FAMOUS CASE OF LOCK-PICKING.

Manawatu Times, Volume V, Issue 188, 31 December 1881, Page 2

FAMOUS CASE OF LOCK-PICK-ING.

- Tn the window of Messrs. .RraniabV shop m Pi^cadii'y, had beep,, b»ngiiyt/pr nearly naif a century -a^ ga.djtosk of th« ordinary !ri ike, to *wHtct* was appended a painted board, offering & reward of two Himdrel guineas to any one wh< succeed m Rrtkine an instrument th« would pick or 1 opeB"% >i« of -this /nprnoribli^ locV MhjL k ii* raVow^i^ - Width, 4inchr» ; thioknevs liinch ;"bve the boss, 2J inchea. The eynnileir wan' 1\ inches i& length hy 1| inch ii^diamete Nefif^tiationp were opened m proper form and theasreetn^nl was diawn tip bindmj -bo^b pttr^i<» to foHowiay eonditi»n9 — rT^eibcit wßsvtp % 7j,<^a^di tw< ► piece* of wood, and secured to a wall ii ' such a position tj r iaTso|v^the,Key^Qlie an< Kal^werfracc^ssifeh!. 'ThetVfifll^tey/Vw to be seat«fd np, and nod twe* iintit Mr) Hobl» had fither iicked the lock or abaqdojttd hit enterppite. An" iron band sealed by binwelf, w,t^ to- cover the keyi hole when he vu not at work. Tbtrtv dayj were allotted hini for the perfofm|:

M 5 fe <l iS?* ll fe.? I^!!!^yf pc !» ana p#. BWck- were- appoints* *fc act ■. as arbitrator!' ~&itwWtt ' the parties/. . c Att these prehmioariw $etog aaftisiedj^ t&e lock W»* fcmdyrf fhjm^eijfi^ir to an upper room, of -the— citahliitfimcDf^ sad Mr HobbscJcommeaee*} '- operalfoos ] on; tie "2«fc lc .^'J^-' :: -'fiS98^liW B misunderstanding., m to.: the terms pff the^greemenv which, rendered <tecesi> 5 sa-ry an appeal to*hea^tr«t6fl, : cali»td « suspension of the work fiw. ..some-days!;;, by/o H the 'iBTd cJ Aua^t Mr. flobl, tbowed the lock with the hasp raUed,? anJ Apt the bolt backwards 4o*forward*in thi frmciro jQ&#«£ Bfcwk, and .Professor Cbwper. The true key- being afterwards applied, wa*ib.uad to work »»* usual, >vych>roV«a thlt.llK Work* had not been injured, and the lock had been truhr picked. The time actfttlfy; pectvpied was siwead Sver I* days, wd fitr Hot*. wi» ia tfe #6ttW with tb* lock e&tc^ jsi hows. It is' oolj fcijf ' tg» lay that Mes»re, Bramah, thou^ htoorabl) ; submitting to>the-award of the arbitra- 1 tort, and paying the ffioneydk| so- undr r protest, on theVground that the apLfit of the chaWei»ge bad 1 note beeft f^ly-iCoiu*-plied with; but it is pot ow tMriae** ht*e to^ recount ail the iisto^kaltißrcunastaiiceael the affair. ; $usceit is to say-/ that the e?ent proy«jd,as niuch thYexeeli Urnce of the locl4aa.it did ikft/wgemntj of fhe picker. -„». .