Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-25

Waro Whlch goes with my capture /
think 1t will be discovered that the
person clever enough to run me to
cover does not happen to be a member
of your police department.
No Danger from Police
In fact in so far as the police are con-
cerned l will almost eliminate them
from my worries. Captain Flammer
and Chief Kern are pretty busy men
as 1t now stands, and with the limited
number of men which you have so
thoughtfully placed at their disposal,
they will be rather hard fixed to de-
vote any systematic effort in captur-
ing me.
l am fully aware personally that
thousand dollar note would look mighty
fit to any member of the Los Angeles
police department, and should any one
of the boys really land me they will
discover will have no kick other than
of chagrin coming my way, as 1 am
more or less determined before start
ing out to beat them at all points of
this game.
incidentally, speaking of my official
disappearance: Just before deciding to
give the people of this city chance to
demonstrate their ability, 1 wired
Senator Patterson, owner of the Rocky
Mountain News of Denver, declaring
my intention of remaining here for
some time, before placing my stunt on
his newspaper.
In response to my wire 1 received
word to Immediately call on and pay
my respects to Mr. G. c. Loomis and
his brother, Harry Loomis, both of
whom operate the magnificent Hotel
Angelus in this city.
Disappears from the Aneelus
discovered both gentlemen at the
Hotel Angelus last evening and in a
moment OF so determined-just to get
this game going in good shape, to make
my official disappearance from the
Hotel Angeus shortly before the stroke
of midnight tomorrow night.
While strolling through the hotel cor
r1dor [ suddenly came face to face
with Chester Olmstead, one of the
most widely known hotel clerks in this
country Mr.. Olmstead had me spotted
in an instant, all of which surprised
me some, as the last time l encountered
him he was acting chief clerk at the
Waldorf Astoria hotel in New York
city.
The Messrs. Loomis and Mr.. Ohm
stead assured me l would have con-
siderable difficulty in making my es-
cape from the Hotel Angelus tomor-
row at midnight, owing to the central
location OF the hotel and the fact that
it is now extensively patronized by
guests who hail from all sections of
the country, all of which means 1 am
apt to run across someone at the Hotel
Angelus tomorrow night who may
know me-and then the game will be
in the air-but wait a minute, l am
not caught yet.
When L called at police headquarters
yesterday Chief Kern obligingly in
troduced me to Captain Paul Flammer,
who has charge of the detective bureau.
My meeting with Captain Flammer was
rather surprise to me, as was under
the impression he was a much older
man, all of which I inferred from a
rather alarming letter 1 received Sat-
urday night from Inspector Patrick
LAWN of The Chicago police depart
ment vino declared in language strong
and forceful that if 1 was foolish
enough to take a chance with Captain
Flammer might as we'll take the next
train back east.
1 further gathered from Inspector
LAWNS warning note that Captain
Flammer enjoyed a reputation second
to none among the police officials of
the Pacific coast, from all of which !
rather expected to run against a wise
old saw, who would give me the usual
quick police size-up and then settle
back on the record of his past per-
formances
In captain discovered Il
young man, FULLY alive to the possi-
bilities of his office He made no bones
about the fact that he was glad / had
determined 20 give the police an equal
chance with others in this city to get
the thousand dollars offered by the
Los Angeles Herald for my capture.
Expects Much from Men
"While the men of this department"
said Captain Flammer, "are as a rule
kept pretty busy with the regular rou-
tine work, yet know that if they are
given an opportunity they will give a
good account of themselves in this re-
markable problem you are confronting
us with.
"It must be understood, of course,
that our men will not have the same
time to devote to the chase as will be
afforded the ordinary amateur seuth.
We are here to transact police busi-
ness, and 1 feel safe in declaring that
If you would take a chance with any
one of my men you would have hard
time in maintaining your identity"
That's the way | like to hear a man
talk. Captain Flammer is the first po-.
lice official who has even so much as
expressed a willingness to participate
in the general wild scramble for my
capture. Commissioners McAdoo placed
an order among his eight thousand po-
York to cut my career short in New
York city on the occasion of my second
experiment there.
/ made a personal test case with Nc
Adoo which nearly drove that respect
able old party insane. 1 challenged him
a dozen times to walk on Broadway,
declaring my intention to place two
chalk marks on his coat before he had
proceeded two blocks.
Instead of accepting my challenge
the astute police commissioner imme-
diately surrounded himself with
body guard consisting of four detec-
tives whose sole duty was to keep all
smooth-faced men from getting nearer
than a dozen feet OF their merry old
chief.
With Capt. Flammer the case is diff
ferent. He says, go ahead, and If we
can get you we will certainly do it.
That passes the buck back to me, and
from the moment of my official disap-
pearance tomorrow night at midnight
il will be one continual battle OF wits
hatNvaan r1Vself as one individual and