Arizona republican., 1906-07-13
A DASTARDLY CRIME
 ATTEMPTED Al TONTO
An Unknown Mexican Assaults
 Woman and Two Little Girls.

Roosevelt, Ariz., July 9-CSpecial
 Correspondence of The Republican, )- ! One of the most heinous and dastardly
 crimes ever perpetrated in the wilds of
 Arizona was attempted and narrowly
 averted at Livingstone on the night of | the Fourth. Opinions differ greatly as
 to the malicious intent of the murderer. abductOr, robber or whatever he might ! have been, but his motive failed to materialize.
 | The assailed were Mrs C. C. Griffin. wife of Postmaster Griffin of Living stone, and two daughters, Marjorie and Mary, age twelve and sixteen respect
 lively, and the assailant. an unknown Mexican.
 The facts cleaned from the affair are given herewith: Mrs. Griffin and daughters had been spending the eve ming at the home of Abbot P Cox. only a short distance from the Griffin home. At about nine o'clock they started for home, and when they had
 covered about half the distance a black swarthy Mexican suddenly emerged from thick covering of mesquite bor-
 dering the road made several gruff
 utterances in Spanish, which were not
 understood, then sprang forward. rain
 ed a shower of blows upon the heads of little Marjorie and Mary with his clinched fists and attempted to carry them to the side of the road The mother immediately ran down the road calling franticalIy for help. Hearina.
 her cries, the villain released his hold on the young girls and rushed madly at Mrs. Griffin, cursing wildly It would be difficult to say just what would have happened had assistance not been given at this time MT. Cox and Raymond Reedy, who was sitting on the porch of the Cox home. heard Mrs. Griffin's cries for help and ran to her assistance at once, reaching the scene just as the assailant was about to strike Mrs. Griffin to the ground However, the presence of two stalwart white men changed the plans of the desperate somewhat, and with a fren- zied curse he sprang into the brush and was gone before the hescuers could reach him. Due to the intense excitement and the short space of time the identity of the assailant could not be ascertained.
 Mrs. Griffin and daughters. fright ened to almost insensibility were taken to their home and a general alarm was given. Twenty minutes later a posse of nearly forty mounted cowboys and volunteer Indians were dashing wildly over the plains in quest of the mis- creant The search was continued throughout the night, but without sue cess. In the meaatime, MT. Cox. who has charge of the government camp at Pinto, about half a mile southeast of Livingstone. collected a small company of white labOrers armed them and sur rounded the Mexican settlement there. Every male Mexican was ordered from the huts and commanded to form a | line. "A careful search was made, but ! as none were found answering the ! slightest description of the assailant | they were permitted to go free.
 Several suspects have been held both | here and at Livingstone, but the guilty | one is still at large
 The Gila county officers were inn mediately notified and a party was sent out to guard the mountain passes leading into Globe. The search is yet being continued by the territorial rangers, sheriff, expert Indian trail hunters and friends of the assailed, and should the culprit be overtaken, the swift and unbiased justice of Ari- zona will administer punishment quite appropriate to the Judiciary etiquette of the wild and woody"