Arizona republican., 1910-04-03
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After a Remarkable Find By the Sheriff's Office Yesterday Morning the Boy Relieves Himself By a Full Confession

The fortunate discovery by the slrr- ifrs office ou Friday that Roy Ne'cE the young man who had burSL,rizei the store of MDousau X Cassou had committed the burglar at Goldberg three weeks ago was q partial key tp the solution of burglar mysteric- which had puzzled the officers for the last five months. The finding cf pair of boxing gloves at the house where WeIch and his brother | F. Welch. had been stopping furnished the incentive to further investlSa- ton. resulting in the bringing together at the office Of the sheriff yesterd1v of a miscellaneous lot Uf goods. valued at not less than $500 and which ha" been stolen from at least seven store.
 With the unearthing O; these S"'a- Welch weakened and told the who'll. story of his burslarious career lie exonerated his brother from any part in his crimes and the brother said that he and his mother had a guilty know ledge of them and they had suppress''i that knowledge only O save Nc,cn and not to profit by his stealings-
 When It was known to his mother. Mrs. A IT. Woods. who had just gone to her home on West Polk street from the hospital where she recently under went an operation she collapsed and it was necessary tD summon d phys.- clan she and l. F. Wclch said that thev had prayed with the young ulI't and that he had promised them over and over again that hs would quit his stealing But in short time u" would come with another lot ot St"i- en goods and there was nothing c. do except to conceal them or turn thcu over to the law OLalI he had stolen nothing had ever been used except some of the clothing which h. h.. worn.
 Another brother. Carl Welch- who lives in the country. was brought in last night by Deputy Sheriff Adam He had a suit case filled with cloth ing and haberdashery about which h- lied until he was told that his brrthc- had made confession and then h. said that he had lied to say" hi- brother. A still younger brother. 70 boy in knee pants. furnished th- "--
 
 sistance in locating stolen goods
 Deputy Sheriff Adams accompS'.'.'' by Aaron Goldberg and A Erdev i'- went to the West Jefferson Str'N house where they found many article that had not been noticed the uISh' before There were articles that t-ti come from music stores .sp'rtiu- goods houses and clothing houses Nr- Goldberg recognized some pf his prep erty and Mir Rcdiwill some of hi~ There was a large stock of phoun- graphic records and photoSrap-i' supplies bearing the name cf the MI ler-Sterling company
 The investigators then went Co On. Polk street house and armed wiiu ' search warrant went into the att'- where they made their chief haul There Was d small room filled wif. pIunder of every description it was oI brought to the SherifrS office which soon re.,embIed department store cn dishabiIlt. in need of a competent stock keeper.
 There were suit cases. tNpcn-iN- rugs. silk and wool records. pocket knives in original paekages. four "r five suits of clothes and some shoes \ pair of leather chaps and several pairs of cuffs. dozens of phonoSraphie records afterward valued at not Tess than S150 d large lot of silvcrwarc. violin. a mandolin. kodaks and c.tfu- eras and record cabinet There We're expensive spurs. pOrticreS and bridleS. an accordeun and a Navajo blanket. besides many other articles too nun erous to mention ss the sale bills say-.
 In his confession. Wclch said th-r his ncursiOnS in Phoenix began ls~t November when he entered tkc store of the Miller Sterling company two nights i'm succession lie entered hy the skylighJ That Is where nc s"- the photographic supplies and the rc- cords and cameras. He had more cameras than he needed but he hal no place to keep his records iu Sty!e. He accordingly traded one of the cam