Arizona republican., 1906-09-14

crowd of men as being the bright man
 he discloses himself Co be on couversa- tion. He Is known to the local police.
 and last summer spent several mun-h-
 in the county jail awaiting rhe session.
 of the grand jury on a charge 1f ar-
 tempted burglary He had been caught in the act of entering the store nf V. . YaberIi. in the southeast part of the city Douglas also tells tales by Che
 hundred Of robberies with which he has been connected
 He says it is all over p-ith him now. however. and that he longs for rEe
 prison Death would have been Vrel- cOmed by him at any time during rhe past six months When he made his confession and was taken into custody he had on his person a pint bottle ol laudanum which he had been tryilE To muster up enough courage ro take for several days past He is suner.us with terT bic diseas-. w hich has made
 it impossible for him to successfully
 travel
 In bis confession. which was made ! before J. L. E. Alexauder. United
 States attorney. and sworn Co befcre t- I9. Lowe. the posJoffice inspector. Doug ! las gave his age as 4o years. the place of his birth KiImouic. Scotland and
 said Ee had never become a citizen nr
 the United States He told in de-aI
 Of the robbery at Mesa City ou tre night of October -etb. how he had passed the store and seeing -he- front door open. entered. He told of cuttirs the screen that he might secure alcess to the rear of the postofics- and how
 he then encountered the registered u1ail pouch. or his discovery of the pacsase of currency he told Tn detail and even was able to swear to the fact as to rnr denomination of the bills in the pack age. No one disturbed him while Ee
 was at work
 Leaving the postoriice- pou=lis
 walked to Tempe where he spent tu- day following The robbery he had committed shortly before midnight and the following night he took a train out of Tempe for Tucson. From there he went to Fl Paso. and from El E'asa : into Mexico. In the City of Mexico ae
 spent several months enjoying the fruits of his il-gotten wealth Ni-h little more than enough to set llUl back into the United SIateS. he left th-
 city and returned to san AntHlia. where he spent the months of March
 April. May and June He lhen came tH
 this valley. and has been at Mesa and Phoenix II was during E-s last stay
 
 ing the police officers a Jry-our Ills advice To them is to pay more arter- tion to the back doors and safes and less to the druuks and dshJer~-
 At the time of the robbery last uc- tober two of the best men iu the post office department were detailed ou tle case and for several months gave .l their entire attention Suspiciaa strongly rested in one locality. and at
 a.. .n Han
 an arrest on suspicion I-ate- tha1 changed their minds and deciara ta wait. on account of a lack of sG=re-2L evidence
 The postmaster at Mesa F$tll-l
 Newell. has never been called uraSl st
 the department to make good tas l-s~-
 the final report of the inspector iu charge of the case not as yet E1Fius been made The cousiguor ef rl- money. the Home Savinss Bans s Trust company. had prepared aszfs.ss- possible loss by insurance covering trr transfer. Should DoUsias enter "a plea of guilty to the charge and this iS - present hts plan he will He liaf1-~ tH sentence of from one te fot-s'~ years.
 The circumstances of the roanerN- , known at the time. v-iii be recalled H> many readers of The Republican l .F
 money. being sent from ftso@nis -' Roosevelt in a registered pacEsse- re-- essariIy had to pass through the A-s- i City postofice. The Mesa p,stuistsser receipted 10 the Phoenix T-osrrnl-ter For the package and then plScc& it in fHs ] Roosevelt pouch It never reached t-s- | postoffice- so the Mesa peElmszs-F s7- 2 technically the man FesT-osi= ble- fsa. no person acquainted vith sfr- Srsr- | would for moment susT-cf h-rs oe 7f~ crime The comm isSiou of thS cs .r~sr therefor. threyv circun zzsHrist sss-rf-- i cion not only ou him but on mall car riers between Mesa City and Roosevelt ] on the Roosevelt postrnaster- and oH l everybody who rode in the stage-or had access to either postofice- None could I be reasonably suspected. hence there was general embarrassment the clear , ing up of which will be gratifying r't : only to those directly interested t4- t' | their many friends. who would not per- mt themselves to harhor a suspicion