Arizona republican., 1910-12-22
MURDEROUS WORK OF
 THUGS IN CALIFORNIA
Whittier Woman All But Killed by an
 Unknown Criminal.

Los Angeles seems to be entertain.
 ing holiday crime wave of consider.
 able proportions The Examiner tbat
 arrived here yesterday morning carrie,
 a story of one man beaten to death bN i thugs. murderous assault on a wom-
 an that may end fatally, in the town
 oi Whittier, and other lesser but simi-
 lar incidents. The Whittier affair was startling one and resulted in a gen eral turnout of the people of that com | munity in an effort to capture the cul- 1 prit. The victim is Mrs. Park R Nit ten Of ll4 North Comstock avenue. and 1 her husband is q newspaper man. form erlN editor of a Whittier paper now supposed to be some place in Arizona 1 Tor the benefit of his health. Mrs Nit { ten was hit on the forehead and at ! the base of the brain with the fist of
 a thug while trying tO carry out a well laid plan tO assist an officer in
 arresting him. he having followed her home and she having summoned the officer by telephone. The woman was unconscious for tWenty-fo hours aft CT the assault. but it is believed she will recover. The Examiner thus de- scribes the manner of the assault. aft er reciting the incident of her being accOsted on the street:
 She hurried into her home. Taking care not to awaken her children. she summoned Mir. Way by telephone and told him of the annoyance and the constable said he would hurry tO her home and that she should come to the front porch and that he would be in hiding ready to capture the man
 Mrs. Molten agreed to this and waited for several minutes-believing that Way had had time to hide himself Way. according to his statement yes terday. was across the street when Mrs Mitten came out of her home and when he did not see the suspected man he believed Mrs. Mitter went back into her home
 Way then started by a circuitous route to get behind the cottage. While the officer was walking around the the block Mrs Mitten. believing that he was in hiding in the rear alley. walked back to meet him. Just as she reached the house corner she was confronted by man.
 How do vou do. Mir Way. said Mrs. Mtten and the next moment she was engaged in terrific struggle. She could make no outcry and the ruffian did not speak When Mrs Mitten clutched the man by the throat he struck her a terrific blow with his fist and the woman fell prostrate
 Apparently without waiting to see # Mrs. Mitten was dead the man ran south on Comstock avenue. passing several couples who were returning from church. It was five minutes later when Way came up through the alley to the south of Mrs. Mitten's home and found her.
 That Mrs. Mitten is still alive is probably due to the fact that Night Watchman George Donahue of Whit | tier was one of the first to find her. ! When he reached her side Donahue was unable to detect any life in the woman's body-her pulse could no; be felt and it was thought that her breathing had seased.
 "Donahue had with him three small ! tablets of strychnine and. forcing them ! into Mrs. Mitten's month. he reused ] her heart action and respiration. She 1 did not regain consciousness. however, | until last night"