The Washington times., 1919-10-12

previous articles on these pages revealing the exploits
Of the master criminal much has been told Of how his
amazing organization has proceeded upon its cunning
campaigns for OOt-the loot Of millions Of dollars every
month gathered in from almost every large city in the nation
On this page to-day there viii be disclosed something Of the
even more pernicious and dabocal activities Of this master
rogue for whom the police not only Of the United States but
foreign nations well constantly searching and who W
sooner or later brought book for series Of crimes and
mstod Of their perpetraon which Guido almost any similar
record il history
While bringing to bear their every effort to thWart this
bold criminal who seems 70 have at his disposal not only his
own but the fertile minds of the worlds most brazen erim
nails the authorities Of various countries long ago became
concerned with what them the most important prob
lem 81 a in their hunt for this master criminal How had be
brought his organisation Of crooks confidence men, murdsrers
and thugs togstherf How does hs rule hemf How does he
hold them ia bis leash of yanyi How does be command
explicit obedience ana keep hs hosi Of seryto il h bond
aei And where does he seek FOR the recruits constantly
needed 70 m the gaps e his ranks Of servants il crime which
tie police and various private agencies Of law and order
making every dayl
10 learn something Of these things meant Of course that
Che authorities would ferret ou the head Of the Organization
hmsethe mysterious rogue who has come be known
the master criminal They have made progress these agents
Of the law assisted by every agensy Of Scotland Yard the
Preleet Of the Seine in Paris the Bureau Of Crime Italy
and the great police department Of New York but though
they have often found the trail 30 Far the trail always has
The authorities thought they had found the right track
toward the unmaskng Of the MISTER criminal when they
deyed into the famous Billie Carlton case ia London dgan
they thought they about 70 solve The mysteries Of the
master criminals band when they trapped the notorious
Baron Helmuth and his company Of continental vampires
at Monte Carlo where nobemen Of al the Latin nations
caught in network Of sinister feminine Wiles and
formed into criminal dupes for the blaekmaing Baron
They close 70 their goal when they took Sophie Chez
international queen Of the underworld from her haven IN
Liverpool and brought her back to the United States for two
long months Of the thrd degree" herebu each time the
police only progressed, they failed in their main objective
the baggng Of the master criminal himself the routing Of
his organization.
one thing they have learned from ''Bils" Cartons
tragic end from Baron Hemuth confession from Sophie
Ghee activities and that that the bond by which the
ter criminal has bound to him legion Of international crooks
and through them army Of lesser fry IN the world Of
theft and murder s the most perneOus bond known to hu
ingepuy-Opium The promise Of money the gift Of
prosperity the opening Of opportunities for VOluptuOus de-
bauehereshese the by which men, good
and bad make contracts with each other and buy and sell
those they wish to them But bonds that forged
BY these easily breakabe Money buys the mind
and hands and brans but the master criminal has need Of
criminals have been known TO endnger their lives to give up
years Of their freedom rather than be athes 70 him. and
these sacrifices liberal money rewards do not always buy
for the "higher-up" in criminal enterprises.
Opium does The drug addict viii forfeit his life to-
if he may only have his drug to-day In this unfor
tunate truth the police Of the various nations who inter
crime have been described these pages and whose most
daring most profitable and farreachng enterprises still
TO be told later Sundays have solved Of their mysteries
-hoW the master criminal holds his willing thieves and
sayes together and keeps them working ntegeny against
the peace Of society.
As the reader will discover in following the revelations
still to come this unknown chief Of organized band Of
criminals with what must be thousands Of members has gone
back into history almost thousand years for the inspiration
which has enabled him to weld together band Of criminal
servants whom he trust conduct his systematic raids
upon great mercantile institutions embrO famous men and
founded upon theft and false pretense operate bacmang
campaigns letting opportunity for illicit gain pass by
whether is womans linen handkerchief to be stolen
aged parent slain that son who has become tool Of the
organization inherit his family millions.
This inspiration the authorities believe he found in the
Assassns and their ruler the Shekhaleba or, as this
ancient chiefan often is referred to in history the Od
Nan Of the Mountains
It from these "Assassins sect Of sayers, who
,Ound 20 their master by Opate Of which he alone at ~
knew the secret that the very words assassin and assa
natiOn" descended into modern language "Hashishans'