Weekly journal-miner. [volume] (Prescott, Ariz.) 1908-1929, 1913-09-17
LEONARD WHITE CASE
GOES TO THE JURY
(From Sundays Daily)

Jury closeted IN ITS secret chamoer
IN the St. Michael hotel started upon
the case at about s o'clock last
night. Judge Frank o. Smith de-
hvered his charge at 7 o'clock and
the jury received the case at 7:2O
O'Clock.
The morning session of the third
day of the trial offered principally
repetition OF the defense's plan of
action, to prove self-defense and the
individual characters of the slain
man and White. Toward the close
OF the morning session, County At
torney P. w. O'Sullivan sprung
surprise by disclosing the contents
OF the mysterious paper which he
had recorded as Exhibit No. ? the
day previous.
On Friday the County Attorney
had listened to a long string of
defense character witnesses term
the deceased a bad man During
the entire day the County Attorney
glanced upon each OF these wit
nesses and then turned his gaze IN
the direction Of the mysterious and
all-important document
George Montgomery. feeble
eighty-year-old man, mounted the
stand and declared to Attorney
Clark, in reply to a question ''that
Cameron bore a bad reputation.
Attorney Clark. when through
with this witness, turned him over
TO the County Attorney III the
same manner in which he had ques-
toned all the others, the County
Attorney asked whether he Mont
gomery) believed Cameron a dad
man" When the old man answered
YES O'Sullivan jumped up and
handed him a document. asking
whether the signature thereon was
his.
Every effort by the defendants
attorneys TO reveal the contents Ct
the document proved unavaiiing
The County Attorney promised to
produce the contents when the time
came And he did.
Yesterday morning he showed
that the document was nothing but
petition requesting the appoint
ment OF Cameron to the office of
constable OF Sayer district: The pc
tition reputed Cameron As being an
upright citizen and one worthy of
the post And the signature Of
George Montgomery was attached
TO the petition.
The County Attorney offered the
petition in evidence and for fifteen
minutes the defense attorneys put
up a stubborn resistance. The Coun-
" Attorney pointed out that the
document not only impeached the
testimony of Montgomery, but also
established the character of the dead
man.
Judge Frank o Smith finally over
ruled the objection and permitted
the document to be offered in evil
dence It was plain that the prose
Cutiou had scored an important point
one which Offset the deluge OF
character evidence offered by the
defense
assistant County Attorney Joseph
Morgan opened the arguments
shortly after , o'clock with a forty
five minute recital OF the crime, the
testimony brought out, the weak
points OF the defense in certain
spots and concluded an urgent plea
Tor conviction Attorney E S
Clark, counsel for the defense, fol-
lowed him. There was no pleading
in behalf OF the prisoner En-
twined with the most mellow Eng
Iish and inspiring arguments, his
narrative was not only convincing,
but effective as well. He told the
tale in a matter of fact way;
Showed how White had been haunt
ed by the fear of death at hrs
victims hand; illustrated the mean
arg OF seh-defense and endeavored
10 show in the clearest way pos
sible how Leonard White had acted
just like any other human being
would have acted under the same
circumS stances.
Attorney Clarks eloquence was
duplicated in the recital by Robert
Morrison, the other attorney for the
defense. County Attorney P. w.
O'Sullivan in a remarkable speech
concluded the arguments upon the
case. Judge Frank o. Smith de-
livered his charge to the jury and
shortly after o'clock the case was
given to the jury. The bailiffs
were sworn in and the twelve men
IN whose hands lies the fate Of
Leonard White were escorted to
she St. Michael hotel, where dinner
was INDUCED in before the discus
sion commenced.
Whites attorneys, Robert Morri-
son and F. s. Clark, fought Won
derful legal battle The fight was
d difficult one, even had it been
assigned to the greatest lawyers in
the country. 1t was an instance in
which the lawyers were depended