El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-02-11
HE WONT STEAL ANY MORE.
CaitanO ROcha, the Aztec Gentleman
Who Robbed Lawrence is no Mas.


Who Robbed Lawrence is no Mas.
The police kept the trail hot yester-
day in searching for the two ladron es
who tried to rob Le~reDce's corral and
I. Ii down in the process. Geor,e Her.
old male the rounds of the Mexican
quarter, east, west, north and south,
and early in the night nat Mexican
boy who was old enough to notice
things, but not old enough to
keep his mouth shut. Upon
Herold's asking at venture
where the man was who got shot. the
boy said, 1.-THE one shot here'-pOint-
ing to his side, scr the man shot here"
pointing to his leg? "Tbe man sho'
he's over there, " replied the lad point
ing out jacal north of the S. p.
stock yards and down in the hollow be-
tween the S. P. al d Santa Fe tracks.
Herold Investigated, and found Rocha
lying at the pint of death from
a ga Ding round in his right side from
which the ent-a Is were protruding.
The suffer er was apparer thy 80 years
old, and occupied the premises
with bis wife. Sra. Rocha
stated that her worthless spOu e
faintiug condition, and on entering
TIE jacal said he had been on q drunk,
got shot aud then fell to the floor ur-
conscious. He was lad on his bed by
mpathls1ng nelgbb rs and continue
ed in u half conscious state until he
died which was at 900 p. m. Investiea.
ton as 10 the whereabouts of the 9th. r
erratic gentleman, developed tina. he
had bean carrie away from that sam !,
place at 1890 ncon- with q leg SO shat
tered that 1T will never be Of any use
f<Nh t,.,f yhor hn \ l.
be surmised.
The interior of that jacal was q verit-
able robbers roost. Mr.. Lawrencs
found there an 100 lbs. case of cof1t 6
be had billed and marked to Edward
Linss, Ahumada, Mex. 1t contained
fifteen lbs. the r 'st having been sold
or use1 up " thin the ten days since ii
was stolen. Moreover, the p emisee
were st )cked to the roof with boxes of
candles, boxes of soap, galvanized iron,
pals, galvanized iron tubes, cans of
lard ami a erea, variety Of other gro
ceries ADD provisions; also.
shirts new used and lots
of dry goo1s and notions evidently
stolen from San Antonio street stores.
There must have been over half q ton
of -tuff 1here valued at between $500
and $1,000 M. Lawrence stated that
Within the las: six months he had lost
$4,000 worth of goods from q long sue
cess on of burglsries and paying an
alleged Waterman did not make any
diff renee
In adjoining jacals were moi ed sew
eral cas- of coffee that Mr.. Lawrence
was morally sure came from his ware
house. as we'll as many other articles of
provisions. He says that the dead man
stood in front of his corral when the
sug ,r he tried to s cal yesterday morn
ing was being unlOaded, and k ew just
where it was b ing put. The police
are in charge of the property suspected
Of be n stolen.
Justice Bridgers held an inquest this
mornins, and gave verdict in &C.
rdance with the facts. Mr.. Law
renee Will explain the situation before
the grand Jury on Tuesday, and there
is hardly any belief that the law will
ever trouble him, as his action in rid
ding the CO pmunity of notorious
thief and 'iiferer and perhaps two, is
commended in the highest degree: ar d
the hope j. expressed at other local
merchants will do little sit ing up
nights them elves when suspectiug
that thieves are around, and give the
Wis ii gentry deserving doses of cold
LEAF. Rocha was buried this after =
noon,