Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-02-23

Friend of the COopers, charged
with being accessory to the murder.
and fall and 1 quit firing"
why did you stop?"
Because 1 saw that he was HIT
Did your father say anything about a
coward?' .-.t.
Eyes, sir. AS Carmack drew his revolv-
er and got behind Mrs Eastman, he said
something about a coward hiding behind
womans skirts
where was your attention centered?"
ION Carmack and father"
Shooting Over Quickly
ibid you see a pistol in your fathers
hand up to the time Senator Carmack be-
gan to shoot?"
mo, SIR"
Ibid your father say to Carmack: Now
you are here; we have the drop on you?
mo, sir. No such expression was used.
The only expression was about a coward.
The whole thing was over in a minute.
jumped eight or ten feet before 1 was
shot and 1 move very quickly"
Course of the Bullets
He detailed the course OF the bullets
which pierced tie, collar and two shirts.
The stone in the scarf pin, he said, was
blown out by the concussion of the re-
but was found and returned to the wit
ness.
Judge Anderson had young Cooper put
on the coat he wore the day of the
shooting and point out the bullet hole in
the sleeve, seven inches below the Shout
der seam. This bullet did not touch Coop
er's person. Then he had the boy put
on the overcoat and show the holes in
the overcoat Sleeve
did you see anyone?" 0r
Eyes; after 1 quit shooting I leaned up
against the post and saw Mrs. Eastman
dragging an old man away. Papa put his
arm around me and told him / had been
wounded. Then he led me away
'Did anyone fire shot before Senator
Carmack2" -at-t
''No, sir; Carmack fired two shot first
and fired three. That was all that were
fired-five shots"
Young Cooper identified the shirt he
wore that day, which, blood-stained, was
produced. The collar showed bullet hole
which also pierced the shirt.
rs the bullet still In your body?"
ct do not think so. The day after the
shooting 1 found a bullet in my bed at
st. Thomas hospital, where I was taken
from Fort's@4nfirmaryy This morning an
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Never mind that. yet" said Judge An
OoFSOn. But the lOHB uSldy THIS ilOLHluB
was accounted for. The witness produced
the bullet, which he said he felt first in
the bed about his knees. 1t is plain 80
leaden bullet.
HAS the wound been probed?"
eyes, and no bullet found
was an effect x-ray taken today?"
yes"
"And did it show a bullet?"
Saw No Bullet
II saw the plate, and it did not ap-
pear" i
The state objected on the ground that
the photograph is the best proof.
Judge Anderson said as soon as a print
was made it would be put in evidence.
Tonight he filed the bullet that Cooper
found in the bed.
''At the time you shot Senator Car
mack did you not believe that your life
was In danger?" Il
IT believed If had not done so, he
would have Killed me. 1 think in another
instant he would have shot me again."
ibid you ever own a revolver"
mo, sir" s'
Ever carry one2"
mo, sir" ''
Did Not Own Gun
Have you any knowledge of firearmsT'
None whatever, except when boy, I
hunted sometimes"
Ever been arrested before?
Never"
Ever been in any personal difficulty?"
mo, SIR"
The witness denied ever having said to
Charles H. Warwick that CarmacK
fought to be dead and in hell twenty
years ago." He said he never met War
wick or Cooper, and never entertained
such sentiments about Senator Carmack.
How long did you know the senator?"
For many years. l knew he had been
employed on the American, and / knew
his connection with our family. 1 cannot
remember when met him first?"
What were your relations with him?"
aught but friendly feelings for the sem
ator."
Take the Witness" said Judge Ander-
son.
CONSPIRACY THEORY AGAIN
BROUGHT OUT IN COOPER TRIAL
NASHVILLE, Tenn. Feb. 22.-The fact
that this is a bank and school holiday
generally observed here, together with
the knowledge possessed by the public
that all the guns of the states batteries
would be brought to bear upon the young
man who swears he shot E. w. Carmack,
combined to draw an immense audience
to the Cooper-sharp trial today.
For the first time during the hearing,
the luncheon box was in evidence, many
who had choice parquet seats Satur-
day morning and abandoned them to go
to luncheon, could not get near the court
room on their return. So they provided
themselves with sustenance in boxes and
newspapers today and prepared to sit the
day ont In court