Eugene Wiley Presbrey

Eugene Wiley Presbrey. Writer: Raffles: The Amateur Cracksman. Presbrey made his stage debut at the Boston Theatre in 1874. Writer of seven "Raffles" (the amateur cracksman) films, Presbrey also wrote adapta-tions for "Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary," "The Courtship of Miles Standish" and "The Barrier." He was also a thirty-second degree Scottish Rite Mason and a member of the Mecca Temple in New York City.