Weekly journal-miner., 1919-11-05

in the jury room.
 A poll of the jury was waved by counsel for the state, and the jury was discharged
 LeRoy Anderson, counsel for the
 defense, then addressed his honor and asked il it were not proper to take action under the provision of
 the statute provided in such cases His honor agreed and remanded Mrs Bernice Anderson to the custody of the sheriff subject to the further order of the court.
 Mrs. Anderson while awaiting the arrival of the jury plainly showed the effort which repression of her anx- iety caused her. Without the hat and veil which she has worn almost con stantly irr the court room, emotional stress stirred her mobile cheeks, her eyes darting hither and thither, sug- gesting a hunted thing at bay, not downcast, but torn by a questioning dread When the verdict was an nounced. the woman slipped from her chair to the one immediately next to her counsel, but realizing that the court had nos been finished, she sat quietly until adjournment
 Shortly after II p. m. the jury sent out word that it lad reached verdict. and officers were dispatched to bring Judge Sweeney and the at torneys.
 At 11:2O Mrs. Anderson entered the court room. Six spectators were present, the only woman being Mrs Lowry, the prison matron.
 Hardly were the jurors in place ir the jury box When Judge Sweeney taking his place, asked the jury i it had reached a verdict. Foreman H. P. Schwanbeck answered "We have"
 Twenty minutes before Assistant County Attorney E. s. Clark com pleted the closing argument before the jury, Bernice Anderson, who, eN- cept while occupying the witness chair, has kept her face yelled from observation, needed the injunction oi the Prophet Jeremiah to publish and conceal not" and with lifted veil sat with her countenance. re vealed to the jury.
 Unlike the day when in the witness chair telling her story of the trag- edy, with the aid of questions pro pounded by her counsel, or wher answering the inquiries of counsel for the state, the defendant did not ex hibit any stress of emotion, her handkerchief not once being used to hide her mouth or eyes. Her eyes intent on the prosecutor, wandered occasionally in the direction of his honor, and not quite so often 2 glance was directed toward the jurors. Several times her lips tight encd, once being distorted as if il repression of inward emotion, but throughout the closing argument Mrs. Anderson had the appearance of one intently interested in the words of the speaker.
 Declaring that the history of this killing showed jealousy to be the motive. E. s. Clark, in the states closing argument, told the jury that that motive invariably had not found favor as a defense by the jurors of Yavapai county, and that a search of the records would not find a case to the contrary. Cases had been ap- pealed from this county and guilt l whitewashed through sentimental | ism. but cases brought to this coun tv from other counties in which it | was sought to find the accused ir- responsible for staying because of jealousy or other forms of anger, had not fared well with the straight forward, upright standing men of Yavapai.
 Cain, the first murderer, was jealous because his brother Abel found favor in Gods sight, and when he attempted to evade the responsi- bility by asking, Am I my brothers keeper?" God answered him, The blood of thy brother cries out unto