Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1903-04-30
BEHIND The BARS.
Sheriff Romero Arrives at Las Vegas
With Youthful Burglar.
HILL ADMITS MS GUILT.
Las Vegas Record, April 81:

in Albuquerque, was brought up from
the Duke city on No. 8 yesterday
morning by Sheriff Cleofes Romero
and lodged in the county Jail. Hill
is charged with burglarizing the resi-.
dence of Mrs. E. Lewis last Thursday
night, securing s. in cash, two gold
watches and four rings. the property
of Mrs. Lewis and her daughter
Kathryn.
Sheriff Romero says that the young
man, who gives his age as 10, has
made a complete confession of his
crime, and that he will plead guilty
and throw himself on the mercy of the
court When arrested he had on his
person one of the watches and three
rings. The other watch and ring were
disposed of in this city the night of
the burglary. and were recovered by
Marshal Cartwright the next day. The
young mans speedy capture is due to
the fact that Marshal Cartwright
promptly secured an accurate descrip-
ton of him and wired the officers
along the line to be on the lookout.
When arrested Hill had in his pos
stolen in this city. a few other Jew
elry trinkets, and a large bunch of as
sorted keys. He claims to have had an
accomplish, who was the real instiga-
tor of the theft, but the officers place
little credence in this part of his story.
The prisoner says mis- home is in
Richmond, Va, which he left about
two weeks ago. bound for Los Angeles,
Cal, where he was going to enter the
employ of al uncle. a plumbing con
tractor. He says he is a printer. and
that this is the first time that he has
ever been in trouble; that his father,
formerly a Baptist minister. is about
so years old, and will be heart-broken
when he hears of his sons predica.
ment.
Hill claims that he had about $32
when he arrived in this city, but that
he spent the money in bad company,
drinking and gambling; that he formed
the acquaintance of another young
man, who vas also broke, and together
they ent out and tried several back
doors of houses. At the Lewis resi-
dence, he says, they found the rear
door unlocked and he entered the place
in search of valuables. while his com
panion watched on the porch.
On the way up from Albuquerque,
Hill made an attempt to escape. The
train took a sidetrack at Rowe, forty
five miles south of this city, to allow
No. Z to pass. The young man request
ed to be allowed TO go into the lava
tory, which was granted. AS soon as
he entered he turned the key on the
inside. Sheriff Romero, however, was
not to he caught mapping, as he was OBJ
the situation through one of
windows of the car, anticipating
some such move. Sure enough, he soon
the form of the prisoner going
the lavatory window. The
dashed through the door and
reached the ground only a few seconds
behind the fugitive, and after a spir-
tied chase of about fifty yards the lat
ter was overhauled and taken back to
the car.
After reaching this city, while on
way to the county Jail, Sheriff
Romero asked young Hill to designate
he house he had entered. As they
the place the youth unhesitat-
ngly pointed out the Lewis residence.
Although Hill claims that he had an
l~ceomplice, and that they found the
ear door unlocked, it is the present
of the officers that he did the
job alone, and that he secured entrance
with the aid of the bunch of keys,
twenty-five in number, found on his
person when arrested.
Hill was arraigned before Justice
Wooster this afternoon and held to ap-
pear before the grand jury, which
meets May IS. after which he will go
before Judge Mills for sentence; at
that will be the program in case
he adheres to his present expressed
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