Weekly journal-miner., 1913-12-17
(From Sundays Daily)

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 lust as the clock in the court house tower solemnly tolled of twelve ticks to mark the arrival of midnight, Foreman w. O. We dell pronounced the electrifylng words: Guilty of murder in the first degree" A hush, solemn as the night. fell over the dimly light ed courtroom.
 The eyes of the jurymen fast ened upon Juan Fernandez, the prisoner. The little, agile form sat rigid upon the bench. His eyes still glanced directly in front of hIm. There was not quivor nor motion to indicate his inner feel ings. For he didn't understand!
 Three minutes later the little man was again in the jail A pris- oner who talks both the English and Mexican tongue was routed out of bed.
 Tell him the jury has convicted him and sentenced him to life i'm prisonment,7 said Mir. Tascher.
 Suddenly as the words meaning so much rang sharp into his ears, tear was seen to gather in his eye. Twas the first show of emo ton he had shown since his ar rest.
 Tell him also that we are going to appeal to the Supreme Court and are positive of having the de cision reversed" he continued.
 But the little man was deeply welded to his thoughts. The sec ond sentence fell upon unheeding ears.
 Tears gathered in the eyes. of the few standing about. Then Fernan- dez's white mustached-face turned upward in a prayer. He gripped Mir. Tascher's hand, turned away and went to the bed where he has spent the last two months worrying over his fate.
 After four hours, the jury re- ported to Deputy Sheriff Joe Young that a verdict had been reached. After some delay all the officials and attorneys were secured, the prisoner routed our of bed and the jury brought into the courtroom.
 Judge Smith personally expressed his keen appreciation of the able defense afforded the prisoner by Attorneys Tascher and Neal Clark. Mir. Tascher shook hands with all the jurymen as they filed out.
 The attorneys for the defense have made announcement that they will positively appeal the case 70 the Supreme Court.
 The twelve men in charge Of Deputy Sheriff Joe Young filed slowly from the courtroom a few minutes after o'clock, leaving the dimly lighted and stuffy courtroom to grope their way down the rick ety flight of stairs. Immediately after dinner, they were shut up n the jury room in the sheriff's of- fee.
 Never before in the history ot the Yavapai county Superior Court was such a scene depicted as yes terday afternoon. A young lawyer, barely out of his teens and just graduated from college was making his maiden speech before a jury. But few lawyers boast in aiteT-llte the record of pleading for the life of a murder suspect immediately after he has passed his bar eX- aminations.
 Yet that is the accomplishment ot Neal Clark. the brilliant young son of Attorney E. s. Clark. Veterans of the bar, court officials and a crowded courtroom gazed III amazement at the young warrior of the law as with a remarkable calmness he blended oratory with plea for sympathy, coupled eloquent statements with insurmountablt facts, reviewed every phase of the case and testimony and cited his torical instances to illustrate hi; points.
 A look of sympathy came into the faces of the twelve jurymen a' Clark told the tale of the judge ir far off Paris, the jurist who spent his last days in penitence because he had sent an innocent man t' the gallows He spoke for over al hour and during that time neyeI evinced moment oi nervousness
 Clark was associated with J Ralph Tascber in the defense p