The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-11-24
WAS !, ENGAGED TO MARRY
Four Different Neutrality-suspicious.
Actions Carried On Under
Same Name.

A clerk by day, a society man some
evenings, professional bicycle RI
der on other evenings, and a burglar
IN the late hours of the night was
Frederick Monks, a London man,
who has just been sentenced to
twelve months imprisonment for
robbery. He is the only man ever
known in the annals of the London
police to live "quadruple life
and his career forms one Of the
stran"est chapters in the romance Of
1oguery ever revealed to the public.
The strangest feature Of Fredcr
rex Monks quadruple existence was
that, while he lived four widely di-
vergent lives, mingled in four differ
ent classes of society, had four sets
of friends, and maintained four
characteristics, he kept the one name
Frederick Monks. In this fact. he
afterwards said, lay the secret Of his
success.
In the morning Frederick Monks
in plain attire, took seat at his
desk in large importing house in
he city, where he was employed as
an accountant. His demeanor was
modest and unassuming. He was de-
ferential to his employers and quiet
1y congenial to his fellows. He ate
his modest lunch with them. talked
with them on the only subject on
which clerks usually talk, and drew
lis thirty-fve shillings week
'That bicycle rider?' he would
say in response to the good natured
chatting of his friends who asked
him about the professional athlete
who had won the three mile race at
he rink the evening before. ''No /
don t know him. He can be no rela-
live OF mine. even if his name is
Frederick Monks. Of course. IN
not bicycle rider. If / could win
30 pounds for riding around race
rack in eight minutes, DO You think
I would add mp figures for 80 shil-
lincs week. Not me- -
At 3 clock in the afternoon Fred
erick Monks, accountant, would close
MS ledsers, carefully hang his thread
bare office coat on a peg, and leave
the place, his days work being end
ed
Walking a few squares he would
u. - ~snt Il
near Kilburn Park road, n. w,
he lived. Once at home he entered
a gymnasium. where he put himself
through an hours hard exercise
with dumbells. weights and pulleys,
and Indian clubs. Then. after a
shower bath and rub down. he
would don suit Of riding tights,
put on his outer clothes and heavy
sweater. and 60 to nearby rink and
ride his bicycle for an hour A
sponge bath. another rub down, this
time by his trainer, substantial
supper-and Frederick Monks, pro-
fessional bicycle rider, after an
hours rest, was ready for race
At the gymnasium and in the rid
ing rink Frederick Monks was no
longer the modest, defcrential, unas-
Stunning clerk. He was loud voiced,
much given to staggering. hearty,
bluff, and a good fellow. He swore
much, drank nothing, and smoked
a little No one of his acquaintance
dreamed that he could and did trans
from himself into a mere bookkeeper
every day in the week, Sundays and
holidays excepted.
The name Of Frederick Monks was
known in every sporting circle in
London. His name was familiar in
every sporting newspaper He won
many races and was undisputed
champion of his class. And at this
time-that was year ago--he was
only 10 years old.
On the evenings in which Monks
was not riding in race or training
he became a different Monks. His
dress suit, to phat, and patent leath-
er shoes fitted him as we'll as his
racing togs, and he wore them with
the ease and grace Of society idler.
He had wide circle of acquaintance
es in Haverstock hill, another por-
ton Of London--and in Haverstock
hin no one presumed to know any
thing about Kilburn Park road and
professional riders.
In Haverstock Hill Frederick