Silver City Enterprise — 1888-1890 (full OCR, Internet Archive) — 1890-03-07
source date: 1890
availability: public-domain

On Friday of last week the hardware estab- lishment of John B. Card was forcibly entered and about $150 worth of fine cutlery stolen, together wTith a number of watches left with W. J. Foley for repairs, some of which were very valuable. Not having a safe Mr. Foley was in the habit of putting his watches in a box at night and placing it for safe-keeping among the numerous other boxes of the various shelves, seldom putting it in the same place twice. The robbery was a mystery to the officers, and it appeared that no clue was obtainable. How- ever, some time previous, Jake Helde’s place had been robbed of some cigars, and Jake casually mentioned to Mayor Fleming that he though the work had been done by a Chinaman formerly in his employ. Fleming and Card im- mediately started for Chinatown, and as luck had it, when about to enter a certain joint, they met Charley Wing, who excited their suspicions by his actions. They searched him and found on his person one of Card’s boxes with twelve or fourteen watches. Wing was placed under arrest, and stated that the watches had been given him by Au Sin. The latter could not be found, and it is thought by the officers that he left town the morning after the robbery with a part of the plunder. And yet it is possible that there is no such person as Au Sin, as Wing had been to L. D. ( 11 )

been given him by Au Sin. The latter could not be found, and it is thought by the officers that he left town the morning after the robbery with a part of the plunder. And yet it is possible that there is no such person as Au Sin, as Wing had been to L. D. ( 11 ) gold watch, which he wished to pawn. He then stated that his name was Au Sin, and that the watch was owned by Charley Wing. The China- men of the town state that Charley Wing is a hard case, and has long been ostracised from Chinese society. It is quite evident that he had a confederate, who probably got away with a part of the property. It is thought that Wing is the person who burglarized the Timmer house bar last week, and secured $28 and a few boxes of cigars. Some of the stuff stolen from Coal Oil Johnny’s place some two weeks ago, was also found amongst the plunder. It is the opinion of many that all of the robberies committed lately have been the work of this Chinaman and his pal. Nearly all of the jewelry has since been found buried in a stable adjoining Wing’s cabin.

s place some two weeks ago, was also found amongst the plunder. It is the opinion of many that all of the robberies committed lately have been the work of this Chinaman and his pal. Nearly all of the jewelry has since been found buried in a stable adjoining Wing’s cabin. constable to serve. He found Wood at his cabin sound asleep, woke him up and read the war- rant to him. Wood said he did not want to be bothered then, so he turned over and was soon sound asleep. The constable waited patiently until Wood finished his nap. Wood then ar- ranged his toilet, and putting his six shooter inside his shirt, asked the constable to excuse him a moment, walked out and locked the door after him, leaving the constable a prisoner in the cabin. Wood then got his horse and left town. Jim King’s cabin at Silver Creek was rob- bed of blankets, cooking utensils, etc., last week. One Jones, who had been in the camp for some time and left the night of the robbery with a party of Mormons for Mexico, is accused of the theft.