Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-12-29

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nSoIiy ys@s. doing ba.inss viii ths
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IIco wiss and the hall bour signals. He
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ofnR nidnisht- thooxh - prohably sns
5000 H. A any rte. - . quarter 70
{ eeloek ons octebsr night the three
hnxg1ars In fhs sob hroks thfough Ne
crust u The ceiling. lowered themselves
d0wn By means Of RPS. and q 10
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ny Shsoat. ~ menls of . Fsvolvsr
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81 u NJ threat and stepped hack. ''let
- ondssstznd sacA etheI. We have
spus % rob sAs bsnt Yos cannot pre-
v>ns ~ and - you uay = veil sAvs
~ skulI fpm b>isx CRACKED. We
k<s suing 70 bind and s4g yoa. bat an
- you sssks = fooi a yourself yoa
WI nss b haI>. Do you sAvsyp'
do replied. Yea have got
- lssd 70 rights. end Ne no use 20
kick. bas make Up your minds that !
dos's answer any questions I"
I've shall ask none. = replied Will
Hama - he proeeedcd 10 tie me hand
and foct and insert ready made gag.
Just q ths clock sfrsck be step
~ ovsx and pressed The button 10 sg-
nj tbs polics that all wss we'll. How
h rof onto the signal ~ never could
sndsrssAnd. bat BE- ussd Il correctly.
and then turned and said:
"Wsll. boys. it's % with eur coats
and 70 b york. Cur frzs job 10 to get
into the vault Bring the Waterman
along 50 that We may keep an eye on
him.
Two o. them carried me along In my
chair. and ne third man saw to the kit
Of tools. They placed me to the left
Of the door. lighted two gas Jets and be
gan wvrk On the lock Of the iron par
tlfion- bad heard the bank of5cials do
. great deal Of Dragging about this lock
and fcndly imagined the burglars would
Be delayed good half hour by II. II
was done for in about FIVE minutes. and
one of tha barglsrs added insult 10 In
jury by observing that il was one OF the
simplest, cheapest locks be bad ever
stsn used for such purpose. The door
Of the vault proper was different mat
ter. however. IL wss massive affair.
The material chilled steel. and the locks
we're warranted burglar proof. There
vss . combination which had 10 Be set
n certain figures before key could b
introduced. When this hey had turned
the bolts half way. Q second had to come
into play. Each OF the three men care
fully examined the lock In turn, and
tA0 Williams querie<i; We'll. boys,
What DO you think Of its"
we'll have 10 use the drill and
blast. . replied one Of them. and the
other coincided with him.
AZ half past o'clock ths"Aii 10
veil" signal was sent in. and the bar
glars began work. They used what ID
called . hlacksInith's drill. the frame
Of which had been struggled into the
dentists ONCE and lowered down and
put together. All Of them seemed IA
miiiar with rts working. and they had
brought along no lees than sin different
drills for the machine. Work was be-
gun lust under the lock. the men spell
ing each other at intervals Of 10 min
utsn- When the o'clock signal was
srnt In. they bad made . very slight
impression on the hard metal. bnt At
half past the signs were more encour-
aging. The fellows must have had the
idea that when they got into the vault
TIE money would be st hand. but after
they bad worked on the door for an
horr . sudden thought occurred 10 Will
llama He came over to me. removed
the gag and asked:
IL there = safs inside tho vanltf"
u shall answer none Of your ques-
Mons.
"stih. sint your Perhaps you want
. little humping to humble you"