The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1909-03-05
STATEMENTS coRRoBORATED THOSE OF THE
COOPERS IN ALMOST EVERY DETAIL
AS WAS EXPECTED.
MORGAN PROVES A GOOD WITNESS FOR THE sTATE-s"0"E
THAT MRS. EASTMAN RELATED THE STORY OF
THE TRACE HIM.

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Binning told his story and was turned
over to the tender mercies OF MI =
q Garner. When that gentleman
finished his cross-examination there
was only one point in Mr.. Binnlng
story which was the same that II was
when he was under the direct exam
nation OF Mr. Meeks.
S. ]. Binning belongs to the delense
in the Carmack murder trial by rignt
of discovery. He is the new eye
witness Of the street duel" nrst
made known to the world Monday al
ternoon.
Benning lives in North Nashville
now. and says he has been a resident
of Tennessee for about two years
Peryious to that time he lived in MIS-
souri, and Illinois Danville, the nome
of Speaker Cannon, was his last stop
before he reached Nashville.
shock of red hair, and tangled
red heard and unkempt clothes gave
me witness a strange appearance ID
a case where so many of the witnesses
have been of high type, but his ap
nearance wasn't half as strange as MS
storv and the story was decidedly
stranger after Mr.. Garner of the oe
Tense finished with the searching
| .,.,>,,,,# ,,xya IN N ation
When Binning left the stand there
was only one point to his story Whlci
remained the same that it was IN TN
beginning when he was under the o.
rect examination of Mr.. Meeks.
This one point was that he was OF
the opposite side of the street Whel
he heard two shots, turned his nea0
and saw Senator Carmack standln
in the street to the east OF the sout
mole, or little to the south OF IT, n
told what he saw when he turned III
head in precisely the same languag
, on both direct and cross-examinatloI
the sentence being the same word 10
; word but this was the only thln
, +bot no knew or saw the saw wa
, on both examinations.
+ Remarkable Story
The story told by Mr.. Binning wa
: remarkable one in many aspect
He was at The Tennessean once
: about $3.50 o'clock, and at that tlm
saw Senator Carmack talking 10 I"
other men in the business office on u
!, first floor of The Tennessean Dull
: ing. While he was waiting there
= coo about the delivery Of his pap'
= Senator Carmack went out of the Q
:. fee. speaking to the witness as
nassed. AS he went out he placed
= newspaper in his right hand overco'
4 pocket. :,
The witness saw about getting n
naner delivered and was given col
of the paper His eyesight is oa
and he was only able to read the hea
- lines Of the paper, as he walked SLOW
down Church street toward Seven
7 avenue. He killed time in warrior
WAYS. stopping and looking at ma
!. talking to woman in buggy U
!. der the impression that the man WI
:. DIR. Eve. He passed on up Seven
avenue, and just beyond the corn
- Of the alley north of DR., Forts int1rl
= arv. he stopped, filed his pipe, tri'
TO strike a match, found the Pc
damp. reached between the gate al
the most and struck the match on q
hinge. He was facing northwest
that time. and as he turned Senat
:, Carmack passed him. He, in tur
: passed behind Senator Carmack, sta
= inc across the street, and as he d
- 80 he saw Senator Carmack hit
:. pistol out of his right hand oVerco
!, pocket, so that he could see the cycli
der and trigger guard.
Senator Carmack lifted up the r
toll so that he could see II and put
- back in his pocket The witness C
timed on his way. crossing diagonal
over the street toward the end of t
nath that cuts across the vacant
n M. G. A lot on the southeast corn
ne and Just as he stepped up on