Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-02-27

looking governor walked into the room,
hat in one hand, overcoat in the other.
You ire governor of the state
IL am
How long have you served?"
Two years in one term and month in
the second"
do you know the Coopers:'
Il do: we'll"
Did YOU see Col Cooper the day of the
killing
Il did
Where?
II hunted HIM up
Why
LAS a result of telephone massage
from his daughter Mrs. Lucius Burch."
The governor told how with his private
secretary Mr.. Scruggs. he hunted Mr.
Cooper and finally found him at the
Maxwell House.
The state began to object The court
ordered the jury to retire.
Il want to say, said Judge Anderson,
that We propose to ask questions here
tofore rlfled out but we want them in
the record. so the jury had better re-
tire
After. the. twelve men had. gone out.
the governor was told to- tell all that
happened
Il found Col. Cooper in the writing
room. writing letter or debating one.
He told me to wait a minute.
Il sent for Attorney James Bradford
and Robin Cooper. They arrived in a
few minutes.
''Then I learned that the letter Col.
Cooper had been. debating was to MIR.
Carmack, 1 urged him strongly not to
send it. SO did Mr.. Bradford. and Robin
agreed with u.s.
col. Cooper was very angry. He said
he was a private -eitizen and the senator
had 10 right to use his name: that he
Cooper felt as though man was spit
ting in his face each morning.
Il told him that if he sent that let
ter ii might provoke a personal encounter.
which. / told him, must be avoided at all
costs -. -
Bradford Promised to Act.
The letter was turned over to Mr.
Bradford. who promised to adjust the
difficulty. and asked If Col. Cooper would
let him keep the letter and meet him at
his (Bradford's) office at pm.
II then saw Mrs. Williamson and asked
II she was to take luncheon with the col
onel She said yes. / told her it would
he advisable for her to remain near the
colonel until . pm. l did so because l
knew she was good friend of his and the
colonel was intensely angry.
Il left them. as it was near noon. Robin
went with me up through the arcade.
told Robin if i were he l would remain
near Col. Cooper that day"
Did you anticipate any troube?'
NO. sir. for the letter the colonel wrote
was unsigned and in Mr.. Bradford's pos
session.
II was signing some bonds when At
torney Bradford 'phoned and said he had
not seen the party we were speaking of.
but that Gen. Tuley Brown and he had
discussed the case and decided there was
no danger of trouble. l expressed my
satisfaction.
"A few minutes later ] telephoned Brad
ford's office and asked Col. Cooper to
come to the mansion within thirty min
uteS.
Did. Did you wish to see him about this
mo. sir. Col Cooper was one of my
closest advisers. 1 was going away that
night and wished to see him before |
left
Reconciliation With Cox.
The governor said he walked out of
the mansion with one of his staff and met
former Gov. Cox. They chatted while
and the governor reentered the mansion.
After a little while, the porter came in
and told him of the killing.
You say you spoke to Gov. Cox? Had
Col. Cooper brought the reconciliation
about?''
mo, sir A Chattanooga paper had an
interview with Gov. Cox after the pri-
maries in which Cox said had been fair
ly nominated and was entitled to the sup
port of all democrats l wrote to Cox.
thanking him. ! said it was no more
than fair, but that it was SO much more
friendly in tone than others had seen fit
TO use that i wanted TO express my ap-
probation
Then lie replied to it and we met. AS
matter OF fact, we never had been per-
sonal enemies We always spoke when
We met and whenever occasion demanded
ii we shook hands
LAS far as the political reconciliation
is concerned, if you can cab 1t that, Col.
Cooper had nothing to do with it. 1t was
arranged by correspondence.
Conversation Only Barred.
What was Robins manner in these in
terviews?"
"He was anxious 10 effect a peaceable
settlement, and which he left me in the
Arcade he thanked me for what / had
done, and as he did so his eyes filled with
tears
Al this point Judge Hart indicated that
he believed the results of the conference
were admissible but not the language
used at IT, However, he said, he was
open to argument.
The state asked five minutes for confer
ence. which was granted.
During the governors recital Mrs. Burch
sat with both hands claSping her brothers
left arm, her eyes fixed intently on the
governors face Col. Cooper was smiling
and confident. John Sharp listened at
tentively and smiled at the governor
reference to his reconciliation with Cox.
After twenty minutes delay the states
attorney returned Gen. Garner an
nounced that the prosecution objected to
detailing the conversation of the con-
ferences, but not to the results of the
conferences. the governor understood
it. He said, too the state did not OBJ
Ject to the Patterson-CoX reconciliation
episode.
The jury was recalled. The governor
repeated those portions of his previous
testimony which the court had declared
were admissible. The restrictions of the
court made the witness testimony brief.
When the defense was through Gen.
Garner said:
THE governor may stand aside. Later
on. should we decide TO do SO, we will
cross-examine the governor
Judge Hart then adjourned court until
Monday at am, saying he thought both
lawyers and jury would appreciate a half
holiday.
Yesterdays Testimony.
Continuing its cross-examination yester
day afternoon, after recess, the state got
from Maj Vertress the statement that
Senator tarmack not in an angry
or an ugly mood when he met him in the
Tennesseean office and that he gave no
indication either before or after receiving
the pistol of holding any i'll feeling or
malice toward anybody
When Attorney General Garner asked If
Mai Nertress knew that Senator Car
mack was unfamiliar with the use of
firearms the defense objected. and the
court would not permit the witness to