Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1909-03-03

Sharp murder trial wild require
about two days IN presentation. Be
fore rebuttal begins tomorrow the
state will probably cross examine
DIR. Gtaogow. the physician who per.
formed the autopsy over the body
OF Senator Carmack.
Nashv lie, Tenn, March S3.--lThe
defense rested it's case I'm chef IN
the trial OF Col. ID. b. Cooper and
John ID. Sharp for the staying OF
former United states Senator Il. w.
Carmack. reserv.lg the right, how
ever, TO Introduce new witnesses on
any new issue which might develop.
A moment later Attorney General
McCarn. for the state. asked an adj
order that absent witnesses might be
brought on, VIII CHI request was
granted.
The testimony yesterday was tech
nical. DR.. Glasgow wa called to
describe again the wounds on Sena-
tor Carmack's body. DR.. Duncan
Eve was then called to say whether
or not the wounds described by DR..
Glasgow would have been Instantly
fatal. He said they would.
Adjutant General Tully Brown
who attended the conference in
Judge Bradford office an hour be-
fore the shooting, desc1bed what
took place there as did Judge Brad
ford himself Gen. Brown was not
let Judge Bradford escape. The
prosecution concentrated its fire up
ON the part he played in preparing
the famous statement for the press
the night OF the ki'ling. Judge
Bradford said he was at the polGce
station that night, saw w. j. Ewing
editor OF the American, there with a
stenographer and heard several men
| giving information. He DECLARED,
however, that the only part he took
in the affair was to write out in
long hand ala the facts in the case
on which he had a personal knowl-
edge. This memoranda he gave TO
Ewing for uce I'm the press. Later
| he prepared a brief which conta N
ed the theory Of the counsel for the
defense as to how the shooting oc-
CURED. He claimed he alway. was
friendly to Carmack and denied that
he was waiting at the te ephone that
afternoon for a message to come
telling Of Carmack's murder.
The first witness yesterday was
DR.. r. l.. Thompson, who testified
that Carmack entered his drug stose
Scr soft drink and a cigar about
/ five minutes before the shooting oc-
Cured. The state Od not cross-ex.
anime.
w. NJ. Setter, an expert ON fire
arme, testified that tho bullets OF
the Colts automatic revolver were
not steel jacketed, but were cover
ed with copper and then with some
hard composition. On cross-exami-
nation he was asked whether the
cylinder OF Smith and Wesson re-
volver can be turned by the finger
without pulling the trigger.
Some can, some cannot" he caid
He examined Senator CarmacK's
revolver and said 81 could be turn
ed on'y by pulling the trigger.
Tbs fatty cOhtradicts the testi-
mony OF s. j Bennang who swore
that he saw Senator Carmack testing
his revolver a few minutes Before
the tragedy by whirling the cylin-
der with hio finger.
w. s. Morgan testified that he met
Mrs. Eastman immediately after the
shooting and that she was hysterical
He said Mrs. Eastman did not tell
him that Col Cooper said to Gar
mack, Now we have the drop on
you"
On crocs-examinaton Morgan said
Mrs. Eastman was crying and
grabbed the lapels OF my coat. she
SAID that Senator Carmack jumped
in front OF her and that Col. Coop
er then said THAT is like 2 das-
tardly coward, hiding behlnj a wo-
man"
He said Mrs. Eastman gave HIM
the impression that Col. Cooper had
shot Senator Carmack without Civ
ing HIM a chance. Morgan heard
only three Chots.
Dr. Duncan Eve in describing Sen
Stor Carmack's wounds, said:
IF the first wound described
the one in the left side, did not k II
him at once, and fell him instantly.