Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1899-06-22
Yesterdays ROBBERY.

simpsons Loss About sS.ooO-E. q. CoiIiei
Ares ed on suspicion.
II. Simpsons loss by the robbery yes.
terdsy afternoon was much larger than
was al nrst reported. la cOnyersatiou
with u reporter 10 o.day, he said that while
he had not ngnred 1t all out yet, he IL
certain that his total loss Is somewhere
Ia the neighbOrhO0d of 5000. That Dor.
tion Of this amount. which Is represented
by articles given az security for loans, the
borrowers will have TO stand jointly with
the broker. for the reason that all tn I
contracts contain the provision that thu
latter Is not responsible for goods stolen
while In his custody.
All the circumstances connected with
this matter indicate that the robber IL
the same one who last winter entered
the bed rooms respectively occupied by j
X. Armijo. John A. Lee aud John Wick.
money and yalnblea, that suited hun.
The quiet and cat like manner In
which the robber entered the house OF
Paul Myers on Tuesday night is a strong
proof Of identity, for the reason thai
probably not one rObber out OF hundred
could enter the bedrooms OF 10 many dif-
ferent people without waking some OF
them up. II thissupposition IL true, then
the animus that prompted the simpson
robbery is also plain, for II will be re-
membered that Mr.. Simpson came very
near getting one OF the gang into prison
last winter. when he came to his place TO
dispose OF u $50 California gold piece
stolen from John A. Lee.
SUSPICIOUS CHARACTER ARRESTED.
Jim Bingham, who has charge OF one
0f the gaming tables at the 81. Elmo
yesterday evening notified Marshal Me
Millin that he had seen two men stand
ing In the doorway leading to simpson +
broker office shortly after o'clock yes
terdsy afternoon. They were looking "a.
but AZ soon as he passed by they walked
out on the sidewalk, where they remained
standing the last he saw OF them. One
Of these men was n. c. Collier, with
whom Bingham was slightly acquainted,
having met him several times and
played cards with him on one occasion.
This was good clue, and Marshal Nc
Millin promptly detailed Officer Harris
70 20 with Bingham and to arrest Collier
when he was pointed out to him. This
the officer did. and IL WAS not long before
NVihith Vn' III WV tiuNNlfN VI tht INV
When he was searched evidences were
found strongly corroborating the pre-
vlous suspicious, for on his person were
found Il skeleton key, which experts say
Will open any ordinary door, n pair OF
small files and $40 In money.
The prisoner was questioned very
closely by the marshal and said that the
key was the one 10 the door Of his house
In Jerome, Arizona. which WAS destroyed in
the recent lire. He also claimed TO be a
plumber and that he used the saws In his
business. He said he WAS with the Rough
Riders at Tampa and was we'll acquainted
with Lieut.. Green, OF Gallup.
On cross. examination he contradicted
himself on number OF points, the most
important OF which was that he had a
fine revolver under the pillow Of his bed
at the Lindeil house, but that he had
nothing else there. The officers went
TO his room but failed to lind the
revolver, and the landlsdy said she WAS
sure that she had not seen ii In making
up the bed. They did llnd, however, a
little new telescope grip, with Golfers
blue blouse In IT, The prisoner WAS
asked about this and he claimed that the
grip belonged to some one else. unknown
20 him, and finding IL in the room he had
put his blouse into IT,
Plumters say that they never knew
any OF their number to carry along SAWS
such as were found in the possession Of
Collier.
The circumstances certainly indicate
very strongly that Collier was either
principal or accessory 10 the robbery. and
his abundance OF strange and remarkable
excuses rather strengthens than weakens
this impression.
II was thought that ifsome Of the money
stolen from Myers was the same rs that
found In Golfers pocket, II might be
identified by Myers, but he stated that
he had no recollection OF how his money
looked. further than II was $40 bill.