BOLD BURGLARY
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chunk 1145 · paragraph 1882
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of them) are from sixty to seventy-five miles
south of Deming.
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BOLD BURGLARY
On Friday night last, or rather early on
Saturday morning, the residence of Mayor J.
W. Fleming was entered by some adroit scoun-
drel, and considerable valuable property was
carried away.
His honor, whilst sleeping the sleep of
innocence, all unconscious of the evilly disposed
person at his bedside, was formulating in his
mind new ordinances for the public good, his
light fingered visitor was going through his
pockets for valuables, of which he gathered
quite a store. He leisurely examined the con-
tents of a package of letters, bills, etc., which
he found in the Mayor’s coat pocket and after
his curiosity had become thoroughly satisfied,
he gathered up the suit of clothes which our
worthy Burgomaster had worn through the day.
In the pockets of the pantaloons, was small
change to the amount of $65.
A handsome gold watch and chain, valued
at $300, was taken, the intrinsic value of which
is not so much as the associations surrounding
them, they being a gift from a friend. A fine
overcoat was also taken. There is no clue to
the thieves, save a bread knife which was found
in Chihuahua, which was identified.