Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-24

rious costumes and poses. In addition
to this there will also be printed an
accurate police description of the man
you are seeking.
You will be given exactly the same
chance at my capture as the local
police department has of apprehending
a crook whose picture is in the rogues'
gallery. When the police receive a re-
quest from another city to locate
criminal, they are invariably aided IN
the search by an excellent likeness OF
the man they are after, together with
an accurate description secured
through the celebrated Bertilon system
of identification.
Tribute to Chief Kern
will go you all several times better
on this system of Identification. L will
give you more pictures to look over
than you ever dreamed of. 1 will give
all the description from A to lizard;
I will then go out and talk with at
least a dozen of your representative
citizens daily; will take keen joy
in printing the names of those L have
talked with on the day following, ana
then-if you still want a little more
chance at the money 1 will make any
sort of a definite appointment with
collective crowd and give all hands a
chance at the money through my cap
ture.
1t must not be taken for granted that
I am not giving Chief of Police Kern
and the men of his command all the
consideration necessary. Chief Kern has
an excellent reputation in national po-
lice circles as being keen, shreWd
police official. He will undoubtedly go
after me in quiet, systematic way,
which will require me to keep on the
constant alert from the moment of my
official disappearance.
l have never yet been apprehended
by a police official and l would not
particularly relish the idea of being
picked up professionally in Los Ange-
les. 1 will go right ahead with the
game, however, and take just the same
element of chance with Chief Kern as
have been compelled to take in every
place where have operated this game
Gives Public Chance
Just so that those who figure on get
ting a close line on this prize of $1000
and inasmuch as L have given the po-
lice chance to look me over, l will
also take a chance with the general
public on Tuesday morning between
and 9:15 o'clock in the Broadway de-
partment store, Fourth street and
Broadway
This will give every one an equal
chance to look me over before the hour
of my official disappearance, as 1 in
tend looking over the $17.5O mems suits
L see advertised.
L received my first impression of
Chief Kern yesterday when l had the
pleasure of meeting him on a friendly
basis, while 1 was chatting with Mayor
Harper and Police Commissioner
Schenck at the city hall.
Your police chief gave me a pretty
steely sizing up, all done in a quiet
way, which instinctively whispered to
me that in the event of quick work
coming my way here after starting out
it will be up to me to keep a pretty
close watch on the local police.
Mayor Harper granted me an audi
ence i'm his private office at the city
hall during the afternoon, where at
the same time l met Commissioner
Schenck. Both officials were partic-
ularly interested in my recital of the
! inner workings of the game in the
various cities thus far operated in.
! Commissioner Schenck listened atten-
| lively when / called his attention to
/ the possibilities afforded a smooth
! faced man for defying detection in any
sort Of a large crowd, After quizzing
me in a manner which demonstrated
conclusively to me that he was pretty
we'll up on matters of criminal iden-
! tification Commissioner Schenck in re-
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