Democratic Sentinel, Volume 1, Number 39, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 November 1877 — Improved Thief and Robber Trap. [ARTICLE]

Improved Thief and Robber Trap.

The object of this invention is to provide for use in banks, stores, etc., a thief or robber trap, so constructed that it may be tripped by the cashier, proprietor, clerk, or other person stationed behind the counterpor in any other convenient place, and thereby precipitate the thief or burglar into the cellar or apartment below. The tilting sections constitute that part of a banking-room which is in front of the counter. On removing the support of levers from the tilting sections they will tilt and precipitate anyone standing thereon into the cellar or apartment below. It is hence within the power of the cashier, clerk, or other person having access to the tripper, to tilt the sections whenever a robber has gained r< Jess to the bank or store, and thus precipitate him into a place of secure confinement without incurring the danger of personal encounter and injury.— '.entific American. Girds in Georgia wear hats made of | natural leaves and flowers.