The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-02-03

keeps this time, taken back TO Lon
don. tried. sentenced and imprisoned.
After he had served his time he
started on a tour Of the continent, ac-
companied by a mysterious blonde
woman who passed as his wife. He
played cards. engaged in the pastime
Of bunco steering and varied these
performances occasionally by assum-
ing the part OF the wronged husband.
He had a scheme by which the bank
could be broken. and offered TO show
the man how he could take a thou
sand dollars and come out with
profit Of ten thousand. The man 40
cepted this glowing offer, but instead
of going to the house that was desig-
mated he notified the District police
and the versatile rogue was once
more arrested-this time under the
name Of Frank Tracy. He was re-
leased on bail however. and soon
after again sought the historic at
mosphere of London.
His latest exploit is really deserv-
ing Of chapter in itself but because
Of lack Of space must be condensed
into a few paragraphs. superintend-
ent Froest, who was always on the
lookout for queer characters, learned
that Tracy-as he now called himself
was in London "a hours after he had
set his feet on English soil. lie 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 a clerk in a banking house near
Leadenhall street, informed the au-
thorities that a thief had entered the
institution that morning and robbed
one of its depositors of E200. There
was much excitement: crowd had
gathered in the corridors. and in the
confusion the thief 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 depositor
Strengthened 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 he
reached the street the crowd was so
great that It was impossible to find
his man.
When Superintendent Froest re-
ceived news Of the theft, he immedi-
ately dispatched one of his men to
the bank, but, not satisfied with this,
he resolved to go there in person as
soon as he had finished the work in
his private Office at Scotland Yard.
That only consumed a few minutes.
and at its completion Mr. Froest
pulled down the top of his roll-desk
and hurried towards Leadenhall
street, At Oldgate, where Cornhill
and Leadenhall street converge, he
saw tall, well-dressed man, hurrying
along amidst the crowd 1t did not
take him many seconds to recognize
the man as his old friend. the versa
tile rogue. who had lived successfully
under the titles of Frank Macy, Frank
Lacy and Frank Tracy, Instinctlvely
the superintendent associated the fell
low with the theft of the bank in
Leadenhall street. He walked up ana
took Tracy by the arm. ni FAee'
MY dear friend he said.. II would
like you to so down to the ONCE with
me and Nave a talk over old times. :" H
Tracy made no resistance Indeed.
this was characteristic Of the nan.
The moment ali oflfcer 0f the 1aw
touched .fififf he s1rfendered without
struggle. fhe two men proceeded to
Scotland Yard and Tracy, Wien
searched, was found to possess the
600 which had been stolen ffors the
IL the bank that morning 4
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