The San Francisco call., 1898-01-16
DEATH FOR
 THE SLAYER
 OF ANDREWS Winters Found Guilty by a Redwood
 City Jury. First Degree Murder With No Recommendation
 of Clemency. Unanimous Verdict Reached
Unanimous Verdict Reached on the Taking of the
 First Ballot.
FORSAKEN BY HIS NERVE.
The Convicted Man Checked in an Excited Attempt to Revile Ills
 ExpOsers.
Special Dispatch to Tn. Call.

REDWOOD CITY. Jan. 15.-"Guilty of murder in the first degree"
 Such was the verdict rendered this afternoon by the jury impaneled to try Harry Winters for the murder of Charles A. Andrews in the Grand Hotel at Baden last November
 When the case was given to the jury 1t was evident to every one present in the courtroom that the twelve men would certainly convict the prisoner. but 1t was thought, after the jury had retired, that imprisonment for life would be the punishment, instead of death.
 During the short time the jury were deliberating the defendant appeared nervous and excited. and a Deputy Sheriff was at his side continually. When the foreman announced the yer dict Winters jumped to his feet and began to address the jury, but was silenced by the court and Sheriff. He looked pale and haggard.
 When court adjourned yesterday af- ternoon Winters was on the stand This morning Attorney Nagle further questioned him with respect to the clothes he wore on the 18th and i7th of November A number of people at Baden who identified him said he wore a black Fedora hat. He denied this morning that he ever wore such hat, and denied that the hat found in the hall of the Grand Hotel was his. He said that on the 18th he wore a Stln Derby hat and on the morning or the 17th he changed it for light slouch hat given to him by James l.. Nagle, the brother of his attorney. He did not have a blue Melton overcoat on the day he was in Baden, as testlheu to by Witness Riley.
 UJpon cross examination it was shown clearly that his whole story given in direct examination was 1aorl- cation. He made many contradictory statements, which greatly pre1udlceo his case He admitted that he knew Raymond and knew him well, but that he was acquainted with him under the name of Samuel Moore.
 His acquaintance with Raymond dated back a number of years, and as Raymond has been confined in States l Prison for a long period and until very recently. 1t must be that the acquaint- anceship was formed there. He ad- mitted that he had been convicted of a felony, but of what felony the court would not permit to be shown. His appearance and every action betoken the criminal. Especially was this notice able yesterday, when he was shown the revolver taken from him in the Grand Hotel and the one taken from Ray mond on the morning of the 17th, when l he was captured. He took them and handled them as no one could who was 1 not very familiar with such weapons. 1 He gave it as his opinion that pistols ! such as those could be purchased for | $1 90 each.
 James L. Nagle was called as a wit ness for defendant. He identified a | hat shown him, and testified that he gave it to Winters on the 17th of Mo- vember. He had given the defendant 1 the suit of clothes he was wearing. ' Winters, he said had been doing odd ! jobs about the office for him for some ! time past, and he had seen him every i day from the 17th to the 24th of No vember, on which latter date he was arrested On the 17th he noticed noth- ! ing unusual in the appearance of Win ! ters. He bore no marks of a conflict of 1 any kind such as would have attract 1 ed his attention.
 This completed the defendants case, ! and in rebuttal District Attorney Walker called John Nelson. who testi- 1 fled that he was night watchman at
 the Salvation Army quarters on New l Montgomery street in San Francisco. ! He said he knew Winters, and had seen
 him at the Salvation Army pla.e on l several occasions, thus contradicting 1 Winters who said he was never there
 before the night of the 18th of Novem-
 Der. He further testified that he had
 seen him there with Raymond, alias
 Moore, and also with a man by the
 name of Willett. WiIlett is wanted for
 this same murder, and for his arrest a reward of S250 has been offered
 Constable Deserello was called in re-
 buttal and testified that soon after the crime had been committed he went to l San Francisco and stationed himself at the entrance to the building In which MT Nagle had his office He took this position about 7:30 o'clock in
 the morning and remained there all i day. with the exception of about an
 hour for lunch. for four or five days
 watching for Winters, but saw him only once in all that time.
 At 11:30 the District Attorney began
 his opening argument to the jury. fin ishing at noon. At 1 o'clock Attorney l Nagle spoke in behalf of the defendant
 and was followed by the closing argu- ment from the District Attorney. The court then instructed the jury and at
 2:30 o'clock it retired. While the iurv
 was out the defendant tried to appear 1 unconcerned. but failed utterly. And
 when the jury returned he half started
 from his seat. seeming to expect the | worst. The jury was out only about
 twenty-five minutes before it reached
 it's verdict. But two ballots were cast and each of these was unanimous. The | first ballot was as to whether the de-
 fendant was guilty or not guilty. and | the second was as to the punishment | to be inflicted. The result was mur- der in the first degree, without fixing i the punishment. This means that un- less the Supreme Court grants a new | trial Winters will be hanged for the murder of c. A. Andrews
 | When the foreman had announced the verdict Winters Jumped to his feet and addressed the jurors. He said: "Gentlemen of the jury, don't blame you for what you have done. but I do ] blame these liars. perfurers hrihers