Albuquerque citizen., 1907-10-01
POLICE BELIEVE AROS
COMMITTED MANY
BURGLAR|ES
Native Arrested Last Night
Had Stolen Goods in
His Possession.

The police are now practically GER
tam that the three burglaries recent
~ committed in Albuquerque were
committed by one man. Alberto
Aros, alias Pedro Morales, an en-
ploye OF the Santa Fe shops, who
came here from the Republic Of
Mexico a few months ago. The ar
rest or Morales was due to a peculiar
chaln OF circumstances resulting
from the search for a stolen bicycle.
rev days ago one of the statesmen
of the Gross-Kelly company report
ed that his wheel had been stolen;
yesterday the salesman saw a young
man named Lucero riding his wheel
and he Immediately caused his ar
rest. Lucero denied that he stole the
wheel and offered to find the man,
a native of Mexico, whom he said
sold 1t to him. The young mans Of
fer was accepted and after looking
about the city Lucero found his man
at ABOUT 5 O'Clock last evening, lying
asleep on a pile of sacks in a grocery
store owned by Eduardo Chavez, on
south Second street. Lucero imme-
diately notified the police who lost
no time in coming after the man and
placing him under arrest.
Had Whitney's Guns.
Lieut.. Kennedy, who made the ar
rest, was surprised to find on the
prisoner three new revolvers and a
dagger, and these he at once sus-
pected as some of those which were
stolen from the Whitney hardware
store Sunday morning. Questioning
the man, who gave the name of
Pedro Morales, and stated that he
worked in the Santa Fe shops, he
sought to learn If he had the rest of
the stolen property in his posses
sion, but the man stubbornly re-
fused to give any incriminating evil
dence against himself, despite the
assurance that If he made a COM
plete confession 1t would go easier
with him in the courts.
Later it was learned after consid-
cradle inquiry that Morales lived in
AN adobe house in the rear of 315
West Pacific avenue and upon
searching the premises the police
found twelve of the stolen revolvers,
collection of jack knives and two
new razors.
The revolvers and jack knives
were identified this mornig as those
which were taken from the Whitney
hardware store. 1t is said that Mo-
rales has disposed of at least eight
pistols to persons in the city and Ba-
relas since the burglary Sunday
morning, but none of those sold have
yet been recovered.
Watch Identified.
At the police station this morn
ing ]. ID. Castillo, the filigree work.
err who is employed by n. Ross,
proprietor of the fiigree store on
Third street, identified as his a silver
watch, which was carried by Nor
rales. The Ross filigree store was
entered by burglars, or a burglar a
week ago Sunday night and $40
worth of hligree work, mostly swas-
tika pins. two watches and a suit of
clothes taken. The finding of one of
the watches in the possession of Mo-
rales. under the circumstances, indi-
Gates that he is the burglar who en-
tered the Ross store.
ConfeSSes One Burglary.
Morales confessed to entering the
whitney store, but as yet, has moth
ing to say in regard to what other
burglaries he may have committed.
The two razors found with the re-
VolVers do not answer the descrip-
ton of any of the razors taken from
the Hopping bicycle store on South
Second street about two weeks ago.
This store was entered i'm a manner
very similar to the way the Whitney
store was entered and the kinds of
goods stolen were the same. In the
Hopping store the thief removed a
pane of glass from a rear window,
and az the Whitney store entrance
was gained by way of the transom
pNtl Aht rear hOOIs IL MuIIdltS ndu
a confederate he must have been a
boy who could more easily have
crawled through the small openings
and then unlocked the rear door
from the inside. The Ross store was
entered i'm a manner similar to the
way the other stores were entered,
from the rear.
In each instance the thief showed
poor judgment I'm the class of goods
he stole and left articles behind
which were of much greater value
and of less bulk, than those which
he carried away. Knives and fire
arms seem TO be the favorite booty
of the thief as these he seems to
have been able to dispose OF with
little difficulty among the natives il
is supposed. No doubt he sold these
articles at ruinous prices.
Chief of Police McMillin is MAX
ing an investigation of Morales
record in this city and by night ex-
poets to have learned much about
him and possibly the hiding place of
money or stolen goods which the
prisoner undoubtedly has hidden
somewhere in the vicinity Morales
is now in the city jail and will prob
ably be bound over to the grand jury
today.