Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-03-04
PROSECUTION 70 RECALL BENn|MGs
NJ, sterious Stranger Who Claimed to
Have Seen Carmaek Testing Re-
voiver. viii Be Griiled-Many Ju.
rors Being Governors Partisans, He
viii Not be Cross Examined.
nv Associated Press.

NASHVILLE. TENN. MaccN -
After a strenuous recess day on the
part Of counsel On both sides In the
| { Copper Sharpe trial for the murder OF
| Former United States Senator Fl. W.
| Carmack. only two facts developed.
One was that $. J. Jennings. the
! mysterious witness for the defense.
who claimed that he saw Senator Car.
! mack revolving the cylinder of "A g,,s:.
| which will not revolve. will be recalled
| for further cross examination by the
! state.
i The other was the feverish activity
| Of the special agents or secret police
of the prosecution.
| II developed that this activity was
| due to Attorney General McCarn's 10.
lief that he had discovered clue
to the identity OF one Of the th;ec
| mysterious men who would make val
! liable witnesses for the prosecution.
Three Mysterious visitors.
On the dav of Senator CarmacK's
visited the office OF the Nashville
was editor.
Each Of the men asked at the bust
ness office IL the clerk could give
him Mr.. Carmack's address and II he
knew about what time the senator
went home each afternoon.
Two Of the men called In the morn
| ing or before noon
| The clerks In the counting room
| did not know where Carmack lived.
but after the second inquiry they &C.
| cured the information and when the
third man appeared, after / D. M. they
| gave him the address.
! Says Information Vague.
Our clue Is very vague" said At
torney General McCarn tonight. land
I doubt II We will be able to use the
information. We know that the inqui-
ries were made and can prove this
by the Tennessean employees But IN
! less We can identify the men who
| made them. and then further connect
them directly with a conspiracy TO
| murder Senator Carmack, under our
laws We could not offer the testimony
even OF the Tennessean employees.
We are sparing no pains to identity
the men. however, despite the appa-
I rent hopelessness Of the task. OF
I course. even IL We identify the men
they will deny the charge. and we
might not he able to connect them
| with the DEFENDANTS
Counsel for the defense were not
less active.
Old and new witnesses visited their
offices all dav and q number Of new
snbpOenaas were issued on their be-
half.
II became generally known TODAY
that counsel for the prosecution would
not cross examine Governor N. Z.
Patterson or Adjutant General Tully
Brown.
States Lawyers Disagree.
At the same time 1t became just
as well known that the attorneys for
the STATE disagreed as to the wisdom
Of this proceeding. Al least two OF
the attorneys for the prosecution are
strong political enemies of the chief
,ex.cutive These favored grillipg the
governor.
The others. however. objected for
two reasons.
First they considered that Yhe gov
sruors testimony simply corroborates
that OF other witnesses a to the Ia
nous conference held on the day Of
the tragedy.
This conference. The state admits.
took place.
! Secondly. Of the twelve jurors. nine
are Patterson supporters. and IL vas
| not deemed desirable to attack the
| governor on this account.