Show I 7 in iii Safe FreedAs Freed As Man Taps Out Secret of Dial He Remembers and Messages frn n- n Through t to Rescuers By GERALD D. D United Press Staff Correspondent CLEVELAND CLEVELAND 0 Feb Be 19 cause one man a telegraphic tele tele- graphic code he learned as a sch ol- ol boy seven men were alive today after being belted ed In a sate safe by bandits bandits ban ban- who had robbed them of 1000 Like a thrilling chapter front from a I fiction story S. S W. W president dent of the Star Elevator Ele company tapped tapped-on on the thick steel door of the safe the tue combination which those outside were able to decode and release the seven who were threatened threatened threat threat- ened with suffocation Four masked bandits entered the company's office today and after stripping and six other men of their theil money and valuables pushed them into the safe Inside the all air was close and within a few minutes after their imprisonment the seven began to feel the effects of the tho foul air was the only one who knew the safes safe's combination The rhe walls walIs were too to shout the numbers through to those outside I A brief examination of the heavy vault disclosed the fact that it would be hours before forcible entrance entrance en- en trance could be gained Detective Lieutenant Storey heading the party of rescuers motioned for silence He tapped on the dO door 1 From inside came answering taps It was He recognized and remembered the old tapping code of schoolboy days Gradually he tapped out the various bers In tile the vaults vault's combination corn com Frantically the tho officer worked the dials Store Storey turned the dials with ith his ear pressed against the door All at once there was a click as the thelast thelast last tumbler dropped back and with witha a sigh of relief the detective turned the wheel which throws back the catch ratch The door swung open Gasping Gasp Gasp- lug ing antI and reeling seven men men staggered staggered stag stag- into the pure aIr ail their faces pale and eyes eyes bloodshot J 4 |