Bryan morning eagle and pilot. (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1909, 1909-02-26
PArrERSON'S PRESENCE.
lumor Governor viii Testify In
cfease. Thfonss.


thought the limit had been reached IN
attendance on the Cooper sharp trial
but the ihfong that surrounded the
Jail almost before dawn Thursday
made previous crowds look like . mere
handful Of casual psssersby Deputies
AZ times had w resort ~ force 10 keep
over eager men and women from push
ing pellmell into the courtroom
The cause " the excitement was \
well defined fumor. impossible " con.
flrmatiOn Or denial. that Governor
Patterson would take the stand on be
half Of defendants as soon rs Colonel
Cooper was excused As the testimony
goes ON me name of Governor Pat
ters0n is being mentioned more freely
hence the public accepted the rum0r
as fact and demanded 10 be present
when the chief executive was called
TO testify ON behalf " the men who
had been his ablest political lieuten.
ants and most devoted Of personal
friends
As soon as court opened Judge Hart
announced he would exclude the
Lancet editorial offered by the state
u was offered 20 prove that the
| Lancet. To- which Colonel Cooper Is in.
! terested. printed the original charges
against Governor Cox. which. when 70.
peated by Carmack. IN The Tonnessean,
caused Cooper TO say either he or Car.
mack must die.
A great deal of the cross-eXamina.
ton was devoted to attacks on Cooper
claimed TO have been made by Car
mack upon him during the Joint de-
| bates between Governor Patterson and
Carmack IN the recent gubernatorial
race.
Witness said that I'm the first attack
| Carmack called him a bolter. which
| he denied by stating that at the time
| the bolt claimed occurred there were
two regular Democratic tickets and he
supported Russell, against Bate. Coop
or stated he also felt hurt at the state
ment made by Carmack that he dom
mated the governor, a man who was
a bigger man than he" saying that II
was meant as a slur on him. as he Is
a private citizen and had no mouth
piece. no office and no way TO protect
himself
Judge Hart, after counsel seemed to
wander from the case. insisted that
they stick TO the case.
/ Judge Hart ruled out the editorial
1 from News-Scimitar of March, 1908,
in which Cooper said caused the first
break between himself and Carmack.
Witness said he also objected to the
.af,or;al In tho Tanuagsaan CaVinp fna
| Democratic committee was trading
Bryan for Patterson because II was un'
true.
Cooper denied he brought Cox and
Patterson together. but said he would
have been willing to have done so.
i The state continued to revert to the
political fight which Cooper was
charged with settling, but the testi
mony was invariably ruled ont
i Cooper said he had received a mes
sage that the town was not big
enough for himself and the sender
that he must either stop the attacks
being made or prepare to meet a man
Witness denied every question by
which the state endeavored TO show
his connection with the statement pub
nshed in the American and sent out
by the press the night of the tragedy
This the defense fought. question after
question, as the evidence that tended
to show a conspiracy.
Witnes stated he had an income
/ from 900 acre farm. He also said
he had been in the employ of the
Louisville and Nashville railroad al
the time the legislature was trying Ia
raise taxes and resigned from its en-
ploy voluntarily, and had letter in
his pockets from the general counsel
of that road thanking him for his ser
vices and offering to re-employ him.
Did you carry that letter ever
since?" asked the prosecutor.
mo. sir; | got it because | knew you
searched the state from end to end to
get anything that would hurt me and
because papers in some places charged
| was a lobbyist"
Witness testified that although he
owed many debts. when he heard OF
the distress of an old Kentucky soldier
he had sent him $1,000. which he drew
from his farm.
On request of witness, who said he
was an old man and very tired court
at this point adjourned until o'clock