| Show l J. J tf KING OF SAFE Marvelous Delicacy of Hearing Possessed Possessed Possessed Pos Pos- by Milner James Milner James was the most artistic safe-breaker safe in the business said Lecocq the detective He Is dead now He opened in his time over safes without tools or gunpowder solely sorely by working out the combination with his delicate and patient fingers It took me a year he be once said to learn the trick of picking I studied all the locks there were and I had three safes of different makes to practice on The ear is the most important factor in my method and It must be held tight against the safe door do r on a line with the tumblers When the knob of the lock Is turned slowly and one of the tumblers teaches reaches reach reach- es js the notch corresponding to the first number of the combination the tumbler tumbler tum tum- bler bIer will fall rall with a little click Care must be taken not to displace this tumbler You keep on trying the knob back and fc th gently till each of the tumblers drops Then the thEt door opens Hardly one man in a thousand has an ansar anear anear ear sar delicate enough for this work and if got to give to be a Success at youve you've up tobacco and an alcohol |
