Los Angeles herald., 1907-04-09

seeing Mayor Harper and a large crowd
of other notables clustered on the
steps, closely scrutinizing the features
or at least they thought they were
of every smooth faced man who came
within lange of their vision.
Spots Car Men Acquaintance
Standing directly alongside of me on
the sidewalk in front of the big store
of the Coulter Dry Goods company was
q tall woman of middle age, wearing
black skirt and dark blue plaid waist,
who remarked to another woman-"T'll
bet Raffles is right over there now,
giving them all the laugh"
Taking up a position in front of the
Bartlett Music company's store at 233
South Broadway / had all the chance
possible to note everything happening
of Importance. One old lady wearing a
blue sunbonnet was more than busy
trying to pick me out. 1 noticed her
hold up several young men, but when
she paused in front of me she didn't
even give the second glance, but passed
me up entirely.
1 looked for Chief Kern and Captain
Flammer, but failed to see them in the
crowd. There were number of street
car conductors and motormen in the
center of the street working in quiet
sort of way among themselves, but as
l saw three conductors with whom l
had ridden 1 refused to take a chance
too close to them.
AS 1 entered the crowd from Second
street l almost ran into Motormen
Nos. 1913 and 454, who were holding
down the corner in front of the Sun
Drug company's store.
In the crowd 1 noticed conductor No.
1196 standing near an automobile at
the edge of the crowd directly in front
of the city hail. ~
Takes Tremendous Chances
The sleuths were there, all right
thousands of them-but the way they
went after me simply made me weary.
You will have to do better than that,
folks, If you want to get in on this
money. 1 will do the best 1 can to
help the game along, but when the cap
ture finally comes want everybody in
this city to be satisfied that every
thing has been strictly on the level.
/ will give you another chance to-
day, and for heavens sake go about
the game as though you really meant
to accomplish something.
HERE YOU ARE. BEAR THE
TIME AND PLACE IN MIND:
BETWEEN NOON AND 1 O'CLOCK
TODAY I WILL BE PRESENT AT
THE INTERSECTION OF FOURTH
AND SPRING STREETS-IN FRONT
OF THE HOTEL ANGELUS.
1 will go the limit today. Chances
are l will even try and say a word OF
two to my business manager, w. K.
Carruthers, who is stopping at the
Hotel AngeluS. 1 may even go into the
hotel and take things easy in the ro-
tunda between 1890 and 12:40-any-
thing at all, just so that some one
of you wakens up to the fact that I
am here to be captured and that such
a thing is a possibility.
At any rate here issone thing I want
everybody interested in my capture to
bear, in mind:
1 do not want this game to extend
any longer than Thursday night. In
order that there may be no slip-up on
this score l have made arrangements
for an appearance at Chutes park,
where I will give all interested a
chance at The Herald's reward.
Promises Stunt for Auto
If Captain Harmon D. Ryus, man
ager of the White garage, will accept
a challenge which 1 am ready to hurl
at him tomorrow morning through The
Herald, all well and good. l will make
demand on the Pope-Hartford touring
car which is apt to make Captain Ryus
sit up and think over a bit before he
accepts. I know the Pope-Hartford
can do the trick all right; the only
thing lacking is the chauffeur with
nerve enough to tackle what am apt
This will come off at Chutes park
. Thursday night and while it is in op-
Grafton L expect to witness my own
finish as THE MYSTERIOUS MR..
RAFFLES IN THIS CITY.
1 will make the game as easy as pos
sible between now and Thursday night
but the way things look to me now
see where / will have to loosen up con-
siderably more before any of you
waken to the fact of my identity.
Drug Clerks in Stupor
Yesterday morning, just as a matter
of time killer, 1 tollied half dozen
drug clerks in the busiest part of town,
and as usual had not the slightest diff
ficulty in getting away with my in
cognito intact.
Here they are. GO ASK THEM
ABOUT IT:
A tall, dark-complexioned, smooth
faced clerk with rather curly hair,
wearing a dark suit of clothes. declared
he was not in the habit of putting la
bells on flaXseed when l asked for 5
cents worth of that stuff in the Sun
Drug company's store No. at Sixth
street and Broadway.
AT 1928 South Broadway purchased
10 cents worth of rhinitus tablets from
a tall, ight-complexioned, smooth
faced young man, wearing dark suit,
who was in the center of the Sun
Drug company's store. In looking at
the label on the package containing the
rhinitus tablets / discovered Ii bore the
address 231 South Broadway, which is
another store operated by the same
company.
AT the Owl drug store, 23O South
Spring street, I bought 10 cents worth
of three-grain quinine tablets from a
short, smooth-faced, light complexioned