The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1909-02-28
PLACED ON STAND
BY THE Defense
TELLS or THE EFFORTS HE
MADE TO PREVENT ANY
TROUBLE.
Stated That He and His Secretary
Looked for Cooper Three Hours
on Day of Trasedy in Effort to
Prevent Any Difficulty

Nashville. Tenn, Feb. 27.--It was
with considera e expectancy and anx-
iety that counsel il the Cooper Sharp
murder trial took their places in the
COURTROOM today. The state was max
ing its last fght to get before The jury
the fact that preceding the shooting
Senator Carmack did not anticipate
any trouble, and laughed at The idea,
and only armed himself to satisfy or
hnmor his alarmed friends.
ii the court permits this testimony
to go in it viii lengthen the trial by
AT least a week, as the prosecution has
a score of witnesses ON this line alone.
II, however, AS he has previously ruled
Judge Hart excludes this testimony,
the defense viii have great advan-
tage A small crowd was present to-
day. as the session was expected to be
short and devoted to arguments
Governor Patterson Testifies.
Governor NJ. r. Patterson, who has
figured conspicuously in the trial and
who has many times been brought into
the tragedy, was today placed on the
stand by the defense and he told OF
the efforts that he made TO prevent
any trouble between Senator Carmack
and Colonel Cooper
Governor Patterson stated that Mrs,
Lucius Burch, daughter OF Colonel
Cooper, called him over the telephone
at 9 o'clock on the morning of the
tragedy, and what she said to him, al
seepeb il was not told the Jury. caused
me governor and his private secre-
tary TO look for Cooper for three ho@rs,
finally locating him writing letter at
the Maxwell hotel He summoned
Judge Bradford and conference was
held and Colonel Cooper was induced
not totsend the letter which he had
written
He stated that he then left Cooper
with Mrs Williamson at lunch, and
she promised to keep him until 3
o'clock Later | telephoned Colonel
Cooper to come to my office, stating
that | desired to talk with him. II
was while he was on his way to my
Office that the tragedy occurred"
This was about the extent of the
testimony of the states chief eXecu-
tiEe.
Physician Testify.
Or. Richard Drake and Prof. w. G.
Eyington wer9 next placed on the
stand by the defense, it being intend =
cd to show by these two witnesses that
Senator Carmack fired his pistol be-
fore Robin Cooper After a few pre-
lminary questions, the attorney for
tie defense asked:
How many shots did you hear at
this tragedy"
Five in all
Did they all sound alike?"
No. sir: two of them seemed
somewhat louder than the other
three"
The defense is endesvoring 10 snow
that Senator Carmack carried heav-
Ter calibre pistol than the one car
ried by Robin Cooper, and therefore
the first two shots, which were louder
tnan the others, were from the sena-
tors pistol
Thompson's Testimony.
Attorney General Garner opened the
days proceedings by asking that fur
fher cross examination of leigh
Thompson, on the subject in dispute,
be postponed until later
We have some authorities to cite,
and will prepare brief In the mean
time, we will ask Thompson few
questions not connected with his visit
to Senator Carmack' The jury was
then brought in.
Mr. Thompson, when yon reached
Senator Carmack's body, did you see
a hat?"
Not until after we put the body il
the dead wagon, when some one hand
ed me green hat, and said it was
his
Was it Carmack's hat?"
81 understand it was not the sena-
tors
The witness told that upon nearing
Senator Carmack had been shot. he
ran from the capitol, block away to
the scene of the tragedy.
you came down Seventh avenne. on
the same side of the street than Johr
Sharp, one OF the defendants. claims
he went up toward the capitol?"
1T was most unusually smoky
day. Forest flies had been raging, i
was cloudy, and as there was no wind
ct all smoke hung over the city" wit