Bisbee daily review., 1908-11-13
DOUGLAS NEWS NOTES
(International-American)

| A CdSS tO SOhe up III tne 1uStlce
 court this morning resulted in the breaking up of school for crime ana the sentence of Mexican "Fagin" who
 conducted it to ninety days in Tomb stone as result of preventive rath- CT than detective work on the part
 of Deputy Sheriff Hilborn.
 Manuel Ruiz, otherwise and better known in Douglas as "Capitan," IS an international criminal whose every
 appearance here has been followed by a wave of petty thieyery. He Is al-
 ways accompanied by two or more
 boys who do the work for him and
 with whom he shares the proceeds. AS result of his Douglas experiences in the past, he has served at least haI a dozen terms at Tombstone, is aI- ways watched for. and is a marked man when he does appear
 Four days ago Don Liborio Vas quez, comisario at Agua Prieta, noti- fled the authorities here that "Capi- tan" had been seen at Agua Prieta but that he had not been able to lay hands upon him and that he had with him two young men or boys. Depaty Hilborn at once started out to make the capture, but was unable to get any trace of them until yesterday, when he saw Ruiz showing two boys around town and prowling around back streets and alleys. All day long Hilborn kept on their trail and got close enough to the boys to be able to recognize them at any time, but toward night "Capitan' disappeared and he saw no more of him yester day. The boys, however, fingered around town and last night were taken in custody as vagrants in the yicin ity of Sixth street. This morning Hll- born went to the county jail to get his prisoners and fG dnd Ruiz talking to them through the bars of the jail, thus giving the opportunity to make the arrest he desired, which ne promptly did sand brought the three prisoners to court together. Ruiz pleaded not guilty tU vagrancy, had no witnesses. was tired, convicted and given the extreme sentence of ninety days.
 lenient to the Boys.
 The case of the boys was a more serious matter to Judge Rice. how ever, for one was fifteen and the oth- CT but seventeen alId ne latter dld
 
 ed criminal. Indeed, it was said by one who know his family, that he came of good Hermosillo people ana had drifted away ana into bad com pany. His name was Paul R. Colas and he was very i'll at ease during the proceedings, showing every indl- cation that it was h1s first arraign- ment. When sentenced to sixty days there were tears i1 his eyes, but a lecture followed and he was given tre opportunity to start at once for h1s parents and home and hurried out oI court rejoicing under a suspenGeu sentence and promising to lose nC time in getting to Hermosillo.
 The younger boy, Sabino Cortes, was an even more serious problem, for he has a bad record here in Doug. las. He Is but ffifteen and is said 0 come of an honest Guaymas faml1y It is but four months ago he was sentenced from here to Tombstone and has been arraigned four times be fore Judge Rice, once for stealing cakes, once for stealing a watch, an- other time for vagrancy and the last time for stealing a pair of shoes from the Copper Queen store, for which he served 78 days.
 The justice was much puzzled over the disposition of this young crim- inal who expressed k:mself as anxious to return to Guaymas to his parents. from whom he said he had been ab- sent for a long time Here was a criminal record with apparently little chance for reform but the justice was loath to relinquish that chance and again suspended ais sixty days sen tence, on the boy's promise to start at once for his hone. No crime had yet been committed by any of the three on this visit, but from past in- dications and their immediate actions it Is probable that a series of petty larceny and sneak thief af1airs would have been underway within a few days but for the prompt action of the authorities.
 The greatest surprise and first real upset in the Country club golf cham pionship tournament occurred yester- day afternoon in the match between T. A. Herndon and W. E. Wakefield Simonson in the match scheduled be- tween them. Naturally, MT. Simonson does not play Sunday golf and me matches in which he is scheduled are therefore always arranged for a week day date in consequence. Thus ms match was set to be played yesterday instead of Sunday.
 Smith has made the team on sey- eral occasions and has played con sistent golf with cards turned in av- eraging better than a hundred. while Mir. Simonson Is always handicapped several strokes higher than was his opponent. Still. yesterday the unez- pected Happened and Smith went down before his less experienced op- ponent. two down and one to play. d. though he had four strokes the bet ter of the argument on medal play. But it was match play that counted and therefore MT. Simonson survives the second round an5 becomes one of the sixteen who compete in the third round of the tournament.