Arizona republican., 1893-07-25
"FOOL WOMAN" ," Mrs. Knox's Just Enco- mium on Herself. The Well-KnoWn Rail-
 road Surveyor Discloses a Condition of Mari
 tai Unpleasantness. He Is Arrested, Pays a Fine and With Ills Wife Leaves the City
 for Denver and Ever.

Fred. W. Knox, the well-known civil engineer, who recently completed the preliminary survey of the San Diego & Phoenix railway between Phoenix and Yuma, is no longer resident of the city. His departure was sudden and was brought about by circumstance which had been previously unconsider- ed and which disclosed to Mir. Knox's many friends a surprising and unpleas- ant domestic situation.
 For sometime he has been residing Tn one of the Gregory houses on East Washington. His neighbors observed his eccentricities which those who only knew him in business or pro- feesional way, little suspected.
 Late on Sunday afternoon his wife ran out of the house screaming "mur- der" and called for Marshal BlaDken- ship who lives in an adjourning house.
 The marshal was down town at the time but be was summoned. On his arrival it was difficult to obtain from Mrs. Knox particulars on which to 
 Mir. Knox ard placed him in the county jail. He was soon after re- leased on bond of Sl00.
 Here the wife interiered and demand. ed his absolute release on the ground that he was guiltless of the charge which had been made against him. When asked why she had created a commotion by her nasty appearance on the street and her blood curdling screams, she replied, Because she was fool woman." She further said if they could have the matter adjusted she and her husband would leave town at once. The matter was accordingly placed before Justice Wharton, who had issued the warrant for Mir. Knox's arrest. On the representation of the husband and wife he fined Mir. Knox 1 $l0 and the couple hastily arranged their affairs and left the city the same evening.
 Knox has been a resident of Phoenix since last fall. He has been regarded as qniet, gentlemsnly person and was generally we'll liked. He is a thorough railroad surveyor and was for several years in that department of the Denver X Rio Grande. He carried the confi- deuce of Otto Mears ot the Rio Grande Western and was actively employed in the numerous enterprises of the Path finder. He had previously been en- gagged in similar work in the north west.
 After the formation of the San Diego X Phenix Railroad company (Arizons) last spring, Mir. Knox's bid for making the preliminary survey was accepted and the dispatch with which he car ried out the work, was a revelation to the company. The survey was exceed ingly satisfactory and was accepted.
 It is said that he has been drinking heavily recently, that he was secretly addicted to the excessive use of opium and it has been observed lately that he was frequent patron of gambling tables. Reports had for some time been current in his neighborhood, that while under the influence of liquor or opium he has ill-treated his wife, but she seems to have borne his conduct without complaint until last Sunday, when she must have bee subjected to great apparent peril, that she should have excitedly divulged the secret of their unhappy domestic affairs.