Los Angeles herald., 1907-04-05

Angeles, I will NOT RUN AWAY-I
WILL REMAIN RIGHT AMONG YOU
FOR SEVERAL DAYS-AND 1 WILL
BE MORE THAN GLAD TO HEAR
ANY ONE OF THESE SKEPTICS
COME FORWARD AND PROVE I
HAVE MADE ONE FALSE ENTRY
IN THE DAILY RECITAL OF MY
WANDERINGS ABOUT THIS CITY.
AS in other cities, the uncompli-
mentary critics will be the first to step
forward and explain in long, litera-
turistic sentences that had they only
known they would never have written
me such letters, ETC., all of which be-
comes tiresome after a chap has heard
the same story several thousand times
Raffles Plans Campaign
The sooner the people of this town
get started after me with the idea
that I am not a myth, but real
flesh and blood individual who is daily
taking chances with them, in an effort
to demonstrate a practical theory, the
sooner this chase will come to an end.
If you are still on the doubtful bench,
just carry copy of the Los Angeles
Herald around to any of those with
whom I have talked. You will then
discover to your sad-eyed sorrow that
your mallet tendencies are wasted eff
forts, as every person whose name 1
have mentioned will Immediately rec
ogniZe the picture and inform you that
1 am the man who has called upon
them.
Understand also that in presenting
THE MYSTERIOUS MR.. RAFFLES
I am not working at game which I
do not thoroughly know all the de-
tails of. There is not one move
consummated in the exploitation of
this work that have not thought out
for hours before attempting.
While the greater proportion of you
are sleeping away the midnight hours,
1 am working over a map of Los An
geles and arranging costumes which
I intend operating in on the following
day. Despite the fact that I have
been in this city less than three
weeks, it is safe for me to declare that
know the place better than even the
oldest inhabitant.
Is He in Your Home?
There is not "A GET AWAY" in the
down town district with which 1 am
not familiar. l know more about the
entrances and exits of your down town
buildings than most of your building
inspectors. 1 have the police detail al
most perfectly fixed in my mind and L
know almost to a minute just where
and when l am apt to strike uni
formed member of the police depart
ment.
1 go about this work WITH AN
IDEA OF WHAT AM DOING. am
working among you on better lines
than the most experienced crook in the
world could operate. 1 HAVE NO
FRIENDS-I KEEP STRICTLY TO
MYSELF-AND SHOULD YOU Of
FER ANY PERSON IN THIS CITY
ONE MILLION DOLLARS-MY BUSI-
NESS MANAGER INCLUDED-YOU
WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO DISCOV-
ER WHERE l AM MAKING MY
HEADQUARTERS.
That L am living. in your very midst
will be rapidly determined five minutes
after my capture. l have never been
captured in the house where 1 have
maintained my headquarters during the
entire history of this game and l am
fairly sure of my headquarters in this
city.
It will later be discovered that I
have maintained my identity in the
home of one of your respected families,
where the story win later develop 1
have successfully outwitted them as to
my real identity.
A THOUSAND DOLLARS TO A
CENT TO ANY PERSON WHO CAN
DISPROVE THIS STATEMENT AFT
Err THE CAPTURE.
Just at the time that l was saying TO
myself l would have a pleasant after
noon at the ball game that opens the
season at the Chutes baseball park on
Saturday, l received note from Bill
Carruthers saying that l would confer
a favor on Manager Berry of the club il
L would be somewhere along the line
of march of the auto parade which
starts from the city hall at / O'clock
and judge the best appearing lady who
is in an auto in the parade.
Inasmueh as ] lad some very pleas
ant times with Manager Berry when he
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