Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-03-12
GARNER SAYS THAT
.MEEKS FALSIFIED RECORD
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Robin jumped behind that pole. not TO
protect his father. but to save himself. Is
there man here who does not marvel at
John Sharp's efforts to evade answering
my question: And finally, he puts Car
mack or the sidewalk. He tries 10 put
him back again. but fails, and has to ad-
NIT that he was mistaken.
Colonel Cooper. when you approached
Carmack. stopped at an unusual dis
lance. raised your hand in an unusual
manner and saw the look of anxiety on
Carmack's face. why did you not call out
to him that you meant no harmg
And you. gentlemen, do you believe
that Colonel Cooper, when he saw Car
mack reach for that revolver, failed TO
draw the gun he himself had procured for
that purpose? Do you believe he waited
to see whether Robin was killed or not.
before he drew the gun which he said he
drew to kill Carmack If he killed my
SOM
Shots Fired Rapidly
DO YOU believe Robin Cooper. armed
with the latest deadly weapon, failed to
draw that weapon when he saw Carmack
with a gun aimed at his father. until this
dead antagonist had crossed the sidewalk
and fired into his own body? Senator
Carmack was shot twice through the heart
and once through the spinal cord-either
one of which would prove fatal. Those
shots. those bullets were placed into his
form, as testified by the defendant, and
the witnesses, as rapidly as 1t was pos
sible to move the finger of the hand, so
fast that one witness said he could not in
dictate with his hand the sound of the re-
ports All the witnesses agree on this
Robin Cooper and John Sharp. They tell
you that Carmack. with four bullets still
in his revolver, waited until Robin could
come around the pole from 6 TO Is feet
and did not fire, waited to receive the
deadly bullets.
A Mute Witness
They tell you that after receiving the
two wounds in the heart. turned his head
and received the third bullet in the neck.
Yet these bullets Sere fired so rapidly
that a man-their own witness, says he
could not initiate the reports
Gentlemen, 1 see in the location Of
these wounds. the accusing finger OF God,
making it impossible that justice should
miscarry or that the guilty escape. They
sworS that the senator only turned his
head. They Rad to have him turn his
he.S His body could not turn--on their
own testimony, IL did not have time 10
turn. But listen, SSritlemen, we have here
another mute witness which all the law
yers on Gods earth cannSt impeach.
Here Is the senator's collar. 1t has in
the center Of the back, a bullet hole. II
Carmack's body did not turn around, and
they swear 1t did not, how could that
bullet hole be in the center Of the back
of the collar. for the collar does not
turn with the head. To turn the collar,
gentlemen, the entire body must turn. And
even with the deadly automatic revolver,
you cannot shoot a man in the back
while standing in front of him."
Beautiful Mrs. Eastman
General Garner analysed the testimony
of the witnesses. showed the connection
between their evidence. He paid tribute
to Mrs. Eastman, and said that he sat
at her feet as she talked, and was sorry
when she had finished.
''Oh, Carmackl If you had to go with
out last blessing on your hearts idol
your son, IL you had to leave without n
last kiss from your wife, are you not
glad that beautiful Mrs. Eastman was
there when you went?
They say she liedT' - exclaimed.
Hell never instigated a blacker calum-
n.y. All people lie who oppose them. Vir-
tue has no power to stay their foul hands
Binning alone pleases them Binnlng did
make an earnest effort to earn the sal
airy or the glory he sought In this case"
Garner made a savage attack upon ex-
Secretary of State w s. Morgan. who
swore that Mrs. Eastman told him the
details of the tragedy as she entered the
Polk fats. NORGE is fatty contradicted
by half dozen women, who helped Mrs.
Eastman into the apartments of Miss
Fort. Garner paD a graceful tribute to
the women, and said he would leave ii
to the Jury to decide whether the women
lied or whether Bill Morgan told the
truth.
ssThe Sainted Binning"
"And now we come to Binning, the
sainted Binning. police judge of Danville,
Ill. and cook on a houseboat. Now. Bin
ming lived, and you know he lied.
want TO say that 1 do not believe that
Mr.. Meeks had any more TO do with Sc
curing or drilling Binning than 1 had.
I know how such witnesses come. Binning
knew there were no eye-witnesses TO the
killing except the defendants. So he got
into the Snme. He also knew that to avoid
a mix-up on cross-examination. he must
see only the act itself and avoid details.
And that is what Binning did.
but he was here to see Carmack ex-
anime the pistol. There has been effort
made in this case to prove that Binning
didn't say that CarnNlck twirled the
chamber or cylinder of his revolver with
his thumb But he did. In answer to my
questions. he said: And he twirled it with
his thumb
THAT is the record, no matter how he
qualified it later. And you saw we proved
to you that the cylinder could not be
moved with the thumb.
Testimony of Binning
''Binning couldn't keep away from a
little detail, though. He tried to strike a
match on a telegraph pole and 1t was wet.
He forgot that the rain that day did not
come until half an hour after Senator
Carmack's death. But he went over to a
gate and struck the match on the hinge
A little later he was crossing the lot at
Seventh avenue and Union street, when
the shots were fired. He took look and
saw the whole affair. Wonderful Binning
So right here. just for good measure, Bin
ming throws in niger. He sees the mig
ger in the path. Suddenly he says the
niger seemed TO disappear. Then little
later he says the niger was on the pave
ment and he talks to him. Wonderful
Binning. But half a dozen witnesses
swear that neither Binning nor the negro
were on the lot And two reputable citi-