Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1891-11-07
a sEN~ATt0NAL AunisT
Stoirn Diamonds and J~~riry Found
on n Drunken Man

by Constable Priest to "a drunken mar
sitting On u beer keg IN the alley adj ON
ing MorellI's on Railroad avenue, and IL,
marshal, uf cuurse, run the aforesaid IN
eOrlHt" INTO the clty jail, being assIstrt
by Policeman Van Lru1sn. A, the Ial
they searched hls person and were sur
pri-cd 10 iiud lud,'a gold watch nn,
cham and other cutt,! jewelry aud dI,
monds Remembering that On OctuO,
2id he had received partial hst, With
descriptions, from john NJ Gia-s, chlci
uf police uf lSrS Angeles, Cal ~ u lot II
diamonds aud Jrwelty stolen from Mrs
T.. J. Met lernSnd, wl'r ~ Capt McCIer
nand, ~ Fort Wtusalr. from Pullman
coach, "Oumu" souicAhcre bc'W W-.n Bar
Stu% aud lsDs Angeles On q tobrf = =
III" marshal compared the ptuprtty tak
Ell from hls prisoner aud found that It
belonged To the lady ia question. THc
following IL list ~ tho stolen property
found scctetcd on the person u The
prisoner.
cola watch, motugtnm -. T." with
god fnb cham and gUld !Ockct, contain.
inH Capt. McClrruatd'S phu,ugtapn,
marked Tiffany a Co, New York. valued
at sl1j
Tnr,e gold twisted Junglce, Sls.JO.
! One hair pm, gold toy, knob ~ chascl
gold, Roman, sl2
Ons Etruscan y Id bracelet, SiG
One bracelet, nukr, with ruOy aud dIa.
mund settings, so,
Ono light green satin brocadc jewel
! 1. 4 L..
on It,
One har pm, 'hlrc stone ard Iear's,
S3.
One PAIR screw diamond ear r,ngs, sol
liHites, t4D.
One mhtquise ring, opal, Eutruund, Il
uy twenty SIX dIamDGdr, t2JO
One diamond ring, circle. five stuues,
! slGO.
One rlns, circle, two sapphIrrs ard
three dlamoudr, SD
On" solitaire diamond rug, Sl2J
One rlng, turqulsr with diamonds, a.
Onc antique TIUg, three clusters each
with ruuy ~ c"uter, ,urruuLdrd ~
pearls, 60,
O." rIug, with uro diamond aud two
rulirs, derp set IA yellow carved work, ~
palm leaNef, the s'ut" sunk ~ gold, aud
marked "Alaliuh inside. elpI
One pm, gold shOcr, w,th broken buur,
with diamond ret tear tho hit, SO
One pm, whip head, the whip handle
set IN diamonds, SlS,
On" = II, snamelrd paEsy with diamond
center, 80.
One p,u, silver Mexican hhgr,c work,
daisy, e. ~.
One p,n, enHme!od violet, brilliant
center, 81
One pm. blue enamel in silver, heart
shaped, g.
One gold pin, opal, bodied ily with dn
mond Ia wings, eGp
One silver nail tile. -.
One silver shoe butruner, 81
One r-ppussl bou ton boX. II lvcr. mark.
ed with mt nIs IS l. els
Gold collar buttons from Tiffany II Go,
New York, 80.
Silver sleeve buttons, -.
A number Of othsr things II no special
value, euch as celulUld sua,J box. tooth
aud nail brushes, etc, we're found also
The alhgitrr leather travelling satchrl.
valued nj o., aud IN which, tn. nhovr
property WAS carried, can not be found,
aud was doubtless destroyed and thrown
away after the robbery.
Among the let IN the possession ~ the
marshal lJ that of one gold breast piu.
With pearl head aud blue forget mt note
and three little diam 'uds ln ceuicr ot
forget me nuts, value Sij, but II IL under.
stood from Capt. McCleruand, who came
IN frum Fort Wingat- uu thus mornings
early pass"nacr tram from the west. TINT
this pm was left nj he rc'by hls wife.
There was y check TOR SgO, drawn by
r.. j. MCC CiernRnd on the CommarrinI
I,unk nf Mar NnFH in h.a nF,lar y SuNuh
T. McCernsnd, 10 the valise. and the
marshal found on hs prisnL-r little
over sio ~ the money, three $lO gold
pieces being secr-ted IL Ina shoes. \
young nun named johnson. who travel.
ej with ~. prisoner on rho Atlanti' u
Pacific To this Guy, claims that he got
check for go cashed al either Williams
or WInslow
verythlng IN the diamond line. IN
fact oil valuablee, amounting to 81 80 "A
out ~ the listed tigurrH - 81. .sOI, winch
includes the checks ana the price ~ the
valisa. have been recovered,
III. man arrested gives his name M
Thrs, ID Moran, ani s'.tes that he wsH
q section boss on the AtlantIc 4 Pacific
at Needles lie arrived IN the city last
SUNDAY morning and registered at the
European. Monday he took = room in
the Strong lodging house On his ar.
rival here he started out on a spree ana
vas lumber drunk when arrested yester
day afternoon. fis refuses 10 talk about
the robbery, or how he came IN poss-s.
sion ~ the stolen diamonds anil isUelry.
II IL the opinion Of Marshal Maston, who
has had several conferences with HIM,
that Moran il not the real robher, aud
will dlvulge the right parties before ~
ing H. the p-nltentlRry hImself.
Capt. McClernand came IN from Fort
Wingats where he 10 stationed early this
morning, and 10 THR CITiZES represen.
tAtiVe stated that no reward had IL, u ~
fered by him for the recovery ~
goods lie had, however, made a claim
upon the Pullman company for the loss.
holding the company entirely responsible
for the robbery, and detectives were At
once employed on the case. lie believes
with the marshal that Moran had moth
ing 10 do with the robbery, bat that II
was committed 10y some one 10 The em.
plOy of the company aud who nOllcad
his wife when she took change from the
small satchsl. She left home xith n
check Tor el50 on New York bank and
about t.O IN cash, some Of il b@ing IN tlO
gold pieces, Pay ment on the check NJ
the hank was stopped by telegraph i'm
n,ediately after the robbery was report.
ed
THIS afternoon Moran claimed 10 the
marshal that the satchei was picked Iip
along the railroad track by one ~ his
force, an Indian. who turned il over 10
him lie took out the jewslry case, and
gave the Indian the satchel and q few
~ nln Ran EAR IA ah Of H..