The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-18
STATE DRAWS WEB
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How was he standing with regard to the scene of the shootngr
 With his back to the shooting" What next7" ~
 "tre turned and walked back with me up to the scene of the shooting. said: Oh. MT. Sharp you are not | testing are your and he said: No. Miss sksffington, am not I saw four fig- ures gathered and others came. Mir. Sharp walked over to tho group, stood a minutes and then rejoined me. said: MT. Shafp, is he deadT His re- ply was, He is.' Then was sick and frightened and hurried. away"
 How was the atmosphere that day?"
 Tt was very cloudy and smoky" Didn't Recognize Cocpers. | Could you recognize Colonel. Cooper and Robin Cooper when you got closer to themT'
 | 'I did not"
 DO you know them?"
 "I do.'
 Your syesisht is sood7" 1 Excellent"
 Did Sharp turn around to see who was doing the shooting after you heard the shots and before you asked him I who was shootingr"
 "No. sir, he did not . He was walking away from the scene where the shooting occurred?"
 "He was" Miss skeffington was cross examined | very briefly. the defense asking only if Sharp might not have turned and | seen the shooting without the witness seeing him. The young woman was quite sure that he could not, as she l had not taken her eyes from him and she was glancing at him as the shots were fired.
 During this testimony. Sharp leaned forward in his chair listening atten. lively. His wife clasped her hands within his arm as though to encourage him.
 E. N. Morgan, a postal clerk, saw John sharp and the Coopers meet in shooting The men shook hands and the witness passed on. c. B. Horn, real estate dealer, testified that sharp had abused Carmack before the gu- bernatorial primaries. Misa. McEkeon TestiAeH. Miss Teresa McKeon, q teacher, was in pr. Forts inarmafy when Carmack was shot.
 T was going up stairs to see a friend' the witness said. T stopped at the library to tell pr. Fort that Carmack was dead As did so saw q gentleman in the room walk ing up and down. He said in loud voice: I don't want anyone else to come in this room unless they are of- ficers. I do not want to have to shoot another man.
 The witness said Dr. Fort told her the speaker was Colonel Cooper. She identified the defendant aa the speaker.
 It was to pr. Forts inflrmary on Seventh avenue that Robin Cooper was taken after the shooting, to have his wounds dressed. ,
 Miss McKeon was not cross exanin- ed except as to whether or not a large throng was commencing to crowd in- to the infrmary. She said no crowd was gathering.
 Fl. 5. Vanderen who was with Miss McKeon, corroborated her testimony. He was not cross examined.
 Miss Lizzie Fort was sitting at her window on the fourth floor of the Polk apartments directly above the scene of the shoVting when 1t hap pened- She heard the shots and- count. ed Ave Heretofore witness testified to only three. She said the nrst three were in rapid succession and sounded like from the same revolver
 T looked out at once," she said 'and saw Mrs. Eastman whom recognIz- ed by her white hair and manner of dress, saw body on the street and two men. saw young Cooper walk down to his father and the two of them walked away. went down and took Mrs. Eastman into my apartments"
 Miss Fort described the location of the two men. under cross examina- tions showing that when she looked out, Carmack's dead body was be, tween young Cooper and his father.
 To get to his father the young man had to step from the street to the side walk.
 Robin Cursed Caunack.
 Charles H. Warwick, secretary of the Credit Mems Association. testified that he met Robin Cooper on a street car one morning last June and heard the young man say about Carmack; Damn him! he ought to be in he'll"
 On cross examination the witness said such remarks were very common during the campaign which was very bitter. Those men who did not curse Carmack did curse Patterson. At this point court adjourned. for luncheon
 E. W. Thomas. clerk of the State Senate was the first witness after the noon recess. He met John Sharp an hour after the tragedy, asked for de- taIls and the latter replied that he did not know anything about it.. He also saw Robin Cooper at II a, m. on November g, sitting in the window or the Tulane Hotel across the street from Carmack's office.
 G. W. Cooper then corroborated the testimony of Charles H. Warwick that Robin Cooper had said Carmack should have been in hell twenty years ago. He admitted. however, that he didn't know Robin Cooper. but had been told that the man who used the expression was young Cooper.
 Wounds Im CaPmaclE'a Body
 HnnAM wuhO AnI. a tor Carmack's body. was then called. He described how his firm was noti- ded and how he went for the body. He was present whom two physicians examined the body.
 The witness made notes on the | wounds. One went into the left side | and was cut out of the right side of | the body below the shoulder. Anoth- l CT entered the left side of the Abdo- | men and was cut out of the right side | five inches from the navel. The third | entered the neck half an inch to the | left of the spine and was found un- | der the tongue. The wounds on the l body ranged downward.
 Before Jones began to testify. Mrs. Carmack was taken from the room, It | was feared that the sight of her hus- | bands bioodstained garments and the | description of his wounds would he | more than she could bear.
 Have you the clothing taken from | the body of the Senator7" he was ask | ed.
 'T havs.'
 The witness then opened a bag and produced the outer clothing. under | garments. shirt and collar. The | hNy a.