Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1909-03-09


Tense and Judge Anderson will close
for the defen q late in the afternoon
for the same side. II Is now be-
ieved that tho case win go to the
jury Thursday afternoon.
Nashville, Tenn, March S.--After
Captain Fitzhugh had completed the
opening argument for the state this
afternoon In the case against Col
Duncan b. and Robin j. Cooper and
John IL. Sharp, charged with the
murder OF former United States SEN
ator E. w. Carmack, Judge william
Fart ordered the jury withdrawn
and thanked the spectators for their
good order.
Captain Fitzhugh made strong
and striking argument. IL lasted
over five hours and when he con
Cit ded he was exhausted. whe court
room was packed 90, suffocation. the
ventilation was poor and even the
spectators felt the effects of the
yihiated atmosphere. Fitzhugh Is a
dramatic orator and his exertions
est him nearly physical wreck
when he concluded. The young
Memphis attorneys speech Il consid-
cred materpiece OF logical argu-
ment and bitter invective and it had
noticeable effect upon the jurors
who leaned forward and listened
GREATNESS ~ to every word spoken.
Fitzhugh was a cl Sc friend of SEN
ator Carmack and he Il In the case
at the special request OF Mrs. Car
rack. His peroration was especially
amatic.
There will b many arguments
mfde to you" he said, ito touch
your heart. You Will oe asked to
he generous and sympathetic. They
will talk to you of this boy Why,
gentlemen he is 81 years old and
some of the greatest achievements
Of men have been accomplished be-
fore man Is thirty And they will
point to Col. Cooper as a gentleman
~ the old school, as the last flower
OF the old southern chiyalry.' Do
you believe It? Was he a gentleman
VIXEN he used that awful language
In the presence of Miss Lee? And
when they talk to you Of sympathy
Just look over there. You see In
sable garments the widow of e. w.
Carmack. You see on her arm the
1O-year-old boy who was the pride
0f Il. w. Carmack's life. Did Dun
can Cooper or Robin Cooper think
Of this widow or this boy when they
SHOT down the husband AMI father?
Would 1t not have been better If
Robin Cooper, instead of shooting
the Senator had said to his father
father do not kill the father OF this
Httle boy, do not STAY the husband or
this fond wife. But he did not
The question to be decided Is wheth-
er or not the law is to be enforced.
That question 10 TO be decided by
you. If murder Is to be committed
In the streets Of our cities without
ar of punishment, can you tell
who viii be the next victim? The
liberty of the press IS at stake. 1t
All rests with you and into your
r.; 1ds ] place It unreserve1ly. Gen
tlemen, / shank you"
After the necessary prellminarles
in presenting the states case, Cap
tan Fitzhugh said.
Il have shown you that Il Is muir
deI when a man takes a life upon
sudden impulse. How much more
IS It murder when a man is so full
o. ma ice and revenge that he spende
all day Sunday and most OF Monday
dcvising the ways and means Of tax
'ng the life of the man he hates so
bttterly2"
Captain Fitzhugh then took up
the threats Of Col Cooper against
Cfrmack. With dramatic force he
repeated Cooper's word to Craig.
II my name appears in the Ten.
nssseean again. Carmack or I mus.
die"
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