Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-27

of that rare ability 1 have heard so
much of during the past few days.
The flag has dropped and the chase is
on. One thousand dollars will be tempt
ingly dangled beneath your collective
noses from now on until some clever
sleuth in this 'burgh speaks a little
piece like this to me-"YOU ARE THE
MYSTERIOUS MR.. RAFFLES OF
THE LOS ANGELES HERALD"
After all the tips have given you
during the past few days, and the ex-
traordinary chances have taken with
the police and general public, all can
say now is It is to laugh
Z. You lave permitted me to gain sew
eral laps on you before the start, and as
personal pointer I will suggest right
now that intend holding the lead until
I accidentally stub my toe and give up
the game.
To the wise gentry who declared dur
ing the early part of yesterday that it
would be impossible for me to make a
successful disappearance from the Ho-
tel Angelus last night, can add at
them collectively to chew up a couple
of bottles Of nerve tonic.
Z Is Afraid of Women
! The chances are, from no won I will
ego to" each 70 those present at the
: Hotel Angelus several times before this
\ stunt is concluded.
~ During the entire of yesterday con-
tinued giving the sleuths. both anna
teur and professional, a chance to get
y the best possible line on me before the
hour of my official disappearance.
Possibly that was due to the fact
that 1 thought the sleuths of Los Ange-
les would prove easy picking for me. If
that is, the way 1 framed my prelimin-
ary movements, chances are l was more
than half right in my deductions.
At any rate, now that the game is
really on you will all have a chance to
determine for yourselves just how far
can carry my identity into your midst
without detection.
Right now / will let you in on one
feature of this game which may not ap-
pear as probable by those who will take
up my gilded trail.
I will whisper 1t gently am more
afraid of being caught by one woman
of the city of Los Angeles than 1 am
fornia.
To those who may think this an i'm
probable statement l will just suggest
that they closely follow this demon
stration after 1 have been among you
the first few days. You will discover
that 1t will be the women who will
make this game worth while. They will
be the ones who will take the initiative
in the effort to capture me and thereby
win the reward of $1,000, which at this
present writing is in full force In the
city of Los Angeles.
viii Talk with Women
The women will go about this game
in O determined, systematic and re-
lentless effort to accomplish that which
the men who have taken up the chase
will utterly fail to evince during the
preliminary stages of this demonstra-
tion.
Take. for instance, the several hun
dred women l encountered in Broad
way department store on two occasions
Yesterday. They looked me over with
even more care and natural astuteness
than has been displayed by any COL
lective body Of men l have met since
the announcement was first made In
the Los Angeles Herald that a reward
of $1,000 will be paid for my capture az
ter midnight last night.
These women did not stand around In
little groups and declare that 1t would
be impossible for me to present this
game in Los Angeles, but they all prac-
tically announced their intention, and
ability too, at that, of going after me
on the first occasion presenting itself
Today 1 will give them the oppor-
tunity they are looking for. 1t may be
that / will come face to face with some
of the several hundred people talked
with yesterday. If / do, their names
and complete description OF the con-
versation will appear in the Los Ange-
les Herald tomorrow morning. That's
going some, folks. Think of that!
Think OF that!
Get the Entire Reward
1t Is up to me today TO make good ON
my oft-fepeated boast Of the possibility
OF maintaining an incognito among the