The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-03-10

~, that he is not type of the old
Southern gentleman. l say he is. Il
cay he is one of the grandest and
bTaVest men I know. II there were
nothing else in mis- favor, l would be
willing to trust his case on his be
hRviOr.
General Meeks was growing tired
and weak and showed it plainly. He
appealed to the jury to Iook at the
case reasonably and coolly and not 10
be Influenced by passion or prejudice.
Then he turned his attention to Robin
Cooper and recited the efforts Robin
made to prevent trouble, declaring
that "he touched every button posi-
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NOT TRYING COMMON THIEVES.
You are not trying common thieves
or murderers now, gentlemen. You
are trying men who come from as fine
stock as ever human flesh was made
Of, the best people of the South. You
saw them on the stand and you saw
the manliness, the chivalry, the gen
tleneSs that marked their behavior
Why did they put Miss Daisy Lee.
jim Bradford'S stenogTapheT, on the
stand? Did they mean to say that
Jim Bradford is a murderer? Why
should he want Senator Carmack
murdered? They have shown no mo-
tive. / do not say Miss Lee lied.
would not say that about any woman.
But l do say that she was mistaken.
And it makes no difference whether
he was called back to the telephone
after he left the Office or before he
left. You heard the governor of the
state swear that he sent for Colonel
Cooper, and the state did not cross
examine him"
General Meeks went exhaustiveIy
into the incident of the message from
Governor Patterson, why the governor
sent it, and argued that it was this
message alone which brought the
Coopers to Seventh avenue and led to
the shooting.
Miss Lee alone says that Colonel
| Cooper was not called back. Now
even If 1t We're material. which il is
not, We have four witnesses against
her who swear that he was recalled
! General Brown, Governor Patterson,
James Bradford and Robin Cooper.
And yesterday, Captain Fitzhugh ar
Taigned this old white haired soldier
for using vile language in Miss Lees
presence. Now, Miss Lee herself said
that Colonel Cooper was in another
once when he used that language.
But the colonel says he was not in
the ONCE at all at noon, that he was
| only in BTadfOTd's ONCE twice that
day, once at a m and again at 8
p. N. To corroboFate him, We have
the men who showed Colonel Cooper
the horse he wanted to buy for his
granddaughter, and who sweaEs he
was with him between II and u
Now, Miss Lee may have heard
| Colonel Cooper swear early that morn
/ ing. In fact the colonel told YOU him
self that he used profane language fire.
qUently. But We maintain that Miss
/ Lee was mistaken in the time and if
/ she was mistaken about one thing.
I then she may have been mistaken IN
others"
General Meeks next took John
/ Sharp's case and ridiculed the evil
| dence offered by the state He asked
/ OF the jury il they were going to hang
/ a man because he said Carmack
| should have beRe dead and in hell
/ twenty years ago" He claimed that
even if John Sharp did say 10 Miss
/ SkeffingtoD that is Dune Cooper
| shooting CaTmack" he predicsted his
| assertion upon what he saw when he
1 looked back
| When General Meek concluded his
| argument court adjourned.