The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-18
Three Women on Wit
 ness Stand. PROSECUTION ATTEMPTS
 TO PROVE CONSPIRACY
 s- 7 Bitter Quarrels Between the 0p-
 posing Lawyers. prox.s.s of Trsal on second Day Leaves Fssenas 6f Defendants visibiy Perturbea-aars. CarAaek Seat from Court Room.

Nashville, Tenn. Feb. 1T.--Marked by bitter quarrels between attorneys and by new and startling testimony, the wecond day of the Cooper-sharp trial Tor the murder of former United states Senator B. W. CarmaclS. closed to- night with the Stale highly elated and the defense visibly perturned.
 The tension between the factions Aas tigh tened visibly. too. This is in- sdicated in the court room by bitter nassages between opposing counsel and 4utside by more bitter talk by par fisAns.
 While it was clearly field day for lkhe prosecution, 1t must be remem- ibered that the testimony was given by the States witnesses only and that lxhe defense is yet to be heard from. Nevertheless, there Is no gains@ying ,the fact that 1t was field day for the prosecution.
 There were three star witnesses to- day, and all of them women. Miss k1dary Skedington, the State Librarian land young woman of excellent posi- ktion socially. was the first. She told how on day day of the murders she EIeft the State Library and walked down Seventh Avenue. When within i200 feet of the scene of the shooting, ,o19 met JOln GAa1p VuO VA S-MS 0S~ lfendanta whom she had known for kten or twelve years. Just as she Igreeted him. she heard three shots and Iakked sharp what it meant. Without Turning around to learn. she sayss sSharp replied: That's Dune Cooper lshooting Senator carmaclx."
 Ordeal for StenOgrapher. 2 By the second witness, Miss Dairy d.se, the State laid the foundation upon (which 1t win base its contention that khe slaying of Carmack was the re- buit Of a conspiracy.
 II Miss Lee is e skeuographeR In the pllice q James hradkera aEas, '1.sns z. 1,s. tCocper had his oa4ce with Bradford,a naw firm. Miss Lee. tasmhling with friRht and almost stok with worry, told hoW, on the morning of Nov. g. the day of the tragedy, when she arrived IRt the ofEice. she found Colonal Cooper Already there in conference with his son. She heard the Colonel denounce ICarmack for using his (Cooper's) name land declare he had right to protect lhimself. Later, she heard Colonel Hooper apply to him (Carmacl<l epi- Ithets so vile that she cried when or- Sdered to repeat them. The court per Snatttod her to write them, and when iwith her hands.
 Miss Lee then told how at p. m. lthere began Q conference in Brad Hird's office between the two Cooper's, Bradford and Adjutant-G General Pulley IBrown. of the State Guard. This, con- Sferehce lasted until p. m.. when 1t lbroke up and the Cooper's left to- Eweth0r. She said that there was 8 Book of worry and trouble on the boys I1ace. that she had never seen there before.
 1 Miss Lees duty. among other things, was to answer the telephone. There laEe desk extensions into the private lofEaces of numbers of the firm. It was her custom to answer the telephone and scall by an electric button such mem 'bers of the firm as were wanted. The telephone bell itself was in none of these ofIices. A half an hour after tho iCooper's left the office. the telephone rang and as usual. MISS Lee answered 1t.
 She heard a voice say: "Is that you. ,JimT and heard Attorney Bradford isay. Yes"
 She hung the receiver, but not be- fore she recognized the voice as that she heard Bradford say over the tsae- phone: And did Robin kill him? Well, I'll be right up thero."
 She insisted that Bradford was not fin the habit of answering the tele- phone unless called by her.
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 It appeared to be the intent of the State to have the jury believe that conference to sIay Carmack was held and that the killing resulted from this conference.
 The third witness was Miss Donie Braxter. 6 maid in the service of Mrs. Lucius Burch, a daughter of Colonel Cooper. with whom he made his home. ,grhe witness heard Colonel Cooper come Into the Burch home about noon s4he day of the tragedy and heard him .&en Mrs. Burch something that great fly excited the young wife.
 She heard Mrs. Burch say: He will kill you, papa" and the fathers xeply. He Is as liable to be killed as am" whatever followed caused Mrs. Bureh to become hystericaI.
 The defense made little effort to cross- examine these witnesses. except in a most perfunctory manner, and court adjourned with the testimony of the States witnesses practically un-
 There was the usual delay on the mart of the attorneys in assembling to- day and a court officer gave as an ex- Cuse the ''cold weather"
 "If inc court can drive five miles ana get here on time these attorneys have got to do it." was Judge Hart's terse comment.
 There were even more women in the room today than yesterday It has never been considered good form in Nashville for women to attend court except when summoned. But friends Of the daughters of Colonel Cooper and fhe wife of John Sharp-all of them Of unquestioned standing In society," have determined to show their sympa- thy by their presence in the court room When this became known, other women broke the ice and nov 1t is quite a popular pastime to att tend the sessions.
 In the afternoon an increasing num- Der of high school girls were in the balcony, their school books under their arms or in their laps.
 The defendants wore attended inl court by their relatives as usual and Mrs Carmack was again supported to her seat behind counsel for the state. She seemed as weak as on yesterday and rasted her head on her sisters shoulder She kept her heavy veil flown over her face
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