Arizona republican., 1907-10-29
ROBBED OF $46O IFS EARLY RECOVERY
The Loser so Thankful That He Want ed to Forgive the Captured Thief in Full.


 Caterino Acosta was robbed of si6'
 yesterday afternoon, within ten min-
 utes the money was recovered and tho
 thief was on his way,to jail. All thi:
 was more good fortune that a man ol
 Acosta's temperament deserved for he
 is disposed since in the summing uI
 he has lost nothing, to let the thief go.
 | Acosta lives in room 14 of the "old 1 block" Yesterday he returned to his
 room and found a strange Mexican in
 possession. He asked what he wanted and the Mexican told him that he had come to buy some food. Acosta ordered
 him out of the house and he went Acosta went to the room of a neighbor
 who told him that he had seen the stranger enter his room sometime be- fore; he had evidently had time to rummage. Acosta then remembered that he had left coat hanging on the wall and that there was $i60 in one of the coat pockets. When he went back to the room he found the coat on the floor and the pocket empty.
 Acosta sounded loud alarm and the neighbors joined in the chase. There was nobody in sight to chase but q l boy said he had seen a strange man | fooling about a pile of hay nearby. ! The searchers went to it and found a roll of bills which had been thrust into the hay but which had been scratched out by chickens.
 A telephone message wsa sent to the police station and John Perrin answer I.l ss II n. ,l- ,f..t. borhood and learned that the last seen of the strange Mexican he was going toward Rivera's store accompanied by another stranger. The officer went to the store and found both men. One of them who said his name was Floren- tino Rodriguez said that the name of his companion was Guielermo Moreno. They had been working at Roosevelt and had just come to town. They were passing the house where Acosta lived and Moreno started in. Rodriguez said he had tried to disuade him but he seen any money.
 Moreno accompanied by Acosta was put into the same cell. Later Acosta came and refused to make any charge against the robber. Marshal Moore telephoned to the sherifrs office and Sheriff Hayden responded and took both Acosta and Moreno away with him. In the meantime Rodriguez had changed his story. He said he knew nothing about any robbery; he did not see Moreno go into the house. After the men had been separated Marshal Moore had a talk with each of the men. Rodriguez returned to his first story and Moreno admitted that he had been in Acosta's room and he also remembered having gone to the hay pile. He had no recollection of having see many money.
 Horeno accompanied by Acosta was taken before Justice JohnstOne and again he said that he had suffered nothing at the hands of Rodriguez ex cept a bad fifteen minutes and he would forgive him for that. The jus ;ice told him that he might forgive him but that the law had been offend ed and Acosta could not forgive that. He would be required to see that the law was appeased and in the mean time the recovered money would be held until the matter had been disposed of. Acosta pleaded that he had no other money; he could not buy a meal The justice then skinned $60 off the roll. took the numbers of the bills and gave them to Acosta who was cor come one of the avengers of the law.