Albuquerque evening citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1905-11-18
SNEAK Thief CAUGHT
WITH STOLEN GOODS
PerfeCtO Perez Held to Grand
Jury For Burelarizing
a House.
SUIT CASE THIEF CONVICTED

At least one of the sneak thieves
who have been operating in Albuquer-
que on an extensive scale for the past
two weeks. has been captured. in the
arrest this morning of n Perfecto
Perez, a Mexican from Old Mexico.
Perez was arrested by officer Joe
Salazar. on complaint of John Van
Fleet, residing at 622 South High
street, charged with stealing a watch
and other articles of more or less
value from the Van Fleet home last
night.
According to the evidence given in
police court this morning by Mr.. and
Mrs. Van Fleet, and Mrs. s. NJ. FL
lison, Perez visited the Van Fleet
home yesterday afternoon, represent
ing himself to be a book agent. That
his visit to the house was only a ruse
to get the lay of the land, was evil
dent by the way he executed the rob-
berry last night, which resulted in
his arrest.
Hanging on the wall at n end of
the house, which is a small structure
composed of canvas and frame work,
was a watch, pocket book and other
small articles, belonging to Mr.. and
Mrs. Van Fleet. In committing the
theft, the thief cut a hole in the end
of the tent near the place where these
articles were hanging, and reaching
in, took the watch, but the pocketbook.
containing a small amount of money.
slipped off the hook and fell to the
floor beyond the reach OF the burglar
When the Van Fleets awoke this
morning and discovered what had oc
Cured during the night, they at once
suspected the Mexican who had Wis
tied the house the day before, and the
police were notified of the robbery
and given a description of Perez
About 8 o'clock officer Salazar arrest
ed him on the street and took him tC
the city Jail. When searched, the
missing watch was found on his per
son..
The prisoner was given a hearing a.
8 O'Clock, before Judge A. ]. Craw
ford, and the evidence was so stront
against him that he was bound owe
to await the action of the next terri
torial grand jury on the charge o
burglary. He was unable to give
a $500 bond, and was taken to thu
county Jail.
Suit Case Robber Convicted.
Fan oy q Olu pOy, SlNlhb MS nan
as G. F. Riddle, was arrested las
evening by Officer Thomas Jordan, Of
complaint of Frank Steffen, proprie
tor Of the Merchants cafe, Charge
with stealing a suit case, containing
clothing and some jewelry, belongin
to a Japanese cook in the restaurant
Riddle pleaded not guilty to tn
charge in police court this morning.
hut cavaral witnesses testified IN sec
ing the prisoner with the stole
goods, and his Don mate told no,
Riddle brought the suit case to tn
and told how he had stolen II
The court found him guilty of petit
larceny, and he was sentenced t
serve sixty days in the county jai
Fined for Resisting an Officer.
John Font, a dilapidated Celestia
employed in a local Chinese laundr!
was arrested last night for drunken
ness. John resisted arrest, and
took three policemen to land him /
Jail. Judge Crawford deemed hiI
guilty of being both drunk and r.
sisting an officer and he was fined 81
or given twenty-five days on tn
streets.
F. NJ. Boone and ]. F. Stone, tw
strangers in the city, engaged in
lively istic encounter in the Alan
saloon last night, with the result thf
both landed in Jail. Boone was sci
fenced to serve five DAYS in Jail an
Stone to ten days in jail.
Jim Clark, arrested for being drum
and d~isorderly, was fined IS or give
the option of working five days on tn
streets.