The daily sentinel., 1910-07-29
HOW PUBLIC WAS H0AXEO
BY SHERLOCK HOLMES FAKE
Frame-up to Divide Fifty Dollar Prize Be-
tween Gang Spoiled by Local Boy---Al-
most Riot at Office Of Morning Sheet

1t has always been the policy of
The Sentinel to confine itself to such
advertising methods as bore the hall
mark of Legitimacy. Hysterical and
freak schemes have been taboo with
this paper since its founding. II has
also been the policy of The Sentinel
to allow other sheets to carry on
whatever contests or sensational
stunts they saw fit without knocking
or criticism from this paper, no mat
ter how much we might differ with
them in opinion as to the legitimacy
or honesty of such schemes.
However, the Sherlock Holmes
fake. which has just terminated so
disastrously for the morning paper. is
being so generally cussed and dis
cussed about town that il has ac-
quired the pretentions of an item of
news and The Sentinel would not be
doing its duty by the public If it did
not give the true inwardness of the
deal.
keep Money in Family.
a few merchants were signed up
for advertising in connection with the
affair. but the returns were not heavy
enough from a financial standpoint to
to keep the $50 lin the family" in
fact they brazenly admit that fact.
They acknowledge that there was a
frame up" with Fred Anson, the dis
coverer of Sherlock. whereby he was
to get SIS of the $50 offered for the
capture. And the incidents of last ev-
ening abundantly substantiate the
crookedness of the scheme from start
TO finish.
Elmer Frank Makes Capture.
Elmer Frank. a well known young
business man of this city, went in on
pool with five Others and hired an
automobile for the purpose of run
ming down the fugitive when he
should make his appearance. When
Sherlock Holmes, Jr., appeared from
the Majestic theater and jumped into
Monte Ramsey's f. NJ. F. go" they
gave pursuit. When the car contain
ing Holmes slowed down and he at
tempted to make his escape Frank
made flying tackle, grasped the fell
low around the neck, all the time
holding copy of the morning paper
in his hand, and repeated the requir-
ed formula, as is attested by hun
dred witnesses. There was no ques-
tion as to the bona fide capture of
the man. But did Frank get the
money? No indeed. 1t was awarded
to Frank Anson, stranger in the
city who had been stopping at the
same house with Sherlock and who is
member of the gang perpetrating
the hoax on the people of this city
Almost Il Riot at Office.
Then the fun began. Frank and
his friends as well as the crowd in
general became incensed at the rank
injustice and a mob soon formed
which escorted the Holmes person to
the Sixth street establishment and
demanded Justice for young Frank.
1t required the efforts of Officers
knoche and Herman to keep the an
cry crowd from getting satisfaction
then and there from the sheet which
stood sponsor for the brace game.
Sherlock professed not to know the
name or address of the man to whom
| the $50 had been paid. and announc-
ed his intention of going down street
to hunt him up. The crowd hooted
and jeered and large delegation ac-
companied Holmes in his search. for
| the tncensed spectators were taking
no chances of a getaway
Sticks to Frame-up.
Anson was finally located, but he