Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-05-02
AMARINE AND EMMETT
Charged with the Murder of John
r1~f-fsfE Cooper.
Evidence for the Prosecution and De
I'll -e-H tense ALI In.
Strong Cireumstantial, Pointing to
r- Their Guilt. r~
A Big Days Work at the Circuit
Court in Maryville.

SECOND DAYS PROCEEDINGS.
NASHVILLE, April s0th, 1879.

SECOND DAYS PROCEEDINGS.
MARYvILLE, April s0th. 1879.
Early in the morning the people be-
gan to come in from the country anC
by the time the hour for opening cour
had arrived, the court room was
crowded to its utmost capacity, almost
every inch of standing room being oc
cupied. In our last we neglected to
mention the names of the counsel en-.
gagged Ia the case. The Attorney Gen
eraI is assisted by General r. N. Hood
and Mr.. w. D. Mckinley, while the
defendants are represented by Messrs.
Charles Gates and s. P. Rowan. The
prisoners look very cheerful from some
cause or other, especially Amarine,
who by no means had the appearance
of a man on trial for the highest crime
a man can be guilty of.
The trial commenced this morning
by hearing
W. R. CoOPER's TESTIMONY.
Resides at Knoxville, and is Deputy
Collector of Internal Revenue. Was in
Blount county on the night of the 9Th
of August for the purpose Of seizing an
illicit distilIery. Started from Knox
vile with John Cooper, J. f. Dear
mond, ]. Il. Barnett, w. f. Baker,
John Bird, Lee Lewis, Owens and
Brady. Came by Maryville and pro-
ceeded to west end of Miller's Cove.
Left horses on top of mountain west
of Miller's Cove. Cooper then exam
ined the map, and pointed out to the
jury the positions OF the revenue
party when they approached the dis
tillery, and explained the position of
Cooper when shot, and the point from
whence the shots were fired. After
Cooper was shot all the men were
called in, and about 80 minutes after
wards they took JehnCooPer to Webb's
house. IL was about sun-up when the
shooting took place. He does not
know OF any shots being fired by his
men. Took John Cooper to Mr..
Webbis, where he died on the night of
the 9th of August, and his remains
were brought to Maryville. He saw
the smoke Of the guns, but did not see
the men who did the shooting. He
was on the hill west of the distillery
at the time of shooting. DIR. Blanken-
ship came to see John Cooper near IL
O'Clock on the morning alter he was
shot.
Mr.. Cooper next described the
ground in the neighborhoOd where the
shooting took place, There was q
heavy underbrush all around. 1t was
from fifty to sixtysyards, airline, from
where the shots were fired and JOHN
Cooperis position,
CROSS EXAMINED.
Mr.. Cooper again explained the dis.
position he made of mis- men, aud the
positions Occu pied by them, when the
his men but one, Davis, whom they
had Lost before they arrived ut the
distlllsry. There wAs no still house,
but a BIill, in open ground. rhe hollow
Is narrow. Called Baker, Barnett aud
Ovens immediately after the shOts
were fired. They all answered to his
right, southeast. The shots were fred
from q point northeast of where he
stood. Davis came up to where Cooper
was lying after he was shot.
The next was
JOHN BIRDS TESTIMONY.
On the Sth of August he was in
Knox vile; left that night with w. r.
Cooper aud squad of men for MiIler's
Cove. Left horses q ear the Cove. Mr..
Cooper divided them into three squads.
de then explained by the survey the
positions OF the psrty aud the distil
leTy. He was with Mr.. 0lute when
he made the survey. Cooper was q
little TO his right when shot. He saw
the smoke from the guns, but could
not see the men shooting. John was
In the act of EQuatting near q tree
when shot. He remarked he was shot.
William Cooper asked if he was shot,
and he said he was, and William told
him to get away from there; saw him
no more until afterwards, about one
hundred yards from the furnace. The
shots were fired from about the same
place where he heard the voice say
surrender" Heard some three or four |
shots fired to the right Of that point,
light Immediately after Cooper was |
'hOt, and heard voice say, Look out, |
boys" and thought it to be Rarnett's |
voice. These shots were some forty or |
atty yards from where the first shots
were fired. 1t was about seventy five |
Or eighty yards, airline, from the |
point OF Ihs first shots to where ] lhn |
Cooper was shot. When he got to him |
there was no one with him but Will |
Cooper. Will called him some two or /
three times. He asked Cooper il he |
was hurt much, and he replied, "I am
4 dead man, 1t was about sunrise |
when Cooper was shot, but the sun
vas not visible to them. 1t was only |
! few minutes after Cooper was shot |
i'll all gathered together, and some
me suggested that they had better
Ieep watch or they would be fired in
o again. He went out little dis
ance, looked around and came back
It Will Cooper's call, and they then
arried John Cooper to Mr.. Webb's
IOuse. 1t must have been something
Iear an hour from the
ime he was shot until they got him
o Webb's. Stayed there until late in
be afternoon. Lee Lewis, himself
Baker and several others went to
marines and brought away yoke of
attic which had been seized before
nd took them TO Knoxville.
lever saw John Cooper again until
ne time he was buried.
CROSS EXAMINED.
There was one shot fired from one
oint, then some two or three shots
ON another point, and then some
lree or four shots fired from still