Tombstone epitaph., 1919-11-30
Mooa FOUND GUILTY BY
 JURY IN SUPERIOR COURT


 most interesting cases in the history of Cochise county. if no. the state of AriZoaa. sni establishing s precedent that will be the founds.ion 0. similar eases throughout the country. .h, verdict of the jury ia tha case of :he State ys Charles "Clet" Moon. last night. brought to an end a sensation al and interesting t..al which lasted the better part of a week
 History of Case
 The deieaian:, known as ''Chet" Moon. ia Bisbee. where he has resid- ed. was cha,ged al the trial with ha .. ing taken gIr: in the robbery of the Treu Meat Market on the night o; the Ssh of september. when the big safe in tta establishment was wreck ed and ,.6)0 stolen. besides a small amount of silver from the cash regis ter. which was also broken open.
 Following the robbery. Sheriff Jas McDoaf'i. Of Cochise county. to whom all the credi: is due in running down the burglar. resulting in the convic- ton isst night. got 10 work. arriving at the market short time after the burglary had been discovered Here not ;he slightest clue presented itself to the officer and I: see nsi s.s ]. tlierc was no; a thread cf evidence to work on. But Sheric McD1na'd. being q student of the fiig r-1-n system. anl ever since he began his term of of!ce has had instal'ed in his office in Tombstone complete record Of iu- ger-print paraphernalia, while making a close examination of the interior Of the office where the job" was done, discovered what he knew to be a most damaging piece of evidence the finger prints of the burglar on the marble slab of the cash register which had been left there while the burglar was in the act of breaking I, open. He at once removed the slab and developed the finger prints.
 Moon Arrested
 Meanwhile he had given orders 10 his deputies to arrest all suspects ant il was only matter cf twenty-four hours until Moon. along with severa, other suspects. were taken into GUS tody. The taking of the prisoner's fnger-prints on his arrival at the jail constituted the second link in the chain Of evidence which was to be used against him for comparison O.: the prints with thyse cn the marble slab convinced the sher1 that he had his mag. or al least one os them
 Finger Prints TaHy
 Satisfied with his own jadgmea., but in order tha; there would not be the least possible doub, O: his con clusions. he sent the slab and his ohice prints to experts in san Fran cisco. Los Angeles and Chicago, to four of the mos; noted fnger-pr.at experts in the United States. in order that he nay get tAsir opinion. h every instance the prints were pro, nounced as made by .Le saue man
 Mere Esiderce
 Other evidence in the chain was then uncovered link by l:ak. !ac,uI- ing photographs by the score, a piece of skin found on the door sill c: the office, which f; perfectly mo wound found on the prisoners finger a; the time of arrest. and the uncovering Of a record in San Francisco. where ne had been tried for assault to com init murder. the record of his finger prints there conforming to the last detail with these found on the marble slab and with the sherif's office prints.
 4 Good Case
 In the sheriif's mind the case was a cinch. so along. and working on al entirely new line of evidence, some thing which had never been tried be fore in this county. he compiled the evidence. bringing the fnger-print ex perts te Tombstone for the trial
 Testimony of Experts
 Qualifying as experts in the case were Edward A Evans, of Chicago. E O. Heinrich. Of Berkeley. Cal. Adolpf Juel. head of the criminal identifca