The Arizona sentinel., 1911-08-10
Daylight Burglary
(From the Daily EXaminer)

About 5:30 o'clock Dr. R. R. Knotts was awakened ty some one walking in the hall or in the offices occupied b.: himself and Dr. H. Vance Clymer in the Cotter building.
 Dr. Knotts sleeps ill a screened room on the gallery and thinking that t might be a patient he got up ard throwing a bath robe over his paia- mas started in the office. He looked in the waiting room and there was no one there, then into Dr. Clymer's of tice and still no one.
 He then passed into his own private office and as he did so he saw the curtain shaking as though some one had h1rriedly stepped out on the sal lery. Hurriedly stepping out he saw Mexican pressing himself up against the wall as if to escape observation.
 "What are you doing here?" asked the doctor.
 The Mexican replied in Spanish am made a motion toward broom which happened to be standing on the gal lery.
 Just then Dr. Knctts noticed his watch chain sticking out ot cans pocket and he made a grab frr the bold burglar, but the Mexican was took quick for him and made the stair way on run.
 As the doctor was in bathrobe ,ld raiamas, it was impossible for him to follow, but he ran out on the fr' gallery and happening to see Wm. McIlroy and G. B. Nye coming dow1 the street he called to them to catch the man as he had his watch.
 They started after the Mexican and ne ran around the corner of the Elite Ice Cream Parlors and into the rear of Spaulding's store next door to rhe Examiner office.
 In the rear there is a small room used by Mr. Spaulding as storage room, and the Mexican ran into tFis where he was caught by Messrs. C Tlroy and Nye.
 He was immediately searched 1t did not have the watch on him. But as Dr. Knotts had seen the watch in his pocket and the run he made was so snort, t was a certainty that he must Lave secretcd it in the storage room where he was caught, so a search was made and the watch was found on a little shelf where the man had placed it when he saw he was sure to be caD- tured.
 Dr. Knotts' cuff buttons were found on his person as were couple of stick pins taken from some of the other rooms.
 Later it was found that Mike BosSio had lost two stick pins and a pair Of cuff buttons from his room, and these were found on the prisoner
 So far as could be learned, no other rooms in the building were entered, CT at least nothing else that could oe missed was taken. The man was cool and collected all the way through and seems to be an old hand at the business. When he was on the third floor just after he had been in MT. Bossio's TO ,nl evidently he was spoken to by Harry Ernhart who was sleeping on the gal lery just outside his room.
 MT. Ernhart asked him what he was doing and he replied that he was working
 Supnosing that he lad been hired 70 sweep the gallery or something, MT | Ernhart turned over and went to sleep and thought no more about IL
 It was certainly bold act as there were at least five persons sleeping Il the third floor gallery and Dr. Knots on the second floor.
 The man was taken to tie sheriffs office and tuned over and Dr. Knott5 immediately preferred charge against him.
 At 200 D. m.. he was given prelin mary hearing before Judge c. Jones [ and in default of bail was remandcd 10 jail to await the action of the n ext grand jury.
 The man is said to be stranger in Yuma.