The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-12-29


we II have to use the drill and a
Olast," replied one of them, and the
other conceded with him.
AT 80 o'clock the 'alI is welln signal
was sent in and the burglars began work
1ney used what is called q blacksmith's
orlll, the frame of which had been SNUG
gled into the dentsit's office and lowered
down and put together. All of them
seemed familiar with its working. and
they had brought along no less than six
ulHerent drills for the machine. Work
was begun just under the lock, the mon
Speillng each other at intervals of ten
minutes. When the O'Clock signal was
sent in they had made very slight i'm
preston on the hard metal, but at ? 80
CLOCK the signs were more encouraging
The fellows must have had the idea that
When they got into the vault the money
would be at hand. but after they had
worked on the door for an hour a sudden
thought occurred to Williams. He came
oyer TO me removed the gag, and said:
Is there safe inside the vault?"
snail answer none of yourQuestions. :"
Stiff, amt you2 Perhaps YOU want a
little humping to humble you"
'fyou want to thump can't help nv
sen; am mere as Waterman of the
Dank. II hadn't been asleep you wouldn't
nave got IN, and I'm not going to make
crets''
We'll, odds is the difference whether
there'S safe inside or not,n he growled
as he replaced the gag.
CHILLED STEEL IS HARD TO FRACTURE.
AT O'Clock the trio were delighted with
the progress of the work At $3.50 they
ceased drilling, blew a lot of powder into
the hole, and inserted fuse, and pretty
soon there was an explosion which tore
a great piece out of the door, but did not
burst it open. AS a matter of fact the
force of the explosion threw the locks out
of gear and made the Job of opening it
SUN more difficult. Upon this being dis
covered the fellows began to curse and
growl and lament their luck. The two
OF them were for throwing up the Job. but
Williams denounced them as towards and
cutters and it was finally decided to CON
tinue work. They had bought down with
them some bottled beer and sandwiches
and they fell TO and had bite and sent
In the o'clock alarm.
They did not use the drill again on the
door, but on closer examination decided
TO blow 1t open. They had two powder
canisters, each holding a pound. They
debated as to how much they ought to
use, but as it was getting toward morning
and they were IN a hurry, they were
reckless as to the quantity. I think the
fellow who had the canisters poured in
at least half pound. What they feared
was that the explosion would be heard on
the street. To deaden the sound as much
as possible they took up the carpet in the
presidents room, ripped it apart and
hung it over the two windows. There
was fear also that the conclusion might
set the burglar alarm to ringing, and so
Williams cut the wires.
At 40 O'Clock all was ready. While
Williams placed the fuse the other two
picked up my chair to carry me into the
presidents room. All were to remain
there until the explosion was over Just
what happened to bring about the pre-
mature explosion could never be learned.
but the proba bilities are that in his haste
Williams cut the fuse too short. He was
still kneeling at the door, and the three
of us were backs to it and about eight
feet away when the mine was sprung.
The jar of the explosion was felt two
blocks away. There was a policeman on
the opposite side of the street at the mo-
ment, and as the hagstones appeared to
lift up under his feet he thought it an ex-
plosion of sewer gas.
DEATH LIES IN THE PATH OF SIN.
1 cannot remember that l heard the ex-
plosion. l simply remember of being
| lifted up and hurled forward The next
thing knew 1 was sitting up with a
hand over either ear and the room was
IN midnight darkness. l felt so stupid
and dazed that it was many minutes be-
fore lcould place myself. The gag was
out of my mouth and the ropes with
which had been bound to The chair
were hanging loosely on my arms and
legs. When 1 began to feel around to see
where | was, | discovered that l was
close to the wire gate by which all en-
ployes entered the bank Enclosure. The
door of the vault was almost on line with
this gate, but 60 feet away. Between
the gate and the vault We're the compart-
ments of the bookkeeper, paying teller,
receiving teller and discount clerk, each
rallied of with wood or wire.
You can judge of the strength of that
blast when l tell you that everything in
that sixty feet was leveled, the small
safe blown over, and the counters twisted
like rail fence As soon as | realized
the situation l CROPPED for a match and
lighted gas jet, though the room was
so full of powder smoke that it was some
time before | could see a foot from my
nose. | got to the police wire Just in
time to send in the 5 o'clock signal. 1
meant to send in the signal for help, but
just as | touched the button L decided to
wait a bit. When the smoke lifted so
that L could get about l lighted more gas
and then looked for the burglars. One of
them lay in heap against the front door,
a second under the counter near where [
had picked myself up, and the third 1
could not find, though | knew ne must
be under the vault door, which had been
blown OFF and lay on the floor.
The man at the front door was stone