Arizona republican., 1906-04-30
4 MEXICAN BOY
 LIFTED A PURSE
Be was Arrested While Enjoying a
 Banquet With the Proceeds.

Antonio Rosas, Mexican boy six teen years of age, was arrested yes- terday afternoon by Constable ProoPs on warrant charging him with petty larceny, his particular offense being the alleged rifling of purse belonging to Mrs. NJ. A. Whitamore, who works as a cook at the Sixth Avenue hotel. Although there is no direct evidence against the boy the circumstances are sucn as to leave very little doubt of his guilt. He has heretofore borne a good reputation and the occurrence of yesterday is very much regretted by his friends and by his employers.
 Rosas has for several weeks been in the employ of the Donofrio- -ZunkeI company. His work has been that of messenger boy and the delivering of ice cream to various parts of the city. Shortly before the dinner hour at the Sixth Avenue last evening, he took to that place a freezer of cream and de- posted it near the door of the room which sne had her personal effects. and among other things her purse. In the purse was an amount of silver. in all g. 10. and three pennies. a piece of jewelry. locket containing a picture and several tTinkets. The money in the purse she had had occasion to count but a few minutes before the de- livery of the ice cream was made.
 At the time of the delivery she was in the kitchen and as soon as the cream was left she called to one of the kitchen help to place 1t in its usual place and out of the door way. The boy, as she thought. left the place and it was about five minutes later that she went into her room. Almost the first thing she noticed was her purse from the fact that it was open, when she had left it closed. and there were several of the things that she had in her purse that she picked up from the floor. She connected the circum- stance with the last strange person who had been near the room. who in this case was the boy. Rosas, who had delivered the ice cream.
 Judge Johnstone's office was tele- phoned and Constable Troops looked up the boy. He learned that Rosas was entertaining a friend at a chicken dinner, an unusual procedure for the young man. TNle, he had drawn his weeks wages of s the night before, but it mad been his custom to take nearly all of that sum to his mother. He was located in the eating establish ment and questioned. It was apparent from the first that he had knowledge of the matter. Finally he was search ed and the Iocket with several of the trinkets which had been in the purse were found in his pocket, and a sum of money. $2. 50, part of which was in pennies. The trinkets. which made the case look the worst for the boy, he claimed to have found at the door near the Sixth Avenue, but he could not ex- plain the money. At first he claimed t was part of his wages, but he was told that his father had already told the officer that he had taken 8 home Saturday night and turned it over as a part of his wages.
 The boy then became stubborn aud refused to talk further than to main tain that he was in no way implicated with the robbing of the purse. Judge Johnstone talked with him and tried to persuade him to tell the truth for the evidence was so strong against the youth. He was unsuccessful in his effort, however. and the boy was lock ed up. He will be tried today on q charge of petty larceny.