The Forrest City times., 1909-01-22

the train. He was arrested for keeps this time. taken back to Lon don. tried, sentenced and imprisoned
 After he had served his time ne started on a tour Of the continent. ae- companied by mysterious blonde woman who passed as his wife l., played cards. engaged in the pastime Of bunco steering and varied these performances occasionally by assam- ing the part of the wronged husband He had a scheme by which the bank could be broken and offered e show the man how he could take a thou sand dollars and come out with a profit of ten thousand The man ac. cepted this glowing offer, but instead Of going to the house that was desig. hated he notified The District police and the versatile rogue was once more arrested-this time under tfs name of Frank Tracy. He was re- leased on bail. however. and soen after again sought the historic a;- mosphere of London.
 His latest exploit is really desery- ing of a chapter in If. but because of lack Of space mt be condensed into few paragraph Superintend. ent Froest. who was always on ths lookout for queer characters. learned that Tracy-as he now called himself was in London 24 hours after he had set his feet on English soil He in. structed his subordinates to be on the lookout for Tracy, but otherwise did not give much thought to the man.
 One morning the telephone bell at Scotland Yard rang. and the voice of an excited individual, who proved to be clerk in banking house mean Leadenhall street. informed the au thorities tha. ] thief had entered thd institution that morning and robbed one of it's deposite7s of e2o0 There was much excitement: crowd had gathered in the corridors. and in the confusion the thiet had escaped with the money
 Pardon me" said the stranger, but you have dropped one of your notes"
 The depositor glanced at the floor on the other side of the desk and. sure enough, there was bank note
 Thank you he replied gratefully, and stopped down to pick up the odd note. The act only consumed two or three seconds. but when the depositof straightened up and was about to add the missing note to his pile he found to his amazement, that the original package of money had gone. and with 1t the stranger He gave the alarm and rushed out of the bank. but when ho reached the street the crowd was So great that il was impossible to fno his man
 When Superintendent Froest re ceiyed news of the theft. he immedi ately dispatched one of his men tc the bank, but, not satisfied with this he resolved to go there in person as soon as he had finished the work ir his private office at Scotland Yard That only consumed few minutes and at it's completion Mir Froesi pulled down tue top of his roll-dess and hurried towards LeadenhaI street. At Oldgate. where Cornhii i and Leadenhall street converge, h. saw a tall, well-dressed man. hurryins along amidst the crowd l. did noi take him many seconds to recognize ! the man as his old friend. the versa tile rogue. who had lived successixel, under the titles of Frank Macy. Frank l Lacy and Frank Tracy. InstinetiyeI. the superintendent associated the fei l low with the theft Of the bank |, l Leadeuhall street He walked up ane took Tracy by the arm.
 My dear friend. he said, T woulo like you 10 go down to the office witk me and have a talk over old times Tracy made no resistance-indeed l this was characteristic of the man ] The moment an officer of the law touched him he surrendered without struggle. The two men proceeded tt Scotland Yard and Tracy, whea searched was found to possess the
 G200 which had been stolen from the
 depositor in the bank that morning He Was tried for that offense. convict l cd and served his time
 The versatile rogue is al ibert,
 once again. and for the time being il
 honoring the United States with his l presence. This brief sketch is not
 offered as story Of bis life. It ii
 onyl what il pufports to be-a frag
 ment from sbe life of a versaub rogue
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