Bisbee daily review., 1906-11-29
The footprInts appear to have been

The footprints appear to have been
 made with short. broad shoe. Care
 VI measurements of the prints we're Y $ o, lle OtAcers Salutiay nisat
 Thl i.r., slobares ln the river be- If a fearful struggle which Mrs. Cox made for her life. Where she struck 9n the soit sand when thrown iron the bridge. and where she was draggei under the bridge, the sand Is tram2ied and disturbed. The river bed is dry at present, and the sandy bottom broke the force of the fall.
 The attack on Mrs. Cox. according 10 her statement, must have lasted quarter of an hour. She declares that the struggle on the bridge con 1t was renewed after she was pursued to the river bed.
 barlng most of the time Mrs. Cox was screaming wildly, but her cries apparently did not reach any of Lae people living in the houses in that sle.nity, the nearest of which, how ever. is about 100 yards from the bridge.
 Whether the assailant Is a Ioaro or a white man is not known. The of fcers believe him to be negro. How
 yer. this is but a surmise, as thus far ro definite evidence has been un- earthed.
 .4g the entire struggle. the
 The strongest clue that the officers have is the footprints in the bed Of the river. These footprints can pe traced for over 300 yards 1p the bed os the river. Then the fiend climbed up the bank end left no trace of him self.
 .. the city or county owned blood hounds there is no doubt that the dogs could have found something def mite which might lead to the capture of the monster.
 that covered the fellows face was not pulled off. Mrs. Cox states that if the handkerchief had been pulled off the fend would have murdered her to prevent his identity ever being established. That he was of unusual strength Is proved by the fact that Mrs. Cox. who Is a woman of considerable muscle and of rather heavy build, was lif'ed bodily ard throw mover the bridge rai1.
 Sunday evening to reporter for the Citizen. Mrs Cox. lying in be2 with her head swathed in bandoges and suf- fering intense pain from her numer- ous wounds. told the story of the at ack. , She said:
 The attack occurred about seven o'clock Saturday evening. I had been up town making few purchases. II had no fear when I started home. for the moon was shining brightly, and 1t was quite early. I had gone over this road many times previously with oat being molested In the least.
 When had just passed the r,ad house tan unoccupied house about 100 yards east of the bridge) looked around and saw that man was walk ing very rapidly 6 considerable dis l tance in the rear.
 For some reason I began to feel | uneasy. and as I approached the | bridge, looked back several times. | The man still followed and gained on l me rapidly.
 When reached the west approach | of the bridge tho stranger was half | way between the road house and the bridge. He seemed to increase bis | yait. and reahced the bridge before was more than half way across it.
 When he overlook me I stopped ,nd asked him what he wanted. With put reply he lunged at me and grabbed ne by the throat. attempting to choke me.
 Then I noticed for the first time hat my assaiiant was masked He sors a handkerchief tied about the ower part of his face so that I could See only his eyes.