Arizona republican., 1913-12-05
Jury Reaches Verdict After FOrty-tWo Minutes of De liberation, Prescribing the Extreme Penalty for De fendant
GARCIA TAKES
 VERDICT QUIETLY
Crime for Which He Was Convicted One of the Most COld-BlOOded ill the Criminal Annals of Mari copa County

Criminal Annals of Mari
 cOpa County
 The Verdict
 State of Arizona Vs Francisco
 Garcia-charge murder
 We, the jury. duly empanneled
 and sworn in the above entitled
 action upon our paths do find the
 defendant guilty of murder in
 the first degree and fix his pun
 ishment at death.
 J. M. HUMPHREY. Foreman
 The jury:
 D. L. KIienman
 J. NJ. Humphrey.
 John c. Ryan
 Aaron Cummings.
 M. D. Novinger.
 J. R. Wall
 L. P. Cole.
 Isaac Eichenbrauer
 Wayne Ritter
 F.. C. Conway.
 Byron Ellsworth
 Francisco Garcia was found guilty of the murder of Officer Charles Harris on the night of July last and his punishment assessed at death. yesterday afternoon by the jury emu merated above. after exactly forty
  the customary notice of exception to the verdict, and the motion for a new trial the date of sentence was fixed at Saturday next in the morn ing session of the court.
 The end of the trial, which has Oc- cupied the attention of the court since Monday morning. came almost as suddenly as the blockage of the day before. Judge Phillips completed his charge to the jury at exactly fif- teen minutes after four the bailiffs were sworn. and the twelve good men and true retired to deliberate upon the evidence and presented by the attorneys and the law as given in charge by the court The court room rapidly emptied under the ex- pectation that good deal of time would be taken in coming to a de- cision. The jury retired with deter imitation written upon the face of each man, but whether that meant a quick unanimity or fight for a hung jury none outside of the men themselves could tell. The clerk had scarcely gathered up the exhibits in the case and slowed them away in the vault, Judge Phillips and no more than left instructions as to where he might be found should the jury come in within the next two hours or so, when one of the baiIiffs was called to the door and the con clusion announced.
 It took some time to get the de- fendant back into court. to get the attorneys for the two sides back also and to wait a little while until Juror Klienman recovered from a slight and sudden indisposition, before the de- fendant was called upon to hear his fate. A few minutes before the jury filed back Garcia was brought in. but he spent the interim chatting brightly with Sheriff Adams. He apparently felt no fear of the result. although he settled in his chair a little when Clerk Thomas read the verdict The jury was boiled by re- quest of the defendant
 As soon as the verdict was read and Judge Phillips thanked the jury for its services, at the touch of Sheriff Adams hand the prisoner arose and jauntily marched from the room
 There was no evidence introduced yesterday. The morning was taken up by the district attorney and Judge Phillips in hunting authorities upon the question that stopped the trial 1 the day before. When this was finally concluded a further attempt was made to cross examine the de- fendant, but Judge Phillips finalIy l ruled with the defendant and the time for argument had arrived Clyde M. Candy led off and spoke for about forty-five minutes. He was followed by the attorney for the defense, Judge Whittemore anC County Attorney Lyman closed. ask ing for the death penalty Each at torney marshalled the evidence ir an able way, Judge Whittemore sur prising his opponents. The Crime The crime for which Francisco Garcia stands convicted was one ot 1 the coldest blooded in the criminal annals of Maricopa county. Officer Harris was stabbed in the throat with dirk in the hands of Fran cisco Garcia. while he was in the dis charge of his duty as special officer patroling the Arizona Eastern tracks It transpired in the evidence that Garcia made threats against Harris to his sweetheart earlier in the eve. hing
 During the altercatiOn betWeer | Garcia and Harris, the officer is sup | posed to have shot the man. becaust early the next morning after an al l night search, Garcia was found be 1 hind a mesquite bush weak from los