The evening world. Newspaper, June 17, 1905, Page 9

Saturaay rvening, june 17, free The Mysterious Mr. Raffles Was Caught at 2.20 P.M, Yesterday. : The Evening World’ e® tlome magazine, | 4“ Mr. Raffles’s Captor Collected His $150 Louis F. Dittmann’s Receipts for the Rewards. New York and invite detection and LS TN URN ET WHAT THE HUNT FOR THE MYSTERIOUS MR. RAFFLES MEANT. ' His Capture Effected in a Broadway Store simply saying to hin “You are the were mistaken for tin, and some uf ‘Iv with one hand to take a drink of water he pushed his hat back off his forehead with the other. I got a flash Ot the gray streaks ip his brown halr and know he was HE RVENING WORLD czoni- |my man. Stepping up to him 1 said: | missloned the Mysterious Mr. Mfsterions Mr. Rafiles of The Bren i epping up sf Raffles to roam about Greater tng World. Thousands of person || You Aire the Mysterious, &e. “You are the Mysterious Mr. Raffles of The Evening. y AU eaphure forthe. purwese of edatl the peonde Raffee were brought to || World.” New York, June 16, 1905. 1} stating that the polluc method of al Tho Eypning World offtce, ‘The gow || “Tou're noxt," sak Mr, Raffles, : \ Reosived ¢rom The Hvening World the eWM OTT rmosing to Identity fugltve orini- ine Mysterious Mv. Raffles was not]| Thad carvied my City Edition of The Bvening World One Hundred Dollars ($100) for the detection of the } Mysterious Mr. Raffles, who for eighteen days has been going around Greater New York testing tho ) police, method of identification by clothing rather \ than by features. inala by general descriptions, and cr peotally by thelr clothing, was de- fective. The Hvening World offercad @ reward of $100 for the capture of the Mystertous Mr, Ruffles aftor pubd- Ushing fourteen, different portraits him, eeven of them full lengthe—fre of these photos are hire reprinted in reduced size—$50 aiditional weward being offered éf the person capturing Rames had a copy of the latest owr- rent edition of The Evening World. The Mysterious Mr, Raffles ram- bled around Greater New York for tiventy daye, meeting policemen and New York, June 16, 1906, Received from The Evening World the sum of Figty Dollars ($50) for having in my possession at | the time of the capture of the Mysterious Mr, Raffles detectives and speaking to hundreds in the Macy store at 2.20 P. M, to-day a copy of the of persons, any of whom would have Gity Kdition of The Evening World, | won The Evening World's reward hy eb ay ee \( How I Captured Mr. Raffles. By Louis F, Dittman. HE Mysterious Mr, Raffles happoned into Macy's I store at an opportune time for me, In five min- » utes I would have been on my way to Brooklyn on a business trip and my little bank account would have been $150 shy, 0 It 1s more than likely that I would not have caught him but for my training as a detective, I am twenty- geven years old and hove been engaged in detective work since before. I was twenty-one, For some time I was connected with the Hanse Detective Agency and was assigned to the Comstock Society. I have made a study of faces, and my present occupation, which requires me to be on the look-out at all times for pickpockets and shoplifters, keeps me pretty well keyed up. ‘FR Lucky Purchase. ‘When I went ont to lunch to-day I bought an Nyening World.at the comer of Thirty-fourth street. and Broad: way—a City Edition, the latest on the stand at that time. At the restnurant I looked over the paper and finally got to the editorial pago and the story of the wanderings of Mr. ‘Rafiler, I saw that he advertised that he would be in the shop- Ding district to-day, ang made up my mind to keep my eyes open. I studied the several ‘pictures and carefully read the descriptions of his features and mannerisms, One thing that struck me'was that the mysterious Mr, Raffles walked erect and with rather a long stride. ~ Thad not been Lack at the store very long and was just LOVIS DITTMAN WHS CAPTURED 'MmR RAFeFLES Cashel Byron’s Profession. By G. Bernard Shaw, caught until yeaterduy at 2.20 P.M. » the manner here related py him: self and his captor, He gave every= body a good chance ta win the re ward, and the edlesgirls tn the da. partinent stores of New York and Brooklyn had an sopecially goor chance to earn The Evening World's $150 during the past week, Louie I Dittmann, store detective gt Macy's, who captured Mr, Rates, drought him to The Bventng World office at about 3 P. M., and ax he had a copy of the City Edition of The Evening World tn his possession at the time he received the full reward of $10, as his receipts printed elaetwhere bhow, back to the store with me and had tt my hand when T accosted him, Ho asked me what edition it was, and when I told him he said f was cntitled to an extra $80 for having the paper. ¥ Soine of the saleswomen saw me talking to him, and T suppose they thought tat somebody had been arrested. Then the word went around that the Mysterious Mr. Raffles had been canght and people began to crowd trom, every direction, We slipped through’ the crowd and started at once for the business oMce of The World,. where my money was handed over to me, Raffles Has Counterparts. In my own acquaintance I could name a dozen men who look like Mr, Raffles, 89 people who were taken for him on the streets should not be surpriged or annoyed, In The Byening World office I saw half a,dozen smooth’ shaven young men who might be taken for Raffles trom his ploture, but didn’t look any more like him than they: looked like a stained-glass window when they stood alongside of him, Although my vacation does not begin until September, the money I got for catching Mr. Raffles is vacation money, It {# going into the bank until my reet-time comes, and I am free to say that it is a bigger roll than’ T ever started on a vacation with before, How I Was Captured, — By tho Mysterious Mr. Raffles. Well, {t happened! I went into Macy’s yesterday and got pinched. Louls F, Dittmann, chief of the detective bureau at Macy’s, got me, Talk abowt the salesgirls having a chance! Y wouldn’t give them such another chance in a thousand years, When I landed in Macy's at 2.20 o'clocit yesterday I started to look around for a real good-looking girl who might distinguish herself by capturing Raffles. 1 was’ after a girl that would look well in a photograph, and after circling around the store three times to give all s chance, I stopped at the women’s neckwear counter. Going up to the young lady there I spread out a copy of The Evening World, so the pictures printed of me would be in full view, but even that failed. She wouldn't take the tip. Snubbed for His Tip. Before passing me up entirely she held a conference with a light-haired young woman behind the same counter, who evidently advised her to have nothing to dd with mo, I spread a copy of ‘The Byening World out on the counter in front of her, placed my finger on the picture of myself, asked her if she ever read The Evening World, and the best I got was a snub, fust as if I was out on a lirting expedition, So I walked around the atore again, trying to find. some real pretty girl, who might be able to grasp the’ fact that I was Raffles. I walked the store over, and finally discovered a young lady approaching the water getting ready to start for Brooklyn when I saw a young fountain, That I thought would be just the one to man at the lace counter who attracted my attention, He| .B¥, permission of George Atunroe Sone, identity me. had his back turned to me and wore a low-crowned soft SYNOWSIB OF PRECEDING CHARTERS. | But what was the usq? I walkcd alongside of her, hat, with a wide brim turned up behind, In the pictures ’ published of him 'n The Hvening World he wore a derby, h but I spotted the back of his head below his hat brim | him hoo aud latgr becomes Returning to ins aa el on atid, vefinemnen nt * Despite 2 rough but'on av fearnih hie om stood by while she had a drink at the fountain, spread The Evening World out so that she could see my picture,’ asked her what she thought of it, and then I was pinched.’ o her, dust the same, Pb Lo a From the time of my throwdown by the young woman As.1 walked toward him to get a better look he started | ko Retmtiper eles) wane Cele aah, FADS at the woman's neckwear counter Detective Dittmann back to the leather guods counter. As he walked down the aisle 1 got a glancu at the side of his face, and saw that he was smooth sliaven. Then several persons got in the way, and before I picked him up ogain he was at the leatber goods counter, tow | Identified Him. CHAPTER VI. A Pugilist’s Wooing. RS. BYRON revolled, astounded. After a pause she said, “Oh, Cashel, how could you?” Then, approaching him again, "Do you mean "MIR RAFFLES? BXACTLY AS HE WAS WHEN CAPTURED. had me in sight, according to the story he told me later. Any way I could not have induced any girl in Macy's, stere to capture me, Why was I caught? Well, simply because I was tired of wandering around, and I was honestly ashamed to longer beat you out at a game where you all figured your- ‘There 1 went around him and got a good view of his] to say that you go out and fight those THe CAPTURE should give up, nothing but my un-|gelves fairly wise, I am still of the opinion that there ts ‘ 1 7 } fruitful ihe q profile: ‘The hook on his nose was apparent and the gen~ treat rough savages? IMR: RARFLES” WLR RTT MANS TUM AWAKE, never to ght again; |no policeman in Greater New York who oan pick me, up éral outline of bis face made me pretty positive that he) ty yaad to see mo?" a a that Teondt sae fastest anything Ft) rom a photograph. Later on I may give you another was Mr. Raffles. 1 thought I had {dentified him on at) «You, said Cashel, dismally, “I sup- spin Meu kis Win apne on Ratt the brary, where he found Lydia added, aint have nover shown ab-| now what ts. yes, But for you? chance to try your skill, least ‘threo points--the back of his hoad, the contour oh eee Tam I— LAE oh he eried, mat ‘ANB ‘i Hi ei eone” he katt ti ony aK T bg Tal qi You do whatever Tired of the Game. with @ sudden animation, “perhaps you ft ol What jestion!* Lydia put down her tock, looked up | cept it shout ver you Ik Is j the face and the nose, 2 i Joan give mo a litt here. 1 never thought | ie Titin fa kobde aa any of Ahe | at him. law. whas ‘waalcoming, Tooke ie thicker aha wate, jtnd 1 have, W contelonce: 407 kiow tht] what did I do yesterday before gotting captured? d owells el er equity a if le apie) 0 p e! i) Wer; e) ike wil e: He seemed to get wise that 1 was watching him and) or that, 1 say, mamma, I am in great] Arels that think Ina government omc; find aid, with a atendy poverty that {With her nonsense, “But Ica dliterent| things neve the most science wae] Well, I just roamed around, as I have been doing doubled on me, but in doing so he gave me another view Hrsunle at present, and, X think you can a. fellow ‘who. given out that he the ir] peat her’ ao gre ak ot re, "I hope you) wit ypu be know how Wo ney, ity vou have the moat sense, oom any other day. It didn’t bother me that you were all ve 3 ome Becretary, ly si a Lydia looked aroun of lis face, I wis reagonably sure by that time, but Atill ih htt atiyou will: iyi a We chalr th, ‘a hall and etek the Mitaha Glass seu Hol, We hinged 0 there's any sentiment About it, At| of “esaape Cashel Waited bee steal looking for me, because I knew you were all mighty { 't teel ike making & break until I was a little moro y creaaure,” wal Mre, Bytom, ¥- | public, Am Tas wood as ho Ii another “ike turtle do 7 Ong /deaat, T donie mean that; but—— You're | Tiere wus a lone pause, shortslghted. } T djdn't tee! 8 morsefully, what ts the matter?" “You aro perfectly well Maan by wheedton wei fond’ of me in a sort of way, ain't] Mit can't bee" he ald pathotlcally, When Mr, Dittmann touched me on the shoulder and { confident. I started to trall him to the book counter and) “Well,” sala Cashel; somawhat molll- | your mother's side, Cashel, ‘The’ Byrons i Chae I'm fond of you Ina sont of | that you are afrald of me because J! announced that I was the Mysterious Mr. Raffles of The § rt artner, Miss Meonagh, =~ fled, théy. 1 want to marry Misx | ar¢ only Gommgnets: hut oven they Mts) went aw nly di eit aaked her to." | wr yn WAAL SE e ant Id 11 off, ti i met my Dp ’ Ley 1." of the oldest county families in] "And | ‘vy ao. ‘you ask my guests to) ii. ” yy ti “atrald of you! No; I'm ofrald ot|Bvening World tt was all off. i “@tiok to that fellow in the soft hat,” said 1, os 1 Carewi that's all, 1 Thntina ‘Well, then,"’ he gaid, unasily; “won't! myatelt atrald of {24 future: “atraia| Tchad gone out of my way and done my dest to have a P “After all, I do not ace why you should) | Caahu! beaan to whow alana of excite. *.Bovuiee 1 wanted to be alone with | sou marty M ot wu fool | for you, but my mind dy made win the prize, and now, after it ts all a turned about to head him oft, not. It would be @ very good matoh| inont uch a year are they | you, Do lode fo if you didn't Undor, | 4, you thinicnand you'll like mo better up. on nla au ject, fs brought | Woman win the pi UOTOr ee GU OYaN DB tohing him walk and had added another, ¢ ” nandod, stand he's Ane Wy as whole heap of bey aryhile ih oy |About this mee! be you sna{only sorry to think that there was not a woman of all ] T had boon wa s OF OU now how, much they Are | things: who: frat alter our at. Lydia hecame very pale, “tave you your mother 1 determined to marry} to whom I offered the chance who had th Hp | pojnt to my tdentification In the long stride, In audi-| “Yes; but a doused bad one for her.” ae father was atevays | faire completely My = yin all elt fori ano dais hat hencerorey [vou Jt you aed mo again.” i Ahrens claim the, money. ein { sat hls Manned | Really, T do not see that, Cashel. in “A on So. was hia father, | Tm hel! to & county family that came Weagaete a puae wom pre 8 via HRguiat AM sralted. ch Wana h mo bolleve he did not want to have anybody apeait to! suvovca to Ue -Doraeiahire property." TRL TST tanbponaddond” eeREM ells! ania Loyal aesthiy, very dull 19 gout ae ; aes ala no en a edo. Nor aid | yom. had interviewed on another oscasion, . The hi Kiet é “Z the hel? to a property! Are youl enough she’ aid she couldn't. expec, ai gala BieBathog, sine) it won't be, lite, There, tote. of! sha: but, without, willing It she camo Up nt alat , | , " , it Dae ef al at T may | things I can do besides We'll | a step closer to him and turned up her| moment Mr. Lee caught sight of me he admitted I had Mis Moonagh trailed him along to ‘he ‘nook doport=|'. Eset, Don't yeu know who your [SnPiC we nee Tan 8 ait ii NO" nore’ Rphung"Ge| rot Son topectes, autor Fer" People! fade foward nia. Ale neatly blind with | gqitey on him Just as T haye told im The Evening World fi ment While I citoled wound to mect him, knowing that} soapie are?” Mindowal Te, here Alsousaod | tengn! HAT ou fare married,’ will you|have way aitieiltyy and poopie. that | kiesed hor. Buddenty’ she rok sand | atter the capture there was nothing for me to do but | sho would not let him out of hor sight. When nex. 1)’ “How eould 17 You never told me, “la You'd, go home, wie yo ta ak 42 Your rife as volt and to hate ho th ine iakout to Bare, pine herotn Hehe hat hea ae ba Peete THERESE StaN CIT The Rvening World offee vo| Do you mean to aay thal ve an Wy "4 jeedn't fea y Inte t= al tl) she nearly hun “0 nh . ac : HP echalb yada: ite leona day apiey pet here) une is baal, wi "yi ore i fy ed yi Ht oe thay bik yh new | Bar Mur Palin and Greek, TW ve es win, a a her weight, |e ftom him “Te you want to know how I managed to fool you all ; was i blond gir) alongside of him and he wes'ahowing| 01d Bingey Byron? Certainly, i at ia if you have ‘ap. dbs java, the i orntt” naip | pect, you 10 Rive YD Your whole life to | ""eaahel ane Rud, “we are the sintest |for the past three Weeks, take a look at The Hvening DO ne eo eou realty ‘oy | World of next Monday and you will find @ complete Jrocipe for successfit cop dodging, fh, Pamited Aiectionataly, put on her 4 ned bi heok | ate Wy rege bar shai aed | her & picture in , paper he carried, | There was a good Nght thera. and as he reached out B THE SCOTT » HIP. ee oe AMuUB! hiheda Lc BAGIION sil for ain Nae eons ayn rn Y ae ‘ie i mi ie a a ee aisetct | as ato ik Mi ta 5 KG Hon, ¥ ARAL sePreeree | A i * Fine Roa BEM Tt would bo a, hard bareain” she | hoimine about i sald doubitully; “for you would have | be met" “Except, sho to give wo veut occupation: and 1 (The End.) havo’ open made. me angry with yc page ttle onncecnt, by otha Bo ngs tale’ of him to. moe" AMOS EM RNC r) OER WAR Dally 9.00, 7.90 2.00: Bate, 5.60 a A Velvety Complexion 7 : ict a diss! 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