Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1906-05-19
CITIZEN REPORTER
CATCHES A THIEF
After Lively Chase Which
Terminated In the Santa
Fe Yards.
GIVES NAME or FRITZ MILLER

lWedneadayi May in.l
A lively olasa after a clever nick
picket. which terminated ln tho thief
being Canrht in The Santa Fo ynr,a
hy a ncpurter for The Egrning Clii.
SEN. took place ihla afturuuun shout
40 o'chek
Il sooms that wan MlIhanra eao
has hoeu WUrklnE for the Znui Mnun.
tain Railway company. came 90 Aiiai
querqio q few Days ago with a pocket
ui Of munCy and q check Cor Cow
urai dollars more. q paTt ul WAlch ~
NfucNaslesl % spend ni rna Savoy bar
While there be- met q little German
with whom be- became friendly. ana
as the German was without fwnda
pncooiiCd to buy him hia bnoakfAg,
and ALA, several glasses Of beer
This morning when Luke walsh.
ono Of me Nn priCions uf the ElfnV
bar came un watch. be- loand Mllihamio
az ile a.sloou, apnvWiat uudi.r fhn
Influence uf hquu, TREATING DIS now.
found GcrmAu fricnd
later Mr. Walsh aiktoa. Miilhanao
and bis friend went Into tho hack
room 20 take q anoolc. end tho nlQon
hooper Thought 90 more about thon
until shortly after ] O'Clock. wiisn be-
saw the German dash ont ~ tho aldo
dour and down First street t0wun,is
the Ylhduct
Thinking something was wrong Mr.
WALSH wulkci iniu tao back n0fun,
where he found Millhnuan SIAN aEifsm
with the p0cEcia ~ his tEuuaora Qua
% ahfoda He Immediately woke
Millhauao up and aeked him % be-
hadn't beou ruhhod. Millhauao aoiTrh-
ing himself. discovered that he had.
and an attempt was made to Telephone
Ole police hui tho phone was In
uaQ.
Millhauac thon declared ihat he
would start Obi On the little Ger
mans trail himself, and was just pro
cecalng io DO 40 when Mr.. Walsh.
luolfng through the window OF his
saloon, saw the German walking along
tuwarda the Aivaraslo hotel. ana
yelled o. him Ia stop. Instead ~ ~
INK 80, the German began 90 run. with
Miiihauae Rfter him. about duaon
lengths TO the rear.
A reporter for TIE Evening Citizen
who had Just ridden up to the Savoy
hotel ON his wheel, heard the cOmmo-
ton. and saw che German daMhinE
aruund the front end 81 tho Alvarado.
Quickly dUinF a Sherlock Holmes
STUNT the reporter figured that th0
German would make for the railroad
yards. and accuriinFly cut through d.
tho yards himself az che lover end ~
The Aivarado, and waa just Ia tlmo
a. see the German iumping between
q string Of box cars,
Hiding behind n box car the ~
porter waited for the German, WIN
WAS headed HE way, on q dead -un,
and was presently rewarded by AnYluE
tho German run plump into hia arms.
where no was bold until The arrival
.of Milihauao and Assistant Marshal
Kennedy who had also Joined Ia tho
chase.
Whon acnrchod, tho German. who
gave his name as Fritz Miller. had
all ~ Miilhnuaas mooney in bis pgckci,
amounting Ca $3.50. together with n
check from the Zuni Mountain hltll-
road cQmpAny. besides the knife with
which Do had aiit che roekcig ~ Mill-
hauao. Tho knife waa purchased by
MilihauHe fOf Miller. at J. \. Bell n
cumpaRy'a store this morning
Oliircr Kennedy then proceeded 90
the clty hasiile with Miller, while Mill-
hnliae. pockciing his recovered money
With gioc. walked duNn with the a.
lcor 20 Me q complaint against che
prisOnfg. ncgleciinE 70 even say
thank yolt' Go che reporter for
catching tho thief Who had his mDngy.
Miller, who acouig 60 be- ai0ut 81
yeRm of ase. viii b. glven a hearing
In police court tomorrow morning ~
3 OciOck and az be was caufht With
iho gQods on. viii probably bo bound
over % await tha action ~ the grand
Jury on a charge ~ grand larceny.