Arizona republican., 1910-05-15
WHERE MAR|COPA
 MADE \ MISTAKE
More Should Have Been Made of lts
 Opportunities.


 Correspondence of the Republican)- Ali of Maricopa is filled with a deep I sense of modification and disgust at the result of the train robbery that oc- cured so close to her borders last night All the remorse that goes with wasted opportunities and the might have-been is filling her heart That the hoy bandits" should pick out the only train that carried no registered mail and no express. when No. was coming right along loaded with bales of 1 such precious loot as would be dear 10 the heart of the boy bandits" Is such inexcusIbly bad judgment as to make one weep. Maricopa has some pride, and resents such treatment. Not since the time China Charley" fell into the barrel of gasoline. and afterward caught fire, has there been such lively times in Maricopa. Life | had been a hit dull of late: not even q street ear wreck or aldermanic cleo ton tO begIIile the dull monotony. l The something happened: 1t generally does. you've noticed. Aaricopa step
 ped to the center of the stage and pulled off real live. up-to-the- min ute. twenty year-ago train robbery. It was in a class by itself. too. Hence the deep disgust felt by all respecta- ! ble citizens as it is realized how far short of it's opportunities it really fell. It was not really story without a ! hero after all. Dave Graham who dis penses. fruits, drinks and good cheer among the passengers on all the M. & 1 r. trains comes pretty near filling the part. Dave was sitting in the front seat but one of the smokers fondling a fat little purse containing S15. He
 was at the moment dreaming of the
 time when he should retire and invest : his savings of so many industrious i years in the stock of the i. F.. and l he wondered judiciously whether Su-
 perintendent Scotts record was such
 as would warrant him in keeping him I in his present position. Before Dave , on reversed seat was spread out his
 stock of news and goodies where
 withal he expected to gather the coin for corraling the best of the outstand- | ing A. F.. stock.
 l Hold up your hands,
 l It came soft and gentle. amid the rumble of the train but the sight of | three 45's theyre always 45s.) star
 ing him in the face gave the tone 1, persuasiveness that was. almost ire
 sistible. Dave. noticing that all Of his
 neighbors were elevating their hands
 decided to do likewise. Suddenly the | memory of the little fat purse and the .l. | tendent rScott's job smote him like ! sudden blow. The boy bandits clearly | meant business. He must act quickly
 He did. Slowly, as became the hero
 to-be, the hands came up. For an in stant they tarried amid the tails of his coat: the little fat purse was raised surreptitiously to the level of the window; surreptitiously. dropped outside. Later when they cleaned" Dave they got his all and left him
 forlorn and desoIate-shy s4.50.
 That's why Dave smiles remini- scently when you mention boy ban dits" and train robbery.
 The way the three travel worn cap- tors exchanged courtesles after the
 robbers were safely landed here last
 night was very pleasing. Each agreed
 that all the credit belonged to the
 other two. Inspector. Cronin was the first tn come in direct contact with
 the robbers. and. considering the fact
 that only one was in sight. and that
 the other might be. lurking close by
 ready for a scrap. hc displayed a high class of courage and coolness. But Inspector Cronin was careful to ex- plain that his earlier arrival was due
 to the architectural plans on which Supervisor Mccarthy and Sheriff
 Hayden are built. But one thing in which there seemed no doubt was was that but for the Mccarthy machine.
 and the Mccarthy grit. the robbers
 would have escaped. When the ma chine was working we'll. he drove like
 a very devil; when there was any
 thing wrong. lie was over it. under it. and everywhere about it, working like
 the fnies. while great drops of per
 spiration poured off him. Never 2 word of complaint or worry came ! from him
 [ In the future Would-be train robbers
 would do well to make a note of this
 when planning operations in that ter
 ritory. About the only way to "gei
 away with it'. around Maricopa is to
 be provided with flying machine.