Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-08-11
How She Looked When Caught
BY ELUSIVE LTCY.

l. left my room yesterday morn
ing and walked as far as the corner
of Market street and Madison ave-
/ nue., where | heard three gentlemen
talking about Lucy. The one in the
shirt sleeves remarked as ] passed,
that Lucy was to be at the corner of
Smith and Hobart streets this morn
ing. | later learned that this was
| Luther j. Hope, and also found out
that this gentleman recognized me
while passing and wanted to wager
s with one of the other two, who
claimed that he knew me when he
laid eyes on me, that ! had just
passed with little boy 1t seems,
however, that the one who claimed
he had me down so fine, lost his
nerve and there was no wager.
Il continued my walk to Hobart
street, where I turned the corner
and made my way to Smith street.
Here | saw quite few sleuth3 who
were on the hunt, and how l did
pass them by, after giving them all
a good chance to look at me the
night before. ] was not disguised in
the least and one would hardly
think it was possible. / turned this
hand, who dropped my umbrella
while turning the corner. The same
was picked up and handed to me
by the little girl, who came up to
me Just after turning the corner.
then stopped and looked in one of
the WINDOWS just to give the many
sleuths good chance to haul in the
reward.
Then I walked as far as the Uto-
i,pia Hotel, where my manager sig
naled Ior me to hop in the automo-
bile which was standing in front of
this house. | did this when Mr.,
Switzer came out of the hotel and
cranked the machine, and we start
ed Off
Il was very much surprised to
see so many of the sleuths stand by
and look on, all of them displaying
copy of the EVENING NEWS and
not one of them having courage
enough to come up to the car and
give me the salutation. After board
ing the car / was driven around to
the corner of Market street and
Madison avenue, where the three
gentlemen whom 1 passed were still
standing. They waved their hands
at us as we passed them by.
After this / was taken up and
down Smith street, also State street
/ thus giving the many sleuths every
opportunity to have another look at
me, or even give the many auto
owners an opportunity to go after
me with their cars. had learned
from Mr., Switzer that he was omen
Tor any engagement which might
| take place, at the same time assur-
ing me that he would give them a
good chase for their money. and
they all knew 1t. Mr.. Switzer
seemed to be extremely proud of his
little Buick In which we drove all
over the city, then through Maurer,
Sewaren and to Woodbridge, where
We stopped
Il purchased a ticket for New
ark, and it seemed quite a surprise
| to me that the ticket agent at this
depot did not recognize me or heard
part of our conversation as we chat
ted there for quite some time about
the many things which occurred. !
was telling Mr.. Switzer of many ex-
periences I had met with during my
travels.
II boarded the 11:23 train and
went to Newark to visit a friend. /
returned TO Perth Amboy again, ar
irving on the 2:45 train, which was
few minutes late.
After leaving the depot, /
walked to State street. where l en-
tered the iewelry store on the cor
ner of State and Jefferson streets,
where ] inquired of the gentleman
+ IN charge if he kept any gold filed
rosarys, as ] had friend who had
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