Bryan morning eagle and pilot. (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1909, 1909-03-03
TELLS OF TRIGGERS.
Revolver Expert Contradicts a
Witness Testimony.

witness estlmony.
Nashville. March 2.-In the Cooper
SHARP trial Tuesday R. L. Thompson
a druggist testified as to Carmack be
ing IN his store about ten minutes be
fore The tragedy and his making smal
purchases.
William settor, assistant superin
tendent Of the city workhouse. said he
is an expert on firearms. He said he
carried a Colts automatic revolver
since they first came out and declared
bullets fired from one were not stee
/ jacketed, but covered first with copper
over the lead and then with some hard
composition He said he could cut one
Of the bullets with a knife and did so
On cross-eEamination witness said
the cylinders Of some Smith & Wesson
A3S-caliber revolvers can be turned by
the finger without pulling the trigger.
After an examination Of Carmack's
revolver he said it could be turned
only by pullipg the trigger This
flatiy contradlcts the testimony Of S.
J. Benning who swore he saw Senator
Carmack testing his revolver few
minutes before the tragedy by whirllng
the cylinder with his finger
w. S. Morgan said he heard the
shooting, but could not see the affair
from his windows in the Polk apart.
menSs. lie reached the court 10 the
apartments and met Mrs Eastman
She was hysterical Witness said Mrs.
Eastman told him Colonel Cooper.
said to Carmack That is like dast.
ardly coward.hiding behind a woman. 3"
On cross-examination Morgan was
asked TO repeat the conversation with
Mrs. Eastman Mrs. Eastman was
crying and grabbed the lapels of my
coat. She said that Senator Carmack
jumped In front of her and Colonel
Cooper then said: That is like a
dastardly coward-hiding behind wo-
man. a." Morgan said Mrs. Eastman
did not attempt to detail the entire
tragedy. but gave him the impression
that Colonel Cooper shot Senator
Carmack without giving him a chance.
Morgan heard three shots.
DR.. Duncan Eve. surgeon of thirty.
five years practice. was called and
the wounds described by Or. Glasgow.
were related TO him. He was asked IL
the wounds so described were fatal.
He declared that all the wounds would
prove fatal and that In two of the
wounds described death would be in
stantaneous. He said he treated
Robin Cooper after the tragedy and
probed the wound half an inch, but
did not secure the bullet He said
the wound was made by a missile from
a weapon. Explaining how the bullet
which afterward was found in Robins
bed got out of the wound he said there
is but one explanation-that is
that il worked out; that the bullet
was imbedded in muscle which
moved every time the shoulder, arm
and head moved. This would tend toi
move the bullet aud the large size OF
the wound would make it easy TO work
out. DR.. Eve described how he re-
moved twenty-siX grains of powder
from the young mans face and neck.
If the wound had gone half an inch
deeper it would have been fatal.
Adjutant General Brown testified he
visited the office of J. +. Bradford the
afternoon of the tragedy at Bradford's
request to keep the note Colonel Coop
er had written to send to Carmack. He
saw Bradford and Cooper there and
after a half hours conference Cooper
agreed not to send the note and Brad. I
ford was to send some one to see Car |,
mack and TO try to patch up the
trouble. Colonel Cooper waited in the
office until time TO go to the mansion. /
Robin, who was there. wanted TO go
with his father but the colonel OBJ /
jected. saying there was no necessity. |
While in the office the phone rang
and Bradford answered it. 81 saw his
face grow white and he said: My God,
and added 'Carmack has shot Robin
and Robin has killed Carmack,'" " Wit
ness was not crOss-examined
Judge J. c. Bradford detailed the
conference in his office at 3 O'Clock.
just as Colonel Cooper and General
Brown had done He told the result |
ana now cooper ana hoOlh stdIteu ioI
the governors mansion.
The state admitted the copy OF the
note Cooper had written, which was
the Sharp note, claiming the writer
was private citizen and not subject
for attack or criticism
Judge Bradford testified he did pot
help dictate the statement for the
press given to Ewing OF the American
and sent out to newspapers. He said
Ewing had a stenographer there and
Mr.. McConnico and others had been
busy getting the facts together. He
said so far as he knew statement was
not dictated by any one man. Later
the statement idea was abandoned. He.
testified that the statement was not
published in he American, but another