The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1909-03-09
CAPTAIN FlTzHueH OPENS AR
euMENTs FOR STATE IN THE
COOPER SHARP TRIAL.
Called Cooper Murderer, EmbezzIer
and Bad citizen-Judge Hart
Warned Spectators No Demon
stration Would Be Allowed.

Nashville, Tenn, March S.-An i'm
mense throng gathered at the Cooper
Sharp trial today to hear the argu-
ments.
Fully half of the audience was COM
posed of women, many of whom
brought their lunches.
As soon as court opened, Judge Hart
warned the audience against any dem
onstration.
4 have been told he said, that
some people have been brought here
to express approval or disapproval l
can scarcely believe it. But | want
to say that anyone who applaudes or
Kisses or ccmIAents upon the argu-
ments win wish he or she had never
done It, | realize the intense inter-
est felt in the result, and want to
crafty it, but the conduct of the au-
dience must be seemly and decorous.
You may proceed, gentlemen"
Mrs. Carmack Present
Mrs. Calmack was in her usual seat,
a huge leather armchair, with her son
Ned on its arm With the defendants
We're Mrs. Burch, Mrs Wilson, Mrs
Bradford and Mrs. Sharp, besides a
score or more women friends of the
ladies mentioned
Captain Fitzhugh began the open
ing argument for the state
y appear befole yoU for the first
time, he said, Tet after our long
associations and af watching your
faces, feel ! am no stranger to you
| kwow we are All Qne in the desire
to see that law shall continue to be
enforced and that justice and right
shall prevail
"On the afternoon of November 3,
there was enacted upon the streets Of
this city a tragedy which robbed
man of the teuderest and most de-
voted Of husbands, a hoy Of a loving
father, and the commonwealth Of a
brilliant statesman whose achieve
ments had added luster and glory to
the state. TO you has been charged
the duty Of fixing the responsibility
Captain Fitzhugh then read the in
dictment OF the three men with muir
der in the first degree, and explained
what first degree murder is.
Threats Made.
CaDtain Fitzhugh described how on
the night Of November Sth, Col. d. r.
Cooper was at the Tulane hotel 70
meet e. b. Craig and how Cooper
made threats about Carnaack to Craig
and how these threats were transmit
ted to the dead senator.
colonel Cooper met Craig on per
sonal business. but he brushed bust
ness aside and revealed what was IN
his black heart. He owed his friend
Craig money; he owed all his friends
money. and he never bothered about
the money owed This didn't bother
him. But he broke and said: If my
name appears in The Tennesseeah
again, Carmack or | must die
Think OF it, gentlemen, this man.
Who is a self confessed lobbyist for
railroad; this man who is charged by
ranutable men with having embezzied
money TO his care; this man whose
name had been banded about the
sfate. this man whose dark and dew
ious ways have now been uncoyereo'
dared to send an honorable ana up
right journalist threat tha' = ~"
name appears in The Tenhesseeah
again one of them must die. Think
of If. And when the tragedy was
over the defendants began to look ior
cause-for an excuse. Inelr az
torneys searched the stenograpnlc
records. They examined the JOINT
debates between Carmack and Pat-
4erson And what did they find? 'Ihat
Carmack Aad referred to 'thae lil'le
bald-headed angel Duncan Cooper
and had asked did the angel come
from above or below, and was tnefe
a smell of sulphur on his wings?
rs that reason enough to XIII
man? And this was prior to June -
and yet he sent no notes and rayed no
ravinpS