Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-03-02

bullet had been taken. An inch from
the left median line Of the neck was
another wound which was black. the
others were clean. The bullet came
out Of the mouth, two teeth being loos-
ened and held by the lips only.
The state reserved the right 10
cross examine.
William Kinney, travelling sales
man, the next witness, heard the shots.
Two came together and were loud, ne
said. Then there was an interval and
three shots came rapidly.
r. H Wright, mine promoter, iden-
titled the automatic gun that Robin
Cooper used. He said he carried IL
when at the mines and loaned 1t to
Robins uncle, Robin Jones, who bor-
rowed 1t for the boy. He said he
identified the weapon now by general
appearance. The state still contends
that this gun Is tne properly Oh ex-
Sheriff John d. Sharpe.
DIR. L. l. Carpenter testified that on
Saturday he took two revolvers, the
automatic and one similar to the one
Carmack Is said to have used, and ex-
perimented as to the loudness OF their
reports.
Eat so feet the difference In the
sound was apparent but not marked,
he said. "The larger revolver mace
more noise while the automatic was
not so loud but made more OF sharp
crack.
"At 100 feet the detection Of the DIFF
ference in the sound was easier. The
further I got away from the revolvers
the easier II was to distinguished be-
tween the reports up to 12S feet, which
was as far as I stood"
Judge Anderson said they wanted to
use the pistols in the case, but 1t 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.
L T. Rhea, a grain dealer, testified
that Attorney James Bradford was
accustomed to answer the phone him
SELF Miss Lee had testified that Brad
ford never did this until the afternoon
of the tragedy, thus implying that
telephone message was expected.
Didn't you tell Miss Lee, when get
ting the jury" he was asked, that
you would swear to a lie to get ONT"
II did not"
The defense called 8. J. Binning. He
said that just before the shooting he
was walking on Seventh avenue.
Paul Davis, secretary of q land COM
pany of which Bradford is president
and whose offices are next to the lat
ters, testified to the same effect.
when / got near the alley" said
Binning, Il paused to light a pipe and
as did so saw Senator Carmack pass
me. I started across the 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 re-
volver out Of his overcoat pocket, his
right thumb on the cylinder and NOV
ed the cylinder around. At the same
time he pulled a paper out Of the coat
pocket with his left hand"
Then what"
Il walked on and In few minutes
I heard two shots. looked around
as I had passed Senator Carmack. I
What did you do?"
Il kept a-going. took one look and
never looked around again. ! heard
two or three shots In minute"
On discrimination Binning said
he had been in Nashville only twice
and came here from Danville, Ill. He
has lived here two years this last time,
Just at present he Is out Of a job.
but until recently had worked for the
street railway.
You know 1t was pistol you saw
et?"
"Yes, I know 1t was"
"A bright or dark pistol?"
"a shiny nickel pistol"
This was a decided sensation, for
the revolver said to be Senator Car
mack's is blue steel while the one TAX
en- from Colonel Cooper was nickel
plated. The state has always con-
tended that the blue steel gun found
near the dead senator's body was Coli
onel Coopers. On the other hand
oi ho q hn
ed Carmack blue steel revolver.
General Garner pressed the witness
closely on this point and finally COM
pletely upset him.
The witness said: Maybe It was
polished STEEL" and finally admitted he
did not know what polished steel look
ed like.
"You didn't see any one else and
heard no remarks until you heard the
shots?"
mo. did not"
Witness said, however, that he saw
negro about the time he first saw
the pistol In Carmacks pocket.
What did you see when you looked
around?"
II saw people moving about pro-
miscuously, woman jumping towards
the fence and young man with his
hand against one of the poles"
Senator Carmack's right side was
towards you?"
"Yes, sir, II was"
"Did he have a revolver in his
hand?"
az didn't see It."
"Carmack was standing in the street
and didn't have revolver In his hand
after the two shots?"
Il didn't see 1t, said"
Witness said there were two shots.
then three followed In quick succession.
Garner next took a plat Of the scene
and had the witness point out where
he was when he saw Senator Car
mack testing the cylinder Of his re-
volver; where he was when he heard
the shots fired and where Carmack
and the others stood when he took
that one look over his shoulder.
did you speak to the nigger?"
He asked me what II was and !
said, Senator Carmack must be in
some shooting trouble over a woman
I saw woman there. The niger said
he didn't know any one. I walked on,
missed the man wanted to see at the
Capitol and went home"
You never inquired who was shot,
who was hurt or who the woman at
the shooting was?"
mo, sir, didn't know until the
next day, when my daughter read It."
The state desisted after a few more
questions as to the location Of the
principals. It was nearly p. m. then,
so Judge Hart ordered court adjourned
until a m. tomorrow.
Washington special Of February
q, to the News and Courier: Con-