Arizona republican., 1910-06-26

was tremendous, showing that he had
 not eaten for some hours. The Horn
 ing affair occurred at 10 a. m. and the
 chances are the man waited till at
 least an hour after the store was
 closed up at o'clock before rislling
 breaking into the fruit store for some
 thing to eat. He probably went ten
 hours without eating, and then his
 meal consisted of the following: two
 cans of oysters, two boxes of crackers.
 seven bottles of soda water, two cans
 of pork and beans, two cantaloupes,
 one watermelon, and a can of jelly
 After that repast his hunger and thirst
 were satisfied and he stole a wheel be-
 longing to $. c. Irwin, brother of the
 proprietor of the store, and road away
 joyously in the moonlight.
 In the DOnofrio store there was but
 one article missed beside the nippers
 which were later found. That was
 huge French carving knife with q
 point like a needle-a weapon which.
 if he had had it when he struggled
 with Horning. would have terminated
 the fight at short notice. Another knife of similar pattern he left or the show case, evidently changing his mind about burdening himself with
 two such weapons. None of the many drawers in the office had been tam
 pered with. Nothing had been carted away, nothing disturbed eXcep- the butcher knife and possibly a pocket knife There are no revolvers kept in stock. None of the doors or windows in the DonOfrio store showed the ef-
 fleets of the usual jimmy. If the man entered the building after it was clos ed for the night it must have been by a key of some sort.
 These are the facts. Every detail of it all points to the conclusion that the man was not trying to get into the building but trying to get out. If he came there for burglary he would cer- tainly have carried away large amount of the fine cutlery in the Don ofrio store and attempted to break into the cash boxes in both stores In stead of that he simply satisfied his hunger, and his thirst was so great that it took seven bottles of soda to satisfy it. Then he armed himself with the carving knife, feeling the necessity for a weapon as he had lost the steele bar he used on Horning and also because he knew that he may yet be followed and attacked. Then he stole the bicycle, which must have been a welcome sight to him when he saw it in the corner. This wheel. by the way, is a black framed high gear ed bicycle. Under the saddle out of sight is a sort of medal, used as an by a soap company. The medal formerly contained imbedded in it a penny It was wired to the saddle spring and would serve as certain of the wheel provided the burglar did not observe it and re- move it.
 It is true that a large man could | not thrust his hand through the open 1 ing cut in the door by the thief. A | man weighing perhaps 40 pounds | could easily do so. A representative | Df this newspaper put his hand | through the opening and found little in reaching the lock and | drawing the bolt. It is probable that | the first estimate that the burglar ! weighed 150 pounds is a little eXagger-
 
 weighs about 130-140 pounds. | It is a matter of common knowledge Il n police circles that a man invariable II md unwittingly describes an unknown II issailant as being a larger man than II actually proves to be the case II when he is later apprenend- d; and those who witness an exciting ,hase after a fleeting person seldom urnish the police with identical de- of the man. There is no bet
 CT indication of the size of the man vho attacked Horning than the hole n the screen at DOnofrio's store.
 That the man could have found a afe hiding place in the furniture tore when the police came to search is not impossible. It is the best sort f a place to play hideand seek. There re all sorts of places, including the arret where the thief might have ecreted himself; and that he did so nd heard the officers as they tramp q through the store looking for him. | eems unavoidably true. There are ew that believe that he was seriously If he had been shot through he body his clothing would have ab- orbed the blood for a few minutes i'll he got over the fence where the ldicates a wound in his left hand II, 'hich he probably bound up as he ran, | reventing a further trail of blood. llI When you think of amusement-Air-I