Los Angeles herald., 1907-04-16

one in this town to pick up this thou
sand dollars, as that would knock a
most beautiful hole in my contract
with The Herald management.
I am now, working among you in
costumes with which you are all more
or less familiar and yet you fail to
recognize me-and this, after the way
you hand things out to your local po-
lice concerning their alleged ineffi-
cheney.
There were twenty-five times as many
amateur sleuths in that crowd yester-
day as there are policemen and detec-
tives in your while city. You were all
there to pick me up and thereby win
$1000-and you all failed to do 1t.
Strange, isn't 1t?
I see where it will be up to me either
today or tomorrow to ramble around
the business section of this town with
a banner on my back announcing my
identity. Chances are you would all
pass me up as joker at that-so
what's the use?
Regulars Should Win
There is just one thing about it, good
people: If 1 am not caught here right
speedily I will call the chase off and
request The Herald management to do
nate the $1,000 reward to some charitable
institution, as my time is pretty well
booked ahead and it is impossible for
me to remain here many days longer
I want to give all interested in my
capture a square deal on this matter,
and will positively refuse to be cap
tured until the trick is turned legiti-
mately. Some one of you must say to
me-YOU ARE THE MYSTERIOUS
MR.. RAFFLES OF THE LOS ANGE-
LES HERALD-and that will end the
story.
one of the regulars win the money, as
many devoted considerable time to the
chase, and the money rightfully be-
longs in that direction.
Upon the return of my business man
ager from San Francisco today I will
endeavor to make arrangements. where
by the winner of this reward will be
presented the money at Chutes park
the night following the capture. That
will give all hands chance to look
me over and satisfy themselves how
near they have been to winning this
money thousand times over.
Will Meet the Public
During the time have been working
among you 1 have received a large
number of requests from those inter-
ested asking me to give them chance
to look me over after the capture, and
that is why am thinking of selecting
a general meeting place at the ChuteS
Immediately after the capture.
You see, I'm an obliging sort of a
cuss, after all.
1 am not sure on the Chutes park
proposition as Bill Carruthers may
have something else up his sleeve on
this point, but at any rate you can
count on it that / will not leave this
town until 1 have personally met all
the friends and anonymous knockers
who have written me since my arrival
in Los Angeles.
AS soon as 1 have a chance to talk
with Carruthers over the phone today
Will know where l stand on this
proposition, and tomorrow l will be
able to tell you all about it. At the
same time l want to hand you the
name OF the winner of the $1,000 reward
which goes with my capture--and which
should be won today by all means.
Nall Every smooth-Faced Man
Don't lose your heads today, as hap
pened yesterday. No use In permitting
such triiing Incidents as a man chas-
ing a small boy who had bothered his
automobile to divert your attention at
the wrong moment. Don't stand around
in open-mouthed wonderment as to
where | may possibly me- BUT GRAB
EVERY SMOOTH FACED MAN YOU
ENCOUNTER AND Make HIM GIVE
AN ACCOUNT OF HIMSELF. If
YOU LAND ON ME l WILL GIVE
YOU THE SURPRISE OF YOUR
LIFE, AS A FEW MINUTES LATER
YOU WILL BE IN THE HERALD
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