Arizona republican., 1921-04-19
ROBBER OF LUMBER
 YARD OFFICE WAS
 SHEAR FOLD BOY

MESA, April 1s.-County and city authorities solved the mystery of robbery made on the Foxworth- Bush lumber yard Sunday afternoon in which a revolver was taken from Manager H. G. Bush's desk, and un- covered the operations of a youthful bandit who had stolen the gun and afterwards held up a companion and relieved him of the sum of 50 cents. The revolver and a quantity of rubber bands comprised the total haul made from the lumber yard. and the little fellow who did the act was kind enough to leave the rubber ! bands outside the office in the yard driveway. Three pocketbooks in the desk were gone through and as they were found to be empty they were left there.
 1 Constable Pickens and Marshal Warren were called in on the case Monday morning. when the crime ! was discovered, and spent a greater tpart of the day unraveling the mys- l tery. For a time their efforts ap- peared fruitless, but along in mid afternoon a little follow who lived near the place came out with a story of a hold-up he had witnessed the night before when 50 cents was taken from a playmate of his by another | boy at the point or a gun.
 The clue was followed up and the little urchin of 9 years who had com mitted the robbery and the hold-up was found. He had disposed of the gun near Lehi for S2, after firing the | seven shells in the chamber, and had gotten his moneys worth out of both the $2 and the 50 cents
 Manager Bush had offered a re- ward of $50 for the apprehension of the thief who had broken into the yard office, but both officers who solved the mystery declined to accept the reward and refused any other re- muneration for their days work.
 Prominent Texan Is Visitor
 John w. Morrison, an old Texas ex-sheriff, is visiting in the home or ! D. B. Guthrie, two miles east Of Mesa on the Roosevelt road. Mir. Morri- son is Se years old and has lived Tn Texas continuously since 1S4f. lie is a native of Iowa MT. Morrison is of d remarkable family in more ways than one. He is one of six chliorell now ranging in age from II to ss' all of whom are living He Knew IeAas
 in it's wild and woolly days ana Can relate some interesting experiences of pioneer days. MT. Morrison mas a daughter, Mrs. C. K Wildermuth living in Phoenix, her husband oeihs assistant county farm agent.
 T Want to Close Stores Thursday Representatives of the Mesa base ball club Monday presented the com merciaI club officials with a proposal Cor all stores in the town to close Thursdav afternoon from to dur : ing the course of the University oi Arizona and Mesa ball game 10 pe played here. Favorable expressions Of SeN
 eraI of the larger stores when lne I subject was preached and it Is prop | ahle that the plan will be carried Tn order that employees may have an op- portunity to witness the game. Mesa was defeated Saturday by the U- or
 A by A score of to 3 and counts on administering revenge in the game here Thursday afternoon
 AIhan,bra Fire Starts Again | small conflagration in the ruins of the Alhambra hotel. which was oe- stroyed by fire last Friday morning was discovered early Sunday morn ing by Night Officer Johnson: t,ne ne bIaze was gradually growing in size and would have resulted seriously pu' for it's timely discovery. Members of the fire department were called on and the fire was extingulsheo without turning in an alarm
 Young People Welded Miss Maud Damron, daughter oi
 Mrs. Elizabeth Rial, and JacH Snephf were united in marriage sun day morning at o'clock. The cere- mony was performed at the home oi the brides parents, President o- D
 Stapley officiating.
 Returns From Conference President I. w. Lesueur of the
 NIaricopa stake, Latter Day saints returned Saturday from Salt Lake
 City. where he attended the annual
 conference of the church officials
 President Lesueur during the course of the conference laid particular em
 phasis on the need of commenclns
 work on the temple to be ctceted Ill !, Mesa. A detailed report of the con-
 ference was given by him at a meet ing of church officers held Sunday
 afternoon.
 Guests at Dinner
 MT. and Mrs. W. S. Me cMannon
 were dinner guests at the home oi MT. and Mrs. Roy Martin near Chan
 dler on Sunday.