Arizona republican., 1909-08-10
'Of a Wisconsin High School
 Girl From Mesa
SHE HAD A MEXICAN LOVER
The Wires Hot With Direc- tions to Officers Along the Phoenix & Eastern to Take in the Runaways.

Listening for five days to the en- treaties and vows of love spoken in a tongue that she could only partially understand, and giving answers that could hardly be understood, girl 16 years of are. a graduate of Wiscon- sin high school with a pretty face, left town Sunday for Phoenix on the 1:2O train. ostensibly for the purpose of becoming the wife or George Cruz, Mexican with dark skin and the pronounced features of his race The girl gave her name as Eva Bryan, or at least it is presumed that she will give that name until she finds herself in the hands of an officer and oH her way back to this place, for her parents are determined that whether she has taken the sacred vows of mat rimony or not she shall not be an associate of Cruz if it is within their power to prevent It.
 The parents of the young girl came to Mesa about two months ago. The father has few head of stock and began hauling oil to Roosevelt When the oil business became slack. as a re- suit of the partial shutdown at Roose-
  began hauling merchandise for Lesu- eur Gibbons to the damsite. Tine fam il made a temporary camp in the vi- cinity of Drew's park on account of not knowing just how long they would remain at this place It happened that their tent was but short distance from the Mexican settlement. and it was not long until the girl picked up a few Mexican words. However. she lid not in any wise express any desire to make the acquaintance of any of the MeXicans near her abiding place, and only a few days ago expressed her extreme dislike for the race In gen eral -sr. D. ...
 Five days ago the mother of the girl expressed a,Ida5irc to accompany her husband ,o Ropsevclt, as his load was not heavy going and practically noth- ing but the empty wagon returning, and her request was granted She felt That her daughter would be safe. as she had the. company of her brother, 6 years of age, and near by were many other residents. However, when the parents started for Roosevelt it ap- pears that the undoing of the girl be- gan, which finally resulted in her throwing all the results of her educa- ton aside and offering herself as a sacrifice. According to the mother, Cruz was aided by his friends Tn en- ticing the girl away from her home Cruz could talk but. little English and the girl could talk practically no Span ish al all. very few words being the extent of her vocabulary. They had to have assistance in accomplishing the end.
 The uarents returned from their Roosevelt trip on Sunday afternoon, hut they found their daughter gone and a note explaining that an uncle and aunt had come from the east and wished to adopt her. and that she had gone with them. The parents were immediately suspicious, but they defer red their investigation until yesterday morning. when they learned the awful truth. The boy who had been left alone at the camp added some informa- tiou. and before long it became known that the girl had eloped.
 There were a good many people who noticed the young couple on the train and uspiCioned that all was not well. Their actions soon convinced the oc- cUpInts of the coach that it was runaway. The couple, upon alighting from the train. was soon lost sight of. The officers began a search and learned that the couple went through Iesa yesterday morning on a ticket to Kelvin. The parents of Cruz live at Florence. He is not of age The off Ccrs are notified all along the line to arrest and hold the runaways. and it is e> oected that there will be early de- Veiopments