Arizona republican., 1903-05-13
DEGREE
 OF HOMICIDE
Josiah Anderson Convicted of
 ManSIaughter
The Verdict Returned After Trial of Four Days and a Deliberation by the Jury of Nearly Six Hoursr

guilty last night of manSlaughter by the killing of William Cameron near Agua Caliente on the night of December : last. The case went to the jury az hhlf-past three o'clock in the afternoon. The verdict was found about nine o'clock, but was not delivered until an hour later. There was some delay in the finding of the defendant and some time was spent after that hunting his attorney.
 There had been a wide variety Of predictions regarding the verdict. A great many people had foretold the one that was eventually found. but it was more generally believed il would be ac- quittal. though there seemed a strong possibility of disagreement.
 The courthouse was filled considering the time Of night when the verdict was brought in. The case had been the most sensational tried here in years and 1t was undoubtedly the most bit terly fought. When the defendant ar rived he showed anxiety but no trepi- datior. His attorney. Captain Alexan- der, appeared confident and Assistan. Attorney Bullard looked worried. When h though there was no facial expression which could be described, there was au impression that it had somehow gone against the defendant. That impress sion was strengthened by a certain manner of Clerk Dunlevy when he rose to read the verdict. Upon the reading of it. Captain Alexander demanded ;l poll of the jury. All the members an- swered that Lit was and still is" their verdict.
 The court announced that the sen- tence would be passed on Saturday, and the defendant, who had been on bond, was remanded. A motion for a new trial will be presented, and in the event of it's denial an appeal will prob ably be taken.
 The argument of Captain Alexander for the defense. begun the afternoon before, was resumed yesterday morning. It was an irnpassicned appeal for both the life and liberty of the defendantl The witnesses for the territory were vigorously attacked, and 1t was pointed out that even with the perjured tes- timony the charge against the defen- dant had not been sustained.
 At the opening of the morning ses- sion of the court the room was filled almost to suffocation, and it seemed impossible that any more curious or morbid persons could find entrance. But there is always room. for one more and that one kept coming until finally the aisles were filled and the crowd hung out into the corridor.
 At the conclusion of the address of Captain Alexander. Judge Street began the closing argument for the defense, and occupied the rest of the morning session. His was a masterly address, in the course of which he went over the whole of the evidence, pointing out the weak places in the hastily thrown together fabric of the prosecution.
 The arguments were closed in a speech of two hours by District Attor- ney Baker. Many who had heard him in the great cases in which he has taken part during his practice in Phoe- nix said that he surpassed himself in his address Of yesterday. He showed that the defense relied upon the story of the proposition of Wills and Cam eron to make him the arbitrator of the dispute about the illegally branded cat
 
 decision of the defendant in favor of Wills would have furnished Cameron with the only grievance he could have had against Anderson and would have furnished the only reason why he should engage in a quarrel with him which might end with the death of one or the other of them. He said that the terms of the proposed submission to arbitration were unreasonable and con trary 10 human nature. They would have invested the arbitrator with great CT power than that enjoyed by the chief justice of the territory or the chief jus tice of the United States. They con- ferred powers over the rights of prop erty of both of the disputants and over the liberty Of one of them. Ii it should be shown that the cattle belonged to Wills it would be shown at the same time that Cameron had committed crime the penalty for which is impris- onment in the penitentiary. No phase Of the case was left untouched in the closing speech.
 At the end of the case it was put into the hands of the jury, which for the first time since it had been impaneleda was kept together outside the jury box.
 There was much speculation regard ing the result of the jury's delibera ions. Nobody believed that the crIme alleged in the indictment would be founG to have been committed. A nG- jority of those who had attended the t,ial did not believe that even a verdict of murder in the second degree would be returned. Perhaps a majority eX- Iected acquittal, though it was the be lief of many that the defendant would re round guilty of manslaughter. It was the opinion of many others that the jury would not agree. The court and the district attorneys office seemed to take notice of the possibility of such contingency for the witnesses in the case were detained.
 The killing of Cameron has been often described in The Republican. It took place on the night of December of last year. Cameron had been ac-