The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1909-03-25
FRIENDS RUSH
TO THEIR AID
MILLION AND HALF SIGNED
Slayers of Senator Carmack Given
Twenty Years Each-Motion
Made For a New Trial.

Nashville, March 20.-After filing a
bond totaling nearly million and
half, Col. d. b. Cooper and Robin J.
Cooper, convicted of murder in the sec
ond degree and sentenced i'll twenty
years in the penitentiary for the killing
of former United States Senator E. w.
Carmack, retired TO the home of Judge
J. G. Bradford tonight and discussed
the next move in the case.
Although Judge Hart fixed the bond
at $25, 600 for each defendant, there was
rush to sign it on the part of wealthy
citizens of Nashville, which fairly
swamped the clerk of the criminal
court. In vain he protested over and
over again that more than enough sure
ties had been signed, but the invariable
answer was: "We want to put ouI
name on that bond, tOo.n 1t seemed
as though every friend Of the CooperS
considered it incumbent upon him tC
sign the bond. When there was M
more room for names at the foot of thu
document, the new bOndsmen Endorsed
it across the face until il was Difficult
to decipher the signatures.
The Coopers returned TO the Jail thi
afternoon late and removed their per
; sonal effects. For the present Col
Cooper will make his home with Mrs
} Burch and Robin will return TO his oil
= quarters with his uncle, Judge j. {
2 Bradford.
: The jury was out seventy hours an
1 twelve minutes from the time that
f retired Wednesday morning at III
e o'clock until the verdict was rendere
4 this morning. The verdict brought t
: a close the greatest, the longest and tn
q most widely discussed trial in the hi
t tory of Tennessee.
: Notice was Immediately given that
t written motion for new trial wOul
: be filed as soon as it could be prepares
: Pending the motion for a new trial,
motion was entered for bail for the tw
defendants. Bail in the sum of $25, on
d each was granted by Judge Hart an
II assented to by the attorney genera
l. This is the second time in the histol
e of the county that bail was ever fixt
= at so extraordinary sum, DIR. Feis
sentenced to hang and his case remain
ed by the supreme court for new tria
. being the only other instance. In Il
l. Fest case it required several days
le secure bail, but within fifteen minut
II after bail was granted in this case d
- bonds had been signed for the fl
amount, and within less than an no
i and half they had been signed
$3.50, 900, each being signed for $4,000
After this Others came and qualifi
until the total reached quite MILL,
,. and half.
10 An agreement was reached by I
lie jury at daybreak this morning, aft
long hours of argument and discusslo
k The original ballot, taken within II
IS minutes after the jury retired, it is sal
showed one for murder in the first {
H. gree, three for murder in the first
IN gree with mitigating circumstanc
one for acquittal and the rest for PIT
- ishments varying from ten to TWEEN
yearsimprisonment in the penitentia
Within few minutes all were broug
to agreement as TO the guilt of
Coopers, but disagreed as to the pr
ishment.
Next Saturday, or the Saturday
:, lowing, probably, the motion for a n
|. trial will be entered and argued Def