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Scientific American, Vol. 47, No. 4 (July 1882) (1882)

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ew Jersey, have been puzzled by the disappear-ance of cash from the drawer of the paying teller duringbusiness hours. A change of tellers did not stop the thefts.The detectives could make nothing of the mystery furtherthan to establish an overwhelming probability that the robbery was effected by… … Fig. 1. HEKZS LONG DISTANCE TELEPHONE. lying on a pile of $20 bills a small flat piece of lead, aboutan ounce in weight. On examination, it was found thatone face of the lead was coated with gutta percha daubedwith soft shoemakers wax. The officers of the bank weresummoned, with two detectives, and…

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