Arizona republican., 1912-02-08
Or Maybe It's a Depart ment Store With Unrlv- aled Bargains for Anxious Buyers in Every Line of Goods
TOMBSTONE IS A
 MERCHANT PRINCE
Stolen Articles of Every Kind From Farm Machin- cry to Toothpicks Are Corraled by a Couple Of Officers

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 With seven Mexicans under arrest, tuo wagon loads O. finely assorted ornrnodities-ranging from stoves 10 neckties-in charge of the sheriif ana more goods to be taken by the or ficers, the men who guard the peace and welfare of this community De lieve they have put a stop 10 the operations of one gang Of shoplifters and petty thieves.
 %ever before has such an array or loot been discovered in the valley IL was found in dwellings Of Mex jeans on the Buckeye road near the Hurley slaughter house. Three tents and a small shack housed the sup posed offenders and 90 filled were these places with stuff that the ot- ficers who made the search could do nothing but take what was first at hand To institute a careful search would have meant an undertaking similar to that of inventorying the stock of a good sized general store.
 The unearthing Of this evidence came as a result of the apparently weak case which the officers had sgainst Louis Ramos. who was ar rested Monday, charged with break ing into a box car. He appeared be- fore Justice JohnstOne Tuesday was given a splendid character by rep utable men and it did not seem as though there was any use holding him However. Constable James Murphy persuaded the court to give hIm q search warrant and to hold Ramos one more day. Yesterday aft ernoon Murphy and Sheriff-olect Ad- ans went to the Ramos outfit and found the plunder.
 Ramos is being held on the orig inal charge. Francisco Seravia. a rel ative who was living with him. Fe- licita Oleverius. Augustina, Guadalupe and Martina Almoz and Simon Mur- cuno. are also under arrest. Three little girls are being cared for at the jail in lieu of a better place while their parents await trial
 Raphale Romero is also under ar rest, caught in the act of stealing q pair Of shoes by the police. yester- day afternoon, and is supposed to be- long to the same gang.
 The women and Seravia were all found at the tents Murcuno and Martina AlmOz were arrested in a nearby house. just after the man had returned from Glendale. It is believed he had been attempting to sell stolen loot in that town
 During the greater part of the aft ernOOn Justice Johnstone's court was crowded with those who went there to identify property. Many were successful. but the authorities will have a job of no mean importance on their hands to return all the stuff to the rightful owners.
 Two bolts of silk dress goods, val ued al about $50 were identified as having been stolen from the Cold water store. A camera belonging tO Mrs. J. C. Adams. A shot gun was the property of C. A. Massie. who missed it Saturday night. Ten dozen neckties. two jewel cases and two silk scarfs were recognized by Salim Ackel as stuff which had been taken from his store
 Ladies' shoes. mems shoes and boots. a suit case with the initials U. M C." on one end, two other sole leather suit cases. one basket suit case, two leather bags, one cam era. case, an "Xpensiyn pink silk scarf. two large pieces uf China silk, se eral fancy scarfs. a set of brown furs. sheets. two phonOeraphs and a box of records. a piCcOlo. a violin in red leather case. gold handled um- brellas, a guitar a large box of nails. a 22-caliber rifle. four lap robes. sev- eral pairs of pants. a trunk full of miscellaneous odds and ends. a two horse wagon which recently has been repainted in a crude manner, a sur rey. a wheelbarrow. several shovels and picks which have been marked. three stoves and a small gray horse is mere intimation of a few of the things the sheriff has in charge and that are believed to have been stolen
 The stuff that has been identified has made no impression on the stock on hand and the rest is open to the inspection of the public-one of the greatest pre-inventory offerings ever made in this or any other city. The stylish up-to-date commodities are going at terms which no rival can offer and while the stock lasts all that the court desires is satisfactory identification. You cannot afford to miss this opportunity Courteous treatment to all Step in and look them over
 Petty thieving has caused officers of both the city and county no end of trouble this winter. From the facts which cana fC, Iipbt z-actardov VI