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ma. Ncd, he said.

difference in the sound Was easier
The furthe" l got away from the re-
volvers the easier it was to distinguish
between reports up to l2S feet, which
was as far as I stood
Judge Anderson said they wanted
to use the pistols in the case. "5Ut
it was deemed best not to shoot what
is known as the Carmack pistol
again.
Henry Chadwell. steward Of the
county asylum, corroborated DR.. Car
penter's testimony.
T. T. Rhea, grain dealer, testi-
fled that Attorney James Bradford
was accustomed to answer the phone
himself. Miss Lee had testified that
Bradford never did this until the af-
ternoon of the tragedy, thus implying
that a telephone message was ex-
pected.
Paul Davis. secretary Of a Iani
company Of which Bradford is plesi-
dent. and whose offices are next 10 the
latter's, testified to the same effect.
"Did YOU not tell Miss Lee, when
getting the jury,'' he was asked,
"that you would swear to liz 10
get on?"
II did not.'
S. J. Binning Testifies.
The defence called S. J. Banning.
He said that just before the saootiag
he was walking on 9TH avenal.
"When I got near the alley, sad
Binning,' I paused to light pipe,
and as I did so Senator Carmack
passed me. T started across tie street
behind the senator and he did not
seem to see me. As [ passed over he
put his right hand in his pocket and
raised a revolver out Of lis overcoat
pocket, his right thumb Oil the oylln-
der, and moved the cyl!Hde' around
At the same time he pulled a .'a":er
out Of the coat pocket win lis ltGt
hand.'
"nhen what?'
II walked on and in ! :cV minutes
| heard two shots. I looked around,
as T had passed Senator Carnack. !
saw the senator standing n The
street,
"What did you do?"
IT kept a-goine. 1 to9i. Gle look
and never looked aron:'l again. [
heard two or three shots IN a Eila-
ute.'
On cross-examination Binning
said HE had been in NaSi'!';:le 'i:]y
twice and came here from DanvllIc,
III. He has lived here two years tlis
last time. Just at present he is out
of a job, but until recently lad work.
ed for the street railway.
"You know it was a pistol You saw
Senator Carmack raise froEi his pock-
et?'
eyes, I know it was.
':Bright or dark pistols
"a shiny nickel pistoj.'
Causes Sensation.
This was decided SensHtlor, Tor
tlle revolver said to be Senate" Car
mack's is blued steel, wnile the 'ne
taken from Col. Cooper Vas nickel
plated. The State has always ''a-
tended that the blued steel gun found
near the desd senator 5 body was
Lol. Cooper's On the other land,
Major VertrcSs has sworn that IL
loaned Carmack a blued steel rev".-
YER.
Gen. G1rner pressed tn3 witneSs
closely on this point and finally c'1n-
pletely upset him.
The witness said:
"May be it was polished steel.
and finally admitted he did ro: kD'S
what polished steel looked like.
"You did not see any one else and
heard no remarks until You hearI the
Shoots?'
"No, I did not.''
Witness said, however, that he saw
negro about the time he first saw
the pistol in Csrmack'S pocket.
"What did you see when you 'ooH-
ed around?'
II saw people moving about pro-
miscuously, a woman jumping to-
wards the fence and Young man
with his hand against one of the pol
es.'
"Senator Carmack' right side was
toward you?'
eyes, sir; it was
"Did he have a revolver IN his
hand 90