Los Angeles herald., 1907-04-05
AUTOMOBILE
DEALERS ARE
NOT ALERT
Man of Mystery Goes
Boldly Among
Garages
Slippery One Declares
Game Not a Bit
Difficult
Mr.. Raffles Plans Another Raid for
Today-He May Give You
Chance at $1,000
Reward
BY THE MYSTERIOUS MIR. RAFFLES
George Harris DOnohue.

1t was even easier than 1 expected.
After my narrowing experience of
Wednesday, l was almost on the point
of 'cashing in at The Herald and
calling this game off, satisfied I would
not be able to successfully Withstand
capture another day in this city, but
after yesterday-all 1 can now say is
IT IS TO LAUGH.
Taking into consideration the fact
that on Wednesday 1 was sys-
tematically hunted by at least six
thousand sleuths in the very center of
your busiest district, it might we'll be
figured my chances for future opera
tions in this town would not be worth
thirty cents. 1t is up to me, however
to figure on the REAL CHANCES con-
nected with this work, and YESTER-
DAY / put the game to the severest
test possible, and after four hours
steady work, in the very midst OF
those who are supposed to be an un-
usually keen lot, 1 again began to re-
gard this game of mine more of a
joke than ever
All this after reading the several
l6lItTS IeCSlNSu dllSl lAC llOOll-
day meeting on Wednesday. 1 dis
covered that 1 have been "POSI-
lively IDENTIFIED" by no less
than seventy-three people, and the odd
part of it all is that in each case,
with but four exceptions, have been
"IDENTIFIED" in sixty-nine different
localities at exactly the same time.
Give Public Fair Chance
Before starting this work here, 1 real
lied that the public of Los Angeles
had been up against a FAKER intro
duced through the medium of an af-
ternoon paper of this city who in all
attempt to initiate me had not only
made an ass of himself, but had sue
ceeded in getting the newspaper he
was representing in very bad odor
among those who were inclined on the
start off to accept the proposition as
bona fide.
Just to make sure there would not
be a repetition of this of any under
hand work on my part and in order
to give every one interested an equal
show, l permitted the police of this
city to take my picture and Bertillon
description before disappearing into
your midst.
This should be an answer to all who
are inclined to sling the hammer over
time. If you are ABSOLUTELY
SURE" you have identified me, and
will not accept the proof of your mis-
take presented you by the employees of
the Los Angeles Herald, my advice is
if your victim will stand for it-take
the suspect around to the detective
bureau and present your man before
Captain of Detectives Paul Flammer
or Detective Bert r. Parker, both of
whom will speedily convince you. of
your error.
Says Game Is Easy
The chances are, however, that after
taking your man to headquarters and
being told by Captain Flammer you
had the wrong man in custody, several
hundred of you would Immediately
claim that 1 had fixed up deal with
Captain Flammer whereby he was to
help me out on tight places
1 don't have to secure the services
of Captain Flammer or anyone else in
order to maintain my liberty in this
city. You are all an easy bunch, and
before l am captured here it will be
necessary for me to make the capture
so easy that even blind man ought
to be right in on the going.
This may sound all out of harmony
with my story of yesterday wherein
declared l did not believe L would
be able to maintain my identity more
than a couple of days longer at the
most Since then, however, l have
learned quite a bit about the class Of
people l have to contend with here,
with the result that today 1 am ready
to throw down the gauntlet of defiance
at everybody in this town.
There is a reward of one thousand
dollars offered by the Los Angeles
Herald for my capture The only
stipulation, in addition to the sub
scription, being that l am challenged
correctly. l am here for the specific
purpose of interesting the citizens of
this city with an experiment in ordi-
nary police work, which nearly every
one declares an impossibility
lust one line here for myself: l
have presented this game in several
other cities-THE REWARD HAS AL
WAYS BEEN PAID-and l have yet
to hear the first unkind criticism of
my work AFTER THE CAPTURE
HAS BEEN EFFECTED
When this game is concluded In Los