SIMON ALDERETTA
Arizona Republican Newspaper, Phoenix
June 19, 1903

Friday morning, May 10, 1903, there was a pathetic scene 
in the court room when Judge Sloan sentenced the murderer, 
Simon Alderetta to be hung, says the Prescott Herald.  
The prisoner received his sentence with tearful eyes and 
a look of utter misery.  He knew htat his fate was sealed 
and there would be no intervention from the court.  His 
only hope now is that a reprieve may be granted by 
Governor Brodie.The crime for which Alderetta will 
be hanged was committed the first of April , 1902.  
A painter, J.R. Ward, who painted the signs all over 
the territory for the General Arthur Cigar Company, 
showing a man pointing a finger at you as you passed, 
was the victim of Aleretta's murderous disposition.  
A row started in a saloon in the south part of town 
over a hat, and Ward was shot to death by the man 
now about to be executed. Alderetta was tried at 
the June term of the court last year convicted and 
the death penalty fixed.  The date of the execution 
of the prisoner was not set until today.