The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-05-13
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ataaapiua thelf fest 10 kssp warm, when q
swell loohtna eldefly faaA, with mutton
ehop whiss whlaksra, approached them,
carrying o fine bia Gladstone bae Ha
was accompanlsd ny another mar ~ some
what insignificant APPEARANCE
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man With the bae. addressing ore ~ The
cops, 4 want 20 open our cafe ard 80 how
things are inside " g. and he sasssd q
piecs % paper signed by one ~ the mem
hers 81 the big hardware firms tidy for
gerry, ~ course-Givihg him permission, ~
manager 81 the establishment, 10 open The
safe. He had got n pass through the main
Are iines easily enough-too aasily and
tbs framing up Of the bogus letter was
merely a minor detail. The two cops
were impressed with his dignifed and i'm
portant appearance. and they told him IN 60
40 far a. he liked.
The pompous man began 70 fool with the
safe's combination. keeping HE ear glued
10 the front Of II 20 lleten 70 the clicks a.
he turned the knob forward and back
ward. but ut the end Of fifteen minutes be
was unable 10 open the safe.
VoiRSo Wy tiV hhout u pIO8uihtJI uo
said ai1ably 10 the cops, and the oombina-
ton thrown out ~ plumb and he resumed
his job.
AS he worked away al the safe a con-
siderable crowd Of men possessing fire
badges and passes through the FIRE lines
assembled. and this aroused the wrath 81
the man with the white whiskers.
''Ofioersl' he demanded. I want you
to chase these people away from here.
II you please' I IN not eager for an audi
ence,' which was the sure enough truth,
although the policemen didn't understand
It the way he meant it. The cops disperaed
the crowd. and the man with the Glad
stone bag went on tinkering with the COM
bination.
After about twenty minutes more work
there was a rattle and a slight clatter within
the safe, and the job was done. The portly
man swung the vast door open with the
assistance Of his companion.
"'Ah, everything seems TO be all right
no damage whatever he said in a pleased
sort Of way to his companion, and then,
pulling out a large bunch Of keys from his
pocket, he fitted several Of them into the
keyhole Of one Of the inside steel doors,
and presently opened the door. revealing
big packages Of currency lying snugly
upon the shelves. The elderly man and
his companion quickly stuffed the currency
into the Gladstone bag, and then closed
the safe, remarking that they'd be back for
the checks and papers and books later on.
at was not until the following day that
the genuine representative Of the firm turned
up to open the safe, and when he made his
appearance he was promptly arrested by
the two cops as a fraud. When he had
established his identity and was released
the two oops told the story Of how the safe
had been opened the day before, and
the detectives were set on the track Of
the mar they described, one Of the most
noted safe manipulators in the business,
q man who had made good, time and again,
the boast of his pals that he could open any
safe in the world not fitted with a time
lock, inside OF half an hour merely by
toying with the combination and listening
to the pulse and heart beats inside.
THE fire started on a Sunday, go that
the safe contained a great part of the Satur-
day collection Of the big hardware firm,
a sum said to have been moro than $50, 600,
all Of which the white whiskered crook
took away in his nice Gladstone bag. He
had such a good start that it was impos sible
to nail him at the time, but he was sent
away in England last year for a jewel rob-
berry n is to be extradited for trial in
Baltimore when his bit is done there