The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-02-28
Gov. Patterson Witness
In Cooper-Sharp Trial
(contlnued FROM First paee)


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Gould you recognize any of them9''
mo sir, 1t was too smoky and
dark"
when you got near to the group.
did you find any of your friends?"
Il did"
But you could not recognize them
from the corner Of Union street and
Seventh avenue?"
mo SIR
would il be possible for anyone
to recognize a man standing near the
scene OF the killing from the corner?"
John Sharp swore that he did.
IT do not think So"
The defense objected and the court
held that the question should be:
How close to the scene OF the
tragedy did you have TO get before
you could recognize anyone?"
The state declined to put it how
ever, and excused Mr., Thompson for
the present.
The aim of the state was to- show
that il was impossible for the Coop
eFs TO recognize Senator Carmack
nearly a block away or for John
Sharp to see the tragedy in every de-
tail from the corner, as he swore he
die.
Roscoe Mathews. q tailor. next told
Of meeting John d. Sharp in the Ar
cade the afternoon of the tragedy, of
stopping him and soliciting an order,
for a suit OF clothes. This eorFobo-
rates Shapes testimony to the same
effect. While talking to Sharp, Colo
mel Cooper and Robin came up and
were introduced. He was cross eX-
amined very briefly, nothing new de-
veIoping.
EYE WITNESS TEsTIFIEs.
DR.. Richard Dake. whose Office was
across the street from the scene of
the killing, next told how he heard
the shots and ran to the window. He
heard fve shots with an interval be-
tween the first and second shots,
which were louder than the later
shots.
81 rushed out. I saw Robin Cooper
leaning against the pole. Colonel
Cooper with his arm around his son,
and Carmack's body in the street.
What did you do?"
81 made a haSty examination OF
Carmack's body and found he was
dead. Then / waited for an officer"
How was he Iylng?"
Head to the north, partly on his
right side, right hand extended, left
leg slightly Aexed."
Did yeu see pool Of blood and a
bullet in it?"
81 did. near the dead mans mouth"
Anything in the left hand?"
"A cigar. AS / stood, the fingers
relaxed and the cigar slipped to the
pavement.
Did you see revolver"
Near the senator's right hand"
did you see any one breech it?"
after the body was put in the am
bulance Lieutenant Pitcher broke it."
Did you disturb the body in your
examination?
mo. AS soon as / touched the
body l knew he was dead. may
have moved livery slightly"
did you see Mrs. Eastman"
Il did,
WAS she hystericaI?"
I think she was highly excited"
me state objected unless DR.. Dake
was an expert on Mysteries. The doc
tor smilingly said he was not a spe-
ination the state asked why the doc
tor had described an interval between
the shots.
Because I was asked to describe
the Shots
You were simply asked how many
shets you heard, we're you not?"
mo sir. ] was asked how many
and to describe them"
The state challenged the record
and the stenographer sustained the
witness.
"You never, in your testimony on
the preliminary hearing. referred to
one shot being louder than the other?"
II was not asked as to that point
at that time"
General Fitzhugh OF the state press
ed the witness closely as to differ
ences between his recollection OF the
incidents now and his testimony at
the formal hearing, but could secure
no admissions from him. Invariably
the record sustained him..
ROBERT 3. BILLIARD.
Robert B. billiard. a lumberman
from Lebanon, Tenn, VINO was in
Nashville tae day of the killing. was
next called. He said he was near
Seventh avenue and Church street
when he heard the shets.
Describe the shooting.
First came two shots. then three
shots very much quicker. The two
lrst shots were mueh louder than the |
asst three"
On cross examination by Attorney |
General McCara the witness said he |
walked ON after hearing the shots and |
lid not learn for some time that Sen |
itor Carmack had been killed. He ad- |
nitted that the day was dark. that |
lie looked up Seventh avenue and saw
lothing and that his failure to see
night have been due to the cloudy. |
nurky atmosphere.
billiard was sure that the shots were |
rom different revoIvers.
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did your"
II was not asked