Arizona republican., 1909-04-21
ACCUSED 0F RECEIVING
 PuRLO|NED PROPERTY
CHARLES cRlsMoN ARRESTED ON SERIOUS CHARGE.
 TRIAL POSTPONED.
A Boy Named chas. Petef9on Living
 In Phoenix Furnished Clue.

Charles Crismon residing in Lehi has been arrested on a charge of re- ceiving stolen property and his case was postponed from yesterday morn ing until Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock. of this week The case was not begun yesterday from the fact that the district attorney could not be here in person or send his assistant
 According to the information obtain able yesterday it is said that a man by the name of John Sheldon who has been in the employ of Crismon at diff ferent times, but who a month or so ago, was in the employ of Clark & Pickrell. who are running a band of sheep in the vicinity of the Chandler ranch south of town. and that it was while in their employ that he is said to have loaded ten old sheep and five lambs in wagon and harled them to the Crismon ranch in Crismon's wagon and sold them to the defendant for a sum said to aggregate SIS. while their real value was much more than that.
 The officers have been on the |. dck of Sheldon for several days but as yet have been unable to locate him but it is thought that he will be intercepted in a short time if not already.
 Crismon was not seen yesterday but it Is understood that he makes no de- nial of purchasing the sheep and that he purchased them from Sheldon and that it was his wagon that hauled the sheep to his house, but he states pos itively that he had no idea that they -fn hot la not have taken them.
 The matter of the theft was brought to the attention of the officials by Clark & Pickrell. who surmised that their flocks had been disturbed. How ever they were slow on getting in formation until 1t developed that boy was seen driving team for Sheldon. and then the search was made for the boy. It developed that the boy is Charles Peterson. who lives in Phoenix and that he is 14 years of age. He had told his mother the entire trans action and she in turn told it to the officers as soon as they informed her of the transaction. The boy of course. is entirely innocent and was simply doing the bidding of others. As soon as the boy was found and had told his story he,stated that he could go right to the place where the sheep were talk en. Constable Burton who has been untiring in his efforts, had the boy come over to Mesa and hired rig. and the boy took him directly to the ranch of Charles Crismon, and then pointed out the sheep.
 According to the boy. he states that Sheldon told him that Crismon had bought the sheep and that they were to deliver them at night. which they did. He says that he was to receive five dollars for driving the team and that after the sheep were delivered he was paid the money. The two, Shel- don and the boy came on to town when. he states, Sheldon commenced drinking. The boy says thta he stayed around on the streets for some time. and then he was shown room in the Crismon house, on West Main street. He stated that along in the night sometime, Sheldon came to his room and asked for a dollar. He says that he loaned the man a dollar and 1t was not long until a second request was made for s2.50. which was refus- ed. He states that he saw Sheldon again the next morning. The boy, ac- cording to his story went from here down to the ranch where he had been working with Sheldon, and got his blankets and went to Phoenix to the home of his mother.
 The case is arousing considerable interest. It is believed that Sheldon will be aPprehended in a short time and he will then be arraigned con a serious charge.