Los Angeles herald., 1909-11-28
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The
Capture
of the Stage
RObbene
Poker aJir11.
Professor E. Charles
EXPOSES LORDS

"One Of the few articles q.6tol, ,rr ,..,.,
can mIlIionaires cannot get i'm this o.Iutr,.
DE- cause our soil viii not produce such VIZ
-NopHiiE'' remarked the professor, as
ne handed the local paper to a friend and
pointed to notice announcing ne en-,
gagement Of Miss c.. youngest d9usbtor g
MuitmilIIonaire c., to Lord T.. "It reminds
me Oh one OF the most r0rnanti. prfspJcs
OF my career Several years AGO ,,.,,
travelling in the south. T spent about three
months In the city Of Charleston on The
s,'a. uaoi'iiIs - DeioIe my departure my baggage
was packed and everything in readiness for
an early start the next morning. The land
lcfd mad received his money and vas rogt-
ing, comfortably seated i'm a big armobair
when l thought l heard a gentle RAINING on
the door between the reception room and
my private office, to which 1 had retired
leaving my reception room In the possession
OF several large trunks. These the cyDre-c-
man had promised to haul away the same
| evening. got up, but before ] reached the
door it opened just enough to admit a
woman about % years old, and wearing a
mask Of black satin covering the whole Of her
face once inside she seemed to take courage
and after assuring herself that the door was
actually shut she advanced toward me and
placing silk purse on the table in front Of
me- said: Professor, there is $500 I'm gold in
this purse; 1t is yours If you will tell me who
my sisters husband Lord r., really is
don't think he is Lord T., he says he is
1 am not In the habit Of dealing with people
who hide their faces, my work is conducted i'm
the OPEN and besides. If you have not some
not be able to do anything for YOU why.
professor, [ don't know of anything I could
get just now, except that purse. He made mo
a present Of that. He said It used TO belong
t. his mother So far / remember everything.
ana 1 have faint recollection Of going into a
trance. but that's as far my own memory
goes. The balance was related to me after /
came out of the trance. As l came to I found
myself still seated in the big chair, but there
were two persons staring at me- the girl and
Mir. Dorm, one Of the shrcwdest detectives in
6p try h1a han mod fFaf,r tfV.I
You have told US the truth said the do
tective. Yes, and you have earned the money
ct must be remembered interposcd the pro-
fessor, that a trance medium never knows
=. hat has taken place from the time he goes
into trance and until he comes out Of it,
You took the purse i'm your hand said the
detective, and after a few moments silence,
during which your face, although almost mo-
tionless. showed the greatest activity and
strain of mind, you commenced to speak, as
near / can remember, as follows: You are
right: this purse did belong to the mother Of
Lord +. He carried it with him during his
travels, and he lost it-ah, let me see, on the
afternoon Of September IS, when the stage
was held up in Dead Deer gulch. Poker Jim
saw him slip it into the hands Of a lady
passenger when the robbers fired the first shot.
The next bullet killed gord f. I see Jim take
papers from the Englishmans pocket and the
money from the woman. ! sec the three rob
hers ride away Poker jim and his partners
had made a good haul l see Poker jim now
several years after, walking down the street
rot IAr away. see d blou'lt ldb9 l'oiilhh 'l
his arm. She is tall, rather handsome. She
has a birthmark on her chin
That was as far you got said the
detective, for Miss G. interrupted you by
crying out: Helen, my poor, poor sister,
and you came TO- But We have heard enough
This Is the most wonderful revelation have
ever witnessed Inside of an hour shall have
Poker Jim," alias Lord F., under lock and
key
'arhe papers the next morning went like
hot cakes on every corner you could hear
the newsboys holler: All about the capture
of the robber by Detective DornH
Il don't know whether Mr.. G. found an
other lord for his daughter. l suppose he did;
money can buy anything except happiness"