Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-06-23
CASEY CONVICTED.
The Jury Bring a Verdict Of Guilty of Mur- der in the First Degree--Scenes and In- eideuts

The Jury Bring a Verdict Of Guilty of Mar
 der in the First Degree--Seenes and In-
 cidents.
 At quarter to x o'clock last night the jury retIsnel with verdict of guilty ot murder in the first degree
 The taking of testimony closed yes terday afternoon at half past three o'clock when Judge Campbell began his address to the jury. He spoke for twenty minutes. Col. Smith did not speak ou account O, not feeling we'll Judge Campbell merely reviewed the history of Caseys attempted escape and Hol- brooks death, citing the law upon the subject, and claiming that the facts and the law demanded verdict of murder in the first degree, and that any less verdict would be simple mOckery of justice. The deed was done in mallce and with dehberati0n, Casey was lying in wait for his victim.
 Judge NOodside followed, and made au able speech for the defense. The principal point he claimed was that the facts IG the case justified 8 verdict of murder Iu the second degree. He was was followed by Judge Anderson who cited many authorities In proof of the above point.
 Judge Campbell closed the argument ID a masterly speech. He went back over Caseys desperate life, and plead that iH case where the evidence was so clear that an example should be made to deter the further commission of crime; that safeguard should be thrown around our homes. When Casey said that he did not know how the pistol hap pened to go of the second time, that H lbrook might have struck 1t with a shovel, he was guilty of Hn infamous falsehood. He was standing here al- ready charged with other crimes, and now. EIth rope around his neck, was trying to swear 1t away. If Casey re- ceiyrd the second degree it meant lm- prIsonment at Yuma, with the chances Of another escape, and another officer Of the law shot down.
 At p. ID. the case went to tine jury, and The court took recess untIl o'clock. Casey had felt quite jubllant during the afternoon, and danced around in his cell like a jack-In-a-box. At p. m. the jury re-entered the court room, and asked that the testimony of Heiander and Waung in reference G. the second shot be read, which the shorthand re- porter did from his notes. The jury re- tired a second time, and the crowd which had filled the courtroom all day, and had grown to be twice the size in the evening, iolnged around The halls and stairway waiting for the verdict. Ia a few moments there was hurried rap at the iury-room's door. and rhe crowd rushed back into the courtroom. An officer remarked that be had never be- fore witnessed such interest as the pUo- pie trok in tais Jsiai There w..s th. utmost silence as the foreman read the verdict. After the crowd retired Casev's attorneys said to Aim, Well, my boy, we've done the best for you We could"
 "Ges, you have dOle the best you could under the circumstances. Ih-s 'yr made neck-tIe party of it
 As one of the depnties was removing Casey tO his cell, he said, "H=lande- and WaEing put the rope around my neck.
 Sentence will be pronounced next Tuesday at 9 a. ID
 Casey attorneys will move for a Ucv trIaL