Bisbee daily review., 1912-03-21
.b|SbEE VICTIM 0F lECE|vERS
Woman Who Posed as Refu. gee from Mexico is
 Found to Be not
 What She Said
F ROM CALIFORNIA

The people of Bisbee appear tc have been imposed upon in the chari " case of Mrs. A F. Thomas and seven children, who about a week ago arrived in Bisbee and told a tai, of troublc and suffering that touched the sympathy Of charitable people o liisbee. and obtained ready re sponse in funds and kind treatment
 City Marshal Bassett Watkins is in receipt of the following letter from John Landell. justice Of the peace al san Juan Capisjrano, Orange coun ty, California:
 Chief Of Police. Bisbee. Ariz
 Dear Sir:
 am enclosing herawith a clip
 ping from Los Angeles nev--.
 paper in regard to Mrs. A. F..
 Thomas. may say that one
 Mrs. \. F.. or F.. A. Thomas left
 here a little more than a week
 ago for some point in Arizona
 with seven ragged children, the
 oldest a girl of about r. years,
 named Agnes, and the youngest
 a Dahy about one year old named
 John. The other children are
 named Fred. Bill Annie, Mary
 and Dan. The girl. Agnes, walks
 as If she were partly paralyzed,
 and one eye lid droops. Mrs.
 Thomas lived here nearly a year
 and told a great many different
 stories in regard to herself and
 children. and did not leave di-
 rectly for Arizona. but had her
 goods shipped to another station,
 anG reshipped from there. II
 this is the same family. would
 be glad to give You some more
 information in regard to them.
 Yours very truly.
 John Landell. J. P.
 This is undoubtedly the same yOman that appeared in Bisbee and told that she had just come from Mexico. where her husband had been killed by bandits, and obtained from Hisbee people clothing. food and raj road fare to San Antonio, Texas
 Disappointed but Kind Anyway
 Since the apparent condition ot the family was sad, Bisbee people need not regret having contributed to the aid or the mother and seven children. all Of whom were hungry and in need of clothing. From exper. fences ,n towns like San Juan Caps trano, where they were so well known that even the first names of the seF. en children were known to those who should have been touched by their condition, whatever the cause Of it, she may have judged the people of the west and therefore re- solved that 10 obtain aid it was nee essary to deceive Looking at the large family of innocent little ones he recording angel probably dropped D tear on the woman's sin of decop ion and blotted it out
 Like mercy, real charity is not re strained, it droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven and charity that puts apparent want and hunger to proof is not charity Of the Bisbte brand, at least. The children were ,old and hungry, their feet were bare and therir clothes were ragged. That was all that Bisbee wanted to lInoE, md they were forthwith fed and clothed. A reporters memory of Q lesson prompts a para. phrase to the effect that when one Ioes a good deed or an evil deed toward one Of these, "Ye have done L unto Me"
 The letter of the California jus ice of the peace is a revelation of he somber side of human nature. The justice impeaches the lone woman md seven dependent children for telling a great many conflicting stor es in regard to herself, and further more, as was discovered by the jus ice of the peace or by his constable. hat the woman did not leave direct y for Arizona. but had her goods 10 another station and re shipped from there" He has other on which additional counts of impeachment may be made.