Los Angeles herald., 1907-04-17

ger, expressman or a host of other
characters, any one of which would
prove of sufficient advantage to aid me
in skillfully evading capture.
Give up the idea of looking for the
chap in the gray suit Of clothes, brown
derby hat, winged collar and horseshoe
pin 1 will not be found wearing that
costume, as that is one / keep for
before the stunt end of the game.
When I am captured today, or to-
morrow at the latest, it will be found
that I am wearing one of the above
named costumes. That is why 1 am
tipping this off to you today. Just re-
member that under no circumstance
will resort to facial disguise of any
kind. All that you will discover when
1 am captured is that have been able
to work among you simply through the
medium of constant costume changes.
Will Try to See Public
The costume I will wear today has
carried me through four of these gath
erings-that in itself should help you
along q bit, as chances are someone
of you may remember the costume
even If you cannot recognize my
features.
Just go in and win today. TACKLE
HAPPEN ACROSS, NO MATTER
WHAT HIS SUPPOSED CALLING
MAY BE.
I have never had such a tough time
in my life trying to get rid of thou
sand dollars-that is why 1 am MAX
ing this frantic yell today. I am try
ing all in my power to see to it that
some one of you get.in line and rapidly
at that, for the speedy collection of
this coin.
In the event of my capture today l
want it understood that 1 will not see
anyone at The Herald office, as Will
have my hands full attending the final
settlement of this game.
If 1t is possible for me to meet all
interested at some public place Will
be glad of the opportunity-all of,
which will be speedily arranged upon
the return of my business manager
from San Francisco today.
Area Is Limited
To those who are familiar with my
method of operations in other cities 1t
may appear as though have not been
working overly hard In Los Angeles. AS
matter of fact, have been compelled
to ease the game up considerably III
this city, owing to the limited area
in which 1 had to operate.
In practically every other city, with
the exception of New Orleans-where
the game ran twenty days-I have had
unlimited territory over which to spread
myself during the time / was at liberty.
In New York, for instance, l could
take a different section of the city every
day for a month If necessary and each
time find myself In an entirely new
neighborhood, where there were all
sorts of business concerns for me to
work among.
In Los Angeles / exhausted all the
business localities the first ten days
was among you, and since that time 1t
has simply been case of resourceful-
ness on my part to even secure what
have In the matter of passing interest.
1 have always made 1t a point never
to take chances along the same line
twice Once / work In a certain local
ity am pretty sure to avoid that sec
ton during the remainder of my time
in the city where 1 ana operating.
That is why have not been able to
get as many names In this city as l do
ordinarily.
AND YET THE JOKE OF 1T Isl
CAN'T GET CAUGHT.
1 did practically everything except
actually announce my identity during
the MONDAY crowd In front of the Hotel
Angelus yesterday. All the regulars
We're there, with many new faces in the
crowd. Here are some of those / recog-
nized: Conductors 1889, 1885, 1880, 1897.
1882, 1881, 1895, 11l6 1886, 1868. 1917, 1911
and ia motormen 56S, 731, $50, 4SS, S66,
S74 535, 500 and $685. letter carriers 116
and 1876; policemen ia, 223 and police
sergeant 10.
There is just little matter of twenty
seven different persons l managed to
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