Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-28
Sheriff Hammel Thinks
Raffles a Guest at
County Jail
Visits Department Stores, Roomins
Houses, Talks to Conductors
and Mail Carriers-$1o0o
Reward Unclaimed
BY THE MYSTERIOUS MIR. RAFFLEs.
George Harris DonOhue.
If this isn't the limit!

If this isn't the limit!
To say that 1 am disappointed is
only halfway expressing expressing it,
On the level, folks!-what happened
to that remarkable element of tndi-
vidual sagacity with which you de-
clare yourself possessed while 1 worked
among you yesterday?
The way L was handed advice by
some of your supposedly wisest citi-
zens in this village before the date of
my actual disappearance had me just
a trife skeptical as to just whether or
not 1 would be able to hold out in this
town for twenty-four hours-but now
oh pshaw!-what's the use talking
about it?
The idea of your permitting me to
talk with eight rooming house keep
ers, two letter carriers, two street car
conductors, three clerks in as many
down town department stores and then
mingle among you during practically
the entire day-why your efforts at my
capture are now classed by me as in
the Childish class"
If you intend landing the thousand
dollars reward offered by the Los An
geles Herald for my capture, or any
part of it for that matter, you will
all have to travel considerably faster
than you did during yesterday, other
wise ] shall remain in this town in
definitely.
Raffles Is Disappointed
AS a matter of fact, after closely
watching the sleuths working on my
trail I'm afraid L will be classed as the
"oldest inhabitant" before the members
of sleepyville really waken up to the
fact that I am trying all sorts of
lodges, Just to hand them thousand
dollar note.
After the series of remarkable
chances l accepted in this city before
my official disappearance, 1 figured
Tuesday that 1 might possibly find
some difficulty in maintaining the
identity for which / am famous, but
after discovering myself three times
walking alongside three of the most
persistent sleuths, each of whom had
taken Ion, lingering looks at me the
day previous / arrived at the conclu-
sion that after all would not be COM
PEELED to exert myself any more In
this town than I have been compelled
to do in any other place where L have
operated.
Even the fact that I advanced the
most ridiculous proposition to the en-
Ughtened rooming house keepers of this
city failed to bring me anything more
than material for a rather amusing
story which will be related as soon as
1 am through telling you what L think
of this game as fay as it has gone.
Statesmen Not Alert
Even the clerks in the various de-
partment stores where 1 presented my
self about 10 o'clock failed to do more
than simply serve me with what
asked for. There was entirely lacking
that remarkable element of individual
alertness of which L have heard so
much, and as L happened into place
after place 1 managed to get my nerve
back, and as the day dragged along
finally decided that in Los Angeles ]
was booked to go through one OF the
easiest PROPOSITIONS l ever tackled.
You of the particularly wise class
who happen across this story need not
take too seriously to heart as l have
not started after you right yet. When
/ do. there will be something doing not
down on the calendar Those of the
advice bureau can rest easy until II
get a chance to give them just a trif-
ling sample of what is really possible
In this game.
For me to be able to walk along the
streets of your city, mingle freely with
the crowds wherever l am fortunate
enough to discover them and at the
same time hear myself discussed in all
possible phases and still maintain the
incognito which is troubling the real
sleuths and the acknowledged sore
heads, is something for the skeptics
i'm this game to take into serious con-
sideration and sleep soundly over be-
fore handing me any more shoestring
dope on the game as 1t now stands
Enters the Dlppy Aunt
Before / get any further in deep
water 1 will pause long enough TO tell
you what happened during my rambles
about town yesterday.
Ever hear tell about my crazy aunt
No! Well you want TO get In line
right quick, in case should try ana