Arizona republican., 1902-11-29
SUBSEQUENT EVENTS
In Place of Shadows Diffuse Soma
 light Behind Them.

eion o; time honored saying but 1t carries the right idel.
 The incidents that have succeeded the burglari2ing of the J. A. Marshall residence were more dramatic than the rohbery itself, but alls well that ends well and Mir Marshall is now at peace with all the world including the burg lars. Better yet he has got back his valuable papers There is nothing hut the clothes and they are not worth fighting for.
 The robbery took place early Wed nesday morning. Thursday morning Mrs. Marshall found handkerchief on the front steps in which was neatly tied half of paper bag on which the following letter was written:
 If you will come to the intersection ot the railroad track & street car line west 0; your Residence at F D. m. to night your clothing and valuable pap CTS will be returned to you:
 providing you bring 5000 in gold coin to pay for same. fortyDoll. (under- scC'ed) should you notify the authorl. ties the deal is off as we gre in a posi- ton to to prevent a trap.
 If you agree put light in the parlor window at lip. m. for mint I advise you to play fair as we intent to follow siiit.play foul ar fair Yours respect fully (signed) Jim & Jack"
 Mir. Marshall perused the interest ing document but was undecided what to do. He weEt to his shop in a deep study. Shortly after he was standing in front of the shop when he glanced diagonally across the street to the o-- posite corner and saw a man standing there that for some reason attracted rom him more than passing attention. As he watched he saw the study was mutual. The man was of medium size. had brown or red mustache. was rocl, marked, decidedly unkempt in appear arce and Wore sloUch hat Presently the stranger crossed over and asked him if he could tell him where the hos ,pital was.
 "Wh'oh hospital?' in quired MT. Marshall.
 After some hesitancy the stranger named the Sisters hospital MT. Mar shall told him where it was and then asked him what he wanted for if was plain to be seen he was not i'll. He said he had just arrived from Tempe and warted to see a friend there.
 Hardly had he moved up town when the telephone rang and Mrs. Marshall Informed her husband that suspicious looking individual was eating his breakfast on the back steps. He went home al once and having just left one inquirfng individual it flashed upon his mind that he had interviewed Jim and was now up against Jack and that both were trying to familiarize them selves with his form and voice for pur- poses of the proposed midnight inter view. Desiring a little better under standing himself before being caught In such company he engaged the man IT. conversation. The stranger told him he was no tramp but a miner going to Prescott. Mir. Marshall then asked him IT he could write and. receiving an af- HInatlVe answer. gave him a pencil and paper and told him to write 12 D. m. lie asked whether it should be in hgures or letters and was told to write II Just as he would if he were going to write letter. He did so and there was Q great resemblance to the same words in the letter found on the front steps The man then said he would have to be on and pointing toward Jefferson street asked if that were not the railroad 'raCss to Prescott. When told that it was he departed.
 Mir. Marshall then returned to his shop going home to dinner. About o'clock Mrs. Marshall informed him that another man was at the back porch and wanted something to eat He went out and again faced his pock- marked friend.
 Hello" said Mir. Marshall Did you find the hospital?"
 What hospital?" was the reply.
 MT. Marshall jollied him a little when he placed his host and said that he
 went pretty near there and got fright ened that some one was going tn arrest him. He said, "I suppose that's what you will do now?" Mir. Marshall said that was not his play and the fellow in leaving made the same remarks about being miner and going to Prescott and inqUiring after the railroad track Mir. Marshall was engaged in calling up policemen when this fellow appeared and he could not safely talk more Then he figured out a new line of ac- ton.
 MT. Marshall reasoned that if he fail ed to keep the midnight engagement the men for one purpose or another would visit the house again. Possibly for further warning or a demand or failing In either to return the papers He decided, therefore, to load up his shotgun, lie in wait behind the piano and perforate everything that came through the front gate. Hardly had ne revealed his plan to Mrs. Marshall and before he had got his gun loaded the heavy steps Of two men were heard c1 the porch. Here they come now" said Mrs. Marshall and in moment