Weekly journal-miner., 1917-03-07
NO VERDICT FOR LARA AFTER 6
 HOURS WORK
CASE PROCEEDS RAPIDLY UNTIL IN HANDS OF JURY WHEN DEADLOCK ENSUES; JURY LOCKED UP AT MIDNIGHT.
(From Thursdays Daily.)


 suffice the jury in the case of Camille Lara, charged with the murder of Se- bastiano Jiminez at Jerome on No vember 10th, to reach a verdict. At 1l:50 the jury was escorted to quar- ters in hotel and sent to bed.
 Judge Smith sent the jurors to their deliberations at 5:30. The case had proceeded with rapidity up to this point. All the testimony, save l5 minutes on the stand for D. D. Bailey late Tuesday afternoon, was put in yesterday, the arguments were all said and the courts instructions delivered.
 Judge Smith left instructions to call him if the jury had reached a verdict up to 9 o'clock, and after that to let them go to bed. But when in formed of his instructions, the jury asked to be allowed to continue its deliberations, with the result, it was ll:30 when they finally retired for the night
 Following the second appearance of D. D. Bailey, former policeman of Jerome, on the stand, Dr. \. (. Carl son, who performed the autopsy on the body of Sebastiano Jiminez, took the stand and testified as to the loca- ton of the wounds and the manner in which the shot must have been fired that caused death.
 Interest in the testimony increased apace when John Farrar went on the stand, the first eyewitness of the al legged murder Farrar said that a bunch of people were in the hallway of the Encinas lodging house when he hove in sight. Lara and Jiminez were struggling for the possession of the gun. "I got hold of the gun with my right hand and tried to get the hammer so as to control the gun so it wouldn't explode" he stated. while the scuffling was quite fierce, the gun went off
 Farrar showed where the bullet had passed through his coat sleeve before entering the body of Jiminez below the left shoulder.
 After receiving his mortal wound, Jiminez staggered out into the street, first picking up Lara's hat. Farrar then disarmed Lara. who followed Jiminez out of the house On cross examination, Farrar said he thought Jiminez had tried to hit Lara with his hand
 John Giacci, young Italian was the next witness. He saw as he stat ed, the dead man come up the stairs and fall in the street" He also tcsti- fed that Lara bent over and asked: Aren't you dead yet: I'll kill you
 -" adding a string of foul names. He stated that Lara threatened to kill Bailey. also, but could not identify Lara as the man who sat as defendant in this trial
 Fred B. Farrar, a brother of the former witness, testified that he tried 10 get the gun from Lara, that he was ono of the four who were struggling in the hallway. He described the fight and told how the shot had taken effect.
 Mrs. Will Encinas, the next wit ness, told how Lara had tried to en- gage a room that day, saying that Jiminez and the Perez woman came in together When she saw that there was going to be trouble, Mrs. Encinas locked herself and her l2-ycar-old daughter in the kitchen. She could not testify regarding the discussion, saying to her it was mere excited tumble of words"
 Jimincz, according to her, came in on the run; he was hunting for trouble
 Will Encinas said that Anita Perez came with Lara and they tried to en- gage a room. Lara was intoxicated, and Encincs told him he would not rent a room to drunk man, especial ly as his rooms were for single men, and no women were allowed in the house. They had lots of booze" Inc said. When Jimincz tried to push the men out into the street, and seeing he could not stop their quarrel, hastcncd away 10 summon the officer The killing occurred before his return.
 Just before the noon recess, the de- fcnse placed Peter Gordon on the stand to testify 10 the character Of Lara. Gordon stated that in his busi- ness dealings, Lara had been eminent ly square. County Attorney Mitchell delivered sudden attack on this tcs- timony, on the ground it related mere ly to Lara's business dealings and not 10 his character for pcaccfulncss. Over objection of counsel for the de- fcnsc, the court stated inc testimony would be stricken out. In ruling lat CT, however, the court permitted this testimony to stand.
 Lara Takes the Stand.
 Camille Lara, cal,n, unrufilcd. his beautiful brown hair carefully brushed and his face clean shavcu, made a