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Show Unlocked Home of Lock Collector Has 588 Locks MANSFIELD, OHIO. Paul Hart-er Hart-er has 588 locks in his home but not one on its doors. ' Harter collects locks. He has locks from China, Germany, France and every corner of this country-big country-big ones, little ones, old ones, and the latest models. . He makes friends with farmers, antique shop owners, locksmiths and junk dealers to get them. And h also is on good terms with policemen; police-men; because they know the locksmiths lock-smiths in town. Harter frequently takes trips to distant parts of the country and on these journeys he's always on the lookout for old and interesting locks. He has one old padlock that requires re-quires two keys to open it one for the top and one for the side. Another An-other was carried through the Civil war by a member of Stonewall Jackson's Jack-son's brigade. A third has a small protective pad over the keyhole. Harter learned that when the lock was 'in use, in an old distillery, a small seal was placed under the pad and over the keyhole to show when the lock had been tampered with. |