Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-10-26
MONDRAGON
AGAIN IN THE
L|MEL|GHT
RESUMES OPERATIONS
AFTER BRIEF VACATION
Offender Who Has
Caused Police Department
Much Worry Breaks Out Once
More.

That Simon Mondragon. the 10 year
Old lad who has given The police many
slceplesg nights. ana DAYS flied with
worry. has not reformed 70 anV great
extent at least MS far as appearances
go. was indicated last night when 81
mon. together with Freddie Morris. II
years old, of Ill North nth street,
and Ambrose Slazar. ~ wears old, of
9Th street and Tijeras road were ar
rested by Policemen Knapp and o.
Grady charged with entering the res
idcnce Of Mrs. Man Sehuster, 18th and
Copper. with intent to commit rob-
berry. II is very possible that the
charge Will be changed to larceny to-
day, as It Is said the police have wit
nesses who will testify that they saw
| simon and his companions coming out
Of the Schuster home carrying silver
knives and forks and other household
articles. Confident that the lads had
stolen the goods. these persons, who
live adjacent to the Schuster residence
took the articles away from them, re-
placed them i'm III house and Their
! notified the police Of the affair.
When arrested last night, Simon was
tS tfltitdlI t~ tNtI ana Htlilfh al
knowledge of the robbery. Sc help
me God. I don't know a thing about
IT, said Simon when Policeman o.
Grady Informed him that he was un-
der arrest. suspected of having robbed
the Schustor place. When the little
lad, who Is not much larger than n
good sized loaf of bread, learned that
he was 10 be locked up for the night,
he broke down and cried bitter tears.
on former occasions. however. Simon
did the very same thing and last night
his tears did not avail him much SYM
pathy once inside the iail and whenl
the big door had changed behind him.
Simon turned stole and hraccd up in
good shape, Offering much encourage
mcut to Morris and Sal1zar, who are
lot as well acquainted with the uncom-
Portable details OF the law as is Mon
dragon.
Morris and Salazar both cried when
being placed in Jail and both siren
uOusly denied that they had anything
TO do with entering the Schuster place
Both had plausible excuses FOR being |
associated with simon.
The boys are alleged to have on
tered the Schuster house at 6 O'Clock
gaining entrance through n window.
But to The fact that 1t was dark in the
house and the lads could not see what
they were doing il is likely they would
have made a good haul and escaped
without detection. As it was, how
ever one OF them went To the trouble
Of striking "a match and lighted Il coal
oil lamp. The Schustcrs have been |
in Philadelphia for several months
and the presence Of Il light in the
house attracted the attention Of the
ncighhors. An Investigation was matle
with the result that the lade were dis
covered Is they We're making their exit
from the place. carrying away u guam !
titv of junk Including silver knives and
forks. a silver watch. and other arti- |
clos, which has been wrapped in table
cloths.
Some moths ago the Schuster plac,
was broken into. entrance being oh |
tanned by smashing in a panel of the
rear door. Nothing Of valuc was re-
ported missing, however, when an in
vcntory of the household effects was
taken.
The youthful simon. arrested last
night, is pretty much of a degenerate
He has pulled of probably a dozen
rohberics in Albuquerque within the
past two years. All Of them have been
c~lcverly planned and boldly executed
But for the fact that the lad Is some |
what careless ana generally leaves o
%telltalc clew behind him, many bur
glarics IN the business district would
have remained profound mysteries. ST
mon, however has a faculty of taking
other young lads into his confidence
ana generally takes ouc or more boys
nf his own are with him when he pun.
IN his Jobs. The first robbery which
brought simon into the limelight was
committed a year and a half ago |
when he was scarcely nine years old |
Entering the Tou grocery store on
North Third street. the child made a |
small purchase and then bodily walk
ed over to tho safe and extracted p
roll of bills amounting to eighty dot
lars IN cash. Part OF the money was
recovered lay the police after Simon
had been connected with the anair
Rohbing the tin Of the otto Berguer
feed store. climbing a telephone pol,
in Ia alley IN the rear of \. j. Maloy's |
grocery store. then descending into tho
Maloy Mace through q skylight and
Nv ANANAk 70 w. VI @AFNf - ~ 1AN NAHAff Il
other affairs % q similar nature. were
AN traced to him hy The police.
The had was arrested repeatedly
lectured. confined IN jail, threatened
with every form Of punishment from
being sent Ia the reform school To tho
p~enitrntiarN. hut without success. H
still continued TO commit various
thefts. Finally ne was taken before
Judge Abbott in the district cour and
sentenced to the reformatory, sentence
being suspended during good hehav-
Tor. Simou's parcnts sent him To "a
ranch near las Vegas. whore he re-
manned until two weeks ago when he
returned 10 Albuquerque. Il is pre-
stunned that his cscappade Of last eve-
ming was merely to inform the police
that nc had returned from his vaca-
tion and was stll In the SAM AID bus
mess
what o. do with simon has always
been o problem with the police Now
Il is more Of "a problem than ever