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Show Bank's Burglar Trap Didn't Work. In its account of the recent bank burglary at Allen, the Emporia (Kan.) Gazette explains that the trap set by the bank for robbers did not work. The trap in question Is unique enough; to be Interesting. "Above the vault," says the Gazette, "was a thin celling1 and about a ton of sand above It This was there In case cracksmen should attempt to blow open the safe, when the celling would buret at tha explosion and the sand fill the vault, making It Impossible to get at the safe. However, the ceiling did not burst and the Band remains undisturbed. undis-turbed. Kansas City (Mo.) Journal. |