The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-03-13
LAWYER SPOKE
ELEVEN HOURS
Jury in the Cooper Murder Trial
Getting a Surfeit of
EIoquence.
ABUSE OF THE SLAIN MAN
FRIENDS or PRISONERS CROWD
THE COURT ROOM.

Nashville. Tenn March 12.-When
the Cooper-SEarpe murder trial was re-
stunned today, General Washington of
the defense continued his argument.
General Washington said:
I want to direct your attention TO
James c. Bradford. He enters the case
the morning of the tragedy at the Max
well house, when the governor tele-
phones to him, and at once his good Of
fees are apparent in the effort to avert
tragedy. Yet these hungry, starving
lawyers for the prosecution, hungry and
starving for facts, would have you be-
feVe that this splendid lawyer. this
Christian gentleman this scion of an
aristocratic old family, suddenly be-
came a raging he-devii. thirsting for
blood ana plotting murder
Then he passed on to Adjutant Cen
eTal FULLY Brown, to whom he paid a
tribute as n confederate soldier, and
added
I tell you, Brown is as much a hero
as Hobson was. Yet they say he lied"
Counsel as Mimic.
General Washington referred to Miss
Lee He said she was in the office en-
PERTAINING company. Il am not sur
prised,' said he. that she did not hear
the telephone ring. She and Mrs. Blake
were talking ABOUT new hat" Gen
eTal Washington in a falsetto voice in
dulged in mimicry of the two young
women. The crowd that lined UP be-
hind the defendants, previously referred
to by Attorney General McCarn as the
defendants ''rooters," laughed repeat
eddy at the antics of the attorney Judge
Hart raped for order but the depu-
ties made no effort to suppress the dem
onstration.
These ''Tooters" climbed on the step
of the bench, faced the jury and appar-
emily endeavor to convey their ap-
prevail over the judges shoulders to the
twelve men who are trying the case.
Judge Hart has repeatedly cleared them
off. When the laughter began again
today he cleared the steps again, and
ordered the deputies to keep them
cleared.
Called Carmack Coward
General Washington once more
reached the actual shooting, and called
messenger boy to help him re-enact
the tragedy, This was the third time
the speaker had described the tragedy.
You are CaTmack," ne exclaimed.
Washington seized the automatic re-
volver, crouched down with cleaning
anu DAtSAnil5 IluStdCHe- Inc DDN,
frightened, began to back away as
y ashington stealthily advanced. The
yfoWd laughed, and the judge did, too.
"A son who sees his fathers enemy,
revolver i'm hand, and does not kill that
enemy as he would a mad dog is not
fit TO be food for worms the attorney
declared
Again and again the attorney re-en-
acted the tragedy. Again and again he
declared Robin had a right to shoot
Carmsck like a dog. Again and again
he declared that CaTmack was A cow
ard. that he hid behind Mrs Eastman
trying to get his revolver into position
for action.
~ General Washington concluded after
having spoken eleven hours
The Judge Facetious.
Come back again tomorrow, ladies and
gentlemen, and we'll have an entire
change of program for YOU
This was the cheerful announcement
made today by Judge Hart in the Cooper
Sharpe trial after the immense crowd had
been treated to nine more hours of stir
ring southern eloquence, in which lawyers
for the defense sought to justify the kill