Williams news., 1921-04-29
Ell. DAVIS ARRESTED
 ON CHARGE OF THIEF I.

F. Ii. DdF1S. WhO he1o OSSiA manager of the Hardware De- Dartment at the Babbit-Polson store for a number of months, was arrested Tuesday morning on a charge of theft. He waived preliminary hearing be- fore Judge McDougall and was taken to Flagstaff Tuesday afternoon, where he is being held under $2,OOO bond await ing trail in the superior court.
 The offense for which MT. Davis was arrested was not h1s first. He had been formerly detected by MT. Geo. Spellmire manager of the Babbitt-Polson store, but had pied so earnestly for an opportunity to pay back what he had taken and to make good that MT. Spellmire gave him the chance for which he begged, only to find him again stealing from the store.
 MT. Spellmire relates that the first time he detected MT. Davis in appropriating money from the firm the amount was conSid- erably larger than in the last case for which he was arrested. MT. Spellmire confronted MT. Davis with an account of the losses and MT. Davis admitted taking the firms money, asked to be allowed to pay it pack. The opportunity was given him and he paid back the entire amount, but, as 1t later develop ed, did not stop his thefts.
 The plan followed by MT. Davis was a simple one. When he sold goods to tourists or parties going out of town, he would simply fail to turn in the money from the sales putting 1t in his own pocket instead. Since the goods were taken out of town at once and the buyers also left for other parts, it was not an easy matter to detect the thefts. MT. Spellmire was so we'll impressed by MT. Davis apparent regret and his eager ness to make good, that he was time.
 It was a week ago last Sat urday that MT. Spellmire decid- ed to set a trap to find if MT. Davis was guilty. On this oc- casion he failed to send in some money he had collected until after eight o'clock at night, but becoming alarmed by the pres of officers near the store he did send in the cash only one minute after eight.
 On Monday of. this week, trap was again carefully laid. Undersheriff Thompson and deputy Garrett were called in on the case. Mrs. Garrett and her daughter were sent to Will Hams in a weather beaten car bearing a Texas license. They stopped in front of the hard ware department of Babbitt- Poison and went in to make some purchases. They had been supplied with S10O in marked money.
 MT. Davis looked the car over, noting the Texas license, and remarked that he was from Texas, too. He sold the two women a tent costing $39.5O, a tire, flashlight and other ar ticles totalling $99.85 in all.
 It happened that a travelling man was present when Mrs. Garrett and her daughter enter ed and he remained while the tent was being bought but went out before the other, purchases were made. He returned lat CT and complimented MT. Davis on his sale of the tent. Seeing that the sale of the tent had been observed, MT. Davis at once sent in $39.5O in payment for it, but kept the remainder of what he had received from eas sales to Mrs. Garrett.
 At four o'clock in the after noon, when the money had not yet been sent in, MT. SpellmiRe phoned Thompson and GarreSs Tn Flagstaff and they left aa once for Williams. The mon ey was not turned in by the time the store closed and so a warrant was sworn out for the arrest of MT. Davis, Judge Me Dougall being called out in the middle of the night to sign it.
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