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Jl 'Magazine for your Reading Table CONTRIBUTING EDITORS PAGE M A M E M T COVKR DESIGN THK CAPTOR CAPTURED WILLIAM HKNGOUGH RAFFLES IN REAL LIFK-AWrorfi WILLIAM J. BURNS 2 Mr. William J. Burnt Raffles in Real Life By WILLIAM J. BURNS Detective Chief of the American Banker Association Till'. (il'.NTl.l'.MAN lUUCLAU is a cold. Initial tart. Ak any tip In date police detective in anv lairc American city. He lias tn deal Willi tin- bleed lmm line year'. end to another, ami lit knows. 1 know, ami since I have been nked tn express an (iiiniiiii. I ivirat : Tin r"tit l-m:i 1 1 bur L'lar i not a myth, in tins roiintry. In another part uf this mai:a.iue. tin' di tiiiL:iiisi(.'il I'hift' nt' the Identification lleparttucut of tin- l-'iench Police -M. Alilmiisi' licrtillou reveals hi vii-ws mi this nli,ji'ct. He ha- -tatcd that the term "L't'iitli'iiian Inimlar" is a nittioiner ;i ml t ho typo of rriniinal an invention "I' tin1 writtTsi of detective lictioll. I.i'l lis co. 1 eoiiidcr I'liitrs.-iir l'crtillon tn he mil' nt' thi' ahli't ini'ii ot hi prnfe ion in tin' 1'iitiiv world, ami feel that In- i I'lititli'il tn 'rrrat credit for 1 1 if wiyider t'lll perfection to which hi' has hroiidit tin- ini'thoil uf kccpim: nciml- uf crinie. ami criminal-. I -hoidd. thcri'l'iiii'. he itati' tn take i--ue with him cniiccrniii'.' anythiii'.' lie midil hae to say mi a sub ject uf which he i a ina-ter. were 1 not absolutely cei lain of my fact- in so far a- they apply to the I'niteil State-. It mn-t not lie overlooked that M. Hor tillon i- writiii'.' ahoiit I'rnnco ami other I'niopean coiintrie-. He i- not to he hlameil if he lielii'M- that what i- hail 1 enoiii-'h for Paris i had eiiou''li fur New York or 'hica'.'n. 1 The Gentleman Crook Defined IN Till", lilst place, how shall we ile- I tine I he wolil 'jelltlemail ils applied to a thief.' I lake it thai a man of re speciahle pan'iitanc. who ha Imtl a col lci.re irainiii'-' ami eiliication ami ha moved in polite society in.iy he calleil a '.entleman. If he v:oo w roll'-', ami leavini; his .l friemls ami associate-, .-leal- for a lixintr. he i- a burdar a mere ciook anion'.' other crook-. Hut if he ii-c hi- social position a a shield, if he rolls hehiml their hacks the fiiemls wl nteilaiii him ami Iru-t to his hon or, lie i that hem of tawdry romance, the -ocial highwayman, lleie is a ca-e in point : Not loli'' alio my s(. iit's weie en lislcil hy suine people in the upper cir cles of society. They Were lninir jew elry iii a iny-terioii- way: ai icceptioii aiiil ilinner pal tie-, the cloak room would he looted. I ran the thief to earth in -hort order. To the unspeak able eiiihiirrassmeiil of my clients. lie piovcd to he one of their friends. He would ohtain an inv italion to the dact' to he rolihed. and would brim: a con fiderate lllnii"-' Ij leceive the stolen THE PUT TOWN OF JUPITER CITY . Illttstrnli'ins bp I- A. Shafrr C.F.ORC.F. FITCH :l THE MYTH OF TIIK C.HN'I I.KMAN BURGLAR .... AI.PHONSE HERTH.I.ON llhi trtilt ms mm l'linti'iir-ii'lii CIVIL WAR .... . . LEO TOLSTOY f. ll;w!nui"ti. tip l' II I'.ill- TIIK ART OF PAN10MIMF. . BRANPER MATTI1KWS 7 lltlstnil, mis hf ll.irr- Mcilirr THK UNKNOWN LILLIAN HKNNKT-TIIOMI'SON n lltiistrmtiin.s ,( 1 uiiir 1 1 :i 1 1 LOOKING FORWARD TO THE NEXT NL'MHF.R . is vsssm Big Ben the biggest thing in the clock business Hill Hen is the hiimest thini; today in the alarm clock biibi- llfsS. He is only two years anil a half old, but he's already uet tinir more trade from the States than any clock alive. In tio U'ar and a half time, 1S.IHMI jcwrliTN 711 per fflit. of tht total ntiinlicr of l'liitnl Matt--, wali'li mal.er!i have alri;nl ailnpttil him. Twoniillioti ami a half fainilit leave It to him to rail tlii'in up in the moniini;; t" inillion ami a half families ma: him all day to tell the riht time by. lie i rrallv two (jooil ilicl.s in one a eracLerjacl. of a timekeeper ami a crackcrjacL of an alarm. Mu V-n 1.4 nrrjll'liii In l.e Ijw.f .)uj1li. I k. jti I pfKi He run "i tlw, lir rinfc lintimr. I.r uv i.n nmr Mr .un. 7 nwltr till. Hi I. tnplr iikl.fl iliif-l ifi-1 rjr an liinir rl t .trrl Ilt4t uiurr. I.im (r life I f - hii:, Im .1.1 fs ufr an.l luitl. arr r a Ik Iral iti ll.r dim mi'ln III.. lut't- lie l-i'i:' .ntluruljlc uiiiduu' kr) il lliol aiii.1 It rtlitrUrk. Mr rtiii t" i it'jigh imnuiffc ft rirr i.il.fr lull minutr iluluii; tit. miliulr ul.lri )ou lliul l.itn t.rf. II ttr e i'ilr-1 nro MLer )ril. Il.rrr 1 l Irllmc Iioa It.lij; l.r uill last. Illi prkr i. :.!0 aii)l.nr in lUSlatm, 51. Wl anyAl.rrr in I'aiiada. If ouran'l fnl liim at )('Lr )r urlrrV a mi'tii i-l'lrr mailfil tn j sil.'r, .'m.h. Mill M-n.l l.lln aii)ulirlr )uu li) kiiIi I.n railiojil lafr paid. imiiN. while he letliailieil behind to Join ill the clioiils of polite lejiels. I wih that I could he more -pecilic about thi- ea-e. It ha- the aibaiila'je of heiiiir a chanictei i-tic mie. ISut the 111:111 i- not in pii-on. He wa- uecr punished, becau-e hi- ictiiii- iefnrd to push the chai'jes against him. It w lu earnest hope that he has piolilrd by his lesson, ami I would not can- to -a any thim.' that uiiulit lead some aciiiaii.t ance of his. ieaillii'r this edlloiial. to identify him with the ca-e. However base the I'timiual ina be. 1 beliee 111 -ivinir him even chance to lead a new lite. Ill fact, 1 1 o'j.il l it as 1 lis duty to aid in every was poible. Blackmail a Source of Income BLACKMAIL is a teinle -omr? of income for the .eiillemaii crook. The clubs ami drawim: ioom of New York and other larue eitie- aie dotted with men wl invisible mean- of live lihood mi'.'ht be traced hack if one look the tumble to -nine piece of -caudal about a nt'ouiiuc nt t'amilv 01 individual that had come into their mei cile possession, S'l'Vertheli'ss, the yeiit leniaii burglar is not a common manifestation. While ciiliuieil men -for vaiioii reasons which they have often iiudei taken per sonally to explain - become ci imiiial-. they lack, with all their education and ntineil manners, the one c cutinl cle ment of -iicce . Tliev can not keep up the pace demanded bv crime. It become- a iiiestiiiii whether the individual pn 1 ini: the very hiu'ln'st mental attamiiieiiis will or will not throii'-di evil assoi'iation, env iroiiment. necessity or w I. at not allow his sciisi bditv as lielwcen riv:ht or wioiil.' to be come so dulled that he drills into crime. I'ut that men who almost measure up to the best intellectual -tandaids occa sionally become criminals is undoubted. An Aristocratic Confidence Alan I1IAVK in iniiiil the ca-e of a Trench clonk who wa- a i:cniiiiic member of tin aiiliK'iacv and po c id all the iiiaIiticatioii- of the u'eiitleman. 111 the way of education, rcliuemeiit and -o-cial poi-e. Thi- wiiithy permitted him -elf to become what we term a profe--ioiial "coiiliilcnce man," and succeeded in hooihv inkinu' a philauthropically in cliiicd American jeiilletnan. In rnbbiiej the latter ot' many thousands of ilnllai. he resorted to the niot despicable tac tics, He induced his wife, a pme 11 imleil. well bred and hi'.'hly connected American uiil. to act as hi inuoceiit accomplice in L-ainiiiu' the contideiice ol the victim. The- American, althoii'jh duped at til- I . linally became aware of the real character of tin- .entleman burirlar. lie placed the ca-e in my hand-. I followed the man to Pari-, where I broii'.dil about hi- apprehen- -1011. trial ami couvicuou. ne is now serviii'' a sentence of several year.- in a I'reni'h prison. If any one iiii-tinu the imhuIih of niv conl'entioii in thi- mailer, let him re member that I am not iU'cii-iuir a whole class- of moral turpitude. If it i es tablished that even a small proportion of convicted burglars are aKo "li-fiit lu inen," my case is proved ipso facto. Tlnisi- "lei iKM'Ti- iliTll-i-iin-iits full -lirl nf llirlr iiiiii.rliiiillii--..