The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1894-03-31
OPENED By SrrRoGLYcEerx.

annuiar iron ring screwed into the iron
frame hinged on the front Of the saf. Th.v
were used to screw up and un.crey ths
door
The object OF the test was To rrmovs
plate after plate and effect an entrance
First, one one hundredth Of an ounce az
nltrogiycerln was introduced and plate I
the least securely fastened, was removed
Then the amount OF explosive wa, increased
as the tastenlngs became stronger till one-
fourth OF an ounce was used upon the inner
plates The 10 plates were all removed and
access to the contents OF the -af. obtained
in 3siil minutes.
AS an example Of the opening Of the or.
binary square door the attack wa. unon A
safe which was built for the Nerc,ntiI.
National bank OF New York city. f. vn.
delivered to the commission locked and
sealed IA it came from the bank. H. was (
feet inches high, 2 feet y inchs. Wild, and
: feet inches deep on the outside. IL wa.
found To consist Of six plates Tn. frat
outer plate was OF wrought iron oue-half
inch thick; the second. wrought iron one
quarter inch thick The third wa. on.
half inch thick Of three and hv. ply lntni-
mated welded steel and iron strips, presume
Oily chrome steel. with turned corners, each
plate being inches wide The fourth |
plate was OF franklinite | inches thick, |
cast IN double basket work, one-puarf.r
men wrought iron rods laid in sections.
with solid turned corners. The fifth WI.
ohe-qnarter inch wrought iron: tn. sixth.
one-haIf inch wrought iron. The con.trt.c.
ton was excellent. The door wa. a fins
specimen OF 'ta kind, being provided with
tongue and groove and rubber BACKING
The hgif iuU and To-,
piece OF workmanship pf the most eI,borat.
and most approved kind. It was feet
wide and feet high
The attack was begun by making n
putty we'll al the edge of the door and ~.
ing into the creyce between the door and
the Jamb 49, ounces Of nitroxlycerin Tn.
Explosive ran in rapidly, Notwithstanding
The fit was very close No wedge was nee,
'ssary. Eight minutes after op.rations
began the charge was fired The safe had
Deen placed In rough shed, and when all
vas ready everybody walked away to n dis
ance OF 30 feet SO slight was the renort
or which We were listening that the com
hissloners would scarcely believe any work
iad been done. We found that tn. whole
amb Of the door was blown out and under
ne door space left sufficient to admit thu,
whole hand and arm into the safe
The plate Of franklDite was shattered
nto fragments. The under door of IN.
over compartment was blown in, the di
iding shelf between the lower and middle
Compartments was blown upward, the first d
hree plates Of the jamb were torn ont .
own to the franklinite, and the first plate :
! the three-sixteenths Of an inch was on,
rely stripped off In eight minutes full
ccess had been gained. by means easily AT
burglars command. into this large saf.
instructed for metropolitan bank IA
nrgiar proof, This was but a type Of
'hy experiments, which Demonstrated
'hciusiveiy that with the ordinary safe OF
!oare construction, sometimes called the
Lahdard'' u is perfectly easy to gain ac-
IS oy small amounts Of easily obtained
ID safcly used expl1siyes -