Using A Rotary Phone As A Burglar Alarm – Neatorama

by Queuebot

He removed the receiver of his telephone and dialed all but one digit in his home telephone number. He then dialed the final digit, inserted a cork in the dial hole to keep the mechanism from returning and completing the connection.

Four strings were tied to the cork and strung at ankle level to different parts of the store.

At 2:15 a.m. Neff’s telephone roused him from a sound sleep. He lifted the receiver and heard noises, dressed and drove six blocks to a service station at Lexington and Larpenteur Avs., where he called police. August 16th, 2009 at

With todays electronic switching, even with a phone line that still accepts rotary clicks rather than tones, lines will disconnect themselves after a given period of time; you cannot be perpetually in mid dial.

In the days of electomechanical switching there would still be a physical switch waiting for that last number, but routine and regular maintenance of the system would free up the line. Because in those days, an actual electromechanical circuit representing the number, waiting for the last digit to fall, would be tied up, and capacity of the system would be hindered.

So I have to vote apocrryphal on this as well. Maybe Snopes should investigate.

Source: Using A Rotary Phone As A Burglar Alarm – Neatorama

West Side Neighborhood Watch

15.07.10

WEST AKRON: Burglaries occurred at the following locations: the first block of South Walnut Street between June 3 and July 9; the 1000 block of Bloomfield Avenue June 21-28; the 100 block of North Portage Path between June 25 and July 1; the 400 block of Madison Avenue June 29; the 1700 block of East Waterford Court July 3; the 900 block of Baughman Street July 3-4; the 900 block of Work Drive July 4; the first block of Grand Avenue July 6-7; the 700 block of Mercer Avenue July 6-7; the 200 block of South Rhodes Avenue July 8; the 1400 block of Cuyahoga Street July 8; the 1200 block of Nome Avenue July 9; the 1000 block of Copley Road July 9-10; the 100 block of South Balch Street July 10-11; and the 900 block of Stadelman Avenue July 11.

A 25-year-old Fleming Drive man was charged June 21 with felony burglary after he left fingerprints on a Gucci wallet box during a burglary in the 1700 block of East Waterford Court June 16.

A 24-year-old Minson Way man was charged July 2 with aggravated robbery after he threatened the victim with a gun and then hit the victim with the gun June 30 in the 1800 block of Treetop Trail. The suspect then grabbed the victim’s purse and broke the strap.

Source: Akron Leader Publications

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