El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-02-18
BICYCLE Thief.
Captured This Morning While Try
ing To Dispose Of A Rented

Wheel.
Another bicycle thief get into trou-
BILE today and is o behind the
bars.
Early this morning Jesus Paradas. of
Juarez, called at J..R. .McGibbon's store
with a bicycle which he offered for sale
at a low figure.
Mr.. McGibbou says be purchased a
| wheel from the same party about o
month ago for So and afterwards learn
ed that it had been rented from Tan
ner and never returned. He restored
the wheel to the owner and was out of
| pocket the amount paid for it.
To this surprise the same Mexican
youth who sold him the first wheel put
in an appearance this morning with an
other which he offered to sell at q low
figure.
Mr.. McGibbon detained the young
man in conversation for a few minutes
and had Tanner'e communicated with
by 'phone. The Mexican could not
speak English and did not understand
what was transporting. Tanner had lost
the wheel and Officer Winkler was
hastily sent to McGibbon's where he
nabbed the thief.
To q HERALD reporter this morning
Mr.. Tanner said hat on the morning
of November 23d last a Mexican en-
tered his store and wanted to purchase
a wheel. He wanted it for the whole
dsy at q cost of $3.50. Before leaving,
however, he told MI. Tanner that be
probably would not return before the
store was closed that night in the
event OF which be would return it the
next morning. This was agreed to
and he was requested by Mr.. Tanner
to sign his name in the book. This be
did and wrote down in very plain let
tiers IS. Parada," and departed.
He did not return at all and it after
wards developed hat he had sold the
wheel to ]. r. McGibbon for the sum
of So. The matter passed along and no
arrest was made because the man who
mad rented the wheel lived on the
other side of the river.
A week ago last night between the
hours of 8 and 9 a wheel disappeared
from in front of the jewelry store of A.
h. Richards The wheel belonged to
Mr.. Tanner and was rented by the
week by Mr.. Richards. A search was
made for the thief but all to no avail.
This morning a Mexican entered
the store OF Mr.. McGibbon and offe ed
another wheel for sale. After exam
ininglthe wheel Mr.. McGibbon slipped
out-xhe back door and telephoned for
Tanner who with Officer Winkler went
the store and placed the Mexican un-
der arrest. 1t was the same wheel
stolen from in front of Richards store
and Mr.. McGibbon says he is the same
man who sold him the rented wheel
last November and Mr.. Tanner says
that he is the same individual who
rented the wheel from him and never
returned it..
The man arrested this morning gives
his name as Augustine Ainparano and
says that he is the proprietor of the
Casino hotel in Juarez. He says that
q man named Parade came to his place
to board and as he a. no money he
left this wheel for security. After re-
naming at the hotel for several days
Ainparado says that Parade left owing
him the bill and that he sold the wheel
to get what money Parade owed him.
The case will come up in the county
court next months and as the matter
now .stand it looks very bad for
Ainparauo as both Tanner and McGib.
bon have recognized him as 9
party t the transaction of November
23rd last