Tombstone epitaph., 1913-10-05
Doiaas In the Superior Court
MONDAY

MONDAY The court TO m was crowded to the doors with spectators this morning to hear the sentenc pronounced in tfe S.s'e vs Louie Nelson, found gull y .oi the crime of murder in the l-s degree with the penalty of death recommend ed by the jury
 Promptly st .OO o'clock, His Honor, Judge Lock . socd, appeared ct the bench, and alter resdin; the sen tsnce in the case ys Eduardo Vaughn, found guilty of rape, and who was given . sentence of fro,h five years to life in the state p-isoo at Florence, the Court read the sentence upon Nelson, which follows in full.-
 "On the llth day of September 1913, you were informed against by the county attorney ofIhis county for the crme of murder. To this infor
 nation you pleaded "not guilty" on the 18th day of September. l9lo.
 You were given fair and impsr tisl trial, in this court, be'ore 6 jury of your peers and said jury returned into open cour, their verdict, finding you guilty in manner and form s- charged in the Information, and fixing
 the penalty at death. Have you any thing 10 say or legal cause to show why the iuds mens oi this court should not be pronounced sgsinst you?' The defendsn: replied that be had and upon being asked by the Cour 9 what he mad co cay, the defendsn said that Lizzie Lee 6 wit ness for tn Q stste stated to him, in the presence o y others that she h,d testified falsely wlereupon the Court directed ths . troper investis stion be made as | n the truth Of the charge.
 e No legal cause being shown or sp p bearing to the Court, the Court dot
 render its judgment: 1ha', wherea' '' you. Louis Nelson, having been 0 y the 27th day ci September. 1913, sfts '" 8 fair and impartial trial iu this cour
 lou nd guilty by jury of your peer 'o of the crime of murder in the let d
 gree and fixed the penalty at deatl o. "It is hereby. adjudjed and decree ,s that you, Louis Nelson, are guilty the crime of murder in the irst degre ., and that you be punished therefor .. being hanged by the neck until yt Q. are dead, upon she l7th day of De
 embes, 1913
 .o "And is is luther ordered that you Q, and you are hereby remsuded to q ,u custody of the sheriff to be by bi
 safely delivered into the custody the warden of the State prisou of q ho State of Arizona at Florence Arizol
 within ten dsys from the date here
 for the executi D of this judgmer and that certified copy of this ord IA, and judgment shall be suficie DC authority for the sand sheriff to tsl g. keep and deliver you, Louis Nelso O. into the custody of the Warden said State Prison of the State of Al De zons, and shall be sufficient comma,
 unto the sa,d warden of said Sta n, prison to receive and safely keep yo Louis Nelson, in ssid State prison u m til the l7th day of December, l9l nc and that upon the said 17th day December, 1913 the Warden of sa cb State Prison execute the judgment in thi- court by hanging you by tl neck until you are dead"
 @. Motion for new trial in the case v es heard and denied by the court, ss W y- also in the Vaughn case
 Q, The following prisoners were q ip raigned and plead not guilty, and we
 rsmandsd to the custody Of the she
 if for trial as later date:
 Esperion Pens: charged with rap
 Jose Gomez; charged with rape.
 In the cases of the state vs Joh )c King for forgery. and Burch, f,
 attempted seduction, the prisone
 were given to tomorrow at 9 c m { 'h plssd.
 TUESDAY
 i. Most O the morning was cccupie