The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-26

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 Didn't you make . statement that night in which you said Carmack told Craig that your name would appear again?"
 q did not" Did you not say this: Colonel Cooper said that Mir. Carmack. after the promise to Mir. Craig. saw nt to further pursue him in The Tennessean editorial column.g"
 T did not.'t
 You know Ewing, do you not? He Is stockholder in The American is he not?"
 "He is 2 director. I do not know him very we'll"
 Didn't you say in this statement that Governor Patterson called you on the phone in Robins ofi1ce.?'
 'I did not. I made no statement except to counsel"
 Hut Ewing was not counsel was her.
 'I made no statement to Ewing"
 Defense Fought QuestiOns.
 The defense was fighting these ques- tions inch by inch. as they tended to show on Colonel Cooper's own testi- mony that a statement purporting to give all the facts leading up to the staying was prepared by outsiders without assistance from Cooper himself and that therefore that this is evil dence Of a conspiracy First they oh- Jected or the ground that the state therefore privileged, But Colonel Cooper's admission that Ewing was present destroyed this contention.
 Did you not state there that night that after you and Robin got to Dr Forts infirmary, 1t was discovered that Robin Cooper was dangerously wounded but it was thought he would recoverP.~
 No sir."
 Colonel Cooper. what has been your means to livehood since you resigned as clerk and master of chancervT
 T enjoy an income from a 300 acre farm. l was agent for a New York syndicate in Honduras"
 You were connected with c bank that broke there, were you not?"
 No sir. I closed up a bank there for the syndicate" What else2"
 'I was agent for the Louisville 6 Nashville"
 What doing?"
 Looking after taxes?'
 And after legislation?"
 Never but once then always in the open. I resigned to go to Honduras"
 This employment was when the Legislature was trying to raise the taxes of the Louisville and Nashville?"
 T don't know" Did you resign voluntarily"
 q did and have in my pocket a let. ter from J. NJ. Dickinson, general me for my services and offering to re- employ me-"
 "Did you carry that letter ever sinceT
 NO, sir, I got it because knew you had searched the State from one end AZ IA &l.. 1,.lI hurt me and because the papers in some places charged that l was a lobbyist"
 Did not you give MT. E. B. Craig four months salary on the l.. and N. in advance and didn't you resign in one month";
 "Yes. But when I gave him the or- der I had no intention of resigning and I would have borrowed it from Craig without the orders"
 Did you pay Craig out of the Hon. duras salary?"
 No. sir"
 How much did you get there?" .'
 T got $500 month. 70
 Did you pay any debts" "I don't know. l have always been a business failure from lack of busi- ness capacity.''
 What do you do with your income from the farm?"
 "Use it tol live on. Only few months ago I drew $1,050 from this farm and heard that an old Kentucky soldier was In dire need. I took the entire $1,050 and gave it to him. They have pictured my dark deeds, let's have some of the light ones. I never told this to any one. even my daughter"
 You owed many debts then?" "I did" And you gave the money away that belonged to them?" 'I nresume so"
 50 you were generous before you were just?"
 If you choose to put it that way. There are higher obligations between man and man than merely pecuniary ones" The witness then turned to the court and said
 Asks for Adjournment.
 Judge, I am very tired. Cannot you adjourn court until o'clock this af- ternoon? I am an old man and am very tired. However, if you insist I 1 can go on."
 NO. sir" said the court. We will be glad to give you an opportunity to rest. The court stands adjourned until 2 D. m"
 Colonel Cooper declined to consult with his attorneys during the recess but insisted on lying down, so when the session was resumed he was feel Ing much refreshed.
 The State handed him the editorial of November g, entitled The Diplomat of the Zweibund." The witness was asked to take the editorial up and tell wherein It reflected on his char acter.
 "The general attacks had been upon my integrity and when the editorial says, Who grafted the dead bough upon the living tree and caused to blossom and bourgeon and bear gold en fruit this to me meant that l had caused or induced a golden graft"
 Tt was the first editorial that men, toned your name?'
 "It was"
 And you really believed that the golden fruit meant graft?"
 q did"
 Where do you see any malice in this editorial?"
 "Why, it starts out with an un- truth-that I had caused reunion between Cox and Patterson"
 "But you said you would have been proud to have accomplished this?"
 "Yes, but I did not"
 "Can you name any editorial that