Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1909-12-07
FLUFFY RAFFLES COMING HERE
FOLS PIITSBURG POLICE IN MIGHTY CROWD.
CHALLENGED BY BUSINESS CONCERN HERE
Weber Brothers, of the Weber Baking Company, Wrote
Their P~Ittsburg Representative Regarding the
Claims Of "FIuffy RaffIes, :" Who Was Operating
in that City, and Received the Following Reply:

,PITTsBURG, Dec. AT the invitation of the publisher of an afternoon
Chicago. consented % call upon Chief OF Police Thomas McQuade at police
headquarters, where, for the greater part of an hour the celebrated woman OF
mystery permitted hersef to be subjected to about very recognized i'eh7
tfcation test used in the local office.
announced that it would be practically impossible for Miss Rahes to &c
evade capture in Pitsburg, provided the mysterious n would perm ne
In order to give Chief McQuade every possible assistance in proving. h
efficacy Of his department, Miss Rafhes walked into the drill room, where
Bureau There we're many knowing looks exchanged among the different 90
small. gathering. there va a general air of satisfaction noticeable on the
There vas just m thing, however which the chief and every member of
his department had failed to take. intoc consideration, and that vas the act
mat thu afternoon paper responsible for Miss Rafes presence IN TINS CIT
had thoroughly advertised the fact of her intended arrival and hd offered
NY MISS hames during the aeon hu az te mtersectoh OF rim a TnnI
and Wood street After leaving headquarters Miss Rahfes returned to Hotel
then started 10 the scene of her intended experiment with the police OF th
When Chief McQuade, surrounded by every available member Of his plain
clothes and uniformed force arrived a Fifth avenue Woo street ne
discovered 4 hard proposition in trying to pick up the Woman of Mystery.
as he found hmsaf confronted by a large crowd If mel and wonen, all of
whom were keen n the trail of Miss RafHes, hoping to capture the reward
For an hour Chief McQuade and his detectives worked $ they never
WORKED before, and when II va nearly m o'clock, tFe I'M at att wh hs u, ne
Miss Amy Archer, the chiefs star female detective, and started to ush hr
guaediy: This sure is the limit Miss Ranes wins, all right, but ! be
hanged If she could DO it gain"
printed the Woman Of Mystery story, in which Miss Ranfes ws depicted at
l nnat 4 me say mannsr IN which she managed e Dit 10 tsh maantaa nnen hert INC neO poncs
foune Themselves the butt II a volsy Of good-natured ante and them
on Miss Eaness arrival back n Chicago she as called upon by a repre-
sentative Of the Weber Baking Company of Newark J. j. who sM
undef Instructions Of TN Weber Baking Company, challenged Miss Rahes
TO give her work a ryout in Newark, M
heard of in Newark" said Miss Rallies to the Weber representative, but
assure you that I I'M very glad to know that the people of that section are
ing n ] can arrange my business affairs satisfactorily ! will gladly accept
the challenge ron the Weber Baking Company and give the people Of
capture me within a specified time This promise. however 10 not consider
Miss RaHes then asked hi III be allowed until Tuesday evening ito de-
cid, definitely whether or not she viii accept the Weber Baking Company
tomorrows issue o. this aper.