IN steel vaults. They
D' Sale deposits with their val.
III many of the large houses the
.'Hpy Kept TO put the books in
W. 'uem from fire. To save the
Du matilation by burglars, they
continuation beside the lock and
oStunctly, In several places the
Is the combinat: on. Do not
a' safe open, but follow the in