Evening star., 1909-03-12
CLEARED OUT BY COURT
Eleven Hours Speech Finally Con.
cluded This Morning.
REBUKED FOR DIGREssIoNs
Admonished by Court to Keep
Within Record of Trial in Argu-
ment to the Jury.

of Col. ID. B. Cooper Robin Cooper and
John u. Sharp, for staying former Sena-
tor E. w. Carmack was resumed today.
1t was the fifth day OF arguments and
the third day for Gen. Washington OF
defense.
Il shall not delay YOU very long" Gen.
Washington promised as he stepped out
before the jury.
II want TO direct your attention 10
James G. Bradford. He enters the case
the morning OF the tragedy at the Max
well House. when the governor telephones
him. At once his good Offices are ap-
parent in the effort to avert a tragedy.
Yet these hungry. starving lawyers for
the overwhelmingly and starving for
facts-would have YOU believe that this
splendid lawyer. this Christian gentleman.
this scion of an aristocratic OLD family,
suddeny became raging he devil. thirst
Ing for blood and plotting murder"
Gen. Washington read part of the testi-
mony of John j. Vertrees. concerning mis-
conversation with Judge Bradford about
the note Cooper had written to Carmack.
He argued that every line of Vertrees
testimony proved that Bradford's one OBJ
ject was to prevent any kind Of trouble.
Defends Attorney General Brown.
Then he passed on to Adjt. Gen. Tully
Brown.
IF you were to look back years ago
you would hear the roar OF artillery,
see the serried lines. The ammunition is
exhausted, the fate of Tire day is at stake.
A beardless boy fnounte don a foam-fieck-
ed horse rides madly down the line, hav-
ersack loaded with ammunition, and
saves the day for the men in gray.
Il tell you. Brown Is as much hero
as Hobson was. Yet they say he lied.
And Miss Lee. She was In the office
entertaining company. You get two fe-
male stenographerS On the same floor to-
gether, exchanging idle gossip as they do,
and l am not surprised that She didnL
hear the telephone ring. She and Mrs.
Blake were talking about some kind Of
a new hat that
I'VE object to that and wish TO cali
Mr.. Washington back into the record,
said Gen. McCarn. "I want to do 1t
now because he is going out OF the rec
ord often that / viii not have time
to correct him later.
There is not a line in the record that
Miss Lee and Mrs. Blake talked about
hats. or that Mrs. Blake was in the Of
flee when the news OF the tragedy came.
Judge Hart admonished Gen. Washing
ton 10 keep within the record. The latter
continued his attack upon Miss Lee.
Rooters Applaud Washington.
In a faIsetto voice he indulged in MINI
y
that lined up behind the defendants. pre-
viously referred to by Attorney General
McCarn as the defendants rooters,
laughed repeatedly at the antics OF the
attorney.
Judge Hart raped for order. The dep
uties made no effort to suppress the dem
onstration.
These ''rooters' climb on the step to
the bench. face the jury and apparently
xlAf,. rol
the judges shoulders to the twelve men
who are trying the case. Judge Hart
has repeatedly cleared them off.
When the laughter began again this
morning he cleared the steps again and
ordered the deputies TO keep them cleared.
Gen. Washington once more reached
the actual shooting and called mes
senger boy to help him to re-enact the
tragedy. This was the third time the
speaker has described the tragedy.
You are Carmack." he exclaimed.
Washington seized the automatic re-
volver and crouched down. The boy.
frightened, began to back away as Wash
ingto nadvanced. The crowd laughed
an dthe judge did. too
"A son who sees his fathers enemy,
revolver in hand, and does not Kill that
enemy as he would mad dog is not
fit to be food Cor worms"
And Carmack fell dead he went on
Il do not care for all the monstrosities
in surgery that are reported-men VINO
have lived with bullets in BRAIN and heart
and spinal cord. j do net care for such
neophytes as DIR. Glasgow and others. l
say Carmacll was dea0 the moment that
first bullet entered his heart.
Now, let's see where Robin Cooper
was.
Another Boy Impressed.
Another boy had come in. Washington
grabbed him.
"You are Robin now he said. Car
mack see you. Bang, bang! Two shots.
Why does he not shoot Robin again?
Because Robin has shot him and he is
dead.
ANY way to get away from those
wounds in Carmack? Shakespeare calls :.
them. these dumb mouths with ruby lips.
These wounds cannot be rubbed out. We
know that when he received those wounds
he went down.
There is no dispute as to where Robin
stood. There is no dispute that Carmack
fired directly into Robins face. The
deadly bloodthirsty weapon Carmack
thrust into the boys face, the face of the
boy who had supported him and helped
him.
'.He fired twice. Thanks to the thick
ness Of Robins tie. the stiffness Of his col
lar and thanks to fate. Robin was not to
die.
"Carmack was astounded that the boy
did not fall. So he stepped back. If he
three left. And he prepared to use
them
Again and again the attorney re-enacted
the tragedy. declared Robin had a right
to shoot Carmack like n dog; that Car
mack was a coward and that he hid be-
hind Mrs. Ea tman, trying to get his
revolver into position for action.
Then Washington returned to the scab-
pa I'd found in Carmack'S overcoat pocket.
He compared the scabbard and the Car
mack pistol to Ruth and Naomi and
old the beautiful Bible story in his own
original way illustrating it with gestures
made while revolver was held in one
hand.
"And, like Ruth and Naomi" he con-
cluded. this scabbard and this pistol
Glove together. You cannot separate
them. And this is why we can identify
The Carmack pistol SO absolutely.
II will not detain you much longer. but
want to talk some law to you now.
Bring in the books | ordered
Talks Law at Jury.
A deputy brought in some law books
and the attorney began to read decisions
,n self-defense overt acts. the mental
condition Of defendants and other ma
erial facts that enter into this case.
'It is cowardly to skunk into q room to
write editorials; it is cowardly to creep
behind houses and drop words of poison
nto individual ears. 1t is not cowardly
o go out into the sunlight. bare your
,reast and demand an interview that you
RIGHT f0 ask