Democratic Sentinel, Volume 19, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 May 1895 — Coat Thieves Baffled. [ARTICLE]

Coat Thieves Baffled.

A practical innovation has been Introduced in a Berlin restaurant, where the clothes hooks are arranged in such a way that, after hanging a coat on them, they can be locked by means of a snap lock in the upper hook or hat rack. Regular guests receive a key, while transient guests have to ask the waiter to return to them their overcoats. Since the Introduction of this patent hook not an overcoat has been stolen in the place, while previous to that time considerable trouble arose both to the proprietor and guests because of sneak thieves. The new hook is very simple; the lowest part of It is on a hinge, and the lock is attached to the upper arm, being out of harm’s way.