Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1898-11-29


the city Jail.
Shortly before o'clock last night two
men walked into Whlttens second hand
store and tried 10 dispose Of a grip full
OF silk handkerchiefs. gloves, stockings,
etc. Mr.. Whitten suspected that the
goods we're stolen 30 he questioned them
rather closely. They said that they had
won the Outft from a party playing
cards and to prove their statement they
went out aud returned with q thlrdparty
who said that the grip and CoOds we're
his but that he had lost them at a game
Of cards. The three then gave Whitten a
bill Of sale to the goods, signing their
names as W. E. Johnston. John A. Church
aud II. B. Brown and receiving In return
R3.
Mr.. Whitten Immediately notified the
police, who commenced search. John
s,on and Brown were llrst found al Bsda-
racco's saloon and placed under arrest.
Church, the leader and spokesman OF the
trio succeeded In eluding the officers for
some time, but was found later in the
evening In the railroad yards by Marshal
McMillin. where he was arranging 10
leave with work gang for some point in
Arizona on the Santa Fe Pacific. He had a
a pass for himself aud ten men. When
the marshal frst spoke 10 him ne threat.
ened to resist arrest and had his hand on
revolver in hts coat pocket. He
changed his mind, however, aud accom-
panied MeMillin to the city lookup At
the jail the men gave their names as s.
g. Johnson, G. +. Martin and William
COmstOck. They refused 10 talk on the
subject OF their arrest and would not tell
where they secured the goods, which
they sold 10 Mr.. whitten. 0ne OF them
admitted, however, that Cunningham
the burglar whom W. 7. McCrelght cap
tured Sunday night. was one OF the gang
This is evident, too, from the fact that
the handkerchieis found on Cunningham
were the same kind a. those sold t
Whitten last night.
The men have been around town fol
several days and have disposed OF mum
Der Of articles in the different sporting
houses Of the city. There Ia no doub
that the gang headed by Cunningham
has been making robbing tour OF Oh,
country and their capture reflects credi
on the officers Of this city and county
The goods they were dispOsing Of In thi
city were undoubtedly stolen from Rosen
thai Bros. in Las Vegas as will be seel
from the following article published il
the Las Vegas Optic:
NeighbOring towns ara being Oyerrul
by thieves and trampa, the two often be
ing one and the same. Denver has beel
especially distinguished by gentry o
these classes, while Albuquerque ha
suffered her full share. Already hAy
they made their appearance In this citJ
aud no doubt they are destined 10 be
come numerous.
Yesterday, one Of this class snatched
coat from a dummy In front OF Oh
Lewis clothing store. Railroad avenue
Though three or four men were standin
In reach OF the fellow, he succeeded I
getting away with the coat.
Last night some party or parties en-
tered MackePs saloon by cutting out
glass In a back window. How much q
liquors and tObaccOs was taken could nc
be ascertained.
Last night, also, q glass was broken /
the front entrance OF ROsenthal Bros
store, Sixth and Lincoln. aud larg
quantity and variety OF goods takeI
Among the things missed were OyercOat
. fur eapes, silk skirts, dresses. and yer
! large assortment OF silk hAndkel
chiefs. These goods, with pistols, knivt
aud many other small articles. wei
= placed In yAlises taken from III
same store, and In this manner take
away. The cash register was taken
the rear OF the store and some shee
shears and can openers broken In the e
fort 10 break into IL. The full measul
OF the loss cannot be estimated, thong
: II will run up into the hundreds OF do
0 lars.
I Further investigation showed thl
Q ComstOck attempted TO pass forg'
checks as we'll IA dispose of stolen good
a He offered a check for S25 10 Peter Bad
y racco, Toti & Gradi and Joe Barnett, bl
e did not succeed in pass ing II at any
these places. when he was arrested, 81
blank checks Of the Bank of CONNER
were found on his person. Search TO dI
brought to light a number of small a
9 ticles that the thieves had disposed Of
u different places. A revolver had be-
% left at BadaraccO's saloon.
II Justice Crawford passed judgment (
the trio this afternoon. COmstOck "
given ninety days in the county jail {
70 carrying a concealed weapon and job
u stOn and Martin we're given sixty da
each for yagrancy. II authorities at l.
l. Vegas desire to prosecute they will
l. sent there for trial.