A NEW BURGLAR TRAP

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXVI, 14 December 1932, Page 2

A NEW BURGLAR TRAP

TELEPHONE IS EMPLOYED A new burglar trap has been invented by two Englishmen, Mr C. R. Ginn, of Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex, and Mr F. R. Davidson, of Southend. After the necessary wires had been fixed to doors, windows, and fanlights (writes a “Daily Mail” reporter), I tried to get inside Air Ginn’s house. _ The broken circuit at once set in motion a rubber finger which dialled “0” on the telephone, thus calling the exchange. A record on a turntable like that of a gramophone t hen repeated unto the telephone, so that the operator at the exchange could hear, “Burglars are here. Notify the police.” “Assuming the operator at the, exchange answers promptly,” Mr Ginn said, “the police should be on their way before the burglar has got his bearings. The burglar would not know what was happening, because the device is contained in a soundproof cabinet, We have eliminated the noisy bell, which often only scares the thief and might also be set ringing for hours by a dog or cat.”