Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1909-03-11
ENERAL GARNER MAKES ELOQUENT nFsPLY To
GENERAL INSISTS THAT COL. COOPER FIRED
THE STRUCK RoRlN-GENERAL WASHINGTON
CONCLUDES ARGUMENT FOR THE STATE THIS MORN
NG-BEAUrFUL TRIBUTE TO MRS. EASTMAN.

has been cut down there is a conflict
on this point.
They tell you that after receiv-
ing the two wounds IN the heart Car
mack turned his held and received
the third bullet In she neck. Yet
thee bullets were fired so rapidly
that man--their own witness
says he could not imitnte the reports
THE ACCUSING FINGER OF GOD
Gentlemen, seetjn the location
of these wounds thsiaccusmg finger
of God, making Il 1mpossfb' that
justice should mlsca1ty. They swore
that the senator only turned his
head. But listen gentlemen, we
have here another mute witness
which all the lawyers on Gods earth
cannot impeach. Here is the rena-
tors collar. IL has in the center
OF the backGa, bullet hole. II Car
mack's body did not turn around.
and they sweae il an not. how could
that bullet hole be IN the center of
the back of the collar. for the col
lar does not turn with the head?"
General cafnaecA aid tribute to
Mrs. Eastman.
"oh, Carmack. Il you had to go
without last blessing on your
hearts idol, your son, II you had to
leave without a last kiss from your
wife, are you not glad that the beau
tllul Mrs. Eastman was there when
you went?
They said she lied" he exclaim-
ed Hell never instigated blacker
calumny.
And now we come TO Binning,
the sainted Blnning police justice OF
Danville, H., and cook on a house
boat. Now Binning lied and you
know he lied. saat Ia say that /
do not believe that Mr.. Meeks had
any more to do with securing, or
drilling Binning than / had. /
know how such witnesses come.
Binning knew that there were no
eye witnesses to the killing except
the defendants. So he got into the
game"
Coming to the rcabbard testimo-
ny, Garner said.
Now there Is no doubt that the
scabbard was In Senator Carmack's
possession the night before. But
where has 1t been since?
"IH tell you, somebody put that
scabbard there after the clothing
had been searched three times. why.
/ don't know, ] would like to know,
though why they are manufacturing
evidence.
COLONEL COOPER'S DEFENSE
Colonel Cooper's defense must
rest upon anything; UPON the avow-
al that he had no evil intent and this
must be supported by statement
which has not been made, that he
notified Carmack to this effect.
There is one significant fact in
this trial. Who knows how many
pistols Colonel Cooper had and to
whom they were delivered? Ser
geant Meadows says he got this new
shiny, unfired pistol that night at
the police station from Sergeant
Reid. That was hours after Car
mack's death. Where Is Sergeant
Reid? re was not produced"
General Garner next described
Senator Carmack's mental condition
before the shooting, when witnesses
testified that he was jolly and pleas
ant.
Mrs. Eastman says she did not zee
Senator Carmack fire and she does
not think he did fire. II you be-
lieve otherwise, you believe that Mrs
Eastman perjured herself. She says
she saw young Robin Cooper com
Ing up from behind, and then the
firing began. And, then, too, gen
tlemen, they murd red Senator Car
mack ! don't care what your YER
dict is. whether you acqult or CON
Wet, but the Coopers eatrapped and
foully murdered II. w. Carmack.
After the murder-now listen TO
what this old spark Of southern
chivalry says to his own daughter,
1t IS al over, II is all over Is
that the voice OF al honest man? or
Is II the voice Of murderer?
NO, e Is not all over. That was
your day Colonel Cooper, now is the
day Of the law. Justice demands
That the murderers be punished, the
law demands that the murderers be
punished. The voice Of the dead
-rzruz.s