Show ARBON MINER CONVICTED ON M MURDER CHARGE It I VERDICT RESULTS fROM SUNNYSIDE KILLING MAR 7 John Cerar Will Be Sentenced Sentenced Sen Sen- Nov 10 for Hand- Hand ax Crime Jury Makes No Mercy Recommendation PRICE Nov 3 Guilty of murder In the first degree with no recommendation dation for mercy was the verdict re returned re- re turned here Tuesday by the Jury Inthe in inthe inthe the case cas of John Cerar miner miners who was charged with murdering his roommate roommate roommate room room- mate Leo Massar over gambling losses The murder occurred at Sunn Sunnyside Sunnyside Sunny Sunny- side on March 7 Cerar was arrested the same confinement in Jail and during the th trial Cerar has according to Sheriff T. T F F. Keiter Keller maintained a quiet de demeanor demeanor df- df meanor refusing to discuss his al alleged iii- iii crime He received the jur Jurys Jury's s verdict with apparent calm Sentence of death will wili be passed by Judge F. F E. E Woods of the Seventh district court courton courton on on November 10 Motive for the killing was found tt fl t Is said In Cerar's anger at having lost money to his roommate In a n card game They were employed together In the Sunnyside mines On the night of March larch 6 they engaged In a card game In their room Massar won heavily from his friend and Cerar It ItIs ItIs itis Is said conceived the idea that tha the other had cheated The next morning while preparing to go on shift Massar was attacked by the infuriated Cerar Without any warning Cerar Is said to have struck hi hi hia friend with a hand ax from belum be- be hinO lum Three severe wounds in th the th head one of which clove clovo the skull caused Massar's almost Instant death Cerar immediately called the attention attention attention atten atten- tion of other Austrians to what h he h. had done stating his reason for the tha attack that Massar had won his money by cheating Cerar's arrest was effected without difficulty He lie was brought to Price Prica and held for trial Attorneys for the tha defense attempted to establish that Cerar was Insane at the time th the tha crime was committed But nut evidence nc adduced b by the prosecution tended to tG disprove this theory all all testimony pointing to several hours' hours deliberation between the game which developed tha the motive and the actual commission atthe of at the murder Cerar has not remarked upon the tha findings of the Jury and seems unconcerned unconcerned unconcerned un un- un- un concerned as to the sentence that will willbe willbe be passed upon him according to Sheriff Kelter Keller |