The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-03-06

uoises while the automatic was not
no loud. but made moro Of sharp
crack.
''At 100 feet the detection Of tie
difference In the sound was easier.
The further got away from the re-
volvers the easier It was to distln-
guish between reports up to 1873 feet.
which was az far as I stood"
Judge Anderson, said they wanted
70 use the pistols in the case, "but 1t
was deemed best not to shoot what
IL known as the Carmack pistol
again."
Henry Chadwell. steward of The
a,urty asylum. corrotorated DR.. Car
y.snter's testimony.
I. T. Rhea grain dealer. testified
ttat Attorney James bradford was
accss'c med to answer tho phone
himself. Miss Lee had testified that
Bradford never did this until the az
ternoon Of the tragedy. thus imply
ing that . telephone message was ex-
pected.
Paul Davis. secretary OF land
company Of which Bradford Ia presi-
dent. and whose Offices are next to
the latter's. testified to the same ef-
feet.
did you not tell Miss Lee. when
getting the jury" he was asked, that
you would swear to lie to get or o.
II did not"
The defense called s. ]. Binning.
He said that just before the shooting
he was walking on 7th avenue.
when got near the alley" said
Binning." paused to light a pipe.
and a. did 80 Senator Carmacx
passed me. As I passed over he put
his right hand In his pocket and
raised revolver out Of his overcoat
pocket. his right thumb on the cylin-
der. and moved the cylinder around.
At the same time ne pulled a paper
out Of the coat pocket with his left
hand"
Then what?"
II walked on ana In a few minutes
I heard two shots. looked around.
a. had passed Senator Carmack. I
saw the senator standing in the
street."
what did you do?"
II kept a-gcing. took one look
and never looked around again. I
heard two or three shots In q min
ute"
"On cross-examination Bjnning said
he had been In Nashville only twice
and came here from Danville, Ill. He
has lived here two years this last
time. Just at present he is out Of a
:Ib. but until recently had worked
for the street railway.
You know " was a pistol you saw
Senator Carmack raise from his pock-
etf"
"Yes. I know II was"
or8nt or dark pistol?"
"A shiny nickel pistol"
This was . decided sensation, for
the revolver sAid to be Senator Car
mack's 10 biued steel. while the one
taken from Col. Cooper was nickel
plated. The state has always con-
tended that the blued steel gun found
near the dead senator's body was Col.
cooper's. On the other hand, Major
'vertrees has sworn that he loaned
Carmack q blued steel revolver.
Gen. Garner pressed the witness
closely on this point and finally COM
pletely upset him.
The witness said:
May be 1t was polished Steel" and
hnally admitted he did not know what
polished steel looked like.
you did not see any one else and
heard no remarks until you heard the
shots?"
mo. did not"
Witness said. however. that he saw
negro about the time he first saw
the pistol In Carmack's pocket.
What did you see when you look
ed around?"
Il saw people moving about pro-
r'iscuously. a woman jumping to-
wards the fence and young man
with his hand against one of the
poles"
Senator Carmack's right side was
toward your"
Yes. sir; II was"
DID he have a revolver In Ills
hand?"
II did not see it,"
"Carrnack was standing in the
street and did not have revolver in
his hand after the two shots?"