IP iki)
Frank Macy,
(IIS Is n frasmont
from tho biography
of ft vorsatllo roguo
u nmn whoso ad
venturous o r o o r
loups nt n bound
from Clilcngo to
Capo Town, and,
whoso' crlmlnul 'his
tory h ti ' pari' of
tho pollco archives of Now York.
Chicago, London, Paris, Vloiinn and
Borlln. Beginning as a prototypo of
tlio Artful Dodger, ho has gono from
pocket-picking to bunco HtoorliiK, and
then run tho entlro i;amut of crime,
stopping cmiy providentially; perhaps
at, murder.
Frank Macy, i ' doubtful horo of
tha quoor.Htory, was born at Froortqrt,
111, Thro are many old rcaldohta In
Hint placo wio iitlll recall him an a
precocious, baby, a mnart boy, and a
clovor youth. Frooport booh proved to
bo too small to uatlsfy hlu bulging
genius, but ovon buroro ho loft his
blrthpjnco hc mado llttlo oxaurslonn
from tho paths of vlrtuo which, In tho
boy, aro so often prophotlo of tho
inan'p enroor. Whon ho reached man'B
eajnto ho wan tall und as straight au
un Indian. Ho had coal-black hair and
a sallow completion, which lighted up
brlBhtly whouovor ho was In a humor
to bo affable with his follow-man.
It was In Chicago that Frank Mncy
drat distinguished hliuHulf in crlmo. A
llttlo mora than a dozou years ago an
udvortlsomcnt appcarod In tho Chica
go papers stilting that u wealthy
widow, about to tnko a long trip
abroad, was willing to boII hor favor
Ho horso "Dobbin."
Aflor ih( monoy had been paid,
and within 21 hours, D6bbln began to
undorgo a must curlo'iB transform:!
tlon, What had boon a magnificent
upoclmon of horsodosh bogun to ohow
strango signs or'docrcpitudo. Uoshrlv
oled up, ns It woro; it suoniB almost
iinposHlblo to proporly dcscrlbo this
marvelous transformation in moro
words. '
Tho Bccno now shifts from Chicago
to Low's Exchange in Trafalgar
Bquaro, London. Wilklo nt that tlmo
Mia Uio Loudon, correspondent of au
American papor, and whllo standing
in tho corridor of this hostelry ho waa
surprised to sco his old-tlmo "dyp"
friond, Frank Macy, enter, nnd pjaco
hlH uame .onii'thq UfUolffeElater.'Macf
b m
Born in Freeport, 111., Is Doubtful Hero of One of
Superintendent Froest's Investigations.
iookqd propporoua, Ho was dressed in
Bwaggor stylo, woro a long coat, car
ried a heavy cano and had ft uunburst
of diamonds reposing amidst tho folda
of a blood-re.d cravat In fact, ho
lookod too vulgarly rich to bo truo.
Wllklo consulted tho hotol reglfltor
and found that his ovptwhllo criminal
friend Iinit rq'glBtbred, aa Frank Lacy.
Tho chnngo of nttlro and tho asaumod
namo woro misplclous nnd tho Amorl
can loBt no tlmo In going to tho tolo
Jihono and calling up Frank Froost,
ono of tho brightest dctoctlvos In
Scotland Yard. Wllklo told FrooBt
that It might bo worth his while to
come up tu Low'a and htmi a look at
tho latest addition to tho American
iav'aslon of Iilon.
I Not long nftor tho mooting In Low's
Wxohango' nil 'LondoiC became1 oxultod
ovur whnt wns called thq "CutlnsB
Mystory," It began when- a woll
d'ro'ssod, oldorly gontlomnn' of consld
oiablo. wealth wan found On tho sldo
walk with hif? hoad badly cfit and tho
blood flowing froth Bovoral saber
woundn. Ho Bnid ho had no recollcc
tlon of how ho camo to bo In such a
plight, and resolutolv decllni-d in ilvn
Ujtu pollco any Information upon tho
(miujuui. ittw nuyH uuur nnoincr man
was found similarly wounded and In
ino Biunu condition. Ho was not as
uloso-mouthod aa tlio first Individual,
and went so fnr as to say that hia
misfortune waa tho result of a card
parly In which ho had participated
tlio provloua night. Ho waa utiablo,
1 owovor, to glvo tho locullty or tho
1 oubo, having boon tnkon thoro by an
obliging cabby whom ho had sought
with a roquoBt to bo convoyed to Bomu
placo whoro ho could satisfy hja do
Hlroa to dally with ' tho goddoaa of
chanco. In loua thart 24 hours from
this ttmo still another mnn wns found
with two Biibor cuts aboyt hia bond,
and thon tho "Cutlass Mystery" bo
camo tho reigning sonsation of Lon
don. Tho next chaptor in the history of
thin curious roguo occurred at tho llt
tlo watering placo of Margato. A mil
slcal instrument dealer of Loadon was
faking Ids holiday ot this rosort nnd
was enjoying hlmsolf in u munnor
bucIi as Is possible only to a London
tradosmau. As ho was strolling nlong
tho strund ho camo face to fnco with
J.acy, who. was .then a fugltlvu from
JuBtico. lib graspo'd him Uy'thQ.' qoat,
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"Mr. Lncy," ho exclaimed, "I am bo
glad to boo you."
"Why?" asked Lacy.
"Why," retorted the othor, "becauso
now you will pay mo forho mandolin
you bought from mo about a month
ago."
Lacy laughed.
'You will pay mo, wont' you?" cried
tho dealor, hyatorlcnlly. "You wouldn't
iob a poor man, would you?"
"Fado away," said tho vorsatllo
roguo. "I'm hftvln' mo holiday now,
nnd I can't bo dlBturbdd by vulgar
tradosinon.'
Lacy Immediately realized tho mis
tako ho had mado and, learning tho
character of tho tologram that had
been sont to Scotland Yard, mado
quick proparatloiiB for shortening his
vncatlon nt tho cozy seashore resort.
Ho actod with characteristic disregard
of conventionalities. Ho summoned n
flshormnn and hired him to tako him
out in a Biunll boat, and hailed ft Caa
tlo llnor which wns bound for South
Africa. Hy tho aid of a clover "cock
and bull Btory" ho Induced tho cap
tain to tako him nbonrd and boforo
tho Scotland Yard man reached Mar
gato Lacy wiib calmly sailing tlio boh
on his wny to Capo Town.
Superintendent Froost Immediately
tolegrnphed to tho authorities at Capo
Town, doscrlblng Lacy, nnd Instruct
Ing them to npprohond tho mnn on his
arrival at that port. Lacy managed to
get ashore and Btrollod nbout tho Af
rican city, ndmlrlng tho botanic gar
dens and tho astronomical observatory
with tho onthuslaBiii of a tourist
whoso only doslro Is to prolltnbly
whllo away an Idlo hour. Ho waa in
specting tho flno now' docks of tho
placo whon tho agent of Scotland
Yard clapped hia hand on his shoulder
and placed him undor arrest. Lacy
submitted with porfoct good graeo and
was formally lodged In Jail nt Capo
Town. Arrangemuiits vero mndo-to
havo him roturnod to England tho fol
lowing day.
Hut, alas! his satisfaction was pro
mature, for tho daring Lacy Jumpod
oft tho trnln whllo It wns In motion
and disappeared in tho depths or a
South African forest. Tho ofllcor had
thq train stoppod at tho next Btntlon
nnd, with tho naslBtanco of sovoral
othor men, mado n soarch of tho
woods, Thoy finally located their man
in nn omiity houso n fow mlinn fmm
I tlio point whoro hot hail Jumpod from
Rogue
How the Bulging
Genius of This
Lad Became Too
Large for His
Home Town
How He Spread
It Out and His
Ultimate Down
fallThis Is a
True Story.
tho train. Ho was arrested "ror
kcepB" this tlmo, taken back to Lon
don, tried, sentenced and Imprisoned.
Artcr ho had served his tlmo ho
started on n tour or tho continent, ac
companied by n mysterious blondo
woman who pnsscd as his wife. Ho
played cards, ongaged In tho pastlmo
of bunco stcorlng and varied theso
porfprmances occnslonnlly by assum
ing tho part of tho wronged husband.
Ho had a schemo by which tho bank
could bo broken, and offered to show
tho man how ho could tako a thou
sand dollars nnd como out with n
profit of ton thousand. Tho mnn ac
cepted this glowing offer, but Instead
of going to tho houso that was desig
nated ho notified tho District pollcq
aud tho vorsatllo roguo was onco
moro arrested this tlmo undor tho
namo of Frank Tracy. Ho was re
leased on ball, however, and soon
nftor ngaln sought tho historic nt
mosphero of London.
His latest exploit Is really deserv
ing 'of it chapter in itself, but bocnuso
of lack or spaco mu3t be condonsed
Into a row paragraphs. Superintend
ent Froest, who waa always on tho
lookout for queer characters, learned
that Tracy as ho now called hlmsoir
was In London 21 hours aer ho had
sot his root on EngllBh soli. Ho in
structed his subordinates to bo on tho
lookout for Tracy, but othorwlso did
not glvo much thought to tho man.
Ono morning tho telophono boll at
Scotland Yard rang, nnd tho volco of
nn oxcltod Individual, who proved to
bo n clerk In a banking houso noar
Leadonhnll Btroot, informed tho au
thorities that n thlof had ontored tho
Institution that morning and robbed
ono or Its depositors or 200. There
was much excitement; a crowd had
gathered In tho corridors, and In the
conruslon tho thlof had escaped with
tho monoy.
"Pardon me." said tho stranger,
"but you havo dropped ono of your
notes."
Tho depositor glanced at tho floor
on tho other sldo or tho desk and, sure
onough, thoro wns a bank note.
"Thank you," ho replied gratefully,
and Btooped down to pick up tho odd
noto. Tho act only consumed two or
threo seconds, but when tho depositor
strnlghtoned up nnd was nbbut to add
tho missing noto to his pllo ho found,
to his ftmnzement, that tho orlglnnl
packago of monoy had gono. and with
It tho Btrangor. Ho gnvo tho nlarmnnd
rushod out of tho bank, but when ho
reached tho street tho crowd was bo
groat that It was Impossible to find
his man.
When Superintendent Froost re
ceived nowa of tho thoft, ho Immodl
ntoly dl3pntched ono of his men to
tho bnnk, but, not satlsilod with this,
ho roaolvod to go there In person na
soon its ho had llnlshed tho work In
his prlvnto olllco at Scotland Yard.
That only coiiBumod a row minutes,
nnd nt Its coniplotlon Mr. Froost
pulled down tho top or his roll-desk
nnd hurried towards Leadonhnll
Btroot. At Oldgato, where Cornhlll
nnd Leadonhnll stroot converge, ho
Baw a tall, well-dressed man, hurrying
along amidst tho crowd. It did not
tako htm many seconds to recognize
tho man ns hia old friend, tho vorBa
tlio roguo, who had lived successively
undor tho titles of Frank Macy, Frank
Lacy and Frank Tracy. Insttnctlvoly
tho Buporlntondont associated tho fol
low with tho thoft of tho bank In
Lcndenhall street. Ho walked up and
took Tracy by tho arm.
"My dear friend." ho said, "I would
llko you to go down to the office with
mo and havo a talk over old times."
Tracy mndo no resistance Indeed,
this wns characteristic of tho man.
Tho moment nn olllcer of tho law
touched htm ho surrendered without
ft strugglo. Tho two moiv proceeded to
Scotland Yurd fc?.il Tracy, whon
Boarchod, was found to possess tho
200 which had boon stolen from tho
dopoBltor In the bank that morning.
Ho wns tried for that offense, convict
od and served his time,
Tho vorsatllo roguo Is nt llborty
onco ngaln, and for tho tlmo being Is
honoring tho United States with his
pro8enco. This brief sketch is not
offered ns a story or his life. It Is
onyl what it purports to bo a frag
ment from tho llfo of u versatile
roguo.
(Copyrlsht, 1903, by Y. P Oupman.)
KliSALIAB
MARVELOUS PSYCHIC POWER IS
DISPLAYED BY MECHANIC.
Feat3 of Fred E. Foskett Are Inves
tigated by Prof. William Jameo
of Harvard and Others and
Arouce Wonder.
lioston. The marvoldus psychic
power or Fred E. Foskett, a young ma
chinist or Orange, Mass., has attract
ed tho attention or ProL James or Har
vard and other loading members or
tho Boston branch or tho American
Society or Psychical Research, who
havo given him testa.
The first of tho teats waa hold at tho
homo of Proscott F. Hall. Pror. Wil
liam Jamca and several well-known
physicians woro thoro, and tCBt con
ditions as nearly perrect as possible
woro made. Foskott was seated In
tho contor or n room before a. small
table. Thoro ho performed every feat
or tho Hindoo fnklr nnd tho Duddhlst
adopt.
On tho tnblo was au ordinary kero
sono lamp with a chimney and a flat
wick, a pan and sovoral quarts of al
cohol. According to tho roports or
those prosent, Foskott succeeded In
every test.
Ueforo beginning tho teBt Foskett
took from 2o to 30 deop broaths.
Tho first test waB mado with ordi
nary sulphur matches. Foskott lighted
half a dozen, ono after tho other, hold
ing them with ono hnnd so clopo to tho
fingers of tho othor that the flames
curled around thorn. Ho then lighted
tho lamp nnd held his hands above tho
wick, whllo tho flames curlod over
them and tho soot comnlotolv black-
oned them.
From ono of these tests to nnnthfip
Foskott went, whllo tho scientists held
tholr breath and watched every motion
until ho camo to tho climax. In this
ho noured a ounrt of nlcohnl Intn iiii
basin, lighted It nnd then washed hia
nanus, uatnlng them for nearly ten
minutes In tho burnlnir fluid. wnHhlnc
It up ovor his arms and to hia fnco
literally bathing himself in blazing
alcohol. That completed tho test.
As soon ns It was finished thn nliv.
slclans present examined Foskott, nnd
tnoy could not find tho slightest trnco
or a burn or blister. Foskott told
thorn that tho flnmea did not irl vo htm
tho slightest sensntton or burnlne;. that
ho felt comfortnbly warm and ploas-
ant, una notning moro.
rIho nccoiid tests wcro mado tho
next aftorioon at tho homo or Pror.
Jnmes In Cambrldgo, nnd undor tho
flame-conditions ns tho day before.
Considerable mystery Is thrown about
thom. Mr. Hall said they woro so
startling that ho did not enro to dis
cuss them until they hnd been tried
again. Anothor sclontlst who was
thoro snld that Foskott norfonnod iM
ot his oxpcrlmonts or tho day boforo,
and thon "absolutely and positively do-
matoriauzeu."
"Ho Boomed to dissolve ito thin
air as wo watched him. WaB gono 41-
BocondB nnd thon mntoriallzod. It
wns so startling Hint wo. I am nfmld
loat sight or tho tost conditions, and
wo havo askod him to annear bnfnm
us again. It seems unbelievable, but
it cortnlnly seemed so. Wo hardly
know what to think nbout It."
Pror. James reruscB to talk nbout
tho tosts.
According to thoBo who woro pres
ent, Foskett seems In n passive stato
during tho tcstB, nnd ho says ho thinks
or nothing in particular. Thoso who
oxnmlnod him discredit tho hypnotic
tnoory. Thoy boliovo ho hnB Bomo la
tent psychic forco that never has been
Btudled.
It is Intimatod that tho socrot Hoa
In taking tho doop rhythmic breathe,
which, it is doclnrcd. is the foundation
of tho development or tho power
tuught In India nnd tho orient cen
turies ago. By cortaln mothods or
breathing, It Is taught by tlio nnclonts
thnt In Bolltudo nnd fnstlng tho pow
er or handling Hro, rccolvlng messages
rrom nslral bodies and othor phenom
ena can bo accomplished.
Prescott F. Hall, o rtho Amorlcan
Society or Physical Ho3earch, Bald ho
was soon to proparo a report for n
iclontlflo publication. "Foskott'a pow
er," said Mr. Prescott, "Ib not hyp
notic and It Is a power woll known In
tho orlont, whoro flro handling Is dono
oxtonstvoly. It used to bo a tost to
eeo whothor a man wns guilty or tth
orwlso of a mlsdomeanor; If ho took
Uio flro test aud waa not burned, ho
was considered Innocent; ir ho was
burned ho had to suffor the punt3h-mont."
THE GIRL AND THE LOBSTER.
Possibly Harmless Remark, Though
Decidedly Malapropos.
Dornndo Plotrl, at ono of the many
Itnllnn banquets given In his honor In
Now York, talkod nbout professional
athletics.
"Amateurism is no doubt moro ro
mantic than professionalism," ho said,
"but we live in an tinromantlc ago."
Ho smiled.
"Only the othor night, nt one of
your gayest Italian restaurants." ho
said, "I overheard a dialogue that Il
lustrated forcibly tho age's lack of ro
mance. "It was late. At the table next to
mlno n rich young Italian contractor
wbb supping with a beautirui young
girl. As tho young girl played with
tho atom of her wineglass I heard her
murmur:
'"It Is truo, isn't it, that you lovo
mo and mo only?'
" 'Yes,' snld the young man, 'though
this lobster Is certainly mighty good.'"
TOLD TO USE CUTICURA.
After Speclallet Failed to Cure Her In
tense Itching Eczema Had Been
Tortured and Disfigured But
Was Soon Cured of Dread Humor.
"I contracted eczema and suffered
Intensely for about ten months. At
times I thought I would scratch my
self to pieces. My race and arms were
covered with largo rod patches, so
that I was ashamed to go out. I waa
advised to go to a doctor who was
a specialist in skin diseases, but I
received very llttlo relief. I tried
every known remedy, with tho snmo
resuItB. I thought I would never got bet
tor until n friend of mlno told mo to try
tho Cutlcura Remedies. So I tried them,
nnd nrter rour or flvo applications of
Cutlcura Ointment I was relieved of
my unbearable itching. I used two
sets or tho Cutlcura Remedies, and I
am completely cured. Miss Barbara
Krai, HIghlandtown, JId., Jan. 9, CS."
Pottor Dras & Chom. Corp., Soto Props., Boston.
A SPEEDY ONE.
Miss Tapps Of course, some type
writers aro extremely expert.
Clerk Oh, yes. I know of ono who
married a rich employer In less than
threo months.
The Common Strain.
Tho stress or llfo may touch somo
lightly, muy appear to pass othora
by, but most men whom wo meet,
with whom wo denl, who work for
us or for whom wo work, know woll
tho common stress or humanity. If
In all our human relations this
thought could bo kept beroro us It
would revolutionize lire. Wo would
bo humanized ennobled. We would
caro ror men as men. We could
not cscapo tho transforming reallza.
tlon or nn actual brotherhood ir wo
recalled and thought upon tho un
deniable ract or our own part In tho
universal brotherhood or the com
mon strain. Schuyler C. Woodhull, in
Tho Hollman.
Mice on the Pillow.
"I'm not so much nrrnld of mice as
somo women," said she, "but I don't
like them in my hair. Th0 othoi'
night I ftnl3hed a biscuit I wns eatlns
after I went to bed nnd naturally loft
somo crumbs about, not" meaning to
never thinking or mice. , '
"Woll, about tho middle or tho night
I heard scampering, ami there woro
tho mico nil ovor my hair, trying to
set nt those crumbs.
"I tell you, I gave ono shriek, sprang
up. lighted all the gas in the room
.and sat up the rest or tho night watch
Ins that pillow."
III fp
HER MOTHER-IN-LAW
Proved a Wise, Good Friend.
A young womnn out in la. round a
wise, good frlond iu her mother-in-law
Jokes notwithstanding. Sho writes: '
"It Is two years slnco we began' us
ing Postum in our houso. I was great
ly troubled with my stomach, complex
Ion was blotchy and yellow. After
meals I often Buffered sharp pains nnd
would havo to Ho down. My mother
often told mo It was tho coffeo I drank
at meals. Hut when I'd quit coftoo I'd
havo a severe headacho.
"Whllo visiting my niother-ln-lnw I
remarked that sho always made auch
good coffee, nnd naked her to toll mo
how. Sho laughed and told mo It was
easy to make good 'coffoa' when you
uso Postum.
"I bogan to 1130 Postum ns soon as I
got homo, and now wo havo tho sarao
good 'coftco' (Postum) every dny, and
I lmyo no moro trouble. Indigestion la
a thing of tho past, and my complox
Ion has cleared up beautifully,
"My grandmother Buffered a great
doal with hor stomach. Her doctor
told hor to leavo off coffeo. Sho thon
took tea but that was Just as bad
"Sho finally was Induced to try
Postum which sho has used for ovor a
year. Sho traveled durlug tho winter
over tho grcator part of iowa, vlsltinc
something sho had not been ablo to do
for years. Sho Bays sho owes hor
present good health to Postum "
Namo glvon by Postum Co ' Him
Creok Mlch. Read, "Tho Road to w
VI lo," in pkgs. "There's a Reason."
nr irrnulur, an,? ii,,,,u,r They
lot ci eat. ' ,na tm human