The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-02-17
Hopes of Sensational Deycl-
opment Draw a Great
Crowd.
WITNESSES RELATE
! SHARP'S STATEMENT
D Testimony Given TO Strengthen
State S Contention That Con-
spiracy Existed.

NASHVILLE. Tenn. Feb. I--SeeuJ-
inz a day even more sensational than
WAS yesterday. interested spectators
crowded tnc court room as soon rs tho
doors We're opened today rlr the trial
of Col Duncan B. Cooper. Robin Coo
per. and John t. sharp charged with
the murder OF ex-senator Edward M.
t-armack
All testimony so TAR has Indicated JaEl
1he trial is taking on eaIarged proper
1ious. and it is probable that the arsu-
mcnt OF counsel will not be- reached
luul March. Instead Of thirty witnesses
for the State. as al first given our
there are over sixty. and if is said tine
defense viii have AN equally large NUM-
her. in this event. the Trial VIII be pro-
longed.
The pathetic figure i'm the case is the
widow Of the dead Seu-tor. She sits in
The courtroom listening iutenuy TO
every word of testimony regarding the
meeting between her husband and the
Coopers, and during the recital of the
Tragedy she means pile0usly.
Mother With Her
one or the companions of the stricken
widow in the courtroom is her venerable
mother, Mrs. Ellen r. Huntington, who
is past her eighueJh year Little Ned
Carmack jr-. eleven years Old, is with
his mother, and his constant solicitation
Tor her welfare has Impressed everyone.
The rule excluding witnesses from the
courtroom was Withdrawn in the cases
81 Mrs, Lucius Burchs daughter OF
Colonel Cooper. who is also a witness in
she case, ana Attorney >. G.. Bradford,
Of the counsel for the defense also "a
witness. He is an uncle oil Robin Cooper
and they have offices together.
John TindaI, the tWelve-y ear-OId
1eWsDOF5 who testified that HE mad
heard Colonel Cooper say a few min
ules before tie killing wen get him.
We'll get him was a zig surprise TO
The defense. But at the time he did
not know the significance OF the words
Witnesses in Court.
Among the witnesses iu court today,
waiting TO be called, were ~. G. Jones,
the undertaken who embalmed the body
81 Carmack. and DR. Richard Drake.
who make q brief examination OF the
wounds which killed Caruack Dr. Ru-
aus Fort who examined the body at the
night autopsy was also among the witt
ues5es
l. A WEIGH, "a barber iu the Tulane
FFotzl- WAS also ar4ans. rI.a.- s-.r-.r,,r7..s
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- ouatp' eiieG5e .accolHpii~c OF the
o3pS-as "-o WFI~a ii"s sworn ne
49, u - e.ti l--s-'.A o-5AS 70 nave
t'-tLi u5au anu IN men lolls ago AZ the
Fe- -ls .l-l-5 appl2 ms tpilHels.
ol ti4e elsLl witnesses examined yes
fefld}5 but uEe We're lrOaE-eEam mined,
$40 Isl1i - - L,s-l Fl--e LL- t564- 20 le-
~ T. -. C-a-7 tl.A @aieF D. Or NO
loss 4e-L-ll -ittto4 was MADE ll the case
~ Aits. CHfiilaeN. mrs Emily Blake
ea S-- 'll7 7'@'o WIN the adjournment
- court
Vile on Stand.
Mr.. CarmaeEr wife Of the dead man.
WaS called 10 the stand
Ehe witness said that when she heard
oi the tragedy, she was ou "a visit 90
columbia Tenn She said Jlar sine re-
E-anad 10 Nashville ON the Irs- train.
When Prosecutor Mccain asked Mrs
CaTmaCk relative 10 q telephone con-
versa ff14r rrar husband E..a r4H -.f-..
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-l -oe- -o--7 P---- I'D I'D. .+@=e-sf '-s
OBJECT being 10 slo" the mental con-
eItloe OF Carmack al the time. the de-
fansa o-5aef..z and WAS Sustained
80 49, ---,.-.-t-.--.--
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BACK was competed All7. charles g..
Eastman. who was iu conversation with
Senator Tarn7arl- when Ha MAS lrr.Iaf