The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1909-03-13
JURY TO SION
CONSIDER CASE
M'cARN. FOR THE STATE, WILL
CLOSE ARGUMENTS IN THE
COOPER TRIAL TO-DAY.
Judge May Charge Jury This Afternoon
ard Let Men Begin on a Verdict
Before Tonisht-Judge Ander-
son Spoke Yesterday.

Nashville. Tenn, March l2.-There
were only few people in court when
the Cooper trial was resumed today.
4 shan not delay you long. Gen
eral n asAington promised as ne step
ped out before the jury.
Il want to direct your attention to
James Z. Bradford He enters the
case the morning OF the tragedy at
the Maxwell house, when the COVER
nor telephones him at once. His good
offices are apparent in an effort TO
avert the tragedy. Yet these hungry
starving lawyers for the prosecution,
hungry and starving for facts, would
have you believe that this splendid
lawyer. this Christian gentleman, this
scion of an arlstocrauc old family.
suddenly became raging he-devil,
th.rslns iOi o.ood div ...v>..--a --.-.-
d."
General Washington read part Of
tLe testim n Of Joh.I j. \ srtrees, con
corning h.j couvers alon with sud e
3 adford about note that Cooper
had written to Carmack. He argued
that every line of Vertrees' testimony
proved that Bradford's one object was
to prevent any xil.d Of troatle.
then he passed on TO AIjutant Cen
eral Brown. IF you we're to look
back ye...s gsJ. YOU would hear the
roar of artillery, and see the serried
lin s. ihe ammunition is exhausted,
the fate of the day is at stake. A
beardles5 boy, mounted on toam-
fiecked horse, rides madly down the
Inc. with hayersack loaded with am
nunition and saves the day Tor the
men in gray. | tell you, Brown IS as
nitch nero as Hobson Yet. they
say he Led.
And ldiss Lee she was in he
ofhce entertaining company You get
two female stenographers on the same
floor toteta,r. exchs 4gins idl gossip.
as they do, and ] au not Ia. .,listd
that she didn't hear the telephone
ring"
Judge Anderson Spoke.
General Washington vas followed
by Judss Anderson. alsJ for the de-
tense, ,.eo Hade his second speech in
the case
Senator Carmack had as much right
TO his life as ou. no mere or less" d"
sa Judge Anderson 10 the jury as
H. was closing his arguments this
afternoon.
In he defens OF your own life
you would nave as Inucn rsh, % kill
Senator Carmaek as you would to xii
TIE meanast citizen. Every citizen IN
this state is supposed TO have lh1
same protection"
Judge Anderson said the editorials
in The Tennesseean would not JUS
tify killing a man, but they wouil
Justify the man who was attacked in
going to his assailant and demanding
an explanation.
He said that if Robin Cooper had
not unnecessarily jerked his fathers
arm, causing him to turn around ana
see Senator Carmack there would
never have been tragedy. Had Robin
Cooper even struck Senator Carnack
and the latter had pulled pistol, he
would have been justified in shooting
him to protect his own life, but be
contended that the evidence had
shown that Senator Carmacli fired the
first two shots before Cooper got even
close to him.
One More Address.
The arguments will close tomorrow
after the address of Attorney General
McCarn for the state. His address
will take from four to six hours. 1t
is believed that Judge Hart will at
once charge the jury and let them go
to their room to discuss the case II
the attorney speaks until the ait r.
noon. however, it is likely that the
Judge viii not charge the jury before
Monday morning.