Bisbee daily review., 1908-03-29
How the Burglar
 Advertised a Town


 A number Of years ago the follow ing advertisement in a paper attract ed my attention:
 "Wanted-Game roosters race horses, baseball players, prize fight CTS, and few all-round burglars. the | more notorious the better. For par ticulars write to C. E. Smith. Hasta 1 Manana, Cal"
 As I prided myself that could be chased as an all-round burglar, except that | had not been around in the west, I determined to answer the ad. l However, I was a little afraid that was not notorious enough, for pre- viously I had not appreciated the val ue of notoriety in my profession. In fact, far from carrying on a general publicity campaign" so that my name might become a household word I 1 modestly had refrained from letting even my best friends know of my fa- nous exploits in the line of till tap ping and safe blowing. Still I decided to take chance, and, although in my letter I carefully excluded any of the details of my claims for fame, my general outline of ability as a first class burglar was enough to bring a Ay. III. says the Chicago Tribune.
 Mir Smith said that if would meet him in Hasta Manana he would ex- plain more in detail what the job would be like. It pleased me to find that he enclosed ticket to that town, as had been unlucky in burgalizins just previous to that time.
 I found Hasta Manana was a pleas anf htaf cIa . among the orange groves of southern California. MT. Smith, who I learned was one Of the most prosperous and progressive citizens of the place, told me that the Commercial club had de cided upon an advertising campaign to boost their town.
 "All we need is advertising" he told me. If we can get the name of this town before the upblic it will jump from a small hamlet to a large and prosperous city. We have here the greatest climate in the world. WeI have the healthiest water supply, al surrounding country of great wealth, a school system that"
 Yes, know all that. l can get all those facts from the phamphlets of any real estate man in town. What l want to know is where I come in. What do you want of a first-class burg lar"
 Why, don't you see, we want tu advertise the town. We figured out that if we could have number of chicken lights Or dog fights and then have some sensational raids on them by our police force We would get the name of our town in the papers. Or Foy, prize fighter, or race horse would pro claim to an interested public that the lair and prosperous city of Hasta Manana was his home we would gain additional advertising. It is for the same reason that We want a first | class burglar. Now, if we could se- cure a criminal with the fame of l Tracy, the outlaw, or the James boys, | now lar reaching would be the fame | of our little city.
 But what do get out of it?" Il inquired
 Why, the Commercial club is will | ing to pay you $50 a month to ar range a series of mysterious robber- les. We want you to stay two or | three months and perpetrate some | startling crimes, which by means of ! S-AC Ol tue pOllCS CdH pc mysterious in. the extreme. Of course the police are fixed; they are in favor of the old campaign, for they want to see our town boom as much as any one. In fact, we want you to- work with them and give them advice.
 The Commercial club will make ar rangements with John Stanton, so that he will leave his window open next Tuesday night and the silver ware in any convenient place you may designate; but In committing this | robbery you must leave behind a num- Der of misleading clues. Then when. according to agreement, MT. Stanton calls the police, you must instruct them just how. judging from your previous experiences in being hunted, Is the best way to trace these clues so as to make the case the most mys- terious.