Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1909-03-03
BLUEF|ELD CHARTER
APPROVED
A MESSAGE JUST RECEIVED
FROM CHARLESTON ANNOUNCES
THAT GovERNoR DAWSON HAs
APPROVED BLuEFIELD's MobEI.
CHARTER BILL AND THE SANE
Is NOW A LAW.

he woa,d be prostrated by the shock
and would soon die"
The second wound, also through
the side. the doctor said was NOR
la. The third, wound through
the spinal cord near the base OF the
skull, he described az 1.-The most ia
tai wound n man could receive"
IF man received THIS wound
what would happen?"
"Al reflexes would be absent and
he would far dead instantly
DR.. Eve described how he removed
26 grains oa powder from Robin
Cooper's face and neck. II the
wouad N Robins shoulder had gone
half an inch deeper, he aid. at would
have been fatal.
The state reserved the right 10
cross-examine.
State Adjutant General fully
Brown was then called. He was
'~iAhSi Chilcu oIuISS u oJiICi ~
torney. He described how Col.
Cooper agreed not to send the note
TO Carmack. He sal ii that after Col.
Cooper and Rob left the office be
remained and Discussed Italian liter
ature with Mr.. Bradford.
I'VE were talking" he said when
the phone rang. Bradford answer
ed. / saw his face grow whts and
he sad, My God!' ASKED him what
IL was and he said Senator Carmack
had shot Robin and that Robin had
killed Carmack"
] j. G. Bradford, Robins law part
ner, was the next witness. II, and
Col. Cooper married sisters. He
told how Governor Patterson tele-
| phoned for ham the morning OF the
tragedy. he said that he took the
note Cooper had written ald
agreed to send friend to see Sen
ator Carmack--to cend Col. Shook,
a close friend of both % us-to urge
peaceful settlement.
What became OF the note?"
Il do not know, 1t rs missing"
A copy of the note as published
n the American was admitted az
evidence.
As to answering Col. Cooper call
IN the phone, Bradford testified that
he was accustomed to answering the
phone.
Senator Carmack came to my Of
ice frequently az ! was one of hJa
supporters" SAID Bradford. He
paid frequent cocial calls and Robin
met HIM and talked with him often"
Bradford said on cross examina-
ton that he was counsel for the
Nashville American and a stock
holder in the paper.
Several questions were asked
about a statement for the pres al
legged TO have been given to Mr.. Ew-
ing, editor OF the American, and
sent 10 the Associated Press. Brad
lord sad he dictated no such state
ment but that Ewing got somJ facts
from him.
Didn't you say when discussing
the effect OF the shooting on Robin
Cooper's future that IL would not ar
feet him and that you would take
him on your arm and carry h IN thru
it,"
n certainly believe IN the boys
innocence and probably said would
take him on my arm and carry aim
through Whether I sad Il or not.
I propose to DO It,"
Attorney General McCarn revert
ed again and again TO tho composite
statement prepared at the pol CO
ration for the press the might OF
the tragedy but the witness den ed
having any part in IL outside his
own contribution Of such facts as
he knew personally.
Didn't you, instead of trying TO
keep Col Cooper from sending that
note, tell several men you we're go
ing to deliver II to Carmack Ia per-
son for the cOlonef?"
81 never did"
In order 70 save tune The otate
and defense agreed upon a statement
Of facts as 10 the plat OF the vic n
| .ty OF the crime, the distance and
measurements.
| Albert +. Hill was called to corro-
borate a single point In the evidence
Of S. j. Benin ng as TO where the lat
ter had seen Carmack the last time
before the k.lLing
The attorneys for the defense then
conferred for nearly an hour after
which they rested their case and
then came adjournment.