#safe crack

philsp

April 25, 1925 issue 

John Jay Chichester, “Dots in the Dark" (Maxwell Sanderson)

Roy W. Hinds, “The Burglar’s Golden Wedding” (Simon Trapp)  

Johnston McCulley, “Maid of Mystery” (Part 3 of 3) 

Edgar Wallace, “The Ringer” (Part 2 of 6; Henry Arthur Milton/The Ringer)

Edward H. Smith ~ Poison: Dr. Crippen’s Mistakes    

Anonymous ~ Bandit Offers Booty for Leniency   

Anymous: Skull Tests of Crime   

Charles W. Tyler, “Tramps—Hoboes—Bums"

ebay

June 1934 issue

pofoz

June 1934 issue

ebay

June 1948 issue

An extremely patient cracksman spends hours trying to blow open the safe at Frank Schoonard's carriage shop, 1637 Oregon Avenue.  He finally gives up and departs, never realizing that the safe is unlocked and contains no money.