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Wd&k v * ,., .'f "• ".* "->\ W^.'^jv ""V-' 'ff' '#1 #*W>"1 "W T "" ^_'*T" »sT\ ' ' " ' The J^ersatilei Rogue *By €fe$rte Morten Frank Macy, Born in Freeport, Ul̂ Is Doubtftil Superintendent Froest's Investigations, mmmmrnmm ^ * *- 2 . - ^ i , I J. ' 'U'¥A **. h-.K-""' USW& m i How the Bulging Genius of This Lad Became Too Large for His Home Town*- How He Spread It Out and His Ultimate Down­ fall--This Is a True Story. &BbtBECBSOOOBX&XCi DIET AND HEALTH By DR. J. T. ALLEN JPooi .flpAcisJisft - - - Author of »Ratfng Mr * rurpose." "The JV#fc*> Gospel of Health.** Etc. „ ̂ J2EPOS7TOP GZAmgpjT TZiFJZOQP arrmF cmsp Ẑ2r or the-££̂ r ANZ> subs' JE&OCTGff, 2m72T ms 27& a&J9tiZELsV ' .j&i HIS is a fragment from the biography of a versatile rogue --a man whose ad­ v e n t u r o u s c a r e e r teaps at a bound from Chicago to Cape Town, and whose criminal his­ tory Is a part of the police archives of New York, ^ Chicago, London, Paris, Vienna and :lt Berlin. Beginning as a prototype of the Artful Dodger, he has gone from pocket-picking to bunco steering, and then run the entire gamut of crime, stopping only--providentially, perhaps i\h --at murder. • { Frank Macy, the doubtful hero of " this queer story, was born at Freeport, 111. There are many old residents in that place who still recall him as 'a precocious baby, a smart boy, and a clever youth. Freeport soon proved to i>e too small to 'satisfy his bulging genius, but even before he left his birthplace he made iittle excursions from the paths of virtue which, in the boy, are so often prophetic of the man's career. When he reached man's ^ estate he waq tall and as straight as • ^^£4 an Indian. He had coal-black hair and sallow complexion, which lighted up twightly whenever he was in a humor to, be affable with his fellow-man. '|y ? It was in Chicago that Frank Macy first distinguished himself in crime. A little more than a dozen years ago an advertisement appeared in the Chica­ go papers stating that a wealthy •widow, about to take a long trip abroad, was willing to sell her favor­ ite horse "Dobbin." After the money had been paid, and within 24 hours, Dobbin began to undergo a most curious transforma­ tion. W hat had been a magnificent specimen of horseflesh began to show ^ strange signs of decrepitude. He shriv­ eled up, as It were; it seems almost impossible to properly describe this marvelous transformation in mere words. It was necessary to be seen to , be fully appreciated. Anyone who lias seen the tall, erect form of Dr. Jekyl gradually sinking into the per­ sonality of the shapeless and misera­ ble Mr. Hyde can get some faint glim­ mering idea of the change that oc­ curred when the noble "Dobbin" be­ came a spavined, knock-kneed and de­ generate nag that would have made an old street car horse blush for very shame. The instance of the first Dob­ bin was duplicated, not once, but a dozen times, and after many of the wealthiest men of Chicago had been victimized the police began Ho ivesti- gate. They were stimulated and as­ sisted in their work by John E. Wll- kie, who, at that time, was in charge of the criminal department of one of the leading papers in Chicago. After a short time it was discovered that the "Gyp" game, as it was called, was \ being forked by a gang of confidence men, heeded by Frank Macy. A war­ rant for his arrest was issued, but be- t- P; ' J#. , vfW for it could be served he had fled from the jurisdiction* of the local court. •, The scene now shifts from Chlcagd to Low's Exchange in Trafalgar Square, London. Wilkie at that time was the London correspondent of an American paper, and while standing In the corridor of this hostelry he was surprised to see his old-time "Gyp" friend, Frank Macy, enter and place his name on the hotel register. Macy looked prosperous. He was dressed 1& swagger style, wore a long coat, car­ ried a heavy cane and had a sunburst of diamonds reposing amidst the folds of a blood-red cravat--in fact, he looked too vulgarly rich to be true. Wilkie consulted the hotel register and found that his erstwhile criminal friend had registered as Frank Lacy. The change of attire and the assumed name were suspicious and the Ameri­ can lost no time in going to the tele­ phone and calling up Frank Froest, one of the brightest detectives in Scotland Yard. Wilkie told Froest that it might be worth his while to come up to Low's and have a look at the latest addition to the American invasion of London. Froest followed the advice of his friend and took several looks at Lacy. He had him shadowed day and night, and after a week's work was in pos­ session of his history. He found, among other things, that Lacy had be­ come a card shark of the first water. He had traveled across the Atlantic ocean in luxurious style and had made his expenses and a comfortable sum besides by the cleverness with which he played the noble game of poker with his fellow passengers. On arriv­ ing in London, he established a gam­ bling house in the West End, where he met with remarkable success. ' Not long after the meeting in Low's Exchange all London became excited over what was called the "Cutlass Mystery." It begajj when a well- dressed, elderly gentleman of consid­ erable wealth was found on the side­ walk with his head badly cut and the blood flowing from several saber wounds. He said he had no recollec­ tion of how he came to be In such a plight, and resolutely declined to give the police any Information upon the subject. Two days later another man was found similarly wounded and In the Bame condition. He was not as close-mouthed as the first individual, and went so far as to say that his misfortune was the result of a card party in which he had participated the previous night. He was unable, however, to give the locality of the house, having been taken there by an obliging cabby whom he had sought with a request to be conveyed to some place where he could satisfy his de­ sire*. to dally with the goddess of chance. In less than 24 hours from this time still another man was found with two saber cuts about his head, and then the "Cutlass Mystery" be­ came the reigning sensation of Lon­ don. ' The next chapter in the history of this curious rogue occurred at the lit- tie watering place of Margate. A mu­ sical instrument dealer of London was taking his holiday at this resort and was enjoying himself in a manner such as is possible only to a London tradesman. As he was strolling along the strand he came face to face with Lacy, who was then a fugitive from justice. He grasped him by the coat. "Mr. Lacy," he exclaimed, "I am so glad to see you." "Why?" asked Lacy. "Why," retorted the other, "because now you will pay me for the mandolin you bought from me about a month ago." Lacy laughed. ,, 'You will pay me, wont' yon7" cried the dealer, hysterically. "You wouldn't rob a poor man, would you?" "Fade away," said the versatile rogue. "I'm havin' me holiday now, and I can't be disturbed by vulgar tradesmen.' When the musical dealer made a third appeal for his money Lacy In­ vited him to go to -a warm climate, with such emphasis that the trades­ man realized the futility of further talk. He knew that Lacy was a fugi­ tive and he determined to have his revenge. He "hurried to the nearest telegraph office and wired to Scotland Yard that the man they sought could be found at Margate. Lacy immediately realized the mis­ take he had made and, learning the character of the telegram that had been sent to Scotland Yard, made quick preparations for shortening his vacation at the cozy seashore* resort. He acted with characteristic disregard of conventionalities. He summoned a fisherman and hired him to take him out in a small boat, and hailed a Cas­ tle liner which was bound for South Africa. By the aid of a clever "cock and bull story" he induced the cap­ tain to take him aboard and before the Scotland Yard man reached Mar­ gate Lacy was calmly sailing the sea on his way to Cape Town. i Superintendent Froest immediately telegraphed to the authorities at Cape Town, describing Lacy, and instruct­ ing them to apprehend the man on his arrival at that port. Lacy managed to get ashore and strolled about the Af­ rican city, admiring the botanic gar­ dens and the astronomical observatory with the enthusiasm of a tourist whose only desire is to profitably while away an Idle hour. He was in­ specting the fine new docks of the place when the agent of Scotland Yard clapped his hand on his shoulder and placed him under arrest. Lacy submitted with perfect good grace and was formally lodged in jail at Cape Tow-, Arrangements were made to have him returned to England the fol­ lowing day. But, alas! his satisfaction was pre­ mature, for the daring Lacy jumped off the train while it was in motion and disappeared in the depths of a South African forest. The officer had the train stopped at the next station and, with the assistance of several other men, made a search of the woods. They finally located their man in an empty house a few miles from the point where he had Jumped from the train. He was arrested "for keeps" this time, taken back to Lon­ don, tried, sentenced and imprisoned.. After he had served his time he started on a tour of the continent, ac­ companied by a mysterious blonde woman who passed as his wife, tie played cards, engaged in the pastime of bunco steering and varied these performances occasionally by assum­ ing the part of the wronged husband. He was quite successful with this game and made large sums of money at several of the more prominent con­ tinental resorts; but a man of his rest­ less disposition could not remain long in the same line of business, and a few years ago he returned to the Uni­ ted States and was arrested in Wash­ ington charged with being a confi­ dence man. He met a well-known resident of the District of Columbia and, finding that the man had a weak­ ness for cards, offered to take him to a room where thye could play a game which would mean wealth for both. He had a scheme by which the bank could be broken, and offered to show the man how he could take a thou­ sand dollars and come out with a profit of ten thousand. The man ac­ cepted this glowing offer, but instead of going to the house that was desig­ nated he notified the District police and the versatile rogue was once more arrested--this time under the name of Frank Tracy. He was re­ leased on bail, however, and soon after again sought the historic at­ mosphere of London. His latest exploit is really deserv­ ing of a chapter in itself, but because of lack of space must be condensed Into a few paragraphs. Superintend­ ent Froest, who was always on the lookout for queer characters, learned that Tracy--as he now called himself --was In London 24 hours after he had set his feet on English soil. He In­ structed his subordinates to be on the lookout fbr Tracy, but otherwise did not give much thought to the man. One morning the telephone bell at Scotland Yard rang, and the voice of an excited individual, who proved to be a clerk in a banking house near Leadenhall street, informed Che au­ thorities that a thief had entered the institution that morning and robbed one of its depositors of £200. There was much excitement; a crowd had I gathered in the corridors, and in the { confusion the thief liad escaped with the money. "Pardon. me," said the stranger, "but you have dropped one of your notes." The depositor glanced at the floor on the other side of the desk and, sure enough, there was a bank note. "Thank you," he replied gratefully, and stooped down to pick up the odd note. The act only consumed two or three seconds, but when the depositor straightened up and was about to add the missing note to his pile he found, to his amazement, that the original package of money had gone, and with it the stranger. He gave the alarm and rushed out of the bank, but when he reached the street the crowd was so great that it was impossible to find his man. When Superintendent Froest re­ ceived news of the theft, he Immedi­ ately dispatched one of his men to the bank, but, not satisfied with this, he resolved to go there in person as soon as he had finished the work in his private office at Scotland Yard. That only consumed a few minutes, and at its completion Mr. Froest pulled down the top of his roll-desk and hurried towards Leadenhall street. At Oldgate, where Cornhill and Leadenhall street converge, he saw a tall, well-dreBsed man, hurrying along amidst the crowd. It did not take him many seconds to recognize the man as his old friend, the versa­ tile rogue, who had lived successively under the titles of Frank Macy, Frank Lacy and Frank Tracy. Instinctively the superintendent associated the fel­ low with the theft of the bank in Leadenhall street. He walked up and took Tracy by the arm. "My dear friend," he said, "I would like you to go down to the office with me and have a talk over old times." Tracy made no resistance--indeed, this was characteristic of the man. The moment an officer of the law touched him he surrendered without a struggle. The two men proceeded to Scotland Yard and Tracy, when searched, was found to possess the £200 which had been stolen from the depositor In the bank that morning. He was tried for that offense, convict­ ed and served bis time. The versatile rogue Is at" liberty once again, and for the time being Is honoring the United States with his presence. This brief sketch is not offered as a story of his life. It is onyl what it purports to be--a frag­ ment from the life of a versatile rogue. ipop^tbv i**, & a. Chaawsaj *»HJj (Copyright, by Joseph B, Bowles.) WHAT MAKES GOOD BREAD B read is the Oldest of prepared foods: Long before fire was • dls covered it was quite natural to pulverize the hard grains between stones, to moisten the meal thus made, press it into cakes and dry it in the sun. This was the original unleavened bread. Only the application of fire to cakes accidentally fermented by moisture and temperature was neces­ sary to produce the modern staff of life. Good bread will, alotie, support life indefinitely. Thousands of our sturdy foreign laborers maintain good health and strength chiefly on coarse bread. I had an opportunity lately to examine a Dutch laborer, about 70 years old, who said he had lived all his life on rye bread and coffee, and he was in perfect health--in spite of the coffee. Thomas Parr, an English farmer, lived more than 150 year on "coarse bread, cheese, small beer and whey. The bread was probably rye, wheat being then used only by the wealthy Bread has one advantage over nuts as the chief staple food--bulk. The stomach is not absolutely necessary to the digestive process; it is merely a receptacle for the mass of food taken at a meal, but has added the capacity for reducing the mass to a fine liquid before passing it oh to the intestine or second stomach, where the work of digestion is completed. A German experimenter some years ago removed the stomach of a dog, after which it lived for several years, regaining most of its lost weight. The stomach has also developed the capacity for converting proteid, of which flesh, nuts and grains largely consist, into solutfle peptone, the sub­ stance from which all the tissues' are built. The Bame process is continued In the intestine, if all the proteid is not broken up and made soluble in the stotpach. The conversion of starch Into sugar by the action of the saliva, begun in the mouth, continues in the stomach till the mass becomes saturated with the hydrochloric acid of the gastric fluid, secreted by the stomach, after which any starch re­ maining must run the risk of fermen­ tation before its digestion is com­ pleted in the intestine. Experimenters who have lived on a nut and fruit diet for short times report a "craving" for other foods; and this is the invariable experience, for a time, of those who adopt the "scientific" diet. Now a man of ma­ ture years and on whose word I can rely, who has been living on the sim­ ple diet for seven months, working as a merchant, full hours, informs me that this "craving" has entirely disap­ peared. Another, a manufacturer, says that he now, after about three months, enjoys a meal of whole wheat bread and peanuts or of prunes as well as he formerly enjoyed, while eating, a mixed meal, and of course never regrets it afterwards, as he for- merely regretted overeating. The Italian laborer, working hard phys­ ically on rye bread, macaroni, garlic and beer, has no craving for oysters or pie or pork. The merchant aboye referred to commonly had a craving, formerly, on coming home from church or opera late, and would eat a second supper-- and suffer. If all the elements necessary for the body's nutrition are Supplied, there will be no desire for some unnatural food. We know that one who is eat­ ing a few slices of whole wheat, rye or corn bread and fruit at a separate meal, can not suffer for lack of any nutritive element, even If he eats no nuts or does not drink the glass of buttermilk before retiring. To contribute toward comfortably filling the stomach till it contracts to reasonable proportions, which it does gradually, for it is an elastic muscle, the best food to supplement nuts is whole-wheat bread or an ideal com­ bination of the cereals to be indicated presently. Each of the cereals has distinguish­ ing qualities, making it in one or more respects superior to all the others. Rice is about 80 per cent, starch. It is more easily digested than any of the other cereals, but it (milled rice) is deficient in albumen and the mineral elements of nutrition. It Is superior to potatoes as an energy and heat producer and costs little more, since the former contains so much water. Corn contains more oil that wheat. Corn meal is light and has a bene­ ficial effect upon elimination. It is more heating than wheat. Oats is the richest of the cereals. It contains more fat and more min­ eral salts than wheat, but its starch cells are encased in coarse cellulose fibers, so that it must be very thor­ oughly cooked to make its starch di­ gestible. The rolled oats are pref­ erable to the steel cut. Rye contains let* mineral matter than wheat, but its starch is equal to that of rice. Artificial digestive tests showed it to be 12 times more digestible than wheat starch. It fol­ lows that the objections urged against fine wheat starch bread do not apply to rye bread. The starch «f rye bread is practically digested beyond the dan­ ger of fermentation. No doubt this explains the superior health of those who llvo on rye bread. The Roman gladiators were fed on fte, wheat and corn. Now, considering the peculiar fea- tnres of corn, •?«* and wheat, It is ev­ ident that a much bettor bread could be made from a cmiblttMlwi Of these than from elUutf 'if The mixture of a little corn meal and wheat with rye makes the bread lighter and more laxative. Bread should be cut into slices and allowed to dry to some extent at least before being eaten. The less soft cereal food Is eaten the better, especially for children. The tendency is to swallow soft food with little mastication. The teeth, however, can be properly developed and maintained only by eatiug hard food. J The objections urged against fresh I white bread do not apply equal- ! ly to toast. The starch of which ; toast, zwieback, or rusk, chiefly con- ' slsts has been largely converted into sugar by dry heat. This is easily digested, being open to the action of the digestive fluids. Hence for per­ sons of weak digestion it is much su* perlor to fresh bread--so far as the supply of heat and muscular force is concerned only. Crackers are inferior to toast, especially if soaked in soup or other liquid. -Entire wheat bread Is not adapted to toasting, its albumen being already too much coagulated for the best nu­ trition. Evidently cheese should not be toasted. Boiled potatoes are the better for toasting so far as the starch element is concerned, providing no fat be used. Fried potatoes are a pro­ lific source of dietetic troubles. One may be eating sufficient' albu­ men, starch, fat and sugar, torhich con­ stitute 95 per cent, or more of all solid nutriment the body needs, and yet may become weak, sickly, ineffi­ cient and finally die for lack of proper nourishment. For perfect nutrition we must have in the bloOd, in addi­ tion: Potash, sodium, phosphorus, calcium, magnesium, Iron, sulphur, chlorine and fluorine. Potash is essential in every part of the body, but especially in the brain and nerve centers. In all nerve disorders it is found to be deficient In the blood. Perhaps the quick wit of the Irish is due, partly, to the abundant supply of potash and phos­ phorus they have got for centuries from potatoes and wheat, which form so large a part of their diet. The best sources of potash are: Beans, pota­ toes, peanuts, wheat, lettuce, prunes, cucumbers, meat, walnuts. Sodium is found in every tissue of the body. Without it the processes of nutrition could not be carried on. Sodium Is one of the elements of com­ mon salt, but it is not necessary to eat salt to get chlorine. Many careful investigators, including a physician of my acquaintance who has studied the subject assiduously for many years, say that common salt is in­ jurious. Certainly the average per­ son eats far too much of it, weakening the kidneys and exciting the delicate organism. I have demonstrated that there is enough sodium and chlorine in peanuts and wheat. The best sources of sodium are: Milk, spinach, wheat, lentils, barley, carrots, potatoes, cabbage, figs, ap­ ples, eggs, nuts. Sulphur seems to be very Important In nutrition, for the average body con­ tains about three ounces of It. Mrs. Squeers discovered that when given In crude mineral form it has an effect opposite to that which it is probably designed to serve. Its best sources of natural supply are: Potatoes, beans, horseradish, peanuts, figs, lettuce, olives, barley, milk,' meat, eggs, oats, wheat. White flour contains none, Iron IS a very necessary element in the blood. White bread contains none of it, milk a small percentage. The foods richest in l^on are: Len­ tils, lettuce, peas, figs, nuts, rye, wheat, apples, grapes, prunes, oats, onions. Calcium is very necessary for the formation of bone, especially in chil­ dren. Its best sources are: Milk, figs, eggs, cocoanut, beechnuts, onions, wheat, rye, meat, potatoes, corn. Chlorine Is necessary for the forma­ tion of gastric fluid, used in digestion. It also has an important Influence' in the oxygenation of the blood. Its best sources are: Milk, cocoanut, let­ tuce, nuts, cabbage, potatoes, eggs, corn, b£ans, meat, fish, wheat. Fine white flour contains no chlorine. Silicon gives hardness to the bones, hair, nails, etc. It3 best sources of supply are: Lettuce, cabbage,, figs, oats, barley, wheat, nuts. Fluorine seems to give elasticity to the veins and muscles. It is best sup­ plied by lettuce, potatoes, figs, onions, nuts, milk, wheat, rye, olives, apples, grapes. Magnesium is always found in the blood, though there is some doubt as to its office. Its best sources are: Nuts, beans, wheat, milk, oats, corn, lettuce, rye, potatoes. Phosphorus is essential to the growth of the cells. Brain and nerve energy seem to depend largely upon the supply of phosphorus. It is very important to supply ample phosphorus in the food of growing children and brain workers. One-twelfth of the solid matter of the brain is phosphorus. The old theory that fish supply an ex­ traordinary amount of phosphorus seems not to be well founded. The foods that best supply phosphorus are: Beans, peas, milk, wheat, rye, corn, eggs, nuts, potatoes, meats, fish, figs, carrots, cabbage. It is now clear that all the elements of nutrition are supplied by bread, nuts, fruits, milk and meat. If one is satisfied that meat is Injurious he can gradually eliminate th^t from his dietary. I have shown In a previous article why buttermilk Is better for the adult than sweet milk, and I ad­ vise it in every case. It is the various compounds of the mineral elements that are so Impor­ tant In the processes of nutrition. So Important are they that a schtol of medicine, biochemistry, has bp«u based upon their administration. Iron, sulphur or phosphortii may be found deficient in the blood as in­ dicated by symptoms, but you fan«ot f u r n i s h s u l p h u r t o t h e b l o o d b y d H t t k ^ Ing a solution of sulphur water. Mitt1 eral food must go through the vejtP* table or animal. If we want iron or sulphur we must eat lettuce, eggs, meat, peanuts, wheat or other nuts or cereals. The vegetables, especially beans, lettuce, potatoes and nuts, are richest in the mineral salts. Nuts contain, everything considered, the best supply. I shall deal more fully with this phase of nutrition in the chapters on "The Diet Cure" and that Wl^gpokin*" v ' lESTERI CMIUH'S 1808 CROP WILL QIVE TO THE FARMERS WEST A SPLENDID R E T U R N . - The -following interesting bit of in* iSp * formation appeared in a Montreal sM? pai?er: U" J "Last December, in reviewing the year 1907, we had to record a wheat harvest considerably smaller in vol- ' ume than in the previous year. Against ninety millions in 1906 th$ wheat crop of the West In 1907 only totaled some seventy-one million bushels, and much of this of inferior quality. But the price averaged high, and the total re- suit to the farmers was not unproflt- able. This year we have to record by far the largest wheat crop in the coun­ try's .history. Estimates vary as to the exact figure, but it is certainly not lesB than one hundred million bushels, and In all probability It reaches one hundred and ten million bushels. Tbe quality, moreover, is good, and the price obtained very high, so that in all respects the Western harvest of 1908 has been a memorable one. The result upon the commerce and flhanei of the country is already apparent The railways are again reporting in­ creases In traffic, the general trade ot the community has become active after twelve months' quiet, and the banks are loosening their purse strings to meet the demand for money. The prospects for 1909 are excellent. The credit of the country never Btood as high. The Immigrants of 1907 and 1908 have now beeh absorbed into the In­ dustrial and agricultural community, and wise regulations are in force to. prevent too great an influx next year. Large tracts of new country will be opened up by the Grand Trunk Paclflo both in East and West. If the seasons are favorable the Western wheat crop should reach one hundred and twenty million bushels. The prospects for next year seem very fair." An inter- esting letter is received from Cardston, Alberta (Western Canada), written to an agent of the Canadian Govern meat, any of whom will be pleased to advise correspondents of the low rates that may be allowed intending settlers. "Cardston, December 21st, 1908. "Dear Sir: Now that my threshing Is done, and the question 'What WiU the Harvest Be,' has become a cer­ tainty, I wish to report to you the re­ sults thereof, believing it will be of in. terest to you. You know I am only a novice in the agricultural line, and do not wish you to think I am boasting because of my success, for. some of my neighbors have done much better than I have, and I expect to do much bet­ ter next year myself. My winter wheat went 53 bushels per acre--and graded No. 1. My spring wheat went 48% bushels per acre, and graded No: 1, My oat| went 97 bushels per acre, and are fine as any oats I ever saw. My stock is all nice and fat, and are out in the field picking their own three square meals a day. The weather is nice and warm, no snow--and very little frost. This, in short, is an ideal country for farmers and stockmen. The stock requires no shelter or win­ ter feeding, and cattle fatten on this grass and make the finest kind of beef, better than corn fed cattle In Ills. Southwestern Alberta will soon be known as the farmers' paradise; and I am only sorry I did not come here flv4| years ago. Should a famine ever strike North America, I will be among the last to starve--and you can count f«n that. "I thank you for the personal assist* ance you rendered me while coming in here, and I assure you I shall not soon forget your kind offices." He Wouldn't Sell. 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