Tombstone epitaph., 1921-09-11
GARCIA AND PEREZ GUILTY IN FIRST DECREE.

state Ns. MdEuei 1dTcld ana Jose re reg. charged with the murder of Jess Fisher. at Slaughter's ranch last May, went to the jury following arguments of attorneys for both sides.
 This morning. following brief con clusion of introduction of testimony by the defense. and short rebuttal on the part of the state in which witness es were recalled to coroborate facts concerning the cord with which the defendants claimed they were bound, and footprints which Sheriff J. E. Hood testified 10 finding corroborat- ! ing other testimony, both sides rested and arguments were started. Assist ant County Attorney Walter Roach opening for the state.
 ] NIT. Roach's arguments dealth most ly with summing up the details of the crime, comparing the states evidence with that of the defense in drawing the conclusion that the crime was framed up affair to murder the occu- pants O, the Slaughter ranch and rob the place. in which the defendants had conspired with three other men, as brought out by the testimony adduc,i | by the state.
 Arguments of MT. Roach lasted for the better part of an hour and half, up until noon recess.
 Al l:o0 o'clock Attorney O. Gibson, for the defendants. opened his argu- ments, which also occlupied an hour and a half, n which he presented his plea for The defendants, claiming Gar ' cia and Perez have been the victims Of circumstances; that on the night of May ith they were held up by ban dits and bound and forced to remain silent while three Of the bandits went 10 the ranch. shot Fisher and broke ! into the little store. escaping with the loot He took up various detailed evidence as presented by the defense to show that the two men did not take part in the killing of Fisher, and in his plea to the jury asked that the two men be not torn away from thelr 1, families on mere circumstantial evi- dence and either sent 10 the peniten- tiary for life or possibly 70 the gal, { lows on evidence that does not show beyond doubt that they were the murdere-s.
 County Attorney J. F. Ross occu- pied the balance Of the afternoon cen ,erins his address 10 the jury until after 30 in which he went thorough. ly into every phase and detail of the case.
 , Mr. Ross opened his argument to the jury by contrasting the matter of considering what the defense attor- ney had pictured with the murder Of Jess Fisher. He pictured the murder Of Jess Fisher. out on the cattle ranch or the Mexican border. of Fisher be. ing shot down by the two men, who are now claiming an alibi, and of the widow and children HOW being left alone through ,he murderous acts of the two defendants for the sole de- sire of loot
 When the county attorney had touched upcn that phase of the case Mrs. Fisher. who has been present in the court room since the trial started last week. broke down and wept aloud and glance al the jurors showed that four or five o. their number were in tears when the county attorney had completed his arrienment of the prisoners. whom he charged were d. rectly responsible for Fishers foul ! murder There were also tears in the eyes Of many Of the spectators and tense moment ensued during the polarization Of the murderous as- saul' or the innocent occupants of the Slaughter ranch. as seen by Mrs. Slaughter. and testified to during the trial.
 Step by step inc county attorney took up each chain of evidence. which he linked together in showing the damaging connection with the ci-- cumstantial as well as the actual evi- dence introduced before the jury dur ing the course of the trial. The de- tails of the defense's own testimony in contrast with tha, introduced by the state and the connection with the