The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-08-20
Homer {. Royce Gets $50 offered
for Capture Of Mysterious
Miss RafIes in Racine
SHOWS DETECTIVE ABILITY
Costs Him Twelve Dollars to Walk
Down the Street with Colored
Woman but He Comes Out
Ahead After ALI
lFrom Wednesdays pailv.l


Kenosha has received another $50 of
easy money from Racine as Homer f.
Royce The genial proprietor of the
Hotel Kenosha wandered into Racine
Tuesday long enough to pick up the
mysterious" Miss Rafles who had
been doing an advertising stunt for
the Racine News and who had managed
to battle the people OF Racine for the
last ten days Royce took one look up
and down the street and as ne had
formerly been deputy sheriff in Ke-
nosha county it was no trouble at all
for him to spot anything mysterious
and he picked out the young woman
and marched her over to the Racine
News ohice and got the $50. 1t was
such case of easy money that the
hotel man is resting up in Racine, Here
is the way in which the Racine News
tells of an interview with Royce
F'I have been in Racine for the past
three days for a short vacation and
while here read of the lady, and as /
had been on the detective force of the
Chicago police, thought I would keep
my eye out for her which I did Last
evening T. stopped at Hotel Racine
and while there met travelling man
who was interested in autos, so we
agreed to take trip over to the Miller
garage and inspect the new building,
which we did. After q. time we stood
outside and talked about the Mys-
FERROUS Miss Rafles While we were
standing there we noticed a lady COM
ing across Seventh street, going east.
She was walking at moderate gait
and my friend, in a joking way,
'stumpedF me to tackle her. [ said I
WASH It afraid, but by the time I had
arrived at the corner she had gotten
past the corner and had increased her
speed. / then became suspicious and
walked fast and caught up to her and
to my surprise found her to be col
oTed woman For a minute I was not
going to ask her the question, but /
thought after taking all that trouble I
would speak anyway so l said, Par
don me, are you the Mysterious Miss
Rafdes of the Racine News?' She said,
You have me. When she said that I
became a little excited, but I asked her
to accompany me to the Office which
she agreed to do. She asked me if !
cared to 60 down Main street and ]
ssid I didn' u care what street we went
down, only I wanted to 60 the quickest
yav. So we cot to Main and Seventh
street and l. began to think it would
seem strange for me to walk down tho
main street with colored woman, So
asked her to go over one more block
which we did We walked down near
the new fire engine station [ met q
number of my friends on the street and
if cost me $40 to square myself We
arrived at The News office and I was
very much excited, but the men in the
ONCE treated me very nicely, asked
me few questions which I must have
answered all right, for in short time
was handed $780, When the man in
the Office told me I could only have
$50 I said, Well, that looks good TIC
me. But I was very foolish not tt
have had a receipt for a month Is sub
scription, but l had misunderstood it
L thought that a person had to take &
years subscription. Had I known il
was only for a month I would today
have $50 instead of the Other
amount