The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-04-13
HOW MYSTERIOUS
MAN DOES STUNT
He Will Give You $5 Too, If You
Can Make Him Smile at the The
ater Any Night This Week =
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Developments in Mystery.

Raffes. the Amateur Cracksmar
was one of the most original charac+-
ers that was ever originated by e W
Hornung, the great story writer. Raf-
fies is a match for Sherlock Holmes in
the great game of hide and seek be-
tween criminals and detectives. While
Sherlock Holmes always gets the thief
he goes after, Raffies is the thief who
always gets away
Haffes will be in Hammond all Of
this week. He arrived yesterday and
appeared for the first performance Of
the week at the Bijou theater. # is
Raff1es business to elude the puhIic
You see him the stage in the even
ing, as plainly as can be. and then he
VIII give you $25 if you meet him on
the street and recognize him.
In other words, you do just the kind
OF work that the police are compelled
to do every day You go to the thea
ter and get a general description of the
man you are to find. You size UP your
man while he is telling you all about
now he is going to fool you, and then
he disappears.
VIII Visit stores.
You are privileged to look for him
any where in town. He viii visit |
number of the prominent stores in the
city. He viii tell you between what I
hours he expects to be there. and YOU
are lucky if you can pick him out in /
the crowd
II you think the man you meet on
the street or in the store is Rafles.
Just say. you are the mysterious Mr..
Raffes of the Bijou theater.. If YOU
have tackled the right man he will
give you $25 in cold cash on the soot !
providing you have in your possession
tlcket to the show at the Bijou thea
ter winch you purchased that day
The whole scheme. of course is got
ten up for the purpose of advertising
me theater and affording the commun-
ty little sport. To think that a man
would be willing to appear on the stage
before big crowd and then could don
'ertaln disguises that would make it
exceedingly difficult to identify him on
ne street, seems remarkable
Caused Stir in Chicago
Y ct it is fact that this same Raf-
les who will appear at the Bfiou thea
er tonight is the man who evaded hum
ireds OF thousands of people in Chicago
summer or two ago when to discover
llm would have meant the winning of
of dollars worth of prizes.
OF course in a small town like Ham
nond it is easier to pick out a man
n the crowd, and so the prizes are not
made as large as they were in Chi
ago when Mr.. Raff1es represented the
'hicago American
1t will be worth while to see Raffes
nd see for ones self just how dis
'uises will change a mans appearance
nd what the police are up against t
when they are compelled to look fnr a
nan who is clever enough to disguise {
imself
To earn the s25 it is necessary to
/. Pick Rafhes out of the crowd I
,. To say TO him. You are the mvs- I
erious Mr., Raffles of the Biiou thea q
err"
s. Have ticket to the show in r
our possession
When you go to the show YOU have
he chance to make IS by just making !
'affies smile Several Hammond peo ;
le. men and women. are framing up
ONE stunts which they think viii q
lake Raffies smile, and if they fail !
hey think he will be the most solemn 1
ldividual in Hammond There will be
lot of fun whether or not any one
'ins the prizes. r
If no one is able TO make Rafeas
mile the sum viii be increased to $40
omorrow night and will be increased
ntl by Saturday there will be $50 in
70 the person who can make Rafdes
mile If he is not made to smile sooner