Arizona republican., 1902-08-26
MIDNIGHT INSPIRATIONS
Burglars Held High Carnival Sun
 day Night Suspect Arrested.

A gang of two or more burglars held high carnival in this city Sunday night, though so far as known they got away with very little of value. A man giv- ing the name of John Mccormick and Chicago as his place of residence has been arrested and pretty well identi- fled as one of the house breakers. The burglaries all seem to have oc- cured some time after the storm be- gan, and were concluded very early. in the morning, so if the operations were confined to one or two men they must have worked hard and fast while they were on shift. The only reason for be- l lieving that there were more is the fact that so much was accomplished in such short time and the usual sup position that there is gang travelling together. But one man was seen at his work, and he only at one place.
 Six places were either entered or entrance attempted. The places en- tered were the second floor of A. J. Bradley's undertaking parlors, the rooms occupied by the family when at | home; the home of J. L. Wansky, over Cooks jewelry store; the Ford hotel; the Occidental hotel, and the residence
 
 Jackson streets. An attempt was made to enter the residence of Dr. J. M Swetnam, but the providers were fright ened away. The doctor heard some thing that sounded like the gnawing of rats, and thought it was some one try ing to arouse him. He jumped up and said, I'll be there in a minute Then he turned on the electric light, but his guests had gone.
 The Lauver residence seems to have been the first one entered. Miss Maud Brubaker was sleeping in one of the rooms, and some of her brothers clothes were hanging in the hall. She heard some one enter just after the storm commenced, but thought it was some member of the family. In the morning it was discovered that the clothing had been searched, but there was nothing of value at hand and noth- ing taken.
 The most interesting incident was at Bradley's place. The family is at the coast, and the house is occupied at night by r. c. Ames, who sleeps on the back porch in a frame designed to fence out the mosquitoes. When MT Ames retired he placed his pants and shirt on the further side of the cot so the only way they could be secured was by reaching over him. When he awoke in the morning, after putting on his shoes and stockings, he made the discovery that there was nothing else in sight with which to hide his nakedness. His Sunday clothes were all down stairs, the steps were out side the house and the sun was a mile | high. Then he began to reconnoitre to see how many ladies there were in sight, and satisfying himself that he could make a safe run for shelter he started down the stairs. Half way down he found his pants and shirt About $15 in money was gone, but his watch and other Valuables were left with the laundry. He got inside of his clothes as quickly as possible, and went | back to make a tour of the family liv- | ing rooms. He found everything up- side down, but seemingly nothing missing, as the portable valuables had been put in safety deposit. At the head of the stairs leading up from the front sidewalk he found miners candle Then he recalled that in the night he had seen a man strike a match while standing there, but supposed it a gen tleman who was supposed to arrive from Congress on the morning train
 and spend the rest of the night on a cot On the front porch. The friend came all right, but he struck no match and whether he arrived before or after
 the burglar is not known, but presum-
 ably after, or his pantaloons would
 have been rifled also.
 G. w. Mardis is the sole occupant O.
 the Ford hotel, which is closed for the
 summer. He has a front room, bu