Los Angeles herald., 1909-03-31

not trace it. Then Shelter told me a
man by the name of Keogh, who had
been looking at REQ for couple of
months, had just been in and told him
the story about the Pope Hartford.
Shelter also told me that he had heard
that Keogh had been telling Cowan
that he was going to buy a Rambler,
and had been given a number of DEM
onstrations on that account. Then we
decided to go over to Leavitt's and
talk it over with him. Leavitt told us
late Monday afternoon that Keogh was
coming for demonstration yesterday
morning, and then we decided to turn
the tables on him. We made up our
mind to give him a real Joy ride that
/ he would remember. So we planned
the ride to chalk hill Since then it
developed that Keogh was about to
buy a Franklin and a Premier car
Keogh appeared at the Locomobile
agency bright and early yesterday
morning and was soon put into a car
and started for a demonstration, Muir
ray Page being asked to take the wheel,
wholly unconscious of the joke on
Keogh. Shelter and a Herald reporter
were awaiting conveniently by, the lat
ter with a camera, and Leavitt invited
them to join the party, to which they
finally yielded.
Page Wakes Up
1.-THE ride led by Hollywood and up
the San Fernando valley. The higher
tie hills became the deeper the mud.
At a farmhouse the car stopped and
picture was taken of the party. At this
juncture Page was let into the joke,
and when he again started his car he
seemed to do so with a little less care
than he had previously taken when he
considered Keogh a prospect Ger
tain it i that from that time on Page
succeeded in finding the muddiest and
toughest part of the road for Keogh,
the latter of whom was splashed from
head to feet with water and plastered
with mud, as Page shot the car
through bog holes with as much reck-
lessness as he turned curves at Ascot
Sunday
Shelter and Leavitt could hardly
conceal their merriment as Keogh tried
vainly to spit the mud out of his
mouth from mudhole to mudhoie that
Page succeeded in finding for him.
when 'chlak hill was reached a
second car was discovered which the
Keogh party concluded was break
down, and to whose rescue they start
ed On closer approach it was found
to be the Ruess party, containing
Hamlin, Cowan and Curtis"
Keoeh Confronted
AS lIb 1tdNlll party leNi4 AS44oAAN'0
and Keogh scanned the faces of the
other party his face blanched percep-
tibly, and those who watched him We're
curious to know what was going on
in his mind. He looked from Ruess to
Hamlin and then to Cowan. Then he
made hurried jump from the car and
FASTENED toward Ruess as If he were
anxious to make some explanation.
Ruess never gave him a chance to get
in the first word, but began pelting
him with questions which, in the pres
ence of all of Keogh's victims, were
impossible for him to answer.
you've got it on me. Bill" was
about all the confused man could say.
Then followed the signing of the
above statement, in which Keogh says
it was all wrong, and that he did not
say it.
After a good lecture from nearly ev-
cry one present in the party, the cars
were turned around and Keogh was
| left alone Deaf ears were turnd on
his appals for a ride back, and when
he reached Los Angeles is not known.