Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1904-07-23
STORES ROBBED
Jim Gibson, Of Color, Makes
Calls at Several
Stores.
CAPTURED THIS MORNING

street d. ufold a Co. dry goods
2Ou80l West Railroad avenue. and
D. c. Tawler. dealer in second hand
goods. West Gold avenue. were enter.
cd last might hy a daring burglar. who
carried away goods valued 90 about
5000
William GIuosuor was fHU heaviest
loser be places the yalr. of goods
taken from hiB place 90 fI-l Dee
counts the missing articles Two now
black coats aud vpsna. one .air of new
blue striped trousers one pair slight.
ly worn trousers and a double breasted .
brown Prince Abort coat The burg
lar entered tho store through
the rear door boy breaking o. glass pan
Cd. reaching through the aperture F.
and pulling the spring lock a. No..
fields. tho burglar broke u.
large glass ont of the front door of
the store Hats shoes shirts. socks.
ties. uspendors we're takou. and the
departments from which these goods
were fBkon were loft Co., confession
Apparently the chief had plenty Of
time to DO the Job. ana folt secure
So deliberately nt down and tried
ON shoes tO make sure that ho was
not taking goods worthless to him.
Uo moved tuc ladder up 20 tho bat
rack and tried on hats From the
amount of work done. the thief must
have remained in the llfold store close
90 an hour
LAWYERS store was entered from
| the rear Tho thief knocked away
prop which held the rear door hy
reaching through the transom AMER
% close investigation Mr. IHvlor am.
nouncol that there was nothing oft
/ value missing from his store
Lawle Boy Had Intuition.
~" lawlor loft his place OF BUSH
ness az o o'clock last evening leaving
hIs Son 90 lock up Ho had scarcely
/ gotten out az sight whom O. negro
wearing 2 dark suit Of clothes and
cap entered the store and asked to
see a revolver The young man show.
ga several guns. among them q 3S.
cnlihrc revolver ON a 40 frame The
! negro thought tina, was about what
he wanted and that ho would come for
O. next day The boy looked his Gus
/ toner over and he did not like hts
looks As soon as the negro loft the
hoy slyly hid the reviewers and raz
ors This Die OF strategy probably
saved Mr. Lawlor his reviewers
The Burglar Was Easy
Tho IaWlpr hoy had n pretty fair
| description of the negro. and inform.
ga tho police OF his suspicious The
clue was q good one. Tho police
found that negro answering tho
same description had visited G,cas.
uors place and his actions lEoro wort
/ aul moro suspicious than az Lawlor'8.
ON @ protouso of wanting 90 buy "a
suit of clothes. the negro 8pont some
. iimo lu GlensuCr's tailor shop but lu-
. s'Dal of looking 90 iaa samples OF
/ cloth Mr Glacsuor showed him ho
. Eapi taking notes of DTS surrounding
/ ne fnnIly asked far "a key 90 'hg
/ toilet. which of course was ln the rear
. This negro was very co1r8o After
tho negro had gone. Mr. Glcauor. like
the Iawlor boy. had DTS mlsgiylnrs
/ However they were not 800 strong chat
ho cared 20 sleep ln the store
Neither of those merchants were
/ surprised this morning 90 find That
their stores had been broken into dur
/ Ius iho night
After hearing both those stories %
dId not take chief OF Police McMun
long to make up hits mind who tho
thief was. llIH only fear was shat
hIs man had lpfi town. but 200 tho
/ latter surmi-c the chief was mlstak.
an.
/ Calling 90 Dos assistance Pairolmon
/ Knapp. Chief McMulIn went 20 tha
Mccall roomIng house. az 2l3 Carroll
avenue.
Taking fho prDcautIon fo send or
fIcgr Knapp 90 the rear of tho'buIld-
lnE tho chief knocked at the door OF
the house and asked for one Jim Glib.
son.
! Being admitted no soon found CHI.
son in bed and asleep ~ % needless
t0 say that Gibson aw0ko with
Hurt and after hurriodIv dressing
himself was invited to tba police sta.
ton
I while Gibson was dressing. the
chief took "a look about GIbH0ns apart.
ments, and lo packed away 10 a big
telescope Dee found the stolen goods.
and iu addition Go the plumber of last
night were tho articles taken from
! o. - Booths tailor shop on Tuesday
might. Gibson was landed in lail and
a charge Of grand larceny win De- lolg
od against him
The police are as yct uncertain a.
to whether or not Gibson had an ac,
complete with him
A Suspicious Bundle
The police arc lu possession OF a
bundle of articles found this morning
10 The toilet room of tho First IA.
tIonal bank building. which may DO a
clue 20 tragedy of tho past. or one
planned for the future. This morning
George Walton. iauitor OF tho First
/ National bank. while doing his work.
found bundle containing piece OF
rubber hose. with lead iu one end Of
| o. a black mask. pair Of oyeralls.
and a pair of shoes. completing Just
such an outfit as one would want 90
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