El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-02-11
Little nHUiUs
"Little Dick" Burglar, Rewards Counsel With Loot
Says TranSients Find Hotel Rooms Scarce in Phoenix

667F anyone doubts that human
elements are TO be found in
= the criminal class at times,
let him become acquainted with an
English stop watch IN my possession"
said deputy sheriff R E. Bryant.
Its history Is curious one. When
Frank Simmons was sheriff, a fellow
called Little Dick burglarized the
the jewelry store OF Hickocks and
Hixson, located then on san Antonio
street The burglar selected the best
OF everything in the store and made
good his escape About a year later,
Detroit detectives found in his nos
session a watch bearing Mr.. Sim
mons's name and address. This
watch had been in a jewelry shop for
repair at the time OF the robbery.
The Detroit police wired US and soon
We had Little Dick in the county
jail His bond was fixed at $4,000
but he began TO eat soap and sue
ceeded In attaining tubercular symp-
toms and proving 10 the court that
further confinement would kill him.
Bond was then reduced TO $1,000, and
with the help OF an attorney, Little
DICK made II. Once released. he
jumped bond. However, he was a
thoughtful fellow and sometime later,
while in Boston, he remembered his
Fl Paso friends. He sent a watch to
district attorney John n. Dean. a fine
ring to district Judge A N Walthall
and a watch TO his lawyer, presenting
his compliments TO each IN a short
note His lawyer received the stop
watch, which through a series Of
sales has come into my possession. !
don't know where the fellow is now.
He had a criminal record in England
and in the United States
Il note there is a fight on in New
York City over the tax rate, and
that taxpayers are seeking an in
junction against the leyying OF q
SCISSOR W. P B. McSain- In view OF
the fact that property is assessed in
New York on 100 percent basis Gel
Paso's being so percenD, the proper
solution OF New York's tangle Is the
finding OF more sources Of assessment
should be gone after. rather than in
creasing taxes on properties already
assessed 100 percent"
Hotel accommodations in Phoenix
are at a premium said P. E Barnes.
through the Arizona capital are
lucky to get any kind Of a room, and
as to getting any choice in the mat
ter, that is almost impossible. The
A4d4lS AOAG4 NnGE6 Is dQQlnE LlTe6
more stories, which VIII relieve con-
ditions somewhat but on the whole
I believe that one or two more hotels
in that city would not find Il hard
TO fill their rooms"
The Mexican problem IS one of ed
Ucation mostly, / think" said Bernabe
Flores The people OF the country
for the most part cannot be reached
by any ordinary means Of commune
cation, and are dependent for their
knowledge Of events on the distorted
versions which are presented to them
by the petty Mexican officials and
leaders. This IS the main reason why
the Mexican people are not fit for
self government for the most part.
Illiteracy is almost universal among
the masses. only about 10 percent
being able 10 read or write, and those
nearly all among the upper classes.
Only when the blessings Of education
and schools are taken to the lowest
peon, viii the southern republic ever
be able 10 govern itself by popular
Newspaper publishers were forced
to resort to curious expedients in
order to get their papers published
during the Civil war" said post
master z. A. Shelton 4 have a copy
OF an old newspaper published in
Miss, July 2. 1853. just
two days before the surrender OF the
city to Gen Grant. It is printed on
wall paper, but contains quite a gem
erOus supply OF news. Notwithstand-