The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-02-17
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bs sttues thar b0rlctcd uuet fhe
sensational The FIRST AaA 0i tht ac
tual ffial 8f the rpopef sharpe taNe
closed la night with both fiaes
elaimina 90 he we'll satisfied Nth the
ufogr.ss made Whether Colonel
Duncan 3 Cooprf Robin J Coop
et aud John Shafp allied iofme1
senator e W Carmack in aclf DE
TENSE on Ms n result ~ rnnNpifarf.
is the great issue IN ihc case
The taking of testimony began
Yesterday with every scat fu Tho big
coufi room occupied and with depu-
ty shenns outside the doors refus-
Ing admission to enough people fo
dI H twice over But Judge Hart Be-
firm In his insisioucc that only
enough people to nli ihp seats shall
be admitted The only exception go
the rule is thsf women are - De-
admitted 80 au} time oud the depn-
Ties are ia Gala first Tor volunteers to
give up seats und lacking Nolun-
teprs. are 20 draft those who are ta
become victims of eallantr,
Mrs Carmsck was the state hfsi
witness. She was almost carried 10
the witness stand, raised to The plat
form hy her kinsmau. Frank Ian
der. who succeeded her husband as
editor of HE Tennesseean Tier ht-
tle boy accompanied her aud cafes~-
ed her cheek as she sat s1bbing aud
moaning 4 few questions were ash
"a her hnt She became hysterieal ana
was excused She was not In Nash
Vile at the time of the tragedy
however. and had no direct knowl-
edge of its cause.
As Nr. Lander and sister half ear
ried the fainting, sobbing little
woman to her chair Ned Carmack
turned squarely toward where the
defendants sat and fixed upon them
a look as full OF hatred as it is pos
sible 10 imagine.
Next came the testimony of Mrs.
Eastman, the star witness for the
state and one Off not the only
evewitnesses to the staying Mrs.
Eastman is nearly 60 years old.
When called on TO do so she seized
the revolver said to have been found
near the dead editors body and re-
enacted the tragedy. Every action,
every gesture, every tone OF her
voice, from entreaty to bitter ar
raignment, from denunciation to ap-
peal, was a duplication of what oc-
Cured on that November afternoon,
until. when she had flushed, her
breathless, spellbound audience
seemed to feel that it had witnessed
the tragedy and at least one specta-
tor broke into applause.
Just as she began TO testify some
one turned an electric switch. From
the great chandelier suspended above
her and from the border lights on
the wall around the bench score
Of electric lights blazed out. Mrs.
Eastman was on her feet black
clad and agile she pushed back the
chair and on the raised platform inn
itated in every detail the move
ments of the principals in the TRACE
dy. Her cross-examination was Sc
we're but she held her own, smiling
and calm, forcing even the defense S
attorneys to tactily admit that every
question put to her only strengthen
ed her testimony. So they excused
her graciously and she left the stand
with graceful bow to the court and
attorneys to hasten to the side OF
the widow OF Carmack.