Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1902-05-01
IN SAFE BLOWING.
Skill Of Burglars in Breaking Open
Steel Chests.
Nitro-Glycertne Poured Into Crevtc..
of the Door rears n from Its
fnsteA inss - va~y
Thorough Manner

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the shrev es' professional burglar
IN this country We're formerly makers
OF safes, v... .rew every combination
and trick % ,he trade. and are skille,
in the use " the most modern tooA
and have q t..~ourh know led1, of tht
weak points " every safe on the mar
Aet For many years safe break tnl
was carried an with great success
tn" time a>a and the combination
lock put 8 TIP to great deal Of this
activity aH. aen an arrangement Was
made Nh,-..N even il the hinges were
sawed aE a door still remained
locked. a.most seemed as ii the
burglars ha3 inauy been foiled AT
every G~HH when nitro-g -glycsrine
made - apt tearauce, says the New
York Tines
Burglars were quick 10 see that
this powerful liquid. which i.still the
active principle Of guncotton and
dynamite, put nearly all the safes on
The market al Their mercy. But Il re-
GCires the highest mechanical skill and
q great deal Of experience and kuowl-
edge TO use nitro iy>er.ne upon safe
successfully.
Very few people are aware. however,
no" simple are the instruments need
Cd oy The modern burglar in openings
safe with uitro-g u c-riae. and iust how
he proceeds to business His outfit
consists Of few pounds Il putty.
suFhclent quantity Of nitro-1lycerine,
hammer and perhaps a couple Of
thin wedges. With these. and a fuse
anc matches, he : ready TO "negoti-
ate the so-called burglar proof safe,
and the degree of his success depends
almost wholly upon himself.
\ very short tiEe : reeded in which
20 blow safe. The irS; thing done
Is to make a careful inspection Of the
upper door isu.b al the safe. NJ mat
ter how r'cht-tttia- and carefully ad-
Juster The door OF 3 safe may be. it is
claimed that it is impossible to make
u 50 that wedge hardly thicker Ian
a razor edge viii no, find entrance.
\ tvw taps with n hammer drive in he |
tan edge OF tn wedge. making an
q ptH-n- which may not be any bi.-cer |
THAN q thin Sheet o. paper. The wedge /
Is 1rlten further. d thick wedge : in |
serted. and this is followed. perhaps. |
ty s'-.4 thicker one each wedge crIf |
wing fcw dul. 'owz until finally I
tae aIet < betweea the door and the |
wa 90 ae safe = ~ -hans sixteenth
ot am inch wide. Leaving the last
edge il place, the burglar now turns
T. his lump of putty and goes u
'v.rk on the bottom Of the safe
door
The minute crack here where the
p. and he safe meet i carefully Il
altrec up along its whole length. and +.
he line 0f putty Is continued up for
about loot on each end along the !
sides # th- door. Jae burglar with |
his putty next makes cup s; the
top Of ,he door directly facing the
opening made by tho wedge When the
'pp : finished he Is it up wiki nitro
zlycerire- This slowly percolates
through The Thin opening made by the
wedge, and az soon as the cup has emp
tied irse.f.t is filed again. Now. wha,
happens
The n.-ro-gl yrer.ne does not simply
lisa felr lu he safe among the books
and drawers. II slides down the top
= '.- door x 4r angle Of IS degrees
md follows down the insid, Of The
.oor- I1-' -aG Of resting on the bot
ON Of The safe. the ritro-rIycerire
'llcws Tie steps" into which the
'oor "a tt-ec. Here the nitrogiycer-
re collects, TIE putty on The on. .s.de
Il the door pr, enting its escape.
The burglar cps pouring in nitro
'lycer.Ie Jy lh- aid OF his soup" until
-e believes that The interstlcrs oe-
wecn the bottom of the door and
he safe are fll Of bquid. making a
aver under the door az an angle
( about f.rr y-fve degrees. The
afe is then rvady TO be blown"
'alch mercy -~jstsin settingof
Hprosirs. - werfll is nitro-gIyc-
rine that +, inches the door from
= place and -ayes the inside ot the
afe al the mercy Of the burglar.