Arizona republican., 1909-02-21

 | two suspicious characters they had seen in Congress Junction. They re- ported the fact to Marshal Moore, who took them into custody and questioned them. The men denied any knowledge of the event .and the marshal sent for l Sheriff Hayden. Johnson confessed that the clothes he wore, which was a dark serge suit, had been secured in ''Warm Springs" at a house to the left of the railroad track The sheriff wired H. N Cox of Morristown, also known as Hot Springs Junction, in quiring if such a house had been robbed. MT Cox replied that it's ten ants, MT. and Mrs. Swan Nielsen, were out in camp on the Castle Hot Springs road, but that he could see enough himself to satisfy him that the house had been robbed. The sheriff request ed him to send a messenger to inform Mir. Nielsen that he had been robbed and to come to Phoenix and identify his property.
 MT. Nielsen arrived yesterday, hay ing stopped at home long enough to get an idea of what was missing. It was established that a burglary had been committed in Congress Junction on Friday, February 9; that the home of Mrs. Jack Ellis of Wickenburg had been burglarized on the 10th; that the Nielsen home in Morristown had been ransacked on the 18th. andi that a sheep camp in Beardsley had been rnh ha1 eli T4 .1e Ix. T that jewelry and valuables had been sold and bartered all the way down the line in the most open manner. Nothing has yet been recovered ex- cept the property of the Nielsen family, so it is not certain that there has not also been another gang at work.
 The trunk in the Nelson home had contained most of the family valuables of the young couple, who were mar ried only a year or so ago, and most of their valuables were wedding pres ents. The clothes worn by Johnson proved to be Niesen's wedding suit. Wilson had Mrs Nielsen's gold watch and chain and spectacles. and one of her silver spoons. MT Nielsen iden- tified the property. Yesterday John son accompanied Deputy Sheriff Jeff Adams to a Chinese store. where the officer recovered a pair of mother-of- pearl opera glasses that had been sold to the Chinaman for $4.50. A gold ring was recovered at the store of Ike Ros- enZweig. where Wilson had sold it. the dealer being only too glad to restore the property. He had sold it to MT Nielsen for wedding ring. It was easily identified, as the name of Mrs. Nielsen is engraved within it.
 It has also been learned that some body sold some stockpins at Boards ley, gold breastpin to a member of bridge gang at work at New River. and that a gold bracelet was sold at the sugar factory near Glendale. All this is supposed to have come from the Nielsen trunk.
 The suit stolen at Congress Junction is navy blue in color. and the over coat is a dark one with dotted stripes in it and having a. velvet collar.
 At Beardsley a robbery was recently committed. and among the articles taken was a razor with a red handle. the blade bearing the inscription. Made Expressly for J. O. Martin"
 Mrs. Ellis of Wickenburg is loser to a considerable amount. Her valuables were kept in a trunk also, and when the houseIwas left alone some one car ried the trunk to a nearby field and broke it open, taking the following ar ticles and possibly others:
 Gentleman's 1S-size. 21-jewelled gold watch
 Gentleman's 16-size silver watch
 Gentleman's gold seal ring.
 Ladies' 12size gold watch with Swiss movement.
 Large oval gold ring
 Ladies' silver Navajo bracelet set with rubies.
 Ladies' filled signet bracelet with in itials 'R. E."
 Ladies' two-strand gold rope chain and charm set with pearls
 MT. Nielsen says that of the things he can remember he is still short the l 
 Set solid silver teaspoons.
 Set solid silver tablespoons.
 Set fruit or orange spoons.
 Souvenir spoon, cactus design.
 Silver sugar spoon.
 Cuff buttons, bearing the initials | w. N"
 A clock.
 Several other wedding presents.
 The robbery at Beardsley is sup | posed to have occurred on the 18th. | which would be about right, accord ing to the schedule of Johnson and as near as it can be figured put.
 Both Johnson and Wilson are young men, in the early twenties probably. Johnson is not a bad acting fellow since he confessed. but Wilson is surly and denies everything, notwithstand- ing he was caught with the goods on him.
 The sheriff requests that all who have bought articles of jewelry recent Iy from travelling vendors or persons ] of doubtful identity, report the fact and thes articles bought to him. It is not likely any buyer would care to retain those things for the small they were sold for, knowing they were of still greater sentimental value to others. But more than the value of the jewelry, or its recovery. the sheriff would like to Strapo+banI