Arizona republican., 1910-04-27
4 THEFT OF ORE
 OF UNCERTAIN VALUE
 
THE PROPERTY OF A PROS.
 RECTOR
Who Had Been carting It About the
 Country.

l.. M. Davis. Il prospcctUr, who has recently arrived in Mesa appeared in court yesterday morning to testify against J. w. Moore and George Row lanu. charging them with the theft of several bags Of precious stones on which he placed value of not less than S2.D8O. In view of the fact that l there are no expert judges of jeweiry
 rock tn this section of the country
 who would have been able to pass
 upon the property. and further be- cause the compIaiant asked that the charges be made light and also on account of his receiving all of his that of petit larceny. to which both men plead guilty and were given jail sentence of thirty days
 Davis. who is quite an old man. has followed mining for good many years. While prospecting in the Fur tie mountains in California he picked up a number of bags of ore. Some of the specimens were no doubt of value. and they would be especially considered so by a prospector from the fact that large beads or the vel low could be seen imbeddcd through out the quartz. In the treasure bags belonging to Davis were also numer- ous specimens of sapphire and chalcc- dony,
 According to Davis. he came to Phoenix a few days ago expecting to have a few of the stones cut. or per haps dispose of few of them in their natural state. but it appears that the residents of the Capital City are also not educated up 10 the finer qualities of distinguishing good ore from bad, and as a last resort he came to this place. where he had firmly made up his mind to go to work in a hayfield or any place where he could earn a few dollars to get back to Los Angeles. However, the first day here. he became ac- quainted. with Rowland and Moore. and the three bunkcd together back of the Hilbert & Metz livery stable. The two men claimed to be without money and Davis gave them few of the specimens to sell for enough to get them something to eat. This the men claimed they tried to do and that they were of the firm opinion that the entire bag of jewclry was not worth 9 cents when man was hun gry. It later developed that the two ! men who fell in with the prospector 1 did place a little higher value on the 1 sacks Of ore. They drank q little | Monday morning. and then continued | drinking little more during the aft ! ernoOn until there appeared to be a | fast friendship. At this point when | the three men were at the rear of , the saloon. Rowland and Moore ex- pressed their regrets at having to l leave the city. but stated with feel ing that even the best of friends must at times tear themselves apart. With many handshakes and a fond the men departed. going in the direction of Tempe. Davis was detained st the saloon for some time by man who desired to know of his and the prospects for striking it rich in the Turtle moun- tains. He finally went to the place where he kept his blankets. and upon tlfem he discovered that his bags of ore were gone. He notified the officers, who immediately gave chase overtaking the men about two md one-hslf miles west of town along he railroad. They had the ore in heir possession. or at least they had t in ntheir possession until they saw he officers coming and they made { ome strenuous endeavors to get rid If it,
 Davis was truly glad to come in possession of the bags again. and Ioore and Rowland seemed satisfied with d sentence of thirty days. when I might have been. under a different { harge. five years, the court was leased because the men pleaded ( uilty and the case was soon over rith. and the officers were pleased ecause they caught their men be- r ore the trail even got cold. In fact f ne entire circumstance had a most leasing ending. especially for harge that at first bristled with such f. retentious results as would naturally ,llow the daylight theft of 5000 ag of gold. a