El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1901-01-14
MANY ROBBERIES
IN CHIHUAHUA HAVE BEEN
TRACED TO AMERICANS
Leery of the New Corners. and Will
Try to Examine Papers Little More
Carefully Hereafter


1t seems that the city of Chihuahua
is daily being shocked by unexpected
crimes and arrests of Americans of ev-
cry type and profession.
Something of these conditions was
told by a special Herald representa-
tive who visited Chihuahua last week
but new cases have been added to the
rolls until now it appears that an cpl
demic of crimes credited to Americans
is on in that city.
The big express robbery, notices of
which was made in The Herald. seems
to be the most important crime COM
mitted there for some time and more
than dozen Americans and as many
Mexicans have been put in Jail from
time to time A young German named
Dons was arrested a week ago and has
been in Jail awaiting developments I'M
til Friday when he was released with
full acquittal. Dons was the recei v
ing clerk in the WeIis-Fargo Office and
was the first man arrested, and as usual
he was held until the crime was fixed
on some one else. AS told in The Her.
aid last week the robbery was a big
one. $4,000 being missed from an ex-
press package.
Chief Detective Thacker of the
Wells-Fargo company at San Francis
co. has been in Chihuahua working on
the case and last week he settled the
guilt on young man named Ernest
S. Wade, transfer clerk in the Wells
Fargo Office. Detective Thacker thinks
he has caught the right man for when
Wade was arrested and accused of the
crime he gave down completely but
did not plead guilty to the theft. He
was shown the package and he admit
ted that he had written unusual things
on it but had not taken the money. All
the officers interested. however. believe
they have the right man and Wade will
be held for trial
John H. Tucker, another American
was thrown in Jail last week charged
with unlawfully ejecting tenants from
his houses at the mines. Tucker is a
noted character in Chihuahua and is
often in Jail. He ownes a number Of
mines and recently had a law suit to
get some laborers out of his houses.
The court granted his wish and he re-
turned to the mines. Thinking he had
the law on his side tucker proceeded
to throw the people out without wait
ing for the arrival of the officers They !
had him arrested and he is now in Jail
awaiting trial.
Harry J. Lewis, who has resided 10
Chihuahua for six years. is another
bars. He has been employed by num-
erous grocery houses for a long time
but few weeks ago it was charged
that he had been stealing from his
employers. He was in the employee of
the Ponciano Falomir furniture firra
and it was alleged that he had been
selling goods on his own account and
not turning in the money for them. He
was arrested last week and placed III
Jail.
Claire Beatty, an ore buyer for the !
Lewis company at Minaca. has been in !
Jail for some time charged with being
an accomplice in the robbery of $1,000 /,
from one of his guests at Minaca some |
time ago. He was brought to Chihua- !
hua and kept in Jail there for two
weeks but was released Friday. the
prosecution Withdrawing the charges. !
There are many tramps and others
now in the Chihuahua jaiIs and the :
American colony are becoming very :
suspicious of all visitors. So many
Americans go there with good papers
but later turn out to be frauds that sus-
picion rests on every new conner. Chi !
huahua has been stirred with sensa-
tions of every kind for the past two
months and the American colony can
not but be suspicious.