Arizona republican., 1904-07-05

Some of the addresses related to the | irregularity of the proceedings in | which Elias was convicted but all the
 arguments for mercy were based on
 the responsibility of the doomed man.
 who is victim of epilepsy and tainte'
 by hereditary insanity. The principal
 address was by Mir. Cooper whose de- | scription of the unfortunate conditiC n of the prisoner and the grief of his parents was SO touching that some of l his auditors were not dry eyed when 1 he concluded.
 | He said that Elias had never from boyhood been regarded as of sound mind. He had not been thought to be dangerous to any body but himself. | That in epileptic fits he had tried to
 commit suicide and had frequently been | restrained. The murder of l<atZen- | stein, MT. Cooper said was mo st un- | fortunate affair but it had been to a | large extent brought on by himself. He had for weeks bounded Elias with | out cause. A companion of Elias, Jc Sc ! Romero had been arrested by Katz IT, stein for a nameless crime and had been I convicted and sent to the peniten a' y | where he now is. Katzenstein believed | that Elias also was degenerate like | Romero but he had no other eason for l thinking SO than that he and Romero had been close companions. II was shown said MT. Cooper that F. ils we 8
 innocent of the crime of which Katz-
 enstein beleived him to be guilty, KatZenstein constantly pursued him
 and told him when he met him that ha 1 would soon have him in jail with Ro- nero. He pushed him off the sidawalk nd n,I thought of killing Katzenstein never ! occurred to Elias but he complained of
 the persecution of katzenstein.
 Then the friends, of Romero entsre , into a conspiracy for the murder of the officer. They told Elias that ke
 ought to kill his tormentor; that noth-
 ing could be done with him if he d
 and it was proved that on several oc-
 casions they piled him with liquor and
 urged him at once to make war with KatZenstein. They charged him with
 cowardice until at last they brought | him 70 the point of murder.
 But it would probably not have been committed at the time it was commit | ted but for an act of Katzenstein just at moment when Elias was hesitl- | ting. Having left the conspirators he | went out on the street and met Katz- 1 cnstein who again threw him off the l sidewalk and again charged him with | the crime of Romero. Even then Elias
 was not fully resolved 10 kill i[atzen- 1 stein. He went back to the friends of | Romero and told tn em what Kctzen- 1 stein had done to him again. They ! told him that KatZenstein had servel
 elim right; that a man so chicken hearted had no right to be on the side walk and no right to be on earth: that | it would he only a short time before
 Katzenste,n would have him in the
 penitentiary where he had threatenel
 to put him Then Elias said he woul1
 not stand it any longer: he would kill ] KatZenstein at once. The friends of | Romero gave him some more whisky He went out. got a gun, hunted Katz-
 enstein and shot him dead. Instead of trying 10 escape, he went to the sher- frs office and said that he had killed | Kateznstein. He said: t"I suppose if I didn't do right you will kill me-
 From the moment he was taken into custody, through the trial, the passing
 of the sentence of death, the pendir g
 appeal, the confirmation of the judg-
 ment by the supreme court.and in tse
 face of almost certain death. he has
 never shown the slightest emotion.
 MT. Cooper said the execution of the
 sentence would be no punishment to | Elias but it would break the hearts oC
 his narents and in the face of the facts
 would be an official murder.
 At the conclusion of the address Act ing Governor Nichols said that he
 would take the matter under advise
 ment and he intimated that he would l reach q conclusion within thre., of four
 days.