Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1898-11-19
THURSDAY NIsur RosssRIss
Merry Burglars Eater the Stores Of 2. J.
Post and L. Shoemaker.

NefNN bufklaIS Ehtef Tue otufeA OF r. J,
Post and L. Shoemaker.
The following articles on Thursday
night rObberies was written and put In
type for yesterdays CITIZEN. but pub.
LEGATION was delayed by request that tn,
thieves m ght not get Information Of tn,
efforts being made for their capture:
Burglars we're abroad 1 IN the city las
night. l.. shoemaker's secondhand stUt,
on cold avenue was robbed OF tire,
watches at about 1879 O'Clock last NIGH
ani a ntlle over sn hour later the gas,
In the ifunt dOOT Leading into X. ]. pOsI
Il Co.'s hafdWars store was broken aud 1
burglar or burglars entering II had Tar
led away twenty i've Colts six shooters.
test ies ualf a dtzsn cheaper reviewers
Only " reviewers were left In tue store
one Of which was lying beside the desi
loaded and the other vas dropped by IA,
burglar when he was making ms escap,
with the remainder OF his BOOTY. Boil
Ut the rObbefies occurred on two OF th,
most frequented streets In tbs city Rnt
In the blaze Of electric lights In each Ia
stance.
Mt. and Mrs. Shoemaker live In tn
rear OF their store ON Gold avenue
They had only retired a few minute
before Mrs. shoemaker heard a noise d
irOnt OF lie store. she awakened he
husband, who upon hearing the nois
repeated, went out into the store to IN
Yestigats. Just A. he approached tn
'front.' portion VI the store he saw a ma
| drawing his hand out OF o triar gnla
opening In the plate glass window. !
was an old break and the thief ba
/ simply pushed In one OF the loose piece
o. glass As soon as he saw he was dis
covered the TObbeT started TO Tun Shoe
maker was la no condition 30 pursu,
but he put on hts clothes as rapidly a
pns8,bie aud went out 10 notify Oh
| officers. lie could see the man yer
distinctly hut hs had his face turueI
tom him 30 he could not distinguish hi
features. Shoemaker describes him a.
rather TALL and slender man wearing
light colored coat. He got three watche
out OF the window but as they wer
cheap goods his haul at this place wa
hardly worth the risk.
@ +. Waugh and David WELLER ga
the man from the opposite side OF CO.
avenue ~ he came running from ShO,
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street toward Railroad avenue and the
run into the alley adjoining Jaffa's stOr
where he disappeared.
Shoemaker notified Officers Hindma
and Lane and they commenced q hui
TOR the ori inai.
n. J POST & co. ROBBED.
At 1880 o'clock Charles Myers, accom-
panied by II. j. Ramer. the cattle maj
aud c. W. Medler stopped at X. j. Post
Cos store and got his bicycle. At abOi
~ o'clock Otto Dieckmann and Lou
Huning passed by the store and motto,
that the store had been entered thrOnp
the front door. Mr. Myers was nOtial
and an examination OF the store shove
that every revolver except two had be,
stolen. Blood marks could be- traced {
The sidewalk down north Third sire
but the burglars could not be found Ia
night.
Every officer Of the town and coun
we're securing the country eyerywhe
. this forenoon In the hope Of either di
cOyery the burglars themselves or hndiI
. ont where they had disposed OF some
their stolen goods. Fred. FOrnoff al
/. gave the officers the benefit OF his yalu
ole experience as a criminal hunter. e.
At about 10 o'clock this forenoon ".
WikOdel told Sheriff Hubbell that he HI
seen three hObOa about q mile north
{ town on the railroad track and that o.
. of them had shown him three revolver
= when lie asked him where he had 2
them, the hoto answered that reyOlve
we're lying around loose these days.
> Sheriff Hubbell went out end arrest
= three men who gave their names as St.
ems, BOweTman and Eagan. WikOt
identified them as the three men he h
aeen ana pointed out the man who h
the reviewers. A search OF the men
Vealed that .heir pockets were empty
n stolen articles. officer Martinez a
! Fred FOTnoff went out 10 the place whI
!. the men had been arrested but could q
= nothing. The fact that none OF them h
any cuts on their hands also indica'
that they were not the guilty parti
y; When questioned about the burglarytt
:, sirenu0usly denied that they had a
\. knowledge OF II whatever. Later In |
afternoon they were discharged.
Tire report TO the effect that Neill
Fields law office had been entered 4
~ night and the safe blown up Ia ute
a without foundation.
q The burglary OF X. j. Post Il Cos stC
n make the fourth time that II has been
4 tered by burglars and goods stolen duri
thu past eight years. One OF the burgli
served n sentence in the ~penitentiary
his crime but all the others succeeded
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