The weekly Arizona miner., 1871-11-25
Trial of Wm. Gertrude.

trial.of Wm. Gertrude, for the murder of Mary Anschutz, from, the Arizona City Free Press:
 c. W. Barnard, tho chief witness for the prosecution, testified to the shooting, on the par. os :he prisoner; was prcscn. and sa" the prisoner raise T revolver, fire, and inilict bulet-wound on the person of Mary An schutz from the effects of which she died in the course of few days. The prisoner was wi;hos: witness, ard the mios. rigid cEoss examination failed to show any palliating or mitigating circumstances.
 The jury after adeAberation of three hours returned a verdict of "Gulty,n when the Judge pronounced sentence as follows:
 "Ioung u,en You have been indicted by a Grand Jury of Yayapai county for the crime of murder, and have been found guilty of that terrible ohense by jury of your countrymen of this county, to which the venue was changed at your own instance. The inexorablc command of the law is--That you must die and it now becomes my pain ful duty to pronounce its dread sentence up- on you. In an hour like this, it is of no i'm portance whatever, what may think of the law that inflicts the penalty of death for its violation. It is my duty to administer the law as it is written in the statutes of this Territory and while l as an individual. would make bonfire of the gallows, as an afiiccr of the law l am compelled, by the highest considerations of official duty-the obligation of my oath-to enfore it precisely as find it.
 There are no extenuating circumstances in your case--not one single fact Co plead in yorr favor. In the silence of the night, at about the hour oi midnight, you entered the house of the deceased and angrily demanded of her the paltry sum of ten dollars that you alleged she owed you, and, failing in your demand, violent and noisy scuiie eusued, which attracted the attention of peace off cer, who repaired to the place to restore or der You were sitting on the bed, with a revolving pistol in your hand, and the de ceased woman in reclining position on the floor, where you bad evidently thrown her. The oticer-Ar- Barnard-induced you to leave the house and asked you to go home and as the testimony shows, when about ten | feet from the deor, you turned and repeated your demand for money; and on being re- 1 fused, you deliberately shot the deceased, in- | hicting wound of which she died in less than week. This transaction is so dastard- | ly that forbear b add further comment It | is sufficient for me to know that an intelIi. gent jury has found you guilty of the soul. killing crime ot marder, and that it is my | duty to pass judgment thereon. Do not let i the fiattery of hope deceive you. There is no escape, and if my admonition is worth anything, let me imp!ore yon to lose no time in preparing for that mysterious change that is wrought by death. Yoee stay on thi. earth is a short one; make she most of it. and do whatever you may to ''sst your house in order "It Is appointed unto man once to die, and after that the judgment For aid in this hour of trial, you must look to Him alone who doeth all things well, 7 and may He, in His infinite compassion, have
 nurr mercy upon you than you have had up. on yourself
 It only remains for me to pronounce the | sentence and judgment of the law.
 The sentence and judgment of the law t that you, William Gertrude, be removed
 hence to the common jail of this county, anC that you be safely confined and that, on tn, 29th day of December A. D. 1871, you b, taken by the Sheriff of said county to th, place of execution in the county aforesaid, t'
 be selected by the Sheriff, and that, betweer
 the hours of 10 o'clock A. M. and 2 o'clock F
 NJ. of said day, that you be, by the said Sher
 ift hanged by the neck until you shall b'
 dead.