Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-03-05

nl'fNeNs
The mrgc snfos IN banks and GA the
offices OF large corporations lnyu upOn
them what are called "timo lorka;' lint
is the safe ID locked aud The mcchunism
IN spt go Tint the doors can be opened nc
such aud such nn hour Sometimes the
machinery gets ont ot order and the door
win not open. Then a professional safe
opener is called In.
THE SHAKlNG.uP METHOD.
Ia these cuscs Of diBoulorcd time
mechanism be- generally usw what is
called jumping Jack. which ia SOME.
thing like % rrOW.har, only shorter, with
rplpr on thr pud This ia placed nm
dprnuuth tho safe, which iH raised up
several time, and nlOwcd to inu violent
ly. This soycrr motion often shakes the
works into proper position 30 that the
Key Wiu work.
Sometimes we use "a battodng ram.
and sometimes we use small charges al
dynamite On very large sufos h the
safe deposit companies ui uUr cities on
IN the care of tho United States treas
ny vault WHORE the walls nro i've
inches thlrk. we strip OK one uf the
pOnding to- the purpcndculHr boards ON
rnch side of wooden door or we cut q
hole through and in this way get nt the
plates which cover ihe lock works We
can generally remedy the trouble, N we
cannot We have t0 try the "ahaking-up'
process already referred to.
BAD SPELLING PLAYS THE MIS-.
CHIEF
But Il would not be possible ~ lay
down amy rule about opening n safe
Just az n physician ircnlB each patient
differently 50 n snfe onenrr takes each
safo separately and opens 10 according 10
| fsts..sltaftnnI N|ffAnIHInftN and
ODDS which are the result Of his own eN.
Mny safes are opened by turning
round the handle, upon which letters nre
printed. until certain word is sprllrd.
Sometimes The owner entirely lorgcis the
word ho has used or he endeay0rs 90
0uDn m hy "a word which sounds sOmps
tljng like the real one one mans nafo
Tor Instance. was locked on the word
town bat he was b poor sppllcr and
iripi ln vain 90 open llis strong boz with
the letters "te.o-W-n." Another prmi-
neut New York business man Intended Co
spell the word corn He found the
next day he could not rot 900 DIS ynluir
! hles because he had careleHsly spelled HE
worl cork
Sdn another well known merchant
Of Tie Rrent metropolis had lost the
| kcys 0f bis safe. After several experts
had failed 90 open h ! was called in,
/ He told me in advance that be- did
not think / could open H. hut I proved
that be- was mistaken for DO twenty
minutes the safe WAS opened HE com.
I bIpntion WAS u.s. Luke" unlocked n
on the combination ~. L0YeN Thcae
mistakes OF 8nfe Owuers are quite as
/ often due 10 car0lcssneas and haste as
20 bad spelling
"GUMPTIoN' a GOOD TOOL.
Your work r. more auccosefol when
Won Uge what the fnnkoea call "gump-
| ion' or braln Instead " main strength.
| / WIS called once iO Paterson. n. j.
whore two big powerful Germans had
failad to open safe by the use " im-
nel.r siodge hammers They lad been
pounding away ni such q rate fhni their
| liDws almost shook tlie foundations Of
fba building ! went down WITH o.
| small box 0f tools The boa being about
~ large ~ dolls trunk, and tlie larg-
~ tool hammer ~ the dze used hy
! bacgNnitis
When arrived 10 town aud de own.
! or saw me with ihls snnll outfit and
remembered the unsucee3ffnl Efforts OF
/ M eiant Geumuns BE- lHughed ni mc
| ontriebt. he f8id dat iDnHi ~ cra-
M and there Na8 hardly any use in
nv attempting % 0pon ilic safe, but
/ tnid Nm would Ike 10 fry 10 about
i t,fanf. minutes iud urNWu Ouf the
/ soinlie 81 he dial llhis 81 the pioc.
] tbat rims flir0neh iO the interior works
I III ne lockl AMI Do about nn hour, by
nicaas ~ small piece ~ steel, ana NJ
course tho praftleAi hh.WirNse he'd
Of that Kind Of lock ] sneceeded 10
When ~ ars ssnt 10 oreu some safes
! w. fna soc eaaee Of tha 1liill0ilt IA ~