Arizona republican., 1895-10-29
A FOUL PLOT Chief efConspirator Killed bySherif Orme. A Family Vendetta that Was Brought from Arkansas
 to Arizona. Three Persons Were to Be Murdered. A Confederate Weakened and
 Informed. When the Midnis Int Assassin \oug ht Ills Victims He Found Death
 Awaiting Himself
 Instead.
A Confederate Weakened and
 Informed.

By the weakening of a conspirator of what undoubtedly was one of the most cold-blooded villains the world has ever known and by the prompt and courageous action of the officers of the law, Arizona has been spared the per petration within her borders of a crime of the most atrocious description.
 Dr. J. M. Rose, the leading spirit in the attempted crime lies at Mesa, dead under the aim of Sheriff L. H. Orme, of Maricopa county.
 Mesa, eighteen miles east of Phoenix, is pretty village, quiet and even dull, with a population of the most law abiding nature. Here, several years ago, came Dr.. fTilliams, with his daughter, Mrs. May Rose. The father entered into practice, his office and residence being in a small frame north of the Cooperative store. The daughter, apparently 26 years of age, an especially comedy woman, stated that she had separated from her hus band, but otherwise gave the gossips little material as Ito her past life. They stated they were from Arkansas and seemed fairly well provided with the goods of this world.
 Last December the doctor, who is lit tie above A years of age, married again, his choice falling upon Miss Lizzie Crismon, an estimable young lady of Mesa, whose age approximately equaled that of his daughter.
 The three occupied the cottage, which was of three rooms. In the south room was the bed of the daughter and wife; in the north front room the couch of the doctor, light partition separating the two rooms. Thus may roughly be described the scene of the tragedy.
 Over a week ago a stalwart in dividual stopped Sheriff Orme in Phoe- nix. He gave the name of s. P. Hoxey, though acknowledging that he had been going during his stay in Phoeinx under the alias of Burt. He was taken by the sheriff to quiet place, where he told his tale.
 He said that he had, a couple of days before, been accosted in Phoenix by an individual calling himself P F. Yanna, and, after much roundabout talk, had been employed by Yanna to aid in the murder of family at Mesa. The deed was to be done sometime between Fri day night and the succeeding Tuesday.
 ''I couldn't do it, though" exclaimed Hoxey. Tough as am and guilty of considerable meannesss in the world, I'd never murder innocent women in the dead of night"
 The plan as outlined by Yanna, who may as we'll be called by his proper name of Rose, was for Hoxey to look up the surroundings of the residence beforehand Then, on night to be se- lected, the two were to secure admit tance into the house, when Hoxey was to kill the man as he lay in bed, while Rose murdered the women.
 He insisted that I have nothing whatever to do with the killing of the women," explained Hoxey. He said he would take special pleasure in at tending to that part of the job him self.'
 Rose volunteered to inform Hoxey that he had, several years ago, mar ried Williams daughter back in Arkan- sas and that they had quarreled and separated. Toward Williams he pro- fessed a mortal enmity. He did not claim to even know the young wife who had been brought into the household
 The reason for the contemplated triple murder was that Williams was possessed of a large amount of valuable real estate back in Kansas. Rose had not been divorced from his wife, and with these three lives out of the way ba u,o,11d Inc thp nn1V hAir
 Hoxey, primed by the sheriff with