Los Angeles herald., 1907-04-09
CHALLENGE
ISSUED TO
DETECTIVES
@iH1Hn vi! HHn Of Mystery Will
$i;$ sfsi S$;i; Jake Charity
Wager
Declares Capture Is but
Question of
Hours
Says He VIII Meet His Business Man.
ager Today In Front of Hotel
AngeIus-InVites lden-
tificaton
BY THE MYSTERIOUS MIR. RAFFLEs
George Harris DonOhue)


OF all the easy places 1 ever operated
in this town is certainly the easiest
that ever happened.
1 had some hopes yesterday that
would be able to walk around Los An
geles today without bothering myself
as to whether l was recognized or not,
but after dallying with you for three
quarters of an hour in front of the city
hall 1 finally came to the conclusion
that the only way 1 could end this
chase was by walking across the street
and shaking hands with Mayor Harper
and even then it is doubtful If the
crowd in general would have wakened
up to the fact that 1 was actually be-
fore them
Had l taken the same chances in
either Chicago or New York 1 would
not have lasted ten seconds without
capture. Even sleepy old Philadelphia
would have raised on it's hind legs and
spluttered the mystic formula which al
ways results in my official undoing.
Had 1 presented the same chances to
the quaint old sleuths of Boston L
would now be reveling in fresh mess
of beans and brown bread.
But in Los Angeles!-I see right now
where it will be UP to me to practically
declare my identity in this town before
any of your ablebodied sleuthS go after
me in the manner necessary to effect
my capture.
No Silver Platter Money
On the level-what's the matter with
YOU people, anyway? What do you
want to stand around like lot of Sun
day school children for when you know
you are all keenly anxious to gather in
that thousand dollar note?
If you are waiting for me to hand
you this money on a silver platter you
might as we'll stay at home and attend
to your knitting, as the money will
never be collected in that way while 1
am at the other end of this job
1t is within the province OF my con-
tract with the Los Angeles Herald
management to take just as much of a
risk in this game as consider consis-'
tent with the success of the entire
undertaking. BY this you want to
understand that 1 am trying to give
everybody in Los Angeles an equal
chance at the money. 1 know just four
people in this town-all newspaper men
at that-and you will discover when the
money is finally won that my friends
will not share in the reward in any way
whatsoever.
Hot Challenge to Doubters
While 1 am on this point want to
go a couple of steps further. 1t has
been reported to me that several detec-
tives connected with police headquar-
ters In this city have made the declara-
ton that 1 AM NOT EVEN LIVING
IN LOS ANGELES-THAT SOME ONE
ELSE is GETTING ALL THE IN
FORMATION; THAT SOME ONE
CONNECTED WITH THE LOS AN
GELES HERALD is WRITING THE
DAILY STORIES UNDER MY SIGMA
TURE-AND THAT 1 WILL NOT
SHOW MYSELF UNTIL A CERTAIN
DATE ALREADY ARRANGED FOR
BETWEEN MYSELF AND THE
MANAGEMENT OF THE LOS AN
GELES HERALD.
Here is my answer to the particularly
wise class of detectives from head
quarters who stand sponsor for the
above pipe dreams.
/ AM LIVING IN THE VERY CEN
TER OF ONE OF YOUR MOST
BEAUTIFUL RESIDENTIAL SEC
TIONS OF LOS ANGELES.
AM MAINTAINING A HEAD
QUARTERS WITH A LOS ANGELES
FAMILY WELL. KNOWN IN THIS
CITY.
WINKED THE ENTIRE MEMBERS
OF THIS FAMILY AS TO MY REAL
IDENTITY.
L AM ENlEhlNb AMI LIZA iANN
THE HOUSE WHERE 1 AM MAKING
MY HEADQUARTERS SEVERAL
TIMES A DAY-AND ALWAYS AT
TIRED IN DIFFERENT COSTUMES.
CAN REACH THE HOTEL AN
GELUS IN TWENTY-FIVE MINUTES
ANY TIME OF THE DAY OR NIGHT.
1T THERE is ANY MEMBER OF
THE POLICE DEPARTMENT., BE HE
PATROLMAN, SERGEANT, LIEU
TENANT, CAPTAIN OR POLICE
COMMISSIONERS, WHO is WILLING
TO BACK UP HIS STATEMENTS RE-
GARDING THE LEGITIMACY OF
MY WORK HERE I WILL PERsoN-
DOLLARS AGAINST FIVE HUN
DRED-THE PROCEEDS TO BE De-