Ogden Daily Standard | 1909-06-26 | Page 12 | Will Balk Burglars

WILL BALK BURGLARS Alarm Attachment on Lock Is Obstacle Ob-stacle to "False Key" Men. If there is one form of burglar that u I dreaded by police aDd householders alike, it Is the "fulse-key" roan. He can enter any door that Is eqnipped with tb- old- style tumbler lock, and he leave no traces. A Philadelphia man, however, has Invented a device that promises to pnt a stop to the activities of this kind of thief. This device consists of an alarm attachment attach-ment for doors which rings whenever the bolt is opened. A simple little calh Is adjusted under the lock. Just bncfc of a fgU 11 ) 9 - DELL RINGS WHEN BOLT MOVES. projection on the forward part of the bolt. To the catch and the projrrtloij are electric wires and when the kev s turned and tbe bolt moves harkwnid to open the lock the circuit Is closed r.nd an alarm attached to the other end of tbe wire Is sounded. The switch may, of course be located In any part of the house and during' the day Is opened, so that the manipulation of the bolt will not sound tbe alarm. If the lork U 'picked without a key the result wll ,i ,the name as the moving of the bolt U the fatal act