The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-17
Carrnack's Widow First
 Witness. LITTLE SON OF EDIFoR
 PROVES TO BE 4 HERO Mrs. Eastman Re-enacts Nashville
 Tragedy.
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Esars Room is Filiea to overaewing, But Resm win Be Made for An wsmea-Lawysr.
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Nashville, Tenn.s Feb. 1S.--Eftied with dramakic incidents and marksd with soehes that were sensational. the arst day of the actual Cooper sharp icass closed tonight, with both sides lslasming to bos well satisfad with the Ipfoceedin@s.
 whether scoi. Duncan B. Cooper. Robin Cooper and John D. sharp killed former Senator E. W. carmaek in self dsfsnse or as result Of a conspiracy. ps the great Issue In the case. & z
 The taking of testimony began toe i @ny with every seat, In the hIg new Iceurt roosn occupied and with busy tdeputy sherifEs outside the doors roughly refusing admission to enough. people to m t ttwice over. Hut Judge fxSart ts dgm In his insistence that only encugh people to i'll the seats shall Do admitted. The only exception to fshs rule is that women are tO be ad- knitted ct any time and the deputies ,to osfl nrst for volunteers t0 give 50 seats. aud. lacking volunteers. are ts AaEAst shOss who are to become victifns lok gAliantKy. N soArcsiy, had the attorneys been rap ped Into 0raer--Judge Hart hae broken ewo perfectly good gaveis in the work thus 1az--than sensation No. was ,pscducsd. Mrs. E. ". carmsck,. the slain Senator's widow. was half car- ,S Fsad. half assisted Into the room. she was g0wned In deepest mourning. she ts petite and slender. Her black veil 9siI nearly to her feet. Her knees i@hve way as she nearSd her seat and l9he was meaning as she was placed lan her ehair. Her little son Ned, aged d1Qs stood by his mother. betting her nhosideE and trying to keep back
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 sensation, No. q followed Mrs. Car raank'e leAxsES sAs stand. Hrr. Lan- asr and her sister led the half-faint- linz ana sobbing little woman to her iehatr, Ned Carmack turned squarely towarda where the defendants sat. and nxed upon them . look as full of ha- tired as M Is possible to imagine.
 Nexe cama the testimony of Mrs. lEastman, che star witness for the g.Akake, and one of--ie not the oniy- eye-wttnees of the slaying. Mrs. ySastman is nearly 60 years old. Her hair is snow white, but her features are those of 6 girl. Her complexion t1a the envy Of many belles, and she bs slender. graceful and active. When called on to do 90, she seized the re- kolver said to have been found near khe dead editors body. and re-enacted khe tragedy. Every action. every gestare. every tone of voice from enc tnSinciation to appeal. was . dupiica- Aton soa what occurred upon that Eo- Weluber afternoon, until when she had tsansshed. her breathiess spell-bound Rudisnce sssme dto feel that it had Iwaknoesod the tragedy and at least kns spectator broke into applause.
 Just as she began to testify, some one turned an electric switch.s From the great chandelier suspended above her. and from the border lights on the wall around the bench. . score of eioc- ,trie lamps blazed out. Mrs. Eastman was on her feet, black clad and agile. She pushed back the chair and on the raiBed platform initiated in every de- call the movements of the principals an the tragedy.
 | Her Foss-examination was severe, but she held her own smiling and calm, forcing even the defense's nttor- msys to ltaeitiy admit that every uues- aion Co her only strengthened her tess aimony. So they excused her gracious ly and she left the stand with grace xtil bow to court and attorneys to has len to the side of Widow Caruack.
 Crowd at Court House.
 ! Long before the hour set for court Ro open, the crowds gathered outside tahe new, court house. The sherin hao e large force of deputies on hand and tShe throng was forced to form In line. At q m.. the doors were opened and AF.aA Iwore permitted 10 enter.
 when the parquette floor chairs were filled. the line was diverted to Ithe balcony. which also filled very lrapldIy. When the comfortable thea tere chairs on both floors were occu- 'pied the doors were closed and hard heaPted deputies refused admission to those not fortunate enough to set there in time. 1 when Judge Hart arrived, he made NOne exception to the Iron clad rule and at was dictsted by Southern chivalry.
 "Any ladies who wish to1attend."e he l remarked to the sherifK, ''are to be taken care of if we have to throw out e few able bodied men" There were few women among the early arrivals. however, aud these few found comfort abs seats within the bar.
 Judge Hart arranged the space with an the bar so that the jurors sat with | Ln03E D1CAS 10 bHD 6u0ASOEAuAtls L&CtuB the witness stand which was placed directly beneath the judge. Tbe at- torneys were placed opposite one an- other on either side.
 Cooper Women Present. Colonel Cooper entered the court | room accompanied by his youngest ldaVehAer, Mrs. Beverly Wilson, of Mo- | bile. Robin Cooper stepped in just 1 ahead of his sister, Mrs Lucius Burch. her hand resting on his arm. The af- | Ieectton displayed by this slender girl | flor her brother hss been one of the iRfeactlng incidents of the trial. Vgsah Sharp wore his wife and her | iaesf. Colonel Cooper's .sisteF-fn-lawr hfs niece and c number of other rela- | Hives sat just behind the prisoners and lahair counsel.
 court permitted . photographer to | Enaks a Rlashlight Of the scene.
 Just before tho sttorney general @eOse to bsgin hts statement there .Sas esaa4as St,a Ge,r,- halafNN fha I