Los Angeles herald., 1907-04-12
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ahead into stout old party, who i'm
mediately yelled that he had corn, all
of which didn't interest me much, and
made a jump for the real center Of
activity.
From ten minute past o'clock until
ten minutes to 10 o'clock / worked In
and among those in the crowd, making
but one slight change in my appear
ance during the entire time.
There was no occasion for my slack
ing UP" my usual methods, as I started
in slow enough for blind man to
catch me, but there was no one at
Chutes park last night who was prop
erly equipped with either a dark Ian
tern or the necessary gum shoes.
Gets In the Game Himself
1 saw at least a dozen holdups, assist
ed in holding up seven different men
myself; but what's the use? 1 guess 1
will have the time of my life getting
rid of this thousand-dollar note before
1 am able to break away from this
town.
The MONDAY crowd was there to get
the money. The sleuths in the gather
ing went after me in the right way,
holding up every smooth-faced man
they happened across, with a natural
result that 1 had several close calls
during the session.
1 will give you another chance at the
money today. Here it is:
BETWEEN NOON AND O'CLOCK
WILL BE AT THE INTERSECTION
OF FOURTH STREET AND BROAD
WAY.
This Is a free for all chance which
should appeal to you some, as you
can get chance to pick up a thousand
dollars, all for the cost of a trifing
car fare.
On the level, folks, am anxious to
end this chase and 1 am waiting to
hear some one of you say: "YOU ARE
THE MYSTERIOUS MR.. RAFFLES
OF THE LOS ANGELES HERALD"
That means thousand dollars to some
one, and 1 am more than anxious to
hand over the money, so come on and
get busy.
Yesterdays MONDAY crowd was all to
the merry.
Like Fiesta Week
AS one prosperous old chap remarked,
"Why. this reminds me more of Fiesta
week than anything else 1 know of.
For instance: Listen to the bells, the
horns the yelling and the general all
around din. Why, 1t is almost the
real thing"
From what I know of Fiesta week
in Los Angeles-and that of course is
all hearsay with me-the old chap was
about right, as the gongs on the stalled
trolley cars beat an incessant tattoo,
while the gong on a patrol wagon
which managed somehow or other to
get mixed in the mob helped the racket
along some as did the gongs on an
ambulance and the transfer company's
bus, which also became wedged in the
mob.
A siren whistle on a passing auto
mobile and a honk-honk horn on an
other machine all helped the noise
along some, as did the youngsters, who
seemed to take particular delight In
shrieking themselves hoarse in an ef-
fort to proclaim my capture to some
unsuspecting smooth-faced individual.
Taking all in all the gathering at
Fifth street and Broadway was by far
the most representative gathering of
Los Angelans I have so far encoun-
tered There were professional men,
merchants, bankers and brokers, all of
whom had a copy OF The Herald tucked
away in a hip pocket, within handy
reaching distance should they happen
to spot me.
Women Keep Busy
The women in the crowd were there
for the purpose Of effecting my capture
and they didn't care who knew it.
That is the way to go after 1t, girls. 1
am here waiting to hand out this money
and / would certainly like to see some
housewife in this town collect the
money. as a thousand dollars ought to
go long ways here, considering the
general cheapness of things.
Incidentally while looking over The
Herald yesterday morning discovered
an advertisement which declared that
I'm order TO win the reward of one
thousand dollars It would be necessary
for the person capturing me to have on
at the time of capture a pair of GER
tain make OF shoes
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