El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1901-02-28

chief OF pOllce to-day coliectlnS the
clocks and other plumber recently stol-
en- from the three school houses which
were burglarized.
Checking Up Goods
a representative of the 5. p COM
pany was at the police station yester-
day checking up the goods stolen from
a California car of merchandise near
Concordia.
The crates containing the goods had
been broken open and the greater por-
ton of the contents were missing
when the boxes were found. but the de-
tectives are still hunting for the miss
ing goods and expect to recover most
of them in a short time
Hearing of Darby Ford
Darby Ford. who was arrested yes
terday under complaint sworn out by
Major Loughborough, commanding OF
ficer at Fort Bliss, charging him with
having goods in his possession be-
longing to the T. S. government. had
a hearing today before u. S. Commits
sioner Walter Howe. AS the evidence
is being taken down in longhand the
progress of the hearing is not rapid,
and only three witnesses have been ex-
amined so far. Major Loughborough,
Sergeant Osborne, and T. A Bendy,
constable.
From the evidence so far received 1t
appears that when Sergeant Osborne,
in his capacity of quartermaster SER
eeant. was called to check up the gov
eminent property left there by his pre-
decessor. he discovered that number
of things were missing Darby Ford
keeps a saloon just outside or the gov
eminent reservation and the command
ing officer applied for search war
rant and Constable Bendy armed
with that authority searched the prem
ises of Ford.
Several articles, consisting of an
iron bedstead water pitcher, coal scut-
tie and few other things bearing the
government mark were found there.
Ford was away in Mexico at the time
the search was made and upon his re-
turn he was arrested.
Commissioner Howe after hearing all
the evidence found The defendant not |
guilty and ordered his discharge
Out Scouting.
United States marshal Hillebrand is
out again on another scouting expe-
dition.
Were Only Fined.
William Delaney and Burt Owens,
the two men arrested in the plaza yes
terday by Detective Ben Williams,
were fined s25 each by the recorder
this morning for carrying pistols
The men were suspected of grav-
er crime. but there was no proof at
hand TO implicate them in anything
more serious than carrying deadly
weapons. J
The appearance of the men them
selves led to their arrest, for there
was no complaint against them When
searched at the city Jail they were
found to be heavily armed and were
held to answer to the recorder. who
assessed the fines against them as
stated in the foregoing /.
Geo. Harold's Work.
Since taking hold of the train rob-
berry case Detective George Harold, of
the local police force. has recovered
~ ladies' waists and ~ pairs of fine
shoes. Is
The remainder of the plumber was
so weyy hidden by the thieves that 1T
may never be recovered.
x is claimed that the major portion
of the credit of the arrest of members
of the gang and the recovery of the
goods belongs to George Harold. who !
had rounded up the thieves and recov-
cred some of the property before the
became known TO MS COL
leagues.
Harold has in his day been one OF the
most noted officers in the southwest
For some years he chased bandits in
Mexico and has had numerous hair
breadth escapes. His adventures as an
officer if written would make DOCK
worth reading. |,
Case Against Mrs. Freeman
COMPLAINT has been made in the
county court against Mrs Annie free
man for bringing a stolen watch val
ued ar SIS. into the state
The details of the case were publish
ed in Yesterdays Herald.
Furniture Store Burglarized.
The furniture store OF g. l.. Hoyt q
Co. in the opera house block was Drok-
IN into and the safe and money draw
er of the desk were robbed OF all the
ash they contained last night some
time after midnight
The burglar or burglars gained an
entrance at the rear OF the basement
under the C. NJ. Henderson undertake
in. comDany's ROOM The Hoyt Furni-
80 comnany uses half of the base
vent of the entire opera house build
inc for ware rooms and at the rear
of the room beneath the undertaking
establishment is large window and I
above at the level of the ground there
is an iron grating placed to permit the
entrance of light into the basement
The burglar or burglars raised TINS
iron grating and broke two OF the WIN