Arizona republican., 1910-12-10
JUAN CHARGED WITH
 PROGRESSIVE CRIME
He Uses System Almost as Unique
 as a Chain Letter Fraud.

In the arrest of Juan Rodrigues. | Deputy Sheriff Olea has jailed a man who seems to be the most persistent, ! painstaking and thoroughly efficient | thief who has come under official | cognizance in recent times. It would
 appear that he not only robbed his i benefactress and her neighbor but | that he almost made these women accessories before the theft His de- gree of skillfulness has been arrived 1 at after long and patient study of | the art of stealing. and the taking of a post graduate course in the ter
 ritorial prison where he could secure the benefit of association with older
 and more experienced thieves. He
 was arraigned before Justice Parker
 yesterday and his examination was
 set for Tuesday. Though he has en-
 tered no official plea he makes no
 denial of the acts charged. and label
 ed as stealing. though undoubtedly
 when the time comes he will have a
 story of justification that will be in
 terpreted somewhat differently.
 About four years ago ROdrigues
 was sent to the penitentiary at Yuma
 for three years. for a little job that
 was classified under the name of rob
 bery, so he has not been a great
 while without the shadow of the dark
 and sOmber walls. Not long ago he
 secured employment of Mrs Frank
 Wagner who lives on d little ranch
 southeast of town. On the 14th of
 November he told Mrs Wagner that
 he had an opportunity to rent a
 horse she was not using at 50 cents a day. which he believed was better than having the animal standing around eating its head off. Mrs. Wagner thought so too and allowed him to bring the horse to town. He sold it at Five Points for $25
 The next day on the pretext of re- | moving her to a better pasture he | drove a COW belonging to Mrs. Para. | a neighbor. to the Hurley Tribolet | slaughter house where he sold the | COW to Mir. Tribolet for S2SO3
 The following day he told Mrs Wagner thta she ought to be getting some revenue also out of blue gray | mare and a sulky that was not serv- ing any useful purpose about the place. He knew where he could rent the outfit at S1.50 per day SD she told him to do so. He brought that II outfit up town and sold it for $26 II Two days late. to make the play II good for the time being. he brought Mrs. Wagner s1.OO for one days rental of the outfit. keeping 30 cents for his commission and trouble in he matter
 On November 25th he conjured up | Wagner whereby he was permitted to lrive another COW off the premises. This animal he took to the slaughter louse and sold; giving the name of Tuan Borrego as the owner. receiv- ng therefore s37.92. The name Bor- ego. by the way. is a sort of a Mex can nickname which means Young Sheep.
 These transactions having been con it occurred to Rodrigues hat somebody would be building a ire under him before long so on the 5th of November he went into re- irement On the 26th the suspicious f Mrs. Wagner were aroused. more " his absence than anything else nd she reported the facts to the of icers. swearing to warrant before ustice Parker
 For several days Rodrigues kept in iding and Deputy Sheriff Olea kept n thinking and devising ways and leans for locating him. Finally he . armed through sources he does not are to disclose. that Rodrigues was ot far away and that on thinking nings over he had decided that the icture was blacker than he had at rst appreciated As he had not been aught and he had heard of on ex- ltement being created about the natter he thought the safer course -ould be to call on Mrs Wagner nd try and square the thing up be- ore it had gone too far. Mir Olea armed that he planned a call on lrs. Wagner early yesterday morn lg. so the officer planned to arrive 1ere simultaneously. The rest has
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