The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-02-17
DEFENDANTS COOL
AND UNEMOTIONAL
Mrs. Eastman, the Star Wit
ness of the State, Related
Killing of Senator in a
Dramatic Manner, and the
Defense Was Unable
Under a Severe Cross-Ex-
animation, to Cause Her
to Change a Sentence.
~ AssocIatesl Pred


Nashville, Tenn, Feb. l6.-Just one
month within a day from the date OF
the first attempt was made to secure
jury, the triala began ef Col. Duncan
3 Cooper, RobiRg J. Cooper and John
%. Sharp for the killing of former
United States Senator Edward W.
CsTmaek. Long before the hour set
for court 20 open, the crowds gather
ed outside the new courthouse. The
sheriff had large force of deputies
on hand and the throng was fsrced to
form In line. At g q. n. the doors
were opeRed and IN orderly procession
the first cemers were permitted to en-
ter. When the pRrquette chairs were
filled, the line was diverted TO the bal
comfy, which also filed very rapidly.
When the com portable theatre chairs
oh both floors were occupied, the
doors were closed and hard hearted
deputies refused admission TO those
not fortunate enough TO get there in
time
When Judge Hart arrived, he made
one exception 70 the iron-clad rule,
and it was dictated by southern chiv-
airy.
= ANY -Iadies who wssh 10 attend
he remarked to the sheriff, ''aFe to be
taken care of il We have TO throw sut
q few able-bodied men, There we're
few women among the cary arrivals,
however, and these few found com
Portable seats within the bar.
Judge Hart arranged the space
within the bar so that the jurors sat
with their backs to the auditorium,
fscing the witness stand, which was
placed directly beneath the judge.
The attorneys were placed opposite
one another on either side.
N@I a
Col Cooper entered the court room
accompanied by his youngest daugh-
ter, Mrs. Beverly Wilson, of Mobile
Robin Cooper stepped in Just ahead
o. his sister, Mrs. Lucius Burch, her
hand resting on his arm. The affec-
ton displayed by this slender girl for
her brother has been one of the I4ost
affecting incidents of the trial. With
Sharp were his wife and her sister.
Col COOper'S SisteT-in-laW, his niece
and a number Of other relatives sat
just behind the prisoners and their
counsel. There was some delay while
the court permitted a photographer to
make fiashhght of the scene.
just before the attorney general
arose TO begin his statement there
came a stir from the door behind the
bar. The crowd was pushed aside and
a slender figure in sable robes, lean
ing on the arms of women friends was
assisted into the room. She was
scarcely able 30 walk and finally wish
a mean sank into a chair behind The
attorneys for the state. II was Mrs.
Carmack. widow of the slain senator
Directly across the room, scarcely
twenty feet away. sat the men who
are charged with staying her husband
The three defendants sat International
and cool. Not so their relatives. Mrs
Wilson's eyes filed I'D and Mrs
Burch's hand closed convulsively over
the arm OF her fsvOrite brother. With
an effort the young women recovered
their seli-e0ntrOl and looked away
from the widow. Meanwhile Mrs. Car
mack's friends were applying smell
inG salts and tanning her. She seem
"a faint but grew stronger and reach
ing over, put her arm around her son
a boy of about ten years. She did not,
however, raise her veil
The Indictment Read.
The attorney general Sead the IN
aictment. As he reached the words